COOKIE POLICY

Due to the entry into force of the amendment to the “Information Society Services Act” (LSSICE) established by Royal Decree 13/2012, it is mandatory to obtain the express consent of the user of all web pages that use dispensable cookies, before the user browses them.

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies and similar technologies such as local shared objects, flash cookies, or pixels, are tools used by Web servers to store and retrieve information about their visitors, as well as to provide proper functioning of the site.

By using these devices, the Web server is allowed to remember some data concerning the user, such as their preferences for viewing the pages of that server, name and password, products that interest them most, etc.

COOKIES AFFECTED BY THE REGULATION AND COOKIES EXEMPTED

According to the EU directive, cookies that require informed consent from the user are analytics cookies and advertising and affiliation cookies, being exempt technical cookies and those necessary for the functioning of the website or the provision of services expressly requested by the user.

WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES ARE THERE?

ACCORDING TO THE PURPOSE

  • Technical and functional cookies: are those that allow the user to navigate through a webpage, platform or application and the use of the different options or services that exist within.
  • Analytical cookies: are those that allow the person responsible for them to monitor and analyze the behavior of the users of the websites to which they are linked. The information collected through this type of cookies is used in measuring the activity of websites, application or platform and for the profiling of user navigation of these sites, applications and platforms, in order to make improvements based on the analysis of the data on the use of the service by users.
  • Advertising cookies: are those that enable the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the publisher has included on a webpage, application or platform from which the requested service is provided based on criteria such as the content edited or the frequency at which the ads are shown.
  • Behavioral advertising cookies: collect information about the user’s personal preferences and choices (retargeting) to allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the publisher has included on a webpage, application or platform from which the requested service is provided.
  • Social cookies: are set by social network platforms in the services to allow you to share content with your friends and networks. Social media platforms have the ability to track your online activity outside of the Services. This may affect the content and messages you see on other services you visit.
  • Affiliate cookies: allow to track visits from other websites, with which the website establishes an affiliation contract (affiliation companies).
  • Security cookies: store encrypted information to prevent the stored data from being vulnerable to malicious attacks by third parties.

ACCORDING TO THE OWNERSHIP

  • Own cookies: are those sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by the own publisher and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
  • Third-party cookies: are those sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain that is not managed by the publisher, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through cookies.

ACCORDING TO THE CONSERVATION PERIOD

  • Session cookies: are a type of cookies designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a webpage.
  • Persistent cookies: are a type