The Colombian regulation requires everyone who has a blog or a website to warn users about the existence of cookies, inform them about these cookies, and request permission to download them.
As established by Law 527 of 1999, for all purposes, an INFORMATION SYSTEM should be understood as any system used to generate, send, receive, store, or otherwise process data messages.
You should be aware that, given how the Internet and websites work, it is not always possible to have updated information about the cookies that third parties may use through this website.
This applies especially in cases where this website contains embedded elements: that is, texts, documents, images, or short videos that are stored elsewhere but displayed on our website.
Therefore, if you encounter this type of cookie on this website and they are not listed below, please let me know. You can also contact the third party directly to ask for information about the cookies they place, their purpose, duration, and how they guarantee your privacy.
Preliminary – What are Cookies?
Cookies are tools used by web servers to store and retrieve information about their visitors. It is simply a text file that some servers ask our browser to store on our hard drive, containing information about what we have been doing on their pages. Cookies have an expiration date, which can range from the length of the session to a future specified date, after which they cease to function.
1. The cookies used on this website
This website uses first-party and third-party cookies to improve your browsing experience, allow you to share content on social networks, show you advertisements based on your interests, and collect user statistics.
Therefore, the cookies used on https://drbsiness.co/ are only associated with an anonymous user and their computer. They do not provide references that allow deducing the user’s name and surname, nor can they read data from the user’s hard drive or include viruses in their texts. Likewise, https://drbusiness.co/ cannot read the cookies implanted in the user’s hard drive by other servers.
Users can freely decide whether or not to allow the cookies used on https://drbusiness.co/ to be installed on their hard drive. Users can configure their browser to accept or reject all cookies by default or to receive an on-screen notification each time a cookie is received and decide at that moment whether or not to install it on their hard drive. We suggest consulting your browser’s help section to learn how to change your current settings.
Even if the user configures their browser to reject all cookies or expressly rejects https://drbusiness.co/ cookies, they will still be able to browse the site, though some functionalities that require cookie installation may not be available. In any case, the user can delete cookies stored on their hard drive at any time by following the procedure established in their browser’s help section.
As a user, you can reject data or information processing by blocking these cookies through your browser settings. However, you should know that if you do, this site may not function properly.
According to the terms included in the Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce regulations, if you continue browsing, you will be giving your consent for the use of the cookies detailed below.
Cookies on this website help to:
- Make the website function correctly
- Save you from having to log in every time you visit the site
- Remember your settings during and between visits
- Allow you to watch videos
- Improve the site’s speed and security
- Allow you to share pages on social networks
- Continuously improve this website
- Show you ads based on your browsing habits
We will never use cookies to:
- Collect personally identifiable information (without your express permission)
- Collect sensitive information (without your express permission)
- Share personally identifiable data with third parties
2. Third-party cookies used on this website that you should know about
Like most websites, this site includes functionalities provided by third parties.
We also regularly test new designs or third-party services for recommendations and reports.
This can occasionally change cookie settings and result in cookies not detailed in this policy appearing. Please note that these are temporary cookies used for study and assessment purposes. Under no circumstances will cookies be used that compromise your privacy.
Among the most stable third-party cookies are:
- Google Analytics cookies, which help the website analyze user usage and improve usability, without associating the data with anything that could identify the user.
- Google Analytics is a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc., a Delaware company headquartered at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View (California), CA 94043, United States (“Google”).
- Users can check the types of cookies used by Google here.
- Cookies from Active Campaign LLC, a company subscribed to the Privacy Shield, used to analyze how subscribers use the website and improve their experience. Their privacy policy can be found here.
- WordPress cookies: Realizable uses the WordPress blog platform by Automattic, Inc., a U.S.-based company. The use of these cookies is not controlled or managed by the website owner and may change at any time. Automattic, Inc. also uses cookies to identifynd track visitors, analyze website usage, and record preferences. You can find more details in the “Cookies” section of their privacy policy.
- Social media cookies: These may be stored in your browser while navigating or when using the share buttons for content on social media. Each social network has its own cookie policies:
The privacy implications depend on each social network’s privacy settings, and neither the website owner nor advertisers can obtain personal information from these cookies.
Below is a list of cookies that may be installed during browsing:
| NAME | DURATION | PURPOSE |
|---|---|---|
| Own | ||
| sessiontve_leads_unique | Expires at session end | Stores user and session information to improve the user experience |
| Third-party | ||
| _ga | 2 years from setup | Used to distinguish users. Google Analytics cookie. More info |
| _gat | 10 minutes | Used to limit the request rate. Google Analytics cookie. More info |
| __utma | 2 years from each update | Determines unique visitors. Updates with each page view. Google Analytics cookie. More info |
| __utmb | 30 minutes from each update | Used to track user sessions. Google Analytics cookie. More info |
| APISID, HSID, NID, SAPISID, SID, SSID | 2 years from installation | Stores user preferences and Google service information. More info |
| __utmt | Session | Historically used to determine if a new session should be established. More info |
| __utmz | 6 months from each update | Stores referral information (direct, referral, search, or campaign). Google Analytics cookie. More info |
| __cfduid | 5 years | Used to override security restrictions based on IP. More info |
| __smToken | Session | Used by Sumome. More info |
| __smVID | Session | Stores user information to improve the user experience. |
| _remember_checked_on | Session | Twitter functionality cookies. |
| __stripe_mid | Session | Stripe cookie. More info |
| pl | 90 days | Facebook login tracking cookie. More info |
| fr | 90 days | Facebook’s main advertising cookie. More info |
| sb | 2 years | Facebook browser authentication cookie. More info |
| c_user | 20 days | Used with xs to authenticate identity on Facebook. More info |
| xs | 90 days | Used with c_user to authenticate Facebook identity. More info |
| datr | 2 years | Facebook security cookie. More info |
| driftt_aid | Session | Drift chat cookie. More info |
| __zlcmid | Session | Zopim chat tool cookie. |
| ac_enable_tracking | Session | Active Campaign email marketing tracking cookie. |
| CONSENT | YouTube content playback cookie. |
3. How can I manage and disable these cookies?
If you do not want this website to install cookies on your computer, you can configure your browser to notify you before any cookie is downloaded.
You can also modify your browser settings to reject all cookies or only third-party cookies. You can delete any cookies already on your device. Remember that you will need to configure each browser and device you use.
https://drbusiness.co/ provides links for users who wish to prevent the installation of these cookies in the most commonly used browsers:
Cookie Policy last updated: March 2025