1. Cookies.
a) What are cookies and what are they used for?
A cookie is a file that is downloaded onto your computer when you access certain web pages. Cookies allow a website, among other things, to store and retrieve information about the browsing habits of a user or their equipment and, depending on the information they contain and the way in which they use their equipment, they can be used to recognise the user.
Depending on the entity that manages them, they may be:
- First-party cookies: These are sent to the user's computer from the computer or domain that provides the requested service.
- Third-party cookies: These are sent to the user's computer from a computer or domain managed by an entity other than the one providing the service requested by the user.
Depending on how long they remain active, cookies are classified as follows:
- Session cookies: They are only active while the user accesses a website.
- Persistent cookies: The data remains usable and accessible to the person responsible for the installation of the cookie for the period set by the latter and beyond the end of the session. Cookies are of great use to the user, because without them, many of the user's functionalities will not be possible. The cookies used are not harmful and can be used only during the user's session, for a certain period of time or permanently. Our cookie policy is updated on a regular basis and also applies to all other websites and domains of our group.
b) Types of cookies used on this website.
This website uses the following types of cookies:
1) According to the entity that manages it:
- First-party cookies: are those that are sent to your computer from our own computers or domains and from which we provide the service you request.
- Third-party cookies: are those that are sent to your computer from a computer or domain that is not managed by us, but by another collaborating entity. Such as, for example, those used by social networks.
2) According to the length of time they remain activated:
- Session cookies: these are temporary, they remain in the cookie file of your browser until you leave the website, so nothing is recorded on the hard drive of your computer. The information obtained through these cookies is used to analyse web traffic patterns. In the long run, this allows us to provide a better experience to improve the content and facilitate its use.
- Persistent cookies: these are stored on your hard drive and our website reads them each time you visit our site. A persistent website has a specific expiry date. The cookie will stop working after that date. We generally use these cookies to facilitate registration services.
3) According to their purpose:
- Technical Cookies: these cookies allow the user to browse through a website, platform or application and to use different options or services that exist therein, such as controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted access areas, carrying out the purchase process of an order, making the application and registration or participation in an event, using security elements during browsing, storing content for the broadcasting of videos or sharing content through social networks.
- Personalisation cookies: these are cookies that allow the user to access the service with predefined characteristics depending on a series of criteria in the user's terminal, such as the language, the type of browser through which the service is accessed, the regional configuration from where the service is accessed, etc.
- Analysis cookies: these allow us to quantify the number of users and thus carry out the measurement and statistical analysis of the use made by users of the services provided. To do this, your browsing on our website is analysed in order to improve the range of products and services we offer.
c) List of cookies used on this website.
We use our own technical cookies for the normal development and use of our website by visitors. In relation to third-party cookies in particular, this website uses the following third-party cookies:
- Google Analytics: this is an analysis cookie provided by Google that stores browsing data in order to compile statistics on the traffic and volume of visits to this website. By using this website you are consenting to the processing of information about you by Google. The configuration of these cookies is predetermined by Google, which is why we suggest you consult the Google Analytics privacy page for more information on the cookies it uses and how to disable them (on the understanding that we are not responsible for the content or accuracy of third-party websites). Analytics has an expiry period of two years from the last visit, during which time it will remain active on your computer.
d) How to disable or delete cookies.
Cookies are very useful for the user, because without them, many of the functionalities would not be available. If, in spite of this, the user wishes to deactivate or delete cookies, either in their entirety or those that detect the use of browsing for behavioural advertising purposes, they can do so at any time by means of the cookie management functions of their browser. Below are the appropriate links to do so with the four main types of browser on the market: