More about cookies

What is a Cookie?

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

What is NOT a Cookie?

It is not a virus, Trojan, worm, spam, spyware, or pop-up window opener.

What information does a Cookie store?

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?

To help you understand the extent to which you can disable cookies, here are some examples:

Can I delete cookies?

Yes, not only delete, but also block, either in general or for a specific domain.

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

Cookie settings for the most popular browsers

Here’s how to access a particular cookie in the Chrome browser. Note: these steps may vary depending on the browser version:

  1. Go to Settings or Preferences via the File menu or by clicking on the customization icon at the top right.
  2. You will see different sections, click on the Show advanced options option.
  3. Go to Privacy, Content settings.
  4. Select All cookies and site data.
  5. You will see a list of all cookies sorted by domain. To make it easier to find cookies for a particular domain, enter part or all of the address in the Search 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 the browser version):

  1. Go to Tools, Internet Options
  2. Click on Privacy.
  3. Move the slider to adjust the privacy level you want.

To access Firefox browser cookie settings follow these steps (may vary depending on browser version):

  1. Go to Options or Preferences depending on your operating system.
  2. Click on Privacy.
  3. Under History choose Use custom settings for 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 follow these steps (may vary depending on the browser version):

  1. Go to Preferences, then Privacy.
  2. Here you will see the option Block cookies for you to adjust the type of blocking you want to do.

To access the cookie settings of the Safari browser for iOS follow these steps (may vary depending on the browser version):

  1. Go to Settings, then Safari.
  2. Go to Privacy and Security, you will see the option Block cookies for you to adjust the type of blocking you want to perform.

To access the browser cookie settings for Android devices follow these steps (may vary depending on the browser version):

  1. Launch the browser and press the Menu key, then Settings.
  2. Go to Security and Privacy, you will see the Accept cookies option for you to check or uncheck the box.

To access the browser cookie settings for Windows Phone devices follow these steps (may vary depending on browser version):

  1. Open Internet Explorer, then More, then Settings.
  2. You can now enable or disable the Allow cookies checkbox.