Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies?

In English, the term “cookie” normally refers to a type of biscuit. However, in the context of web browsing, a “cookie” is something entirely different. When you access our Website, a small text file known as a cookie is stored in your device’s browser. This text file contains various types of information relating to your browsing activity, habits, preferences, content personalisation and other similar data.

There are other technologies that work in a similar way and are also used to collect information about your browsing activity. Throughout this document, we will refer to all of these technologies collectively as “cookies”.

The specific ways in which we use these technologies are described in this Cookie Policy.

What Are Cookies Used for on This Website?

Cookies are an essential part of how the Website operates. The main purpose of our cookies is to improve your browsing experience. For example, they can be used to remember your preferences, such as your language or country, during your visit and on future visits.

The information collected through cookies also enables us to improve the Website, adapt it to your interests as a user and speed up the searches you carry out, among other purposes.

In certain cases, where we have obtained your prior informed consent, we may use cookies for other purposes, such as obtaining information that allows us to display advertising based on an analysis of your browsing habits.

What Are Cookies NOT Used for on This Website?

The cookies we use do not store sensitive personally identifiable information such as your name, address or password.

Who Uses the Information Stored in Cookies?

The information stored in the cookies used on our Website is used exclusively by us, with the exception of those identified below as “third-party cookies”. These cookies are used and managed by external organisations that provide us with services designed to improve the user experience.

For example, third parties may collect statistics concerning the number of visits to the Website, the most popular content and other information relating to how the Website is used.

How Can You Prevent the Use of Cookies on This Website?

Should you prefer to prevent the use of cookies, you may REJECT them or CONFIGURE which cookies you wish to prevent and which cookies you agree to allow. This document provides further information about each type of cookie, including its purpose, recipient and storage period.

Once you have accepted cookies, we will not ask for your consent again unless you delete the cookies stored on your device, as explained in the following section.

To withdraw your consent, you will need to delete the cookies and configure your preferences again.

How Can I Disable and Delete Cookies?

You may restrict, block or delete cookies used by this Website, including those used by third parties, at any time by changing your browser settings. Please note that the process is different for each browser.

The following links provide instructions on how to enable, disable or manage cookies in the most commonly used browsers:

What Types of Cookies Are Used on This Website?

Each website uses its own cookies. The types of cookies used on our Website are described below.

ACCORDING TO THE ENTITY RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING THEM

First-party cookies

These are cookies sent to the User’s device from equipment or a domain managed by the Website’s publisher and from which the service requested by the User is provided.

Third-party cookies

These are cookies sent to the User’s device from equipment or a domain that is not managed by the Website’s publisher, but by another organisation that processes the data collected through the cookies.

Where cookies are sent from equipment or a domain managed by the Website’s publisher, but the information collected through them is managed by a third party, they cannot be considered first-party cookies when the third party uses them for its own purposes. This may include improving the services it provides or providing advertising services on behalf of other organisations.

ACCORDING TO THEIR PURPOSE

Technical cookies

These cookies are necessary for browsing and for the proper operation of our Website.

They may be used to control traffic and data communication, identify a browsing session, provide access to restricted areas, process registration or participation requests for events, count visits for the purpose of billing licences for the software used to operate the Website, use security features during browsing, store content for the delivery of video or audio, and enable dynamic content, such as loading animations for text or images.

Analytics cookies

These cookies allow us to quantify the number of users and carry out statistical measurement and analysis of how Users interact with the Website.

Preference or personalisation cookies

These cookies allow the Website to remember information so that the User can access the service with certain characteristics that distinguish their experience from that of other users.

This information may include the User’s preferred language, the number of results displayed when carrying out a search, the appearance or content of the service depending on the browser used to access it, or the region from which the service is accessed.

ACCORDING TO HOW LONG THEY REMAIN ACTIVE

Session cookies

These cookies are designed to collect and store data while the User is accessing a website.

They are normally used to store information that is only required for the provision of the service requested by the User on a single occasion, such as a list of purchased products, and they disappear when the browsing session ends.

Persistent cookies

These are cookies in which the data remains stored on the User’s device and can be accessed and processed for a period determined by the party responsible for the cookie. This period may range from a few minutes to several years.

The need to use persistent cookies should be specifically assessed, as the potential privacy risks may be reduced through the use of session cookies.

Whenever persistent cookies are installed, it is recommended that their duration be reduced to the minimum period necessary for the purpose for which they are used.

In this regard, Opinion 4/2012 of the Article 29 Working Party stated that, for a cookie to be exempt from the informed consent requirement, its expiry period must be related to its purpose. Consequently, session cookies are considerably more likely to qualify for an exemption than persistent cookies.