What Are Cookies?
In English, the term “cookie” means biscuit, but in the realm of web browsing, a “cookie” is something completely different. When you access our website, a small amount of text known as a “cookie” is stored in your device’s browser. This text contains various information about your navigation, habits, preferences, content customizations, etc.
There are other technologies that function similarly and are also used to collect data about your browsing activity. We will refer to all these technologies collectively 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 our website functions. The primary purpose of our cookies is to improve your browsing experience. For example, they help to remember your preferences (language, country, etc.) during browsing and for future visits. The information collected in cookies also allows us to improve the website, tailor it to your interests, speed up your searches, etc.
In certain cases, if we have obtained your prior informed consent, we may use cookies for other purposes, 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 Cookies?
The information stored in the cookies on our website is used exclusively by us, except for those identified below as “third-party cookies,” which are used and managed by external entities that provide services to enhance the user experience. For example, statistics collected about the number of visits and the most liked content are usually managed by Google Analytics.
How Can You Avoid the Use of Cookies on This Website?
If you prefer to avoid the use of cookies, you can REFUSE their use or CONFIGURE which ones you want to avoid and which ones you allow to use (in this document, we provide detailed 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 described in the following section. If you want to revoke your consent, you will need to delete the cookies and reconfigure them.
How Do I Disable and Delete the Use of Cookies?
The owner provides information about its Cookie Policy in the footer menu and in the cookie banner accessible on all pages of the website. The cookie banner shows essential information about data processing and allows the user to perform the following actions:
- ACCEPT or REJECT the installation of cookies, or withdraw previously granted consent.
- Change cookie preferences from the Customize Cookies page, accessible from the Cookie Notice or from the Customize Cookies page.
- Obtain additional information on the Cookie Policy page.
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. Note that this configuration is different in each browser.
In the following links, you will find instructions for enabling or disabling cookies in the most common browsers:
What Types of Cookies Are Used on This Website?
Each website uses its own cookies. On our website, we use the following types:
BY ENTITY THAT MANAGES THEM
- First-Party Cookies: These are sent to the user’s terminal from a computer or domain managed by the editor and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
- Third-Party Cookies: These are sent to the user’s terminal from a computer or domain not managed by the editor but by another entity that processes data obtained through cookies.
In cases where cookies are served from a computer or domain managed by the editor, but the information collected by 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 (e.g., improving the services it provides or providing advertising services in favor of other entities).
BY 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, requesting registration or participation in an event, counting visits for billing purposes of the software licenses with which the website service operates, using security elements during navigation, storing content for video or sound broadcasting, enabling dynamic content (e.g., text or image loading animation), or sharing content through social networks.
- Analytics Cookies: These allow us to quantify the number of users and thus perform the measurement and statistical analysis of how users use the website.
- Preference or Personalization Cookies: These allow remembering information so that the user can access the service with certain characteristics that can differentiate their experience from that of other users, such as language, the number of results to show 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.
BY TIME PERIOD ACTIVATED
- Session Cookies: These are designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page. They are typically used to store information that is only worth keeping for the service requested by the user on a single occasion (e.g., a list of products purchased) and disappear at the end of the session.
- Persistent Cookies: In these, the data remains stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the cookie’s responsible party, which can range from a few minutes to several years. In this regard, it is specifically recommended to assess if it is necessary to use persistent cookies, as privacy risks could be reduced by using session cookies. In any case, when persistent cookies are installed, it is advisable to minimize their temporal duration according to their intended use. The Article 29 Data Protection Working Party indicated that for a cookie to be exempt from informed consent, its expiration must be related to its purpose. Therefore, session cookies are much more likely to be considered exempt than persistent cookies.
