What Are Cookies?
A cookie is a file that is downloaded onto your computer when you access certain web pages. Cookies allow a website to, among other things, store and retrieve information about a user’s browsing habits or their device. Depending on the information they contain and how the user utilizes their device, cookies can be used to recognize the user.
The website www.equipema.com uses the following types of cookies:
| Cookie | Type | Purpose | Expiration |
| Cookies for user authentication and language input | Technical | Self-management of the website’s operation such as user login session control, cookie for accepting cookies, and other platform cookies for language control or ASP.net session management. | Expires at the end of the session |
| ga | Tracking | This cookie generates a unique user ID and records the date, the first and last time the user visited the website. It is used to count how many times a unique user visits the site. | Expires 24 months from the last update |
| gat | Tracking | This cookie is used to limit the percentage of requests. | Expires 1 minute after the last update |
| gId | Tracking | This cookie is used to distinguish between users. | Expires 24 hours from the last update |
To allow, know, block, or delete the cookies installed on your device, you can do so by configuring the options of the browser installed on your computer.
You can find information on how to do this for the following browsers:
- Firefox: http://support.mozilla.org/es/products/firefox/cookies
- Chrome: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=es&answer=95647
- Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/es-es/windows7/how-to-manage-cookies-in-internet-explorer-9
- Safari: http://support.apple.com/kb/ph5042
- Opera: http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/privacy/
