What is a cookie?

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

What is NOT a cookie?

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

What information does a cookie store?

Cookies generally do not store sensitive information about you, such as credit card or bank details, photos, your identity document or personal information, etc. The data they store is of a technical nature, such as personal preferences, content personalization, etc.

The web server does not associate you as a person, but with your browser. In fact, if you normally 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, since you are actually associating the browser, not the person.

What are the types of cookies?

• Technical cookies: These are the most basic 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 website.
• Analytical cookies: These collect information about the type of browsing you are doing, the sections you use most, the products viewed, the time zone of use, the language, etc.
• Advertising cookies: Display 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 you disable cookies?

To help you understand the possible implications of disabling cookies, here are some examples:

• You will not be able to share content from this site on Facebook, Twitter or any other social network.
• The site will not be able to adapt its content to your personal preferences, as is often the case with online stores.
• You will not be able to access your personal area on this site, such as My Account, My Profile or My Orders.
• Online stores: You will not be able to make purchases online; you will have to do so by telephone or visit the physical store, if one is available.
• You will not be able to customize your geographic preferences, such as time zone, currency or language.
• The site will not be able to perform web analytics on visitors and traffic. website, which will make it harder for you to compete.
• You won’t be able to blog, upload photos, post comments, rate or rate content. The website also won’t be able to identify whether you are a human or an automated application posting spam.
• Targeted advertising won’t be able to be displayed, which will reduce the website’s advertising revenue.
• All social networks use cookies; if you disable them, you won’t be able to use any social network.

Can cookies be deleted?

Yes.

To delete cookies from a website, go to your browser settings. There you can search for the cookies associated with the domain in question and delete them.

Cookie settings for the most popular browsers

Below, we show you how to access a specific cookie in the Chrome browser. Please note: these steps may vary depending on your browser version:

1. Go to Settings or Preferences from the File menu or by clicking the Personalization icon in the top right corner.
2. You will see different sections; click on the Show advanced settings option.
3. Go to Privacy, Content settings.
4. Select All cookies and site data.
5. A list of all cookies will be displayed, sorted by domain. To make it easier to locate cookies from a specific domain, enter part or all of the address in the Search cookies field.
6. After applying this filter, one or more lines with the cookies from the requested site will appear on the screen. Now, simply select it and click the X to delete it.

To access the cookies settings in your Internet Explorer browser, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the version of your browser):

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

To access the cookies settings in your Firefox browser, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the version of your browser):

1. Go to Options or Preferences, depending on your operating system.
2. Click under Privacy.
3. Under History, choose Use custom settings for history.
4. You will now see the option Accept cookies; you can enable or disable it according to your preferences.

To access the cookies settings for the Safari for OSX browser, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):

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

To access the cookies settings for the Safari for iOS browser, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):

1. Go to Settings and 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 browser’s cookie settings for Android devices, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):

1. Open the browser and press the Menu key and then Settings.
2. Under Security and Privacy, you will see the Accept Cookies option, so you can check or uncheck it.

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

1. Open Internet Explorer, then More and then Settings.
2. You can now check or uncheck the Allow Cookies box.