The Data Controller provides information about its Cookie Policy in the cookie banner available on all pages of the Website. The cookie banner displays essential information about data processing and allows the User to take the following actions:
In English, the term “cookie” refers to a biscuit; however, in the context of web browsing, a “cookie” is something entirely different. When you access our Website, a small amount of text known as a “cookie” is stored in your device’s browser. This text contains various types of information about your browsing activity, habits, preferences, content customisation, and more.
There are other technologies that operate in a similar way and are also used to collect data about your browsing activity. We will refer to all these technologies collectively as “cookies”.
The specific uses we make of these technologies are described in this document.
Cookies are an essential part of how the Website operates. The main purpose of our cookies is to improve your browsing experience. For example, they allow us to remember your preferences (such as language, country, etc.) during your visit and for future visits. The information collected through cookies also enables us to improve the website, adapt it to your interests as a user, speed up your searches, and more.
In certain cases, if we have obtained your prior informed consent, we may use cookies for additional purposes, such as obtaining information that allows us to display advertising based on the analysis of your browsing habits.
The cookies we use do not store sensitive personally identifiable information such as your name, address, password, etc.
The information stored in the 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, statistics collected regarding the number of visits, the most viewed content, etc., are usually managed by Google Analytics.
If you prefer to avoid the use of cookies, you may REJECT their use or CONFIGURE which ones you wish to disable and which ones you allow (this document provides detailed 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 from your device, as explained in the following section. If you wish to withdraw your consent, you must delete the cookies and configure them again.
The Data Controller provides information about its Cookie Policy in the cookie banner available on all pages of the Website. The cookie banner displays essential information about data processing and allows the User to take the following actions:
To restrict, block or delete cookies from this Website (and those used by third parties), you may do so at any time by modifying your browser settings. Please note that these settings differ for each browser.
The following links provide instructions on how to enable or disable cookies in the most common browsers.
Each website uses its own cookies. On our website, we use the following:
ACCORDING TO THE ENTITY THAT MANAGES THEM
First-party cookies:
These are sent to the User’s device from equipment or a domain managed by the website owner itself and from which the service requested by the User is provided.
Third-party cookies:
These are sent to the User’s device from equipment or a domain that is not managed by the website owner, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.
If cookies are served from equipment or a domain managed by the website owner but the information collected through them is managed by a third party, they cannot be considered first-party cookies if the third party uses them for its own purposes (for example, improving the services it provides or delivering advertising services to other entities).
ACCORDING TO THEIR PURPOSE
Technical cookies:
These are necessary for browsing and the proper functioning of our Website. For example, they allow us to control traffic and data communication, identify sessions, access restricted areas, process event registrations, count visits for software licence billing purposes, use security features during browsing, store content for video or audio streaming, enable dynamic content (such as text or image loading animations), or share content via social networks.
Analytics cookies:
These allow us to quantify the number of users and thus carry out statistical measurement and analysis of how users use the Website.
Preference or personalisation cookies:
These 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 language, the number of results displayed when performing a search, the appearance or content of the service depending on the type of browser used to access it, or the region from which the service is accessed.
ACCORDING TO THE LENGTH OF TIME THEY REMAIN ACTIVE
Session cookies:
These are designed to collect and store data while the User accesses a website.
They are typically used to store information that only needs to be retained for the provision of the service requested by the User on a single occasion (for example, a list of purchased products) and disappear when the session ends.
Persistent cookies:
These are cookies in which the data remain stored on the User’s device and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the cookie controller, which may range from a few minutes to several years.
In this regard, the use of persistent cookies should be specifically assessed for necessity, as privacy risks may be reduced by using session cookies instead. In any case, when persistent cookies are installed, it is recommended to minimise their duration to what is strictly necessary in accordance with their purpose.
For these purposes, Opinion 4/2012 of the Article 29 Working Party stated that for a cookie to be exempt from the requirement of informed consent, its expiry must be related to its purpose. For this reason, session cookies are far more likely to be considered exempt than persistent cookies.