WHAT ARE COOKIES?

1.- What are cookies?

Cookies are files that are downloaded to the user’s terminal (computer/smartphone/tablet) when accessing certain web pages and are stored in the user’s memory. Cookies allow, among other things, to store and retrieve information about the browsing habits of a user or their equipment, see which pages are visited, the connection time, analyze the operation of a page, if there are technical problems, etc.. Depending on the information they contain and the way the terminal is used, they can be used to recognize the user.

2.- What types of cookies are there?

Depending on the entity that manages the cookies they can be:

• Own cookies. They are owned and managed by us
• Third-party cookies. They are owned by a third party who manages the information obtained by the cookie.

Depending on the time they remain activated, they can be:

• Session cookies. Designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page.
• Permanent cookies. The data is stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the cookie owner, which can range from minutes to years.

According to their purpose they can be:

• Technical cookies. They are used to allow the user to navigate through the website or application and are necessary to strictly provide a service requested by the user, such as user login cookies, user authentication or identification cookies (session only), user security cookies, media player session cookies, load balancing session cookies, user interface customization cookies, certain plug-in cookies to exchange social content, etc ….
• Preference or personalization cookies. They are used to store service configurations so that you don’t have to reconfigure them every time you visit the website.
• Analysis or measurement cookies. They are used to track and analyze the behavior of the users of the websites to which they are linked, including the quantification of the impact of advertisements. The information collected through this type of cookies is used in the measurement of the activity of the websites, application or platform, in order to make improvements based on the analysis of the usage data made by the users of the service.
• Behavioral advertising cookies. They are those that store information on user behavior obtained through the continuous observation of their browsing habits, allowing the development of a specific profile to display advertising based on it.

3.- What cookies do we use on our website?

The cookies used on our website are as follows: