A cookie is a small text file that is stored in your browser when you visit almost any web page. Its usefulness is that the web is able to remember your visit when you return to browse that page. Cookies usually store information of a technical nature, personal preferences, personalization of content, usage statistics, links to social networks, access to user accounts, etc. The purpose of the cookie is to adapt the content of the web to your profile and needs, without cookies the services offered by any page would be significantly reduced.
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 you return to browse that page. Although many people do not know, 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, your 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 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?
What are own and third-party cookies?
Own cookies are those generated by the page you are visiting and those of third parties 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 can have disable cookies we show some examples:
Can you delete cookies?
Yes. Not only delete, also block, 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 the domain in question and proceed to its removal.
Setting cookies for the most popular browsers
Here’s how to access a specific cookie in the Chrome browser. Note: these steps may vary depending on the browser version
To access the cookie settings of the Internet Explorer browser follow these steps (may vary depending on the version of the browser):
To access the cookie settings of the Firefox browser follow these steps (may vary depending on the browser version):
To access the cookies configuration of the Safari browser for OSX follow these steps (may vary depending on the version of the browser):
To access the cookies configuration of the Safari browser for iOS follow these steps (may vary depending on the browser version):
To access the browser cookie settings for Android devices follow these steps (may vary depending on the browser version):
To access the browser cookie settings for Windows Phone devices follow these steps (may vary depending on the browser version):
Cookies used on this website
Following the guidelines of the Spanish Agency for Data Protection we proceed to detail the use of cookies made by this website in order to inform you as accurately as possible.
This website uses the following third-party cookies:
Deactivation or elimination of cookies
At any time you can exercise your right to deactivate or eliminate cookies from this website. These actions are performed differently depending on the browser you are using. It is important to emphasize that these technologies are not intrusive, since all information obtained through cookies is completely anonymous, and in no case can be associated to a specific and identified user. This information allows MUEBLES JUMAR, S.L. adapt and improve their Services to the interests of users. However, the user has the option to prevent the generation of cookies, by selecting the corresponding option in their browser program. MUEBLES JUMAR, S.L. informs that in the event that you disable the use of cookies, browsing may be slower than usual.
On the other hand, regarding the supplements of external entities (such as Google Inc services) used in our web portal we recommend all users to access the privacy policies of each service provider to obtain more information:-
http://www.google.es/intl/es/policies/privacy/
Additional notes