A cookie<\/em> is a harmless<\/strong> text file that is stored in your browser when you visit almost any website. The purpose of a cookie is to enable the website to remember your visit when you return to that site. Although many people do not know this, cookies<\/em> have been in use for 20 years, since the first browsers for the World Wide Web appeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is not a virus, nor a Trojan, nor a worm, nor spam, nor spyware, nor does it open pop-up windows.<\/p>\n\n\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 store is of a technical nature, personal preferences, content customization, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The web server does not associate you with a person, but with your web 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 realise that you are the same person because it is actually associating the browser, not the person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Own cookies<\/em> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n To help you understand the impact that disabling cookies can have, here are some examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes. Not only delete, but also block, generally or specifically for a specific domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\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 proceed to delete them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here’s how to access a specific cookie<\/em> in the Chrome<\/strong> browser. Note: These steps may vary depending on the browser version:<\/p>\n\n\n\n To access the cookie<\/em> settings of the Internet Explorer<\/strong> browser, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):<\/p>\n\n\n\n To access the cookie<\/em> settings of the Firefox<\/strong> browser, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):<\/p>\n\n\n\n To access the cookie<\/em> settings of the Safari browser for OSX<\/strong> follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):<\/p>\n\n\n\n Para acceder a la configuraci\u00f3n de cookies<\/em> del navegador Safari para iOS<\/strong> siga estos pasos (pueden variar en funci\u00f3n de la versi\u00f3n del navegador):<\/p>\n\n\n\n To access the browser cookie<\/em> settings for Android<\/strong> devices follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):<\/p>\n\n\n\n To access the browser cookie<\/em> settings for Windows Phone<\/strong> devices follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):<\/p>\n\n\n\n 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 enable the website to remember your visit when you return to that site. Although many people do not know this, cookies have been in use […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1111","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat is NOT a cookie?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Cookie<\/em> settings for the most popular browsers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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