What is a cookie?

A cookie is a harmless text file that is stored on your browser when you visit almost any web page. The purpose of the cookie is that the web is able to remember your visit when you return to browse this page. Although many people do not know it, cookies have been used since 20 years ago, when the first browsers for the World Wide Web appeared.

What IS NOT a cookie?

It is not a virus, not a trojan horse, not a spam, not spyware, nor does it open pop-up windows.

What information does a cookie emmagatzema?

Cookies do not usually emmagatzemar sensitive information about you, such as credit cards or bank details, photographs, your ID or personal information, etc.. The data they store are of a technical nature, personal preferences, personalization of contents, etc.

The web server does not associate you as a person but your web browser. In fact, if you usually browse with Internet Explorer and try to browse the same web with Firefox or Chrome you will see that the web does not know that you are the same person because it is actually associating the browser, not the person.

What types of cookies exist?

• Technical Cookies: These are the most elementary and allow, among other things, to know when a human or an automated application is browsing, when an anonymous user and a registered user are browsing, basic tasks for the functioning of any dynamic web.
• Analysis Cookies: These collect information about the type of browsing you are doing, the sections you use the most, products consulted, time of use, language, etc.
• Advertising Cookies: They show advertising based on your browsing, country of origin, language, etc.

What are first-party and third-party cookies?

First-party cookies are those generated by the page you are visiting and third-party cookies are those generated by external services or providers such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.

What happens if I disable cookies?

In order to understand the potential benefits of disabling cookies we will show you some examples:

• You may not share content from this website on Facebook, Twitter or any other social network.
• The website will not be able to adapt the contents to your personal preferences, as it happens in online stores.
• You will not be able to access the personal area of this website, such as my account, my profile or my orders.
• Online stores: It will be impossible for you to buy online, you will have to buy by phone or by visiting the physical store if you have one.
• It will not be possible to customize your geographic preferences such as time zone, currency or language.
• The website will not be able to perform web analytics on visitors and web traffic, which will make it difficult for the website to be competitive.
• You can not write in the blog, you can not upload photos, post comments, rate or rate content. The web will also not be able to tell if you are a human or an automated application that publishes spam.
• It will not be possible to show sectored advertising, which will reduce the advertising revenue of the website. li>
• All social networks serve cookies, if you disable them you will not be able to use any social network.

Can I delete cookies?

Yes. Not only eliminating, but also blocking, in a general or particular way for a specific domain.

To delete cookies from a website you must go to the settings of your browser and there you can search for those associated with the domain in question and proceed to delete them.

Cookie settings for the most popular browsers

Here we explain how to access a specific cookie in the Chrome browser. Note: these steps may vary depending on the browser version:

1. Go to Configuration or Preferences by using the Fitxer menu or by clicking on the customization icon on the top right.
2. You will see different sections, choose the option Show advanced options.
3. Go to Privacy, Contingency settings.
4. Select all cookies and location data.
5. A list will appear with all the cookies sorted by domain. To make it easier for you to find the cookies for a particular domain, enter part or all of the address in the Near cookies field.
6. After performing this filter, one or more lines with the cookies of the requested website will appear on the screen. Now you only have to select it and press the X to proceed to its elimination.

To access the cookie settings of the Internet Explorer browser follow these steps (may vary depending on browser version):

1. Aneu a Eines, Internet Options<.>
2. Feu clic a Privacitat.
3. Move the button until the desired level of privacy is set.

To access the Firefox browser cookie settings do the following (may vary depending on the browser version):

1. Go to Options or Preferences according to your operating system.
2. Feu clic a Privacitat.
3. In Historical triï Uses a customized configuration for the history.
4. Now you will see the Accept cookies option, you can enable or disable it according to your preferences.

To access the cookie settings of the Safari browser for OSX do the following (may vary depending on the browser version):

1. Go to Preferences, then Privacy.
2. Here you will see the option Block block cookies to set the type of block you want to perform.

To access the cookie settings of the Safari browser for iOS do the following (may vary depending on the browser version):

1. Go to Configuration, then Safari.
2. Go to Privacy and Security, you will see the option Block cookies to set the type of block you want to perform.

To access the browser cookie settings for Android devices do the following (may vary depending on the browser version):

1. Execute the browser and press the Menu key, then Configuration.
2. Go to Security and Privacy, you will see the Accept cookies option to enable or disable the checkbox.

To access the browser cookie settings for Windows Phone devices do the following (may vary depending on the browser version):

1. Open Internet Explorer, then More, then Settings.
2. Now you can activate or deactivate the Allow cookies checkbox.