More info cookies

What is a cookie?

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 website is able to remember your visit when yoy return to browse that page. Although many people don´t know it, cookies have been used for 20 years, when the first browsers for the World Wide Web appeared.

What is NOT a cookie?

It is not a virus, or a Trojan, or a worm, or spam, or spyware, or open windows pop-up.

What information does a cookie store?

Cookies usually do not store sensitive information about you, such as credit cards or bank details, photographs, you ID or personal information, etc. The data they keep are of a technical nature, personal preferences, personalization of contents, etc.

The web server does not associate you as a person, but your web browser. In fact, if you regularly browse with Internet Explorer and try to navigate through the same website with Firefox or Chrome, you will see that the web does not realize that you are the same person, because it is really associating the browser, not the person.

What kind of cookies exist?

Technical cookies: These are the most basic and allow, among other things, to know when a human is browsing or if it is an automated application,and when an anonymous or a registered user navigates, basic tasks for the operation of any dynamic web.
Analysis cookies: they collect information about the type of navigation you are doing, the sections you use the most, consulted products, time zone of use, language, etc.
Advertising cookies: They show advertising based on your browsing, country of origin, language, etc.

What are the own cookies and the third party cookies?

The own cookies are those generated by the page that you are visiting and the third parties cookies are those generated by external services or providers such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.

What happens if I disable cookies?

To understand the scope that disable the cookies can have, we are going to show some examples:

You can not share content from that website on Facebook, Twitter or any other social network.
The website will not be able to adapt the contents to your personal preferences, as it usually happens in online stores.
You can not access to the personal area of that website, such as My account, or My profile or My orders.
Online stores: It will be impossible to make online purchases, they will have to be made by telephone or visiting the physical store.
It will not be possible to customize your geogrephical preferences as time zone, currency or language.
The website will not be able to perform web analytics about visitors and traffic on the web, which will make it difficult for the website to be competitive.
You can not write on the blog, you can not upload photos, post comments, rate or rate content. The web will not be able to know if you are a human or an automated application that publishes spam.
Sectoral advertising can not be displayed, which will reduce the advertising revenue of the website.
All social networks use cookies, if you deactivate them you will not be able to use any social network.

Can cookies be deleted?

Yes. Not only deleted, also blocked, in a general or particular way for a specific domain. To remove cookies from a website you must go to the configuration of your browser and there you can search the associated to such domain and proceed to its removal.

Configuration of cookies for the most popular browsers

Now we are going to show how to access to a specific cookie from the Chrome browser. Note: these steps may vary depending onn the browser version:

Go to Settings or Preferences through the File menu or by clicking the personalization icon that appears at the top right.
You will see different sections, click the option “Show advanced options”.
Go to Privacy, Content Settings.
Select All cookies and site data.
A list with all the cookies ordered by domain will appear. To make it easier to find the cookies of a specific domain, enter the address, partially or completely, in the Search cookies field.
After completing this filter, one or several lines with the cookies of the web will appear on the screen. Now you just have to select it and press the X to proceed with its elimination.

To access to the cookies configuration of the Internet Explorer browser follow these steps (may vary depending on the version of the browser):

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

To access to the cookies configuration of the Firefox browser, follow these steps (may vary depending on the browser version):

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

To access to the cookies configuration of the Safari browser for OSX, follow these steps (may vary depending on the version of the browser):

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

To access to the cookies configuration of the Safari browser for iOS, follow these steps (may vary depending on the browser version):

Go to Settings, then
Go to Privacy and Security, you will see the Block cookies option so that you can adjust the type of blocking you wish to perform.

To access to the cookies configuration for Android devices, follow these steps (may vary depending on the browser version):

Run the browser and press the Menu key, then
Go to Security and Privacy, you will see the Accept cookies option to activate ot deactivate the box.

To access to the cookies configuration for Windows Phone devices, follow these steps (may vary depending on the browser version):

Open Internet Explorer, then More, then
You can now activate or deactivate the Allow cookies

Types of cookies

_ga
Duration: 2 years
Description: It serves to distinguish users. Generated by Google Analytics. Google stores the information collected by cookies on servers located in the United States, complying with the European legislation regarding personal data protection and undertakes not to share it with third parites, except when the law requires it or if it is necessary for the operation of the system. Google does not associate your IP address with any other information you have. More information.
Type: Third
Purpose: Analytical

_gat_UA-X

Duration: 1 year
Description: Used to show our advertising on other pages of the Google network. Generated by Google Analytics. Google stores the information collected by cookies on servers located in the United States, complying with the European legislation regarding personal data protection and undertakes not to share it with third parites, except when the law requires it or if it is necessary for the operation of the system. Google does not associate your IP address with any other information you have. More information.
Type: Third
Purpose: Behavioural advertising

_gid

Duration: 1 year
Description: Generated by Google Analytics. Google stores the information collected by cookies on servers located in the United States, complying with the European legislation regarding personal data protection and undertakes not to share it with third parites, except when the law requires it or if it is necessary for the operation of the system. Google does not associate your IP address with any other information you have. More information.
Type: Third
Purpose: Behavioural advertising

Cookieconsent_status

Duration: 1 year
Description: This cookie is used to store if the user accepts the use of cookies on the site.
Type: Own
Purpose: Technical

WordPress_test_cookie

Duration: When logging out
Description: This cookie is used for the WordPress content manager to check if the browser has activated cookies.
Type: Own
Purpose: Technical