What are cookies?
A cookie is a file that is downloaded to your device (computer, mobile phone, tablet…) when you access a website. They contain some type of information about you, as a user. Cookies are used for various purposes, such as saving your preferences, browsing habits, recognizing the user and avoiding requesting authentication again, among many other purposes.
Types of cookies
They can be classified based on various criteria.
Depending on who generates the cookie, these may be:
- own cookies: these are those generated by the domain of the website you are visiting.
- third-party cookies: those generated by services or providers external to the owner of the website being visited.
Depending on their validity or duration, cookies can be:
- session cookies: they expire and are deleted when the user stops browsing the website.
- permanent cookies: they are stored for a longer period of time, defined by the creator of the cookie, which could be days, weeks, months…
Depending on their purpose, cookies could be:
- technical cookies: those that are essential and necessary for the functioning of a website.
- personalization cookies: they store information about preferences, such as the selection of your language or region, type of currency, etc.
- analytical cookies: to track user navigation.
- advertising and behavioral cookies: they collect information about preferences and the use of the website by the user, in order to create profiles and offer related advertising of interest.
- affiliate cookies: to record visits from other portals with which the website has an affiliation agreement (affiliate companies)
Cookies used on this website
On this website we use 3 types of cookies:
- technical cookies (own) to identify the session of each user who is logged in
- personalization cookies (own), to record whether the user has accepted (or rejected) the site’s cookie policy
- and analytical cookies (from third parties) to analyze behavior when browsing the web and identify robots.
We also use Google’s reCAPTCHA service to analyze whether the connected user is a person or an automatic program, protecting the information sent through contact forms. This service may create cookies and send analysis data to Google servers. You can consult Google’s use of cookies.
Cookie management and configuration
You can allow, block or delete cookies installed on your computer through the configuration options of the browser you are using. Follow the instructions provided for this purpose for the most widely used browsers:
Google Chrome – Internet Explorer – Mozilla Firefox – Apple Safari – Opera
You may also use third-party privacy and cookie management software. These tools detect cookies on each site that the user visits and allow them to be deactivated. You can use for example ghostery.com
Additional information about cookies
You can get more information about cookies on websites such as the following:
Cookie policy update
This policy will be reviewed and modified to ensure its validity and compliance with legislation. We recommend that you visit them regularly to stay informed.
Last update: 03/05/2024
