In this text we provide you with more information about cookies so that you can find out more about how they affect you. A cookie<\/em><\/a> is a text fileharmless<\/b> which is stored in your browser when you visit almost any website. The usefulness of the cookie<\/em> is that the website is able to remember your visit when you return to browse that page. Although many people don’t know it, cookies<\/em> have been in use for 20 years, when the first browsers for the World Wide Web appeared.<\/p>\n It is not a virus, Trojan horse, worm, spam, spyware or pop-up windows.<\/p>\n The cookies<\/em> do not usually store sensitive information about you, such as credit card or bank details, photographs, your ID or personal information, etc. The data they store is of a technical nature, personal preferences, personalisation of content, etc.<\/p>\n The web server is not associated with you as a person but with your web browser. If you usually browse with Internet Explorer and try browsing the same website with Firefox or Chrome you will see that the website does not detect that you are the same person because it is actually associating the browser, not the person.<\/p>\n First-party cookies<\/em> are those generated by the website you are visiting and third-party cookies<\/em> are those generated by external services or providers such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.<\/p>\n In order for you to understand the scope that disabling cookies<\/em> can have, here are some examples:<\/p>\n Yes. Not only delete, but also block, either generally or for a specific domain.<\/p>\n To delete cookies<\/em> from a website you must go to your browser settings and there you can search for those associated with the domain in question and delete them.<\/p>\n Here is how to access a particular cooki<\/em>e in the Chrome<\/b> browser. Note: these steps may vary depending on your browser version:<\/p>\n To access your Internet Explorer<\/b> browser’s cookie<\/em> settings follow these steps (may vary depending on browser version):<\/p>\n To access your Firefox<\/b> browser’s cookie<\/em> settings follow these steps (may vary depending on browser version):<\/p>\n To access the cookie<\/em> settings in the Safari browser for OSX<\/b> follow these steps (may vary depending on browser version):<\/p>\n To access the cookie<\/em> settings in the Safari browser for iOS<\/b> follow these steps (may vary depending on browser version):<\/p>\n To access your browser cookie<\/em> settings for Android<\/b> devices follow these steps (may vary depending on browser version):<\/p>\n To access your browser cookie<\/em> settings for Windows Phone<\/b> devices follow these steps (may vary depending on browser version):<\/p>\n Cookie Advisor is a WordPress plugin<\/a> created by Carlos Doral (webartesanal.com)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is a cookie? In this text we provide you […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10135","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhat is NOT a cookie?<\/h2>\n
\u00bfWhat information is stored in acookie<\/em>?<\/h2>\n
\u00bfWhat kind ofcookies<\/em> exist?<\/h2>\n
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What are first-party and third-party cookies<\/em>?<\/h2>\n
What happens if I disable cookies<\/em>?<\/h2>\n
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Can cookies<\/em> be deleted?<\/h2>\n
Cookie<\/em> settings for the most popular browsers<\/h2>\n
Chrome<\/h4>\n
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Internet Explorer<\/h4>\n
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Firefox<\/h4>\n
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Safari for OSX<\/h4>\n
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Safari for iOS<\/b><\/h4>\n
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Android<\/h4>\n
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Windows Phone<\/b><\/h4>\n
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