What are Cookies?
A cookie is a file downloaded to a user’s computer to store data that can be updated and retrieved by the entity responsible for its installation.
In other words, it’s a file downloaded to your computer when you visit certain web pages. Cookies allow a website to store and retrieve information about a user’s browsing habits or their device. Depending on the information they contain and how you use your device, they can also be used to recognize you.
Their main functions are as follows:
- User tracking: When a user enters their username and password, a cookie is saved so they don’t have to re-enter them on every page of the server. However, a cookie doesn’t identify a specific person, but rather a combination of computer, browser, and user.
- Collecting information about the user’s browsing habits and detecting spying attempts by advertising agencies and other actors. This can lead to privacy issues and partly explains why cookies have their detractors.
There are different types of cookies, mainly depending on their purpose. Here are a few examples:
- Analytical cookies: These cookies are used to analyze the behavior and actions of website users, as well as to create browsing profiles in order to technically improve the website’s operation and services.
- Advertising cookies: These allow for the efficient management of advertising space based on various criteria, for example, by checking if a user has already viewed an article in order to update it with a new version.
- Behavioral advertising cookies: These cookies record information about user behavior, including browsing habits. This allows for the creation of user profiles based on their behavior and the personalization of the displayed advertising.
For more information about cookies, you can visit the following website: http://www.aboutcookies.org/.
What types of cookies does this website use?
This website uses cookies to facilitate user experience and navigation, ensure access to certain services, and improve the website’s functionality.
Specifically, this website uses the following cookies:
- Google Analytics Cookie Name: _ga
- Origin: Google Analytics
- Type: Third-party, analytical, and persistent cookie. It is not strictly necessary for the information society service provider to deliver a service expressly requested by the user (consent is required for installation).
- Function: These cookies generate an anonymous user ID, which is used to count how many times the same user visits the website, as well as when the user first and last accessed it. It also calculates when a session has ended, detects the user’s origin, and identifies keywords.
- Duration: 2 years.
- PHPSESSID Cookie Name: PHPSESSID
- Origin: PHP
- Type: First-party, technical, and session cookie. This cookie is stored and is only valid for the duration of the active session on the website. It does not permanently record any information on your computer’s hard drive. It is also used to ensure that users who post comments on the blog are human and not automated applications. This helps combat spam.
- Function: This cookie is used by the PHP language to allow session variables to be stored on the web server. This cookie is essential for submitting forms on this website.
- Duration: Session.
- viewed_cookie_policy Cookie Name: VIEWED COOKIE POLICY
- Cookie Description: Internal cookie necessary for displaying the website’s cookie policy.
- Duration: 1 year
- wordpress_sec Cookie Name: WORDPRESS_SEC
- Origin: WordPress
- Cookie Description: Controls WordPress access
- Duration: 1 year
- wordpress_logged_in_[hash] Cookie Name: WORDPRESS_LOGGED_IN_[HASH]
- Origin: WordPress
- Type: First-party, technical, and session cookie.
- Function: After login, WordPress activates this cookie, which indicates when you have logged in and who you are. This information is used for the WordPress interface.
- Duration: 1 year
- wordpress_test_cookie Cookie Name: WORDPRESS_TEST_COOKIES
- Origin: WordPress
- Type: First-party, technical, and session cookie.
- Function: This cookie is used to check if your web browser is configured to allow or reject cookies. Duration: 1 year
- wp-settings-2 Cookie Name: WP-SETTINGS-2
- Origin: WordPress
- Type: Technical and session cookie.
- Function: These cookies are used in the news section of the WordPress CMS.
- Duration: 2 years
- wp-settings-time-2 Cookie Name: WP-SETTINGS-TIME-2
- Origin: WordPress
- Type: Technical and session cookie.
- Function: Technical cookie for the operation of the WordPress platform.
- Duration: 2 years
How to manage cookie settings?
This section provides a brief explanation of how to view and configure cookie settings in the most common web browsers.
In this regard, virtually all browsers allow users to obtain general information about the cookies installed on a website, specifically to check their existence, duration, and how to delete them. For your information, the following related links are provided:
Furthermore, users can allow, block, or delete cookies installed on their device by modifying their browser settings according to the instructions provided. For your information, cookie settings are usually found in the “Preferences” or “Tools” menu of each browser. In any case, you can always consult your browser’s help section to resolve any questions you may have.
Please note that blocking all cookies may affect the website’s content, as well as certain functionalities and services it provides.