What is a cookie and why are they used?
A cookie is a small piece of text sent to your browser by a website that you visit. It helps the website remember information about your visit, like your preferred language and other settings. This can make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you. Cookies play an important role. Without them, using the web would be a much more frustrating experience.
What kinds of cookies are there?
Cookies, depending on their expiration, can fall into session cookies or permanent. The first will expire when the user closes the browser while the latter remain for a longer time during which data is still stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed.
They can also be distinguished according to the entity that manages the computer or domain from where sent cookies and the data obtained are processed.
Depending on your objective, we can talk about :
What Cookies are used by the Web site Madinter Trade, S.L.?
Name |
Sending server |
Purpose |
Expiration |
_utma |
madinter.com |
Registers hoy many times the user visits the site, and when was the first and last time the user accessed the site. |
2 years |
_utmb |
madinter.com |
Registers the moment the site is accessed. |
30 minutes |
_utmc |
madinter.com |
Registers a new session. |
When the session is colsed |
_utmz |
madinter.com |
Registers users origin and keywords. |
6 months |
_utmt |
madinter.com |
It is used to define the kind of petition the user makes. It is used to establish site usage statistics. |
6 months |
frontend |
madinter.com |
|
1 day |
user_allowe d_save_coo kie |
madinter.com |
|
1 year |
How to disable or remove Cookies
The user can configure their browser so that cookies are not installed or to receive a warning on screen whenever a cookie wants to install, and may decide at any time if they want to accept it or not. Also, the user can decide to later delete cookies that have installed by changing the browser settings or deleting them manually. Please note that the removal of cookies can cause a decrease in the quality or functionality of the website.
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