\nWhat is a cookie?<\/b>
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A cookie<\/em> is a harmless text file that is stored on your browser when you visit almost any web page. The usefulness of the cookie<\/em> lies in the fact that the web page is able to remember your visit when you return to browse that page. Although many people do not realize it, cookies<\/em> have been used for 20 years, since the first browsers for the World Wide Web appeared.<\/p>\n It’s not a virus, a Trojan, a worm, spam or spyware, and nor does it open pop-up windows.<\/p>\n Cookies<\/em> do not usually store sensitive information about you, such as credit cards or bank details, photographs, your ID or personal information, etc. The data they store are of a technical nature, personal preferences, personalization of contents, etc.<\/p>\n The web server does not associate the file with you as a person, but rather with your web browser. In fact, if you regularly browse a website using Internet Explorer and you try to browse the same website with Firefox or Chrome, you will see that the website does not realize that you are the same person, since it is associated with the browser, not the person.<\/p>\n First-party cookies<\/em> are those generated by the page you are visiting, and third-party cookies<\/em> are those generated by external services or providers such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.<\/p>\n To help you understand the extent to which you may be able to disable cookies<\/em>, here are a few examples:<\/p>\n Yes. Not only can you delete them, but you can also block them, either generally or specifically for a particular domain.<\/p>\n To delete cookies<\/em> from a website you must go to your browser settings. There, you can search for those associated with the domain in question and proceed to delete them.<\/p>\n Here’s how to access a specific cookie<\/em> from your Chrome browser. Note: These steps may vary depending on your browser version:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" More information about cookies What is a cookie? A cookie is a harmless text file that is stored on your browser when you visit almost any web page. The usefulness of the cookie lies in the fact that…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1400","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trops.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trops.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trops.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trops.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trops.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1400"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.trops.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1403,"href":"https:\/\/www.trops.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1400\/revisions\/1403"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trops.pt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWhat is a cookie NOT?<\/b>
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\nWhat information does a cookie store?<\/b>
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\nWhat types of cookies exist?<\/b>
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\nWhat are first-party and third-party cookies?<\/b>
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\nWhat happens if I turn off cookies?<\/b>
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\nCan I delete cookies?<\/b>
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\nConfiguring cookies<\/em> for the most popular browsers<\/b>
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\nTo access your Internet Explorer<\/em> browser’s cookie<\/em> settings follow these steps (they may vary depending on your browser’s version):<\/p>\n\n
\nTo access your Firefox<\/em> browser’s cookie<\/em> settings follow these steps (they may vary depending on your browser’s version):<\/p>\n\n
\nTo access your Safari<\/em> browser’s cookie<\/em> settings for OSX follow these steps (they may vary depending on your browser version):<\/p>\n\n
\nTo access your Safari<\/em> browser’s cookie<\/em> settings for iOS follow these steps (they may vary depending on your browser version):<\/p>\n\n
\nTo access your browser’s cookie<\/em> settings for Android<\/em> devices follow these steps (they may vary depending on your browser version):<\/p>\n\n
\nTo access your browser’s cookie<\/em> settings for Windows Phone<\/em> devices follow these steps (they may vary depending on your browser version):<\/p>\n\n