More Information About Cookies

A cookie is a harmless text file that is stored in your browser when you visit almost any website. The utility of the cookie is to allow the website to remember your visit when you browse that page again. Although many people may not know it, cookies have been in use for 20 years, since the first browsers for the World Wide Web appeared.

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

Cookies do not usually store sensitive information about you, such as credit cards or bank details, photographs, your ID, or personal information, etc. The data they store is technical, personal preferences, content customization, etc.

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

• Technical Cookies: These are the most basic and allow, among other things, to know when a human or an automated apps is browsing, when an anonymous user and a registered one are browsing, basic tasks for the operation of any dynamic website.
• Analytics Cookies: Collect information about the type of navigation being carried out, the sections most used, products consulted, time of use, language, etc.
• Advertising Cookies: Display advertising based on your browsing, country of origin, language, etc.

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

To help you understand the impact of disabling cookies, we provide some examples:

• You will not be able to share content from that website on Facebook, Twitter, or any other social network.
• The website will not be able to adapt content to your personal preferences, as is often the case in online stores.
• You will not be able to access the personal area of that website, such as My Account, My Profile, or My Orders.
• Online stores: You will be unable to make online purchases; they will have to be done by phone or by visiting the physical store if available.
• You will not be able 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 traffic, making it challenging for the website to be competitive.
• You will not be able to write in the blog, upload photos, post comments, rate or score content. The website will also be unable to determine if you are a human or an automated application posting spam.
• Targeted advertising cannot be displayed, reducing the website's advertising revenue.
• All social networks use cookies; if you disable them, you will not be able to use any social network.

Yes, you can not only delete them but also block them, either in general or specifically for a particular domain.

To delete cookies from a website, you should go to your browser's settings and look for those associated with the relevant domain, then proceed with their deletion.

Below are instructions on how to access a specific 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 the customization icon in the top right corner.
2. You will see different sections; click the Show advanced options option.
3. Go to Privacy, Content settings.
4. Select All cookies and site data.
5. A list with all cookies sorted by domain will appear. To make it easier to find the cookies for a specific domain, enter the address, either partially or completely, in the Search cookies field.
6. After applying this filter, one or more lines with the cookies of the requested website will appear on the screen. Now you just have to select them and press the X to proceed with their deletion.

To access Internet Explorer's cookie settings, follow these steps (which may vary depending on the browser version):

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

To access Firefox's cookie settings, follow these steps (which may vary depending on the 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, which you can activate or deactivate according to your preferences.

To access Safari for OSX's cookie settings, follow these steps (which may vary depending on the browser version):

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

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

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

To access the cookie settings for Android's browser, follow these steps (which may vary depending on the browser version):

1. Run the browser and press the Menu key, then Settings.
2. Go to Security and Privacy; you will see the Accept cookies option to activate or deactivate the checkbox.

To access the cookie settings for Windows Phone's browser, follow these steps (which 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.