What are cookies?
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. We will refer to all these technologies collectively as “cookies.”
The specific uses we make of these technologies are described in this document.
What are cookies used for on this website?
Cookies are an essential part of how the Website works. The main purpose of our cookies is to improve your browsing experience. For example, to remember your preferences (language, country, etc.) during browsing and on future visits. The information collected in cookies also allows us to improve the website, tailor it to your interests as a user, speed up your searches, etc.
In certain cases, if we have obtained your prior informed consent, we may use cookies for other purposes, such as to gather information that allows us to show you advertising based on the analysis of your browsing habits.
What are cookies NOT used for on this website?
The cookies we use do not store sensitive personally identifiable information such as your name, address, your password, etc.
Who uses the information stored in cookies?
The information stored in the cookies of 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 services that improve the user experience. For example, the statistics that are collected about the number of visits, the content that most interests, etc.
How can you avoid the use of cookies on this Website?
If you prefer to avoid the use of cookies, you can REJECT their use or you can CONFIGURE which ones you want to avoid and which ones you allow to use (in this document we provide you with detailed information about each type of cookie, its purpose, recipient, temporality, etc.).
If you have accepted them, we will not ask you again unless you delete the cookies on your device as indicated in the following section. If you want to revoke consent, you will need to delete the cookies and reconfigure them.
What types of cookies are used on this website?
Each website uses its own cookies. On our website we use the ones indicated below:
BASED ON THE ENTITY THAT MANAGES THEM
First-party cookies:
These are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by the editor itself and from which the service requested by the User is provided.
Third-party cookies:
These are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain that is not managed by the editor, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through cookies.
If cookies are served from a computer or domain managed by the editor itself but the information collected by these is managed by a third party, they cannot be considered as first-party cookies if the third party uses them for their own purposes (for example, the improvement of the services it offers or the provision of advertising services on behalf of other entities).
BASED ON THEIR PURPOSE
Technical cookies:
These are necessary for the navigation and proper functioning of our Website, such as controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted access parts, performing the request for registration or participation in an event, counting visits for the purpose of invoicing licenses of the software with which the service of the Website operates, using security elements during navigation, storing content for the dissemination of videos or sound, enabling dynamic content (for example, animation of loading a text or image).
Analytical cookies:
These allow the number of users to be quantified and thus carry out the measurement and statistical analysis of the use made by users of the Website.
Preference or personalization cookies:
These allow remembering information so that the User accesses the service with certain characteristics that can differentiate their experience from that of other users, such as, for example, the language, the number of results to show when the User performs a search, the appearance or content of the service depending on the type of browser through which the User accesses the service or from the region from which the service is accessed, etc.
BASED ON THE LENGTH OF TIME THEY REMAIN ACTIVATED
Session cookies:
These are designed to collect and store data while the User accesses a webpage.
They are typically used to store information that only interests to keep for the provision of the service requested by the User on a single occasion (for example, a list of purchased products) and disappear at the end of the session.
Persistent cookies:
In these cookies, the data are still stored in the terminal and can be accessed and treated for a period defined by the cookie manager, which can range from a few minutes to several years. In this regard, the use of persistent cookies should be specifically assessed, as privacy risks could be reduced by using session cookies. In any case, when persistent cookies are installed, it is recommended to minimize their temporal duration according to the purpose of their use. To this effect, Opinion 4/2012 of GT29 indicated that for a cookie to be exempt from the duty of informed consent, its expiration must be related to its purpose. Because of this, session cookies are much more likely to be considered exempt than persistent cookies.