1. What are cookies?
Most websites store a small amount of text in your browser, and that text is called a “cookie.” Cookies allow a website, among other things, to store and retrieve information about a user’s or their computer’s browsing habits and, depending on the information they contain and the way in which their computer is used, they can be used to recognize the user.
Other technologies work in a similar way to collect data about your browsing activity. In this policy, all of these technologies are referred to as “cookies” together.
2. Rights of service recipients
In compliance with the second section of article 22 of Law 34/2002, of 11 July, on information society services and electronic commerce (LSSI), the responsible party is obliged to obtain the express consent of the User of all websites that use cookies, of any kind. Cookies used for the sole purpose of allowing communication between the user’s computer and the network (technical cookies) or to strictly provide a service expressly requested by the user are exempt from compliance with this obligation.
3. Types of Cookies
Depending on the ENTITY that manages them:
- First-party cookies: These are those that are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by the publisher itself and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
- Third-Party Cookies: These are those that are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain that is not managed by the publisher, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through cookies.
Depending on the period of TIME they remain activated:
- Session Cookies: These are a type of cookies designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a website. They are usually used to store information that is only of interest to keep for the provision of the service requested by the user on a single occasion.
- Persistent Cookies: These are a type of cookies in which the data is still stored on the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the person responsible for the cookie, which can range from a few minutes to several years.
According to its PURPOSE:
- Technical Cookies: These are those that allow the user to navigate through a website, platform or application and use the different options or services that exist therein.
- Preference or Personalization Cookies: These allow the user to access the service with some predefined general characteristics based on a series of criteria on the user’s terminal (language, type of browser through which the service is accessed, regional configuration, etc.).
- Analysis or Mediation Cookies: These allow the person responsible for them to monitor and analyse the behaviour of users of the Websites to which they are linked (activity measurement, creation of user browsing profiles, etc. in order to introduce improvements based on the analysis of the data on the use made by users of the service).
- Advertising Cookies: These are those that allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the publisher has included on the website, application or platform from which it provides the requested service based on criteria such as the content edited or the frequency in which the ads are displayed.
- Behavioural Advertising Cookies: These are advertising cookies that store information about the behaviour of users obtained through the continuous observation of their browsing habits, in order to develop a specific profile to display advertising based on it.
4. Types of cookies used on this website
- PHPSESSID: Technical and session cookie containing the session ID. Essential for the operation of the website.
- _lang: technical and session cookie containing the language of the session.
- ac_cookies: technical cookie containing the value of whether the installation of cookies has been accepted. It expires one year after the last update.
5. Manage the use of cookies on this website
You can change your Cookie settings through the control panel accessible at any time on our “configure cookies” website. You can change your preferences or revoke your consent at any time.
6. How to disable cookies in major browsers
Your browser may offer you options for cookies. For example, most browsers allow you to block “third-party cookies,” which are cookies from sites other than the one you’re visiting. These options differ from browser to browser, so check the settings of the browser you use for more information.
Some browsers also include a “Do Not Track” privacy setting, which does not affect the operation of our website/app. This setting is another way for you to decide if you want us to use information from our partners and other services to customize our website/app to your liking.
Finally, your mobile device has settings that allow you to control whether advertising partners can use information about how you use mobile apps to show you ads. On iOS devices, this setting is called “Limit ad tracking” and on Android, “Opt out of ad personalization.”
You have the possibility to configure your browser to be notified by screen each time you receive a cookie, so that it is prevented from being installed on your computer. If you want more information, please consult the instructions and manuals of your browser, in the following links:
- For Google Chrome, here.
- For Microsoft Internet Explorer here
- For Microsoft Edge here
- For Mozilla Firefox here
- For Safari here
Last updated:16/02/2023