A cookie is a harmless text file which is stored in your browser when you visit virtually every web page. The benefit of cookies is that they enable websites to record your visit when you surf this page again. Many people do not know that cookies have been used for 20 years, when the first browsers appeared for the World Wide Web.

A cookies is not a virus, Trojan, worm, spam, spyware and it does not open pop-up windows.

Cookies do not usually store sensitive information about you, such as credit cards or bank details, photographs, your ID card and personal information. The data that they store is technical, personal preferences, personalisation of content, etc.
The web server is not linked to you as a person, but rather to your web browser. In fact, if you regularly surf with Internet Explorer and try surfing the same website with Firefox or Chrome, you will see that the website does not realise that you are the same person because cookies are actually associated with the browser, not the person.

• Technical cookies: They are the most basic and enable, among other things, the determination of whether someone or an automatic application is surfing, when an anonymous user or a registered one is surfing, and basic tariffs for the operation of any dynamic website.
• Analytic cookies: They collect information regarding the type of browsing that is taking place, the most used sections, consulted products, time zone of use, language, etc.
• Advertising cookies: They display advertising according to your browsing, country of origin, language, etc.

Our own cookies are those generated by the visited page, and those of third parties are those generated by external services or providers, such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.

Yes, and not only delete them but also block them in a general or particular way for a specific domain.

In order to delete the cookies of a website, go to your browser settings and there you will be able to search for those related to the domain in question and proceed with deletion.

In the following, we show you how to access a specific cookie of the Chrome browser. Note: These steps can vary depending on your browser version:
1. Go to Settings or Preferences in the Archive menu or click on the personalisation icon which appears in the top right.
2. You will see difference sections; click on the option Display advanced options.
3. Go to Privacy, Content settings.
4. Select All cookies and website data.
5. A list with all cookies organised according to domain will appear. In order to make it easier to find cookies of a specific domain, enter the address in whole or in part in the field Search for cookies.
6. After applying this filter, one or more lines with the cookies of the visited website will appear on the screen. Now you have to simply select it and click X in order to proceed with deletion.
Follow these steps to access the cookie settings of the Internet Explorer browser (can vary depending on your browser version):
1. Go to Tools, Internet options.
2. Click on Privacy.
3. Move the slider to adjust the level of privacy you would like.
Follow these steps to access the cookie settings of the Firefox browser (can vary depending on your browser version):
1. Go to Options or Preferences depending on your operating system.
2. Click on Privacy.
3. In History, select Use a personalised setting for the history.
4. Now you will see the option Accept cookies; you can activate or disactivate it depending on your preferences.
Follow these steps to access the cookie settings of the Safari for OSX browser (can vary depending on your browser version):
1. Go to Preferences and then Privacy.
2. Here you will see the option Block cookies where you can adjust the type of block you would like.
Follow these steps to access the cookie settings of the Safari for iOS browser (can vary depending on your browser version):
1. Go to Settings and then Safari.
2. Go to Privacy and security, you will see the option Block cookies where you can adjust the type of block you would like.
Follow these steps to access the cookie settings of the browser for Android devices (can vary depending on your browser version):
1. Start the browser and press the key Menu and then Settings.
2. Go to Security and Privacy, you will see the option Accept cookies in order to activate or disactivate the checkbox.
Follow these steps to access the cookie settings of the browser for Windows Phone devices (can vary depending on your browser version):
1. Open Internet Explorer, then More and Settings.
2. Now you can activate or disactivate the checkbox Allow cookies.
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