1. What are cookies and why do we use them on this Website.
A cookie is a file that is downloaded to the user’s device when accessing certain websites to store and retrieve information about the browsing that is done from that device.
Cookies allow that website, among other things, to store and retrieve information about the user’s decisions and habits. On this Website, we use them to improve the experience within our sites, identify and remember the registered user, and facilitate navigation.
It is important to note that the use of cookies does not provide the user’s personal data.
The user can configure their browser not to accept the use of cookies, in which case the personalization of the experience would not apply, although they will still be able to access the contents of our websites normally.
On the Wikipedia page, it is possible to get more information about what cookies are and how they work. Access Wikipedia here.
2. What type of cookies does our Website use?
Cookies, depending on their permanence, can be divided into session or permanent cookies. The former expire when the user closes the browser. The latter expire depending on when the purpose they serve is fulfilled (for example, for the user to remain identified on the website) or when they are manually deleted.
Additionally, depending on their purpose, Cookies can be classified as follows:
· Performance cookies: this type of Cookie remembers your preferences for the tools found in the services, so you do not have to reconfigure the service each time you visit. As an example, this typology includes:
Volume settings for video or audio players.
The video transmission speeds that are compatible with your browser.
· Geolocation cookies: these Cookies are used to find out which country you are in when you request a website or service. This Cookie is completely anonymous, and is only used to help target content to your location.
· Registration cookies: Registration cookies are generated once the User has registered or subsequently logged in, and are used to identify them on the websites and services with the following objectives:
Keep the user identified so that, if they close a service or website, the browser or the computer and at another time or another day they re-enter that service or website, they will remain identified, thus facilitating their navigation without having to log in again. This functionality can be removed if the user clicks the “Logout” functionality, so that this Cookie is deleted and the next time they enter the website the user will have to log in to be identified.
Check if the user is authorized to access certain services or features of the Website.
Additionally, some services may use third-party connectors such as Facebook, Twitter or Google. When the user registers for a service with credentials from a social network or third-party identification system, they authorize it to save a persistent cookie that remembers their identity and guarantees them access to the website until it expires. The user can delete this cookie and revoke access to the website through social networks or a third-party identification system by updating their preferences in the specific social network.
· Analytics cookies: Each time a User visits a Website or Service, a tool from an external provider (Google Analytics, comScore and similar) generates an analytics cookie on the user’s device. This cookie, which is only generated during the visit, will serve to identify the visitor anonymously. The main objectives pursued are:
Allow the anonymous identification of browsing users through the “Cookie” (it identifies browsers and devices, not people) and therefore the approximate counting of the number of visitors and their trend over time.
Identify anonymously the most visited content and therefore the most attractive to users.
Know if the user accessing is new or a repeat visitor.
· Advertising cookies: this type of cookie allows expanding the information of the advertisements shown to each anonymous user on the Websites. Among other things, the duration or frequency of viewing of advertising spaces, the interaction with them, or the user’s browsing patterns and/or behaviors are stored as they help to create a profile of advertising interest. In this way, they allow offering advertising related to the user’s interests.
3. How to disable cookies in the browser
Most browsers currently allow the user to configure whether they want to accept cookies and which ones. These settings are usually found in the ‘options’ or ‘Preferences’ of your browser’s menu.
These are the instructions to configure cookies in the main browsers:
Chrome: Settings -> Show advanced options -> Privacy -> Content settings.
For more information, you can consult Google support or the browser Help.
Firefox: Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> History -> Custom Settings.
For more information, you can consult Mozilla support or the browser Help.
Internet Explorer: Tools -> Internet Options -> Privacy -> Settings.
For more information, you can consult Microsoft support or the browser Help.
Safari: Preferences -> Security.
For more information, you can consult Apple support or the browser Help.
If you want to know the detailed information of the New Spanish Cookie Law click here. (document in .PDF)