Cookies Policy

DEFINITION OF COOKIES.

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

TYPES OF COOKIES.

1.- Types of cookies, according to the entity that manages them:

a) First-party cookies: Those sent to the user's terminal equipment from equipment or a domain managed by the publisher itself, from which the service requested by the user is provided.

b) Third-party cookies: Those sent to the user's terminal equipment from equipment or a domain not managed by the publisher, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.

2.- Types of cookies according to how long they remain active:

a) Session cookies: Designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page.

b) Persistent cookies: The data remains stored on the device and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the party responsible for the cookie, which may range from a few minutes to several years.

3.- Types of cookies according to their purpose:

a) Technical cookies: Those that allow the user to browse a web page, platform or application and to use the different options or services available on it.

b) Personalisation cookies: Those that allow the user to access the service with certain predefined general characteristics based on a series of criteria on the user's device, such as language, browser type, regional settings, etc.

c) Analytics cookies: Those that allow the party responsible for them to monitor and analyse the behaviour of the users of the websites to which they are linked.

MANAGING COOKIES

You can allow, block or delete the cookies installed on your device by adjusting the settings of the browser installed on your computer.

Chrome: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647

Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/how-to-manage-cookies-in-internet-explorer-9

Firefox: http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences

Safari: http://support.apple.com/kb/ph5042