What is a cookie?

A cookie is a harmless text file that is stored in your browser when you visit almost any web page. The usefulness of cookie is that the web is able to remember your visit when I return to surf this page. Although many people do not know the cookies have been in use for 20 years, when the first browsers for the World Wide Web.

What is NOT a cookie?

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

What information stores a cookie?

Cookies do not usually store sensitive information about you, such as credit card or bank account information, photographs, your ID or personal information, etc. The data stored are technical, personal preferences, content personalization, etc.

The web server does not associate you as a person if your web browser. In fact, if you regularly browse with Internet Explorer and try to browse the same web with Firefox or Chrome you will see that the web does not realize that you are the same person because you are actually associating the browser, not the person.

What kind of cookies there?

-cookies techniques: These are the most basic and allow, among other things, knowing when you are browsing a human or an automated application, when an anonymous user navigates and one registered, basic tasks for running any dynamic web.

-cookies Analysis: collect information on the type of navigation is performing, the sections most used, consulted products, time period of use, language, etc.

-cookies advertising: display advertising based on their navigation, their country of origin, language, etc.

What are cookies own and those of others?

Party cookies are those generated by the page you are visiting and third are generated by internal or external providers such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.

What happens if I disable cookies?

To understand the scope that may have to disable cookies shows some examples:

-you can´t share content of this site on Facebook, Twitter or any other social network.

-The Web site will not adapt content to your personal preferences, as often happens in online stores.

-You can´t access the personal area of the web, such as My Account, or My Profile or My orders.

-Shops Online: It will be impossible to make purchases online, they will be calling or visiting the physical store if you have one.

-It will not be possible to customize your geographic preferences as time zone, currency or language.

-The Website can not perform web analytics about visitors and web traffic, making it difficult to be competitive anywhere.