What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small files installed on the hard drive or browser of a computer, tablet, smartphone, or similar device with Internet navigation functions. They help, among other things, to personalise the services offered by the website owner, facilitate browsing and usability, gather aggregated information about website visitors, enable the reproduction and display of multimedia content, allow user interaction with the website, activate security tools, and more.

Definitions Used in This Cookie Policy

• Data: Information obtained through the user’s terminal device via storage and retrieval mechanisms (cookies or similar). Data is considered personal when it pertains to identified or identifiable individuals, as outlined in Article 4 of the GDPR.
• Aggregated Information: Non-nominal, typically numerical data used to provide statistical information.
• Terminal Device: The device from which the user accesses the service, such as a computer, mobile phone, tablet, etc., and from which information is obtained.
• Information Society Service: Any service provided at the individual user’s request, either for free or for payment, remotely and electronically, that constitutes an economic activity for the website owner.
• Publisher: The entity responsible for the website.
• Third Party: External entities, collaborators, service providers, or associates of the publisher involved in cookie management.
• Cookie Owner: The publisher, website owner, or even a third party in some cases.
• Browsing Habits: User behaviour trends observed while navigating a website, such as time spent on the site, visited sections, frequently accessed pages, traffic sources, and destinations.

Types of Cookies

Based on Who Manages Them:

• First-party Cookies: Sent to the user’s device from a server or domain managed by the publisher providing the requested service.
• Third-party Cookies: Sent to the user’s device from a server or domain not managed by the publisher but by another entity processing data obtained through the cookies.

Based on Their Duration:

• Session Cookies: Designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a website. They are typically used to retain information needed for the requested service in a single session (e.g., items in a shopping cart) and are deleted when the session ends.
• Persistent Cookies: Data remains stored on the user’s device and can be accessed and processed for a defined period set by the cookie owner, which can range from minutes to years.

Based on Their Purpose:

• Technical Cookies: Allow users to browse a website, platform, or application and utilise various options or services, including traffic control, communication of data, user session identification, restricted access, remembering shopping cart items, payment management, and fraud prevention. They also allow for dynamic content or multimedia playback and sharing content on social media. This category includes cookies used to manage advertising spaces without collecting user information for personalisation.
• Preference or Personalisation Cookies: Store information to allow users to access the service with certain characteristics, such as language, search preferences, or regional content display.
• Analytics or Measurement Cookies: Enable tracking and analysis of user behaviour, including the effectiveness of advertisements. The information gathered helps improve services based on usage data.
• Advertising Cookies: Manage advertising spaces on a website, app, or platform, based on factors like content or frequency of ads displayed.
• Behavioural Advertising Cookies: Store information about user behaviour, obtained through continuous observation of browsing habits, allowing for a specific user profile to display targeted advertising.

You can find information about transfers to third countries made by the third parties identified in this Cookies Policy, as well as the risks associated with such transfers according to their own policies (unrelated to this website), by accessing their respective Cookies Policies provided in the table above.

You can accept, reject, or revoke consent for the use of the cookies described in this policy through the cookie configurator available in the initial cookie usage notice when you access the homepage. Additionally, you can disable or delete cookies previously accepted through the settings of your internet browsers. Below, we provide guidance for the most commonly used browsers within this Cookies Policy.

SPECIFICALLY, WHAT COOKIES DO WE USE?

HOW TO DISABLE COOKIES?

Blocking or disabling all cookies helps to protect your privacy but may also limit your experience on certain websites, as well as restrict functionalities or even prevent proper navigation or the use of some services.

You can enable or disable the cookies described above (except technical cookies, which are essential for proper functioning) through the configurator that appears in the cookie usage notice when you access our homepage. Please note that if you accept third-party cookies, you will need to delete them from the browser options or through the system provided by the respective third party.

Similarly, if you want to know how to disable cookies in the most popular web browsers, please refer to the following tutorials:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Microsoft Edge
• Safari
• Chrome for Android
• Opera

If you have any questions or concerns about this Cookies Policy, you can contact us through the contact details available on our website.

If you want complete and specific information on the protection of personal data, please refer to our Privacy Policy.