This website uses its own and third-party cookies to offer you a better experience and service. By browsing or using our services, the user accepts our use of cookies. However, the user has the option to prevent the generation of cookies and to delete them.
WHAT IS A COOKIE?
A cookie is a small piece of text that websites send to the browser and that is stored on the user's terminal, which can be a personal computer, mobile phone, tablet, etc. These files allow the website to remember information about your visit, such as language and preferred options, which can facilitate your next visit and make the site more useful by personalizing its content. Cookies play a very important role in improving the user experience of the Web.
TYPES OF COOKIES
Depending on the entity that manages them, cookies may be:
- Own cookies : These are those that are sent to the interested party'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 cookies 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 the cookies.
According to the length 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 remains 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.
Depending on the purpose for which the data obtained through cookies are processed, the website may use:
Technical cookies – These are those that allow the user to navigate through the website or application and use the different options or services that exist therein. For example, controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted access web parts, remembering the elements that make up an order, making the request for registration or participation in an event, using security elements during navigation and storing content for the dissemination of videos or sound.
Personalization cookies – These are those that allow the user to access the service with some general characteristics predefined in their terminal or defined by the user themselves. For example, the language, the type of browser through which the service is accessed, the selected content design, the geolocation of the terminal and the regional configuration from where the service is accessed.
Advertising cookies – These are cookies that allow for the efficient management of advertising spaces that have been included on the website or application from which the service is provided. They allow the content of the advertising to be adapted so that it is relevant to the user and to avoid showing ads that the user has already seen.
Statistical analysis cookies – These cookies allow the monitoring and analysis of user behavior on websites. The information collected through this type of cookies is used to measure the activity of websites, applications or platforms and to create navigation profiles of users of said sites, in order to introduce improvements to the service based on the data on the use made by users.
HOW TO MANAGE COOKIES IN THE BROWSER?
The user has the option to allow, block or delete the cookies installed on his/her computer by configuring the options of the browser installed on his/her terminal:
Configure cookies in Google Chrome
Setting cookies in Microsoft Internet Explorer
Configure cookies in Mozilla Firefox
Setting cookies in Safari (Apple)
If you block the use of cookies in your browser, some services or functionalities of the website may not be available.
In some browsers, you can set specific rules to manage cookies on a per-website basis, giving you more precise control over your privacy. This means you can disable cookies from all sites except those you trust.