\n A cookie<\/em> is a harmless<\/b> text file that is stored in your browser when you visit almost any web page. The purpose of the cookie<\/em> is for the website to be able to remember your visit when you return to that page. Although many people do not know, cookies<\/em> have been used since 20 years ago, when the first browsers for the World Wide Web appeared.\n<\/p>\n \n It is not a virus, nor a trojan, nor a worm, nor spam, nor spyware, nor does it open pop-up windows.\n<\/p>\n \n Cookies<\/em> 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 save are of a technical nature, personal preferences, personalization of content, etc.\n<\/p>\n \n The web server does not associate you as a person but your web browser. In fact, if you usually browse with Internet Explorer and try to navigate 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.\n<\/p>\n \n Own cookies<\/em> are those generated by the page you are visiting and third party<\/em> cookies are those generated by external services or providers such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.\n<\/p>\n \n So that you understand the scope of deactivating cookies<\/em>, we show you some examples:\n\t<\/p>\n \n Yes. Not only remove, but also block, generally or specifically for a specific domain.\n<\/p>\n \n To delete cookies<\/em> from a website, you must go to your browser’s settings and there you can search for those associated with the domain in question and delete them.\n<\/p>\n \n Below we show you how to access a specific cookie<\/em> from the Chrome<\/b> browser. Note: these steps may vary depending on the browser version:\n\t<\/p>\n \n To access the cookie<\/em> settings of the Internet Explorer<\/b> browser follow these steps (they may vary depending on the version of the browser):\n\t<\/p>\n \n To access the cookies<\/em> configuration of the Firefox<\/b> browser follow these steps (they may vary depending on the version of the browser):\n\t<\/p>\n \n To access the cookies<\/em> configuration of the Safari browser for OSX<\/b> follow these steps (they may vary depending on the version of the browser):\n\t<\/p>\n \n To access the cookie<\/em> settings of the Safari browser for iOS<\/b>, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the version of the browser):\n\t<\/p>\nWhat is NOT a cookie?<\/h2>\n
What information does a cookie<\/em> store?<\/h2>\n
What types of cookies<\/em> exist?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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What are own 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> configuration for the most popular browsers<\/h2>\n
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