What are cookies?
In English, the term “cookie” means a biscuit, but in web browsing, a “cookie” is something completely different. When you access our Website, a small amount of text called a “cookie” is stored in your device’s browser. This text contains various information about your browsing, habits, preferences, content customizations, etc.
There are other technologies that work similarly and are also used to collect data about your browsing activity. We will refer to all these technologies as “cookies.”
The specific uses we make of these technologies are described in this document.
What are cookies used for on this website?
Cookies are an essential part of how the Website works. The main purpose of our cookies is to improve your browsing experience. For example, to remember your preferences (language, country, etc.) during navigation and future visits. The information collected in the cookies also allows us to improve the website, adapt it to your interests as a user, speed up your searches, etc.
In certain cases, if we have obtained your prior informed consent, we may use cookies for other uses, such as obtaining information that allows us to show you advertising based on the analysis of your browsing habits.
What are cookies NOT used for on this website?
The cookies we use do not store sensitive personal identification information such as your name, address, password, etc.
Who uses the information stored in the cookies?
The information stored in the cookies of our Website is used exclusively by us, except for those identified as “third-party cookies,” which are used and managed by external entities that provide services that improve the user experience. For example, the statistics collected on the number of visits, the most liked content, etc.
How can you avoid the use of cookies on this Website?
If you prefer to avoid the use of cookies, you can REJECT their use, or you can CONFIGURE the ones you want to avoid and the ones you allow to be used (in this document we provide extended information about each type of cookie, its purpose, recipient, duration, etc.).
If you have accepted them, we will not ask you again unless you delete the cookies on your device as indicated in the following section. If you want to revoke your consent, you will have to delete the cookies and configure them again.
How do I disable and delete the use of cookies?
To restrict, block, or delete cookies from this Website (and those used by third parties), you can do so at any time by modifying your browser settings. Please note that this configuration is different in each browser.
In the following links, you will find instructions to enable or disable cookies in the most common browsers.
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What types of cookies are used on this website?
Each website uses its own cookies. On our website, we use the following:
ACCORDING TO THE ENTITY THAT MANAGES THEM
First-party cookies:
These are sent to the User’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by the editor itself and from which the service requested by the User is provided.
Third-party cookies:
These are sent to the User’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain not managed by the editor, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through cookies.
In cases where cookies are served from a computer or domain managed by the editor itself, but the information collected through these is managed by a third party, they cannot be considered as first-party cookies if the third party uses them for its own purposes (for example, to improve the services it provides or to provide advertising services in favor of other entities).
ACCORDING TO THEIR PURPOSE
Technical cookies:
These are necessary for browsing and the proper functioning of our Website, such as controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted access areas, making the registration or participation request in an event, counting visits for billing purposes for the software licenses that run the Website service, using security elements during navigation, storing content for the dissemination of videos or sound, enabling dynamic content (e.g., loading animation of text or image).
Analytics cookies:
They allow quantifying the number of users and thus performing the measurement and statistical analysis of how users use the Website.
Preference or personalization cookies:
These allow remembering information so that the User accesses the service with certain features that can differentiate their experience from that of other users, such as language, the number of results to display when the User performs a search, the appearance, or content of the service depending on the type of browser through which the User accesses the service or the region from which the service is accessed, etc.
ACCORDING TO THE DURATION OF TIME THEY REMAIN ACTIVE
Session cookies:
These are designed to collect and store data while the User accesses a web page.
They are usually employed to store information that only interests to preserve for the provision of the service requested by the User on a single occasion (e.g., a list of purchased products) and disappear at the end of the session.
Persistent cookies:
These are those where the data remains stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the cookie controller, which can range from a few minutes to several years. In this regard, it is necessary to specifically evaluate whether the use of persistent cookies is necessary since privacy risks could be reduced by using session cookies. In any case, when persistent cookies are installed, it is recommended to minimize their duration to the necessary minimum considering the purpose of their use. For this purpose, Opinion 4/2012 of the GT29 indicated that for a cookie to be exempt from the duty of informed consent, its expiration must be related to its purpose. Therefore, it is much more likely that session cookies will be considered exempt than persistent ones.