Definition and functions
This website uses a traffic analyser that employs small information files known as ‘cookies’ and/or similar technologies that store and retrieve information when any user browses our website. The server sends the user’s computer the content for the proper functioning and display of the website, as well as the collection of statistical data on the use and browsing of our website. In general, these technologies can serve a variety of purposes, including the following:
We may collect information about your computer, including, where applicable, your IP address, operating system and browser type. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive.
Cookies also help us to improve our website and provide a better, more personalised service. Specifically, they allow us to:
- Estimate usage numbers and patterns.
- Store information about your preferences and customise our website according to your individual interests.
- Speed up your searches.
- Recognise you when you return to our site.
What types of cookies do we use?
Depending on the entity that manages them:
First-party cookies
These are sent to the user’s computer 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 sent to the user’s computer 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 how long they remain active:
Session cookies
These are temporary cookies that remain in the user’s browser cookie file until they leave the website, so none are recorded on the user’s computer hard drive.
Persistent cookies
These are stored on the hard drive and the website reads them each time you visit. A persistent cookie has a specific expiry date. The cookie will stop working after that date.
According to their purpose:
Necessary or technical
These are cookies that allow the user to navigate through a website, platform or application and use the different options or services that exist therein, including those that the publisher uses to allow the management and operation of the website and enable its functions and services, such as, for example, controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted areas, remembering the items included in an order, carrying out the purchase process for an order, managing payment, controlling fraud linked to the security of the service, requesting registration or participation in an event, counting visits for the purposes of billing for licences for the software with which the service operates (website, platform or application), use security elements during browsing, store content for the dissemination of videos or sound, enable dynamic content (e.g. animation of text or image loading) or share content through social networks.
Preferences or personalisation
These are cookies that allow information to be remembered so that the user can access the service with certain characteristics that may differentiate their experience from that of other users, such as the language, the number of results to be displayed 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 they access the service, etc.
Analysis or measurement cookies
These cookies, processed by us or by third parties, allow us to quantify the number of users and thus carry out statistical measurement and analysis of the use made by users of the service offered. To do this, your browsing on our website is analysed in order to improve the range of products or services we offer you.
Behavioural advertising
These are cookies that, when processed by us or by third parties, allow us to analyse your Internet browsing habits so that we can show you advertising related to your browsing profile.
Accepting, rejecting or deleting cookies
This website displays information about its Cookies Policy at the bottom or top of the portal each time you log in so that you are aware and informed of it.
You can accept the installation of cookies in your web browser, which you can find in the information panel, by clicking on a button that allows you to accept all cookies through a clear affirmative and positive action.
You can also reject the use of cookies by selecting to refuse their installation and use in your browser by clicking the button to reject them en masse. However, you should be aware that if you do so, you may not be able to enjoy the full functionality of this website.
Ultimately, you have the option to delete previously installed cookies from the settings of the browser you are using for this purpose.
Consent
The User must give their prior consent, unless otherwise indicated, to the use of cookies and also authorises the tracking of their IP address while browsing the website.
Unless you have adjusted your web browser settings to reject all or some cookies, we will obtain consent from each user for the installation and operation of cookies for a period of 24 months and, during this same period, the user’s preferences will be retained without requesting new consent each time they visit the website.
There are several mechanisms for obtaining consent that we can use on this website, for example, through a layered information format, through browser settings, or simply by continuing to browse the website.
Configuration
In accordance with European data protection regulations that may be affected by the use of cookies, different Internet browsers have configuration tools so that the user, if they wish, can deactivate and/or delete these cookies or activate private browsing mode in their browser.
The settings for the browser installed on your computer may be:
Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=es
Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/es-es/help/4027947/microsoft-edge-delete-cookies
Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/es/kb/cookies-informacion-que-los-sitios-web-guardan-en-
Safari: https://support.apple.com/es-es/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
What cookies do we use and why?
Below is a more detailed explanation of each type of cookie, its purpose, type, duration and ownership: