\n A cookie<\/em> is a harmless<\/b> text file that is stored in your browser when you visit almost any website. 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 are unaware of it, cookies<\/em> have been in use for 20 years, since the first World Wide Web browsers appeared.\n<\/p>\n \n It is not a virus, a Trojan, a worm, spam, or 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 card or bank details, photographs, your ID number, or personal information, etc. The data they keep is of a technical nature, personal preferences, content personalization, etc.\n<\/p>\n \n The web server does not associate you as a person, but rather your web browser. In fact, if you regularly browse with Internet Explorer and try browsing the same website with Firefox or Chrome, you will see that the website does not realize you are the same person because it is actually associating the browser, not the person.\n<\/p>\n \n First-party cookies<\/em> are those generated by the page you are visiting, and third-party cookies<\/em> are those generated by external services or providers such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.\n<\/p>\n \n To help you understand the impact of disabling cookies<\/em>, here are some examples:\n\t<\/p>\n \n Yes. Not only deleted, but also blocked, either generally or specifically for a particular domain.\n<\/p>\n \n To delete cookies<\/em> from a website, you must go to your browser settings, where you can search for those associated with the domain in question and proceed to delete them.\n<\/p>\n \n Below we indicate how to access a specific cookie<\/em> in 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 browser version):\n\t<\/p>\n \n To access the cookie<\/em> settings of the Firefox<\/b> browser, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):\n\t<\/p>\n \n To access the cookie<\/em> settings of the Safari for OSX<\/b> browser, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):\n\t<\/p>\n \n To access the cookie<\/em> settings of the Safari for iOS<\/b> browser, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):\n\t<\/p>\n \n To access the browser cookie<\/em> settings for Android<\/b> devices, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):\n\t<\/p>\n \n To access the browser cookie<\/em> settings for Windows Phone<\/b> devices, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):\n\t<\/p>\n \n Cookie Advisor is a WordPress plugin<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is a cookie? A cookie is a harmless text file that is stored in your browser when you visit almost any … <\/p>\nWhat is NOT a cookie?<\/h2>\n
What information does a cookie<\/em> store?<\/h2>\n
What types of cookies<\/em> are there?<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
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What are first-party 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> settings for the most popular browsers<\/h2>\n
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