What are the cookies and what do we use them for?

A cookie is a small information file that is stored on your computer, smartphone or tablet every time you visit our website.

In principle, a cookie is harmless: it does not contain viruses, Trojans, worms, etc. that can damage your terminal, but it does have a certain impact on your right to the protection of your personal data, as it collects certain information concerning you (browsing habits, identity, preferences, etc.).

That is why, based on the provisions of the applicable regulations (LSSI and current legislation on personal data protection), the activation of certain types of cookies will require your prior authorization.

Before doing so, we will give you some additional information that will help you to make a better decision in this regard:

1.Cookies can be of various types depending on their purpose:

• Technical cookies are necessary for our website to function, they do not require your authorization and are the only ones we have enabled by default.
• The other cookies are used to improve our website, to customize it based on your preferences, or to show you advertising tailored to your searches, tastes and personal interests. You can accept all these cookies by clicking on the ACCEPT button or configure or reject their use by clicking on the COOKIE SETTINGS section.

2. Some cookies are ours (we will call them our own cookies) and others belong to external companies that provide services for our website (we will call them third-party cookies: an example could be cookies from external providers such as Google). In this sense, it is important for you to know that some of these external suppliers may be located outside Spain.

3. Finally, we would like to point out that, depending on the period of time they remain active, cookies can be of two types:

• Session cookies: they expire automatically when you end the session on your computer, “smartphone” or tablet. They are usually used to retain the necessary information while a service is provided to you on a single occasion.
• Persistent cookies: they remain stored on your computer, smartphone or tablet for a certain period of time, which can vary from a few minutes to several years.

 

What types of cookies may we use on our website?

• Technical Cookies:

echnical cookies are strictly necessary for our website to work and for you to be able to browse our website. This type of cookies are those that, for example, allow us to identify you, give you access to certain restricted parts of the page if necessary, or remember different options or services already selected by you, such as your privacy preferences. Therefore, hey are activated by default, not being necessary your authorization in this regard.

Through your browser settings, you can block or alert you to the presence of this type of cookies, although such blocking will affect the proper functioning of the different functionalities of our website.

• Analysis Cookies:

Analysis cookies allow us to study the navigation of users of our website in general (for example, which sections of the page are the most visited, which services are most used and if they work correctly, etc.).

From the statistical information about the navigation on our website, we can improve both the operation of the site itself and the various services offered. Therefore, these cookies do not have an advertising purpose, but only serve to make our website work better, adapting to our users in general. By activating them you will contribute to this continuous improvement.

• Functionality and Personalization Cookies:

Functionality cookies allow us to remember your preferences, to customize certain features and general options of our website for you, each time you access it (for example, the language in which the information is presented to you, the sections marked as favorites, your browser type, etc.).

Therefore, this type of cookies do not have an advertising purpose, but by activating them you will improve the functionality of the website (for example, adapting to your type of browser) and the customization of the same based on your preferences (for example, presenting the information in the language you have chosen on previous occasions), which will contribute to the ease, usability and comfort of our page during your navigation.

• Advertising Cookies:

Advertising cookies allow us to manage the advertising spaces included on our website based on criteria such as the content shown or the frequency at which ads are shown.

So for example, if you have been shown several times the same ad on our website, and you have not shown a personal interest by clicking on it, it will not appear again. In short, by activating this type of cookie, the advertising displayed on our website will be more useful and diverse, and less repetitive.

• Behavioral Advertising Cookies:

Behavioral advertising cookies allow us to obtain information based on the observation of your web browsing habits and behaviors, in order to be able to show you advertising content that better suits your personal tastes and interests.

To make it easier for you to understand, we will give you a fictitious example: if your last web searches were related to thriller literature, we would show you advertisements about thriller books.

Therefore, by activating this type of cookies, the advertising we show you on our website will not be generic, but will be oriented to your searches, tastes and interests, thus adjusting exclusively to you.

 

What can you do with cookies?

When you access our website for the first time, you will be shown a window in which we inform you that cookies can be of various types:

• Technical cookies are necessary for our website to function, they do not require your authorization and are the only ones we have enabled by default.
• The other cookies are used to improve our website, to customize it based on your preferences, or to show you advertising tailored to your searches, tastes and personal interests. You can accept all these cookies by clicking on the ACCEPT button or configure or reject their use by clicking on the COOKIE SETTINGS section.

We also inform you that, once you have activated any type of cookies, you have the possibility to deactivate them whenever you wish, by simply unchecking the corresponding box in the COOKIE SETTINGS section of our website. It will always be as easy for you to activate our own cookies as to deactivate them.

We also remind you that, through your browser settings, you can block or alert you to the presence of cookies, although such blocking may affect the proper functioning of the various features of our website in the case of the necessary technical cookies.

Finally, if you activate third-party cookies (external companies that provide services for our website) and subsequently wish to disable them, you can do so in two ways: using the cookie disabling tools of your browser or through the systems enabled by such external providers.

To make it much easier for you, here are a series of links to the guidelines for disabling cookies from commonly used browsers:

• Google Chrome.
• Mozilla Firefox.
• Internet Explorer.
• Safari.
• Safari for IOS (iPhone and iPad).
• Google Chrome for Android.
• Google Chrome for Iphone and Ipad.