Definition and function of cookies

What are cookies?

A cookie is a file that is downloaded to your computer to access certain web pages. Cookies allow a website, among other things, store and retrieve information about browsing habits of a user or their equipment and, depending on the information they contain and the way you use your computer, can be used to recognize the user.

 

Types of cookies used by this website and their purpose

What types of cookies are used by this site?

  • Analysis cookies: These, when are well treated by us or by third parties, allow us to quantify the number of users, as well as measure and make a statistical analysis of the use that users made of the service offered. To do that, we can analyze your browsing in our website in order to improve the supply of products or services we offer.
  • Advertising cookies: These are those that, when treated by us or by third parties, allow us to manage, as efficiently as possible, the supply of advertising spaces in the website, adapting the ad content to the content of the service requested or the use you do of our website. So we can analyze your browsing habits on the Internet and we can show related advertising to your profile navigation.

If you wish to disable cookies, you can follow these instructions:

Google Chrome

  1. Click on the Settings menu in the upper right of the browser.
  2. Select "Options" and click "Show advanced options".
  3. Select "Content Settings".
  4. In the section on cookies, select FOR COOKIES FROM OUR WEB "Allow local data to be stored (recommended)" to accept all cookies, "Save local data until you close the browser" to delete cookies when you close the browser or "not allow data of the site" to reject all cookies. FOR THIRD PARTY COOKIES (advertisers) if you select "Block the data of the sites and third-party cookies", you will reject the cookies we use for advertising.

Mozilla Firefox (PC)

  1. On the Tools menu, select "Options".
  2. Select the privacy label at the top of the window.
  3. From the drop-down menu, choose "Use custom settings for history".
  4. Check "Accept Cookies" and "Accept third party cookies" to accept all cookies or just mark "Accept third party cookies" and the option NEVER to refuse the advertising cookies.

Mozilla Firefox (MAC)

  1. In the top tool menu, click Firefox and select "Preferences".
  2. Click on "Privacy".
  3. In the section "History" select "Use custom settings for history" from the dropdown menu.
  4. Check "Accept Cookies" and "Accept third party cookies" to accept all cookies or just mark "Accept third party cookies" and the option NEVER to refuse the advertising cookies.

IE 6 o higher

  1. On the Tools menu, select "Internet Options".
  2. Click on the "Privacy" tab.
  3. You see a scroll cursor to configure privacy which has six positions that allow you to control the number of cookies that will be installed: "Block all cookies", "High" (we can use technical cookies), "Medium High" (blocks first and third-party cookies that obtain data without the explicit consent of the user), "Medium" (blocks third-party cookies that collect data without the explicit consent of the user and restricts first-party), "Low" (allow first-party cookies and restricts third) and "Accept all cookies".

Apple Safari

  1. Once Safari is opened, go to the Finder tool bar and select "Safari".
  2. In the dropdown menu, select "Preferences" option.
  3. Select the "Security" tab.
  4. In the "Accept Cookies" section select "Always" to accept all cookies, "never" to reject all or "Only from sites I visit" to reject advertising and third-party cookies.
  5. For Safari 5.1, in the "Cookies" section, mark "never" to accept all cookies, "always" to refuse cookies or "From advertising and third parties" to reject these last ones.

IOS

  1. From the home screen, select "Settings".
  2. Select "Safari".
  3. Click on "Accept Cookies".
  4. Select "Always" to accept all cookies, "never" to reject all or "Only from sites I visit" to reject advertising and third-party cookies.

ANDROID

  1. Start the browser application.
  2. Click on the "Menu" button and select the "More" option.
  3. Click on the "Configuration" option.
  4. Check or uncheck "Accept cookies".