Cookies policy

INFORMATION ABOUT COOKIES

Due to the entry into force of the reference modification of the “Law of Services of the Information Society” (LSSICE) established by Royal Decree 13/2012, it is mandatory to obtain the express consent of the user of all web pages that use dispensable cookies, before the user navigates through them.

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies and other similar technologies such as local shared objects, flash cookies or pixels, are tools used by Web servers to store and retrieve information about their visitors, as well as to offer a correct operation of the site.

By using these devices, the Web server is allowed to remember some data concerning the users, such as their preferences for viewing the server’s page, their name and password, products that interest them most, etc.

COOKIES AFFECTED BY THE REGULATIONS AND EXCEPTED COOKIES

According to the EU directive, cookies that require the informed consent by the user are analytical cookies and those for advertising and affiliation, excepting those of a technical nature and those necessary for the operation of the website or the provision of services expressly requested by the user.

WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES ARE THERE?

ACCORDING TO THE PURPOSE:

• Technical and functional cookies: are those that allow the user to navigate through a web page, platform or application and use the different options or services that exist in it.
• Analytical cookies: these are those that allow the person responsible for them to monitor and analyze the behavior of the users of the websites to which they are linked. The information collected through this type of cookies is used to measure the activity of the websites, application or platform and to create navigation profiles of the users of said sites, applications and platforms, in order to introduce improvements in function of the analysis of the usage data made by the users of the service.
• Advertising cookies: are those that allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the editor has included in a web page, application or platform from which the requested service is provided based on criteria such as edited content or how often ads are shown.
• Behavioral advertising cookies: they collect information about the preferences and personal choices of the user (retargeting) to allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the editor has included in a web page, application or platform from which the requested service is provided.
• Social cookies: they are set by the social media platforms on the services to allow you to share content with your friends and networks. Social media platforms have the ability to track your online activity outside of the Services. This may affect the content and messages that you see on other services that you visit.
• Affiliate cookies: they allow you to track visits from other websites, with which the website establishes an affiliation contract (affiliate companies).
• Security cookies: they store encrypted information to prevent the data stored in them from being vulnerable to malicious attacks from third parties.

ACCORDING TO THE PURPOSE:

• Own cookies: are those that are sent to the user’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: are those that are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain that is not managed by the editor, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through cookies.

ACCORDING TO THE CONSERVATION PERIOD

• Session cookies: are those designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page.
• Persistent cookies: are those in which the data is still stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed during a period defined by the person responsible for the cookie, which can range from a few minutes to several years.

COOKIES USED ON THIS WEBSITE

• PHPSESSID: technical and strictly necessary cookie that contains the identifier of the session. It is erased when the browser is closed.
• _lang: technical and strictly necessary cookie that contains the session language. It is erased when the browser is closed.
• ac_cookies: technical and strictly necessary cookie that contains the value of whether the installation of cookies has been accepted. It expires in 1 year from the last update.
• _utma: Google Analytics cookie that records the date of the first and last time the user visited the website. It expires 2 years from the last update.
• _utmb: Google Analytics cookie that records the arrival time to the website. It expires 30 minutes after the last update.
• _utmc: Google Analytics cookie used for interoperability with the urchin.js tracking code. It is removed when closing the browser.
• _utmt: Google Analytics cookie. This cookie is used to process the type of request requested by the user. It expires at the end of the session.
• _utmv: Google Analytics cookie. This cookie is used to segment demographic data. It expires at the end of the session.
• _utmz: Google Analytics cookie that stores the source of traffic or a campaign to explain how the user got to reached the website. It expires 6 months after the last update.

HOW TO MANAGE COOKIES FROM THE BROWSER

Delete device cookies

Cookies that are already installed on a device can be removed by clearing the browser history, thereby removing cookies from all visited websites.

However, some of the saved information may also be lost (for example, login details or website preferences).

Manage site specific cookies

To have a more precise control of the specific cookies of each site, users can adjust their privacy and cookie settings in the browser.

Block cookies

Although most modern browsers can be configured to prevent cookies from being installed on a device, this may force the manual adjustment of certain preferences each time a site or page is visited. In addition, some services and features may not work properly (for example, profiled logins).

HOW TO REMOVE COOKIES FROM THE MOST COMMON BROWSERS

Chrome: http://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=es

Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/es-es/help/278835/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-explorer

Firefox: https://www.mozilla.org/es-ES/privacy/websites/#cookies

Safari: https://support.apple.com/es-es/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac

Opera: Opera https://help.opera.com/en/latest/security-and-privacy/#clearBrowsingData