What are cookies and what do we use them for?

A cookie or computer cookie is a small file of information that is saved in your browser every time you visit our website.

The usefulness of cookies is to save the history of your activity on our website, so that, when you visit it again, it can identify you and configure the content of it based on your browsing habits, identity and preferences.

A cookie is harmless, does not contain malicious or malicious code (e.g. viruses, Trojans, worms, etc.) that may damage your terminal (computer, smartphone, tablet, etc.), but it does have some impact on your right to the protection of your data, as it collects certain information concerning your person (browsing habits, identity, preferences, etc.).

What information does a cookie store?

Cookies do not usually collect special categories of personal data (sensitive data). The data they store are of a technical nature, personal preferences, personalization of content, etc.

What types of cookies exist?

In general, there are five types of cookies:

Technical cookies:

These are the most basic cookies. They allow the user to browse through a website, platform or application and use the different options or services that exist in it, such as controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted access parts, remembering the elements that make up an order, making the process of purchasing an order , make the request for registration or participation in an event, use security elements during navigation, store content for the dissemination of videos or sound or share content through social networks.

Personalization cookies:

They are those that allow the user to access the service with some predefined general characteristics based on a series of criteria in the user's terminal such as the language, the type of browser through which he accesses the service, the locale from where he accesses the service, etc.

Analysis cookies:

They are those that allow the person responsible for them, the monitoring and analysis of the behavior of the users of the websites to which they are linked. The information collected through this type of cookies is used in the measurement of the activity of the websites, application or platform and for the elaboration of browsing profiles of the users of such sites, applications and platforms, in order to introduce improvements based on the analysis of the usage data made by the users of the service.

Advertising cookies:

They are those that allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that, if applicable, the responsible person has included in a website, application or platform from which he provides the requested service based on criteria such as the edited content or the frequency in which the ads are displayed.

Behavioural advertising cookies:

They are those that allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that, if applicable, the responsible person has included in a website, application or platform from which he provides the requested service. These cookies store information about user behavior obtained through the continuous observation of their browsing habits, which allows to develop a specific profile to show advertising based on it.

What are own and third-party cookies?

Own cookies:

Own cookies are those that are generated and managed by the responsible person who provides the service requested by the user.

Third-party cookies:

They are those that are generated by entities other than the one responsible (services or external providers, such as Google).

What type of cookies does our website store?

The apps we use to obtain navigation information, measure and analyze your audience are:

Google Analytics

Facebook and Google adwords

Mailchimp

These applications have been developed by Google, who provide us with the service of measuring and analyzing the audience of our pages, displaying informative message about the use of cookies on our website and displaying messages in pop-up format. They may also use this data to improve their own services and to provide services to other companies. You can learn about these other uses from the links provided.

The information they obtain is related to the number of pages visited, the language, social network in which our news is published, the city or region to which the IP address from which you access is assigned, the number of new users, the frequency and recurrence of visits, the time of visit, the browser and the operator or type of terminal from which the visit is made.

We use this information to improve our pages, detect new needs and assess the improvements to be introduced in order to provide a better service to the users who visit us adapting them for example to the most used browsers or terminals.

What can I do with cookies?

Cookies can be deleted, accepted or blocked, as you wish, for this you should only conveniently configure the web browser.

At any time, you can prevent the installation of cookies (blocking) on your computer by means of the corresponding option of your browser, but in that case we will not be able to assure you the correct functioning of the different functionalities of our website.

To allow, know, block or delete cookies installed on your computer you can do so by configuring the options of the browser installed on your computer.

For example, you can find information on how to do this in the case you use as a browser:

You can learn more about the Firefox browser from here: https://support.mozilla.org/es/kb/habilitar-y-deshabilitar-cookies-sitios-web-rastrear-preferencias

You can learn more about the Chrome browser from here: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=es

You can learn more about the Internet Explorer browser from here: https://support.microsoft.com/es-es/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

You can learn more about the Safari browser from here: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH19214?viewlocale=es_ES&locale=es_ES

You can learn more about the Opera browser from here: http://help.opera.com/Windows/11.50/es-ES/cookies.html

You can also delete the cookies that you have stored in your browser by going to the settings of the same.