A cookie is a harmless text file that is stored in your browser when you visit almost any web page. The usefulness of the cookie is that the web is able to remember your visit when you return to browse that page. Although many people do not know it, cookies have been used for 20 years, when the first browsers for the World Wide Web appeared.
It is not a virus, nor a Trojan, nor a worm, nor spam, nor spyware, nor does it open pop-up windows.
Cookies do not usually store sensitive information about you (such as credit card or bank details, photographs, ID or other personal information, etc). The data stored are of a technical nature, personal preferences, content personalization…
The web server does not associate you as a person if not your web browser. In fact, if you usually browse with Internet Explorer and try to browse the same website with Firefox or Chrome you will see that the web does not realize that you are the same person because in fact what it is associating is the browser and not the person.
First-party cookies 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.
Here’s how to access a particular cookie in the Chrome browser. Note: these steps may vary depending on the browser version:
1. Go to Settings or Preferences via the File menu or by clicking on the customization icon at the top right.
2. You will see different sections. Click on the Show advanced options option.
3. Go to Privacy – Content settings.
4. Select All cookies and site data.
5. A list will appear with all the cookies sorted by domain. To make it easier for you to find cookies for a particular domain, enter part or all of the address in the Search for cookies field.
6. After making this filter, one or more lines with the cookies of the requested website will appear on the screen. Now you only have to select it and press the X to proceed to its elimination.
To access the cookies configuration of the Internet Explorer browser follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):
1. Go to Tools-Internet Options.
2. Click on Privacy.
3. Move the slider to adjust the level of privacy you want.
To access the Firefox browser’s cookie settings, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):
1. Go to Options or Preferences depending on your operating system.
2. Click on Privacy.
3. Under History choose Use custom settings for history.
4. Now you will see the option Accept cookies. You can enable or disable it according to your preferences.
To access the cookie settings of the Safari browser for OSX follow these steps (may vary depending on the browser version):
1. Go to Preferences, then Privacy.
2. Here you will see the option Block cookies for you to adjust the type of blocking you want to perform.
To access the cookie settings of the Safari browser for iOS follow these steps (may vary depending on the browser version):
1. Go to Settings and then Safari.
2. Go to Privacy and Security. You will see the option Block cookies for you to adjust the type of blocking you want to perform.
To access the browser cookie settings for Android devices follow these steps (may vary depending on the browser version):
1. Launch the browser and press the Menu key. Then Settings.
2. Go to Security and Privacy and you will see the Accept cookies option for you to enable or disable the checkbox.
To access the browser cookie settings for Windows Phone devices follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):
1. Open Internet Explorer. Then More and then Settings.
2. Now you can enable or disable the Allow cookies checkbox.
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