Cookies are small\u00a0harmless<\/strong>\u00a0files which are stored on a computer’s browser. They are designed to hold a modest amount of data specific to a particular client and website, and can be accessed either by the web server or the client computer. This allows the web to preserve information from one visit to the website (or related site) to the next.<\/p>\n A cookie is not a virus, not a trojan, a worm, spam, pop-up, spyware…<\/p>\n cookies normally don’t contain any personal information. They don’t scan your computer or do any kind of investigation to find out your personal information, as credit cards or bank account numbers. The information stored in a cookie is usually of a technical nature and is used to customise the webpage appropiately. The web server does not recognize you as a person, it recognizes your web browser, in fact, if you change your browser you will realize that the web does not recognize you as the same user.<\/p>\n Own cookies are those generated by the website that you are visiting, and third party cooles are those generated by external servers or providers such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.<\/p>\n Among others:<\/p>\n Yes, users can eliminate sookies and set their browsers to accept or reject all, or certain, cookies<\/p>\n (all of them depending on the versi\u00f3n)<\/p>\n Click on the\u00a0\u00abTools\u00bb menu and select \u00abOptions\u00bb. Click the \u00abUnder the Bonnet\u00bb tab and locate the \u00abPrivacy\u00bb section, and choose the \u00abContent settings\u00bb button. Click the \u00abCookie settings\u00bb tab and choose your preferred settings. Google Chrome allows all cookies by default, but you can restrict the behaviour of first-party and third-party cookies\u00a0or even block them completely. Click on the Close button when you’ve finished.<\/p>\n Choose Tools and then Internet Options Click the Privacy tab Move the slider to choose your preferred settings. For more specialised cookie settings click on Advanced, check the ‘Override cookie handling’ button and modify the settings to suit your requirements. Para acceder a la configuraci\u00f3n de cookies<\/em> del navegador Firefox<\/b> siga estos pasos (pueden variar en funci\u00f3n de la versi\u00f3n del navegador):<\/p>\n Click on Tools, then Options (or Edit | Preferences on Linux) Select Privacy Select\u00a0Cookies. Choose your preferred settings (You can configure which sites are allowed to set cookies, how long to keep them for, and view and manage your existing cookies.)<\/p>\n Select Preferences and then Privacy Go to Block Cookies to select your preferred setting<\/p>\n Go to settings and then Safari<\/em>. Go to Privacy and Security, <\/em>you will see the option block cookies, where you can choose your preferred block setting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00bfWhat is a cookie? Cookies are small\u00a0harmless\u00a0files which are stored on a computer’s browser. They are designed to hold a modest amount of data specific to a particular client and website, and can be accessed either by the web server or the client computer. This allows […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3844","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n\u00bfWhat is NOT a cookie?<\/h2>\n
\u00bfWhich data can a cookie store?<\/h2>\n
\u00bfWhat types of internet cookies are there?<\/h2>\n
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Own cookies and third party cookies<\/h2>\n
\u00bfWhat if I disable\u00a0cookies<\/em>?:<\/h2>\n
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\u00bfCan cookies be eliminated?<\/h2>\n
How to control cookies on some of the most popular browsers<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Google Chrome<\/h3>\n
Internet Explorer<\/h3>\n
Firefox 3.0<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Safari\u00a0for OSX<\/b><\/h3>\n
Safari\u00a0for iOS<\/b><\/h3>\n