Cookies: What Are They?
In English, the term “cookie” means a type of biscuit, but in the context of web browsing, a “cookie” is something entirely different. When you access our website, a small amount of text, known as a “cookie,” is stored in your device’s browser. This text contains various information about your browsing, habits, preferences, content customizations, etc.
There are other technologies that work similarly and are also used to collect data about your browsing activity. We will refer to all these technologies collectively as “cookies.”
The specific uses we make of these technologies are described in this document.
What Are Cookies Used For on This Website?
Cookies are an essential part of how the website functions. The main purpose of our cookies is to enhance your browsing experience. For example, they help remember your preferences (language, country, etc.) during your browsing and in future visits. The information collected in cookies also allows us to improve the website, tailor it to your interests as a user, speed up your searches, etc.
In certain cases, if we have obtained your prior informed consent, we may use cookies for other purposes, such as obtaining information that allows us to show you advertising based on the analysis of your browsing habits.
What Are Cookies NOT Used For on This Website?
The cookies we use do not store sensitive personal identification information such as your name, address, password, etc.
Who Uses the Information Stored in Cookies?
The information stored in the cookies of our website is used exclusively by us, except for those identified below as “third-party cookies,” which are used and managed by external entities that provide us with services to improve the user experience. For example, statistics on the number of visits, the most liked content, etc.
How Can You Avoid the Use of Cookies on This Website?
If you prefer to avoid the use of cookies, you can REFUSE their use, or you can CONFIGURE which cookies you want to avoid and which ones you allow (in this document we provide detailed information on each type of cookie, its purpose, recipient, duration, etc.).
If you have accepted them, we will not ask you again unless you delete the cookies from your device as indicated in the following section. If you want to revoke consent, you will need to delete the cookies and reconfigure them.
How to Disable and Delete the Use of Cookies?
To restrict, block, or delete the cookies from this website (and those used by third parties), you can do so at any time by modifying your browser settings. Please note that this setting is different in each browser.
Below are links to instructions for enabling or disabling cookies in the most common browsers:
What Types of Cookies Are Used on This Website?
Every website uses its own cookies. On our website, we use the ones listed below:
BY THE ENTITY THAT MANAGES THEM
First-Party Cookies:
These are sent to the user’s terminal device from a device or domain managed by the editor and from which the requested service is provided to the user.
Third-Party Cookies:
These are sent to the user’s terminal device from a device or domain not managed by the editor but by another entity that processes the data obtained through cookies.
If the cookies are served from a device or domain managed by the editor, but the information collected through them is managed by a third party, they cannot be considered as first-party cookies if the third party uses them for its own purposes (for example, to improve the services it provides or to provide advertising services on behalf of other entities).
BY THEIR PURPOSE
Technical Cookies:
These are necessary for browsing and the proper functioning of our website, such as controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted areas, making a registration or participation request in an event, counting visits for software licensing billing purposes for the service the website provides, using security elements during browsing, storing content for the dissemination of videos or sound, enabling dynamic content (e.g., text or image loading animations).
Analysis Cookies:
These allow us to quantify the number of users and thus perform the measurement and statistical analysis of how users use the website.
Preference or Personalization Cookies:
These remember information so that the user accesses the service with certain characteristics that can differentiate their experience from that of other users, such as language, the number of results to display when the user performs a search, the appearance or content of the service based on the type of browser through which the user accesses the service or the region from which the service is accessed, etc.
BY THE DURATION THEY REMAIN ACTIVE
Session Cookies:
These are designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page.
They are typically used to store information that is only needed to provide the service requested by the user on a single occasion (for example, a list of products purchased) and disappear at the end of the session.
Persistent Cookies:
These are those where the data remains stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a defined period by the cookie’s manager, which can range from a few minutes to several years. It is essential to evaluate whether the use of persistent cookies is necessary, as the risks to privacy could be reduced using session cookies. In any case, when persistent cookies are installed, it is recommended to minimize their duration, considering their purpose. To this end, Opinion 4/2012 of the Article 29 Working Party indicated that to be exempt from the informed consent requirement, the cookie’s expiration must be related to its purpose. Therefore, session cookies are much more likely to be considered exempt than persistent cookies.
