What are cookies?
In English, the term “cookie” usually refers to a small baked treat, but in the context of web browsing, a “cookie” is something entirely different. When you access our website, a small amount of text called a “cookie” is stored in your device’s browser. This text contains various information about your browsing, habits, preferences, content customizations, etc.
There are other technologies that work similarly and are also used to collect data about your browsing activity. For simplicity, we will refer to all these technologies as “cookies.”
The specific uses we make of these technologies are described in this document.
Why are cookies used on this website?
Cookies are an essential part of how our website functions. The primary purpose of our cookies is to improve your browsing experience. For example, they help remember your preferences (language, country, etc.) during browsing and future visits. The information collected by cookies also allows us to improve the website, adapt it to your interests, speed up your searches, etc.
In certain cases, if we have obtained prior informed consent, we may use cookies for other purposes, such as gathering information that allows us to display advertising based on the analysis of your browsing habits.
Why are cookies NOT used on this website?
The cookies we use do not store sensitive personal identification information such as name, address, password, etc.
Who uses the information stored in cookies?
The information stored in cookies on our website is used exclusively by us, except for those identified below as “third-party cookies,” which are used and managed by external entities that provide us with services to improve the user experience. For example, the statistics collected on the number of visits, the most popular content, etc.
How can you avoid the use of cookies on this website?
If you prefer to avoid the use of cookies, you can REFUSE their use, or you can CONFIGURE which cookies you want to avoid and which you allow (this document provides expanded information about each type of cookie, its purpose, recipient, duration, etc.).
If you have accepted them, we will not ask you again unless you delete the cookies on your device as indicated in the next section. If you want to revoke consent, you must delete the cookies and reconfigure them.
How do I disable and delete cookies?
To restrict, block, or delete cookies from this website (and those used by third parties), you can do so at any time by modifying your browser settings. Note that this configuration differs in each browser.
The following links provide instructions for enabling or disabling cookies in the most common browsers:
What types of cookies are used on this website?
Each website uses its own cookies. On our website, we use the following:
BY THE ENTITY THAT MANAGES THEM
Own Cookies:
These are cookies sent to the user’s terminal device from equipment or a domain managed by the editor itself and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
Third-Party Cookies:
These are cookies sent to the user’s terminal device from equipment or a domain not managed by the editor but by another entity that processes the data obtained through cookies.
If cookies are served from equipment or a domain managed by the editor itself, but the information collected through them is managed by a third party, they cannot be considered own cookies if the third party uses them for its own purposes (for example, improving the services provided or offering advertising services for other entities).
BY PURPOSE
Technical Cookies:
These are necessary for browsing and the proper functioning of our website, such as controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted access parts, processing requests for registration or participation in an event, counting visits for software licensing purposes, using security elements during navigation, storing content for video or audio diffusion, and enabling dynamic content (for example, loading animations for text or images).
Analytics Cookies:
These allow us to quantify the number of users and thus carry out statistical measurement and analysis of the usage of our website.
Preference or Personalization Cookies:
These allow information to be remembered so that the user can access the service with certain characteristics that differentiate their experience from that of other users, such as language, the number of results displayed when the user searches, the appearance or content of the service depending on the type of browser the user accesses the service from, or the region from which they access the service.
BY THE TIME THEY REMAIN ACTIVATED
Session Cookies:
These are designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page.
They are typically used to store information that only needs to be kept to provide the service requested by the user on a single occasion (e.g., a list of purchased products) and disappear at the end of the session.
Persistent Cookies:
These are those in which data remains stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the cookie’s manager, which can range from a few minutes to several years. It is necessary to specifically consider whether persistent cookies are required, as privacy risks could be minimized by using session cookies. In any case, when persistent cookies are installed, it is recommended to minimize their duration in accordance with the intended purpose. To this effect, Opinion 4/2012 of the Article 29 Working Party indicated that to be exempt from the duty of informed consent, a cookie’s expiration must be related to its purpose. Therefore, session cookies are more likely to be considered exempt than persistent cookies.