1. What are cookies and why do we use them on the Web?
A cookie is a file that is downloaded to the user’s device when accessing certain websites to store and retrieve information about the navigation that is carried out from your computer.
Cookies allow this website, among other things, to store and retrieve information about the user’s decisions and habits. The cookies that exist on this website are necessary for its operation.
It is important to note that the use of cookies does not provide personal user data.
2. What types of cookies exist?
Cookies, depending on the time they remain activated, can be divided into session or permanent cookies:
• Session and persistent cookies:
Session Cookies are designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page. They are usually used to store information that is only interested in keeping for the provision of the service requested by the user on a single occasion. In the case of persistent cookies, the data continues to be stored on the device for a certain period of time, thus making it easier to control the preferences chosen without repeating certain parameters each time the website is visited.
Additionally, depending on the entity that manages them, cookies can be classified as own or third party:
• Own or third-party cookies:
Own cookies are those that are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by the publisher itself and from which the service requested by the user is provided. On the other hand, third-party cookies are those that are sent to the user’s terminal from a computer or domain that is not managed by the editor, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through cookies.
Regarding purpose, cookies can be:
• Technical / personalization / analysis / advertising cookies:
Technical cookies would be those that allow controlling traffic and data communication; those of personalization, those that allow users to access according to some of their own characteristics that are collected (browser, language, etc.). The analysis ones are those that allow the person responsible for them to monitor and size the behavior of the users of the websites to which they are linked, collect data on the behavior of the users and allow the creation of a user profile. Finally, the advertising companies collect data on the management of advertising spaces
3. How to disable browser cookies?
The user can configure their browser to not accept the use of cookies, in which case the personalization of the experience would not apply. If this setting is selected, certain parts of the website may not be accessible, as it may cause less efficient navigation.
Most browsers currently allow the user to configure whether they want to accept cookies and which ones. These settings are usually found in the “settings” or “preferences” menu of your browser.
Internet Explorer from here: http://windows.microsoft.com/es-es/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-10
Google Chrome from here: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=es&answer=95647
Safari from here: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph17191?locale=es_ES
Opera from here: http://help.opera.com/Windows/11.50/es-ES/cookies.html