What is a cookie?

A cookie is a file that downloads onto your computer when you access certain websites. Besides other details, cookies enable a website to store and retrieve information on the browsing habits of a user or their device and, depending on the information they contain and how you use your device, they can be used to recognise users.

What kind of cookie does SISTEMA INGENIERIA use?

  • First-party cookies: cookies sent to the user’s device from a device or domain providing the service the user requested and managed by the website publisher.
  • Third-party cookies: cookies sent to the user’s device from a device or domain managed by an entity other than the website publisher and which processes the data obtained by the cookies.
  • Session cookies: cookies that only last during your visit and that are deleted when you close your browser.
  • Persistent or permanent cookies: cookies stored on your device’s hard drive that our website reads every time you visit our website. They help us identify your actions and preferences, analyse visits and understand how users arrive at our page so we can improve our services.
  • Analytical cookies: cookies that allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it.
  • Personalisation cookies: cookies that allow users to access the service with predefined features based on the user, browser, regional settings, etc.

These are the cookies you may find as you browse our website.

Cookie

Domain Provider Expiry Description

Provider’s cookie information

_ga .facebook.com Facebook 2 years Google cookie. It uses an anonymous identifier to differentiate anonymous users and analyse users’ interactions in the app to optimise the services offered. It lasts 2 years. https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/
act .facebook.com Facebook Session cookie It enables integration with Facebook.
c_user .facebook.com Facebook 3 months User identification for content sharing on social media. This cookie is used by Facebook to check your User ID and it allows users to “Like” pages on our site without logging in. Facebook cookies only exist when you have previously logged into Facebook.
csm .facebook.com Facebook 3 months User identification for content sharing on social media. This is one of the Facebook cookies that make the “Like” button work so you can share content from our site on your Facebook page. Facebook cookies only exist when you have previously logged into Facebook.
datr .facebook.com Facebook 2 years User identification on social media. The datr cookie is created when a web browser accesses facebook.com (e.g. when a user hits the “Like” button). It helps Facebook identify suspicious login activity and keep users safe. Facebook cookies only exist when you have previously logged into Facebook.
fr .facebook.com Facebook 3 months User identification on social media. It has two parts. The first is a browser identifier used to identify the web browser. The second is an encrypted form of the cookie of the user’s ID registered on Facebook. The user’s ID is re-encrypted each hour to a different value.
lu .facebook.com Facebook 2 years User identification on social media. On single user computers, Facebook uses the “lu” cookie to prefill the user’s e-mail address on the login screen if they have not explicitly logged out. Facebook cookies only exist when you have previously logged into Facebook. A counter of the number of consecutive times the same user has started a session from this browser and has not explicitly logged in.
p .facebook.com Facebook Session cookie This cookie is known as the user’s channel partition and it is required for many reasons, particularly chat and notifications.
presence .facebook.com Facebook Session cookie The presence cookie contains the user’s chat status.
s .facebook.com Facebook 90 days It enables integration with Facebook.
sb .facebook.com Facebook 2 years It enables integration with Facebook.
xs .facebook.com Facebook 90 days It consists of four parts. This cookie is installed by Facebook. It creates a unique ID for each visit. Facebook cookies only exist when you have previously logged into Facebook.
__stacxiommap .sharethis.com Sharte This 1 day For understanding the interaction and relationship between the website and the social networks of the user visiting the site to make it easier to share contents on these networks with the user’s accounts. http://www.sharethis.com/privacy/
__stamap .sharethis.com Sharte This 1 week For understanding the interaction and relationship between the website and the social networks of the user visiting the site to make it easier to share contents on these networks with the user’s accounts.
__stdlxmap .sharethis.com Sharte This 1 week For understanding the interaction and relationship between the website and the social networks of the user visiting the site to make it easier to share contents on these networks with the user’s accounts.
__stgmap .sharethis.com Sharte This 1 week For understanding the interaction and relationship between the website and the social networks of the user visiting the site to make it easier to share contents on these networks with the user’s accounts.
__stid .sharethis.com Sharte This 1 year For understanding the interaction and relationship between the website and the social networks of the user visiting the site to make it easier to share contents on these networks with the user’s accounts.
__uset .sharethis.com Sharte This 1 day For understanding the interaction and relationship between the website and the social networks of the user visiting the site to make it easier to share contents on these networks with the user’s accounts.
PX_PxcelPage .t.sharethis.com Sharte This Session cookie This cookie is used to track your activities across multiple websites. It is only valid during the current browser session and it is deleted when the browser is closed.
__unam .sistemaingenieria.com Sharte This 1 year For understanding the interaction and relationship between the website and the social networks of the user visiting the site to make it easier to share contents on these networks with the user’s accounts.

Note: This list will be updated as soon as possible when cookies are either added or deleted. It might not include all the cookies during updates.

You can allow, block or delete the cookies installed on your computer by configuring the options of the browser installed on your computer. Click on the following browser names for information on how to manage cookies.