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COOKIE POLICY

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 the cookie is for the website to be able to remember your visit when you browse that page again. Although many people are not aware of it, cookies have been used for 20 years, since the first web browsers for the World Wide Web appeared.

What is NOT a cookie?

It is not a virus, nor a trojan, nor a worm, nor spam, nor spyware, nor does it open pop-up windows.

What information does a cookie store?

Cookies typically do not store sensitive information about you, such as credit card or banking data, photographs, your ID card, or personal information, etc. The data they store is technical in nature, personal preferences, content customization, etc.

The web server does not associate you as a person but with your web browser. In fact, if you regularly browse with Internet Explorer and try to browse the same website with Firefox or Chrome, you will see that the website does not recognize you as the same person because it actually associates with the browser, not the individual.

What types of cookies exist?

Technical cookies: These are the most basic cookies and allow, among other things, to know when a human or an automated application is browsing, when an anonymous user and a registered one are browsing, essential tasks for the operation of any dynamic website.

Analysis cookies: These collect information about the type of browsing you are doing, the sections you use most, products consulted, time zone of use, language, etc.
Advertising cookies: These display advertisements based on your browsing, your country of origin, language, etc.

What are first-party cookies and third-party cookies?

First-party cookies are generated by the website you are visiting, while third-party cookies are generated by external services or providers such as Facebook, Google, etc.

What happens if I disable cookies?

To help you understand the impact that disabling cookies can have, we’ll show you some examples:

You won’t be able to share content from that website on Facebook or any other social network.
The website won’t be able to tailor content to your personal preferences, as often happens in online stores.
You won’t be able to access the personal area of that website, such as My account, My profile, or My orders.
Online stores: It will be impossible for you to make online purchases; they will have to be done over the phone or by visiting the physical store if available.
You won’t be able to personalize your geographic preferences such as time zone, currency, or language.
The website won’t be able to perform web analytics on visitors and web traffic, which will make it difficult for the website to be competitive.
You won’t be able to write on the blog, upload photos, post comments, rate or review content. The website also won’t be able to determine if you are a human or an automated application that posts spam.
Targeted advertising cannot be displayed, reducing the website’s advertising revenue.
All social networks use cookies, so if you disable them, you won’t be able to use any social network.

Can cookies be deleted

Yes. Not only delete, but also block, either in a general way or specifically for a particular domain.

To delete cookies from a website, you should go to your browser’s settings and there you can search for those associated with the domain in question and proceed to delete them.

Cookie settings for the most popular browsers

Below, we indicate how to access a specific cookie in the Chrome browser. Note: these steps may vary depending on the browser version.

Go to Settings or Preferences through the File menu or by clicking the customization icon that appears at the top right.
You will see different sections, click on the option Show advanced options.
Go to Privacy, Content settings.
Select All cookies and site data.
A list will appear with all the cookies sorted by domain.
To make it easier to find cookies from a specific domain, enter partially or completely the address in the “Search cookies” field.
After applying this filter, one or more lines with the cookies from the requested website will appear on the screen. Now, you just need to select it and click the X to proceed with its deletion.

To access the cookie settings in the Internet Explorer browser, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):

Go to Tools, Internet Options.
Click on Privacy.
Move the slider to adjust the privacy level you desire.

To access the cookie settings in the Firefox browser, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):

Go to Options or Preferences depending on your operating system.
Click on Privacy.
In History, choose Use custom settings for history.
Now you will see the Accept cookies option, you can enable or disable it according to your preferences.

To access the cookie settings in the Safari browser for OSX, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):

Go to Preferences, then Privacy.
In this place, you will see the option to Block cookies so you can adjust the type of blocking you want to perform.

To access the cookie settings in the Safari browser for iOS, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):

Go to Settings, then Safari.
Go to Privacy and Security, you will see the option Block Cookies to adjust the type of blocking you want to perform.

To access the cookie settings in the browser for Android devices, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):

Open the browser and press the Menu key, then Settings.
Go to Security and Privacy, you will see the Accept cookies option to enable or disable the checkbox.

Para acceder a la configuración de cookies del navegador para dispositivos Windows Phone siga estos pasos (pueden variar en función de la versión del navegador):

Open Internet Explorer, then More, then Settings.

Now you can enable or disable the Allow cookies checkbox.