What is a cookie and what is it for?

A “Cookie” is a small file that is stored on the user’s computer, Tablet, Smartphone or any other device with browsing information.

The set of “cookies” of all our users helps us to improve the quality of our website, allowing us to control which pages are useful, which are not, and which are susceptible to improvement.

Cookies are essential for the functioning of the Internet, providing innumerable advantages in the provision of interactive services, facilitating navigation and usability of our website. In no case could cookies harm your equipment.

On the contrary, the fact that they are active helps us to identify and resolve errors.

What types of cookies exist?

According to the entity that manages it:

• Own cookies: These are those that are sent to your computer from our own computers or domains and from which we provide the service you request.
• Third-party cookies: These are those that are sent to your computer from a computer or domain that is not managed by us, but by another collaborating entity. As, for example, those used by social networks, or by external content such as Google Maps.

According to the period of time that they remain activated:

• Session Cookies: These are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until the User leaves the web page, so none is recorded on the hard drive of your computer. The information obtained through these cookies is used to analyze traffic patterns on the website. In the long run, this allows us to provide a better experience to improve the content and make it easier to use.
• Persistent cookies: they are stored on the hard drive and our website reads them each time the User makes a new visit. A permanent cookie has a specific expiration date. The cookie will stop working after that date. We use these cookies, generally, to facilitate purchase and registration services.

According to its purpose:

• Technical cookies: They are those necessary for navigation and the proper functioning of our website. They allow, for example, control of traffic and data communication, access to parts with restricted access, carry out the purchase process of an order, use security elements, store content to be able to broadcast videos or share content through social networks.
• Personalization Cookies: These are those that allow the User to access the service with predefined characteristics based on a series of criteria, such as language, the type of browser through which the service is accessed, the regional configuration from where the access the service, etc.
• Analysis Cookies: These are those that allow us to quantify the number of users and thus carry out the measurement and statistical analysis of the use made by users of the services provided. To do this, your browsing on our website is analyzed in order to improve the range of products and services we offer.
• Advertising cookies: These are those that allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that could be included in our website.
• Behavioral advertising cookies: These cookies store information on user behavior obtained through continuous observation. Thanks to them, we could learn about browsing habits on the Internet and show you advertising related to your browsing profile.

Cookies are files that can be downloaded to your computer through web pages. They are tools that play an essential role in the provision of numerous information society services. Among others, they allow a web page to store and retrieve information about the browsing habits of a user or their equipment and, depending on the information obtained, they can be used to recognize the user and improve the service offered.

Depending on the entity that manages the domain from which cookies are sent and processes the data obtained, two types can be distinguished: own cookies and third-party cookies. There is also a second classification according to the period of time that they remain stored in the client’s browser, which may be session cookies or persistent cookies. Finally, there is another classification with five types of cookies according to the purpose for which the data obtained is processed: technical cookies, personalization cookies, analysis cookies, advertising cookies and behavioral advertising cookies.

According to the terms included in article 22.2 of Law 34/2002 on Services of the Information Society and Electronic Commerce, if you continue browsing, you will be giving your consent for the use of the cookies that I detail below.

Cookies used on this website and their purpose:

Below, we detail the cookies used on our website and the provider to which they belong. Own cookies are those that belong to our domain and third-party cookies are those that belong to other domains according to the following table:

 

Cookie	Nombre	Tipo	Propósito	Más información
Programming language	PHPSESSID	Sesión	Control user session. Browser session duration.	This cookie is used by the PHP encryption language to allow SESSION variables to be saved on the web server. These cookies are essential for the operation of the web.

How to modify cookie settings

You can allow, block or delete cookies installed on your computer by configuring your Internet browser options. If you do not allow the installation of cookies in your browser, you may not be able to access some of the services and your experience on the website may be less satisfactory.

• Firefox: http://support.mozilla.org/es/kb/habilitar-y-deshabilitar-cookies-que-los-sitios-we
• Chrome: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=es&answer=95647
• Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/es-es/help/17442
• Safari: http://support.apple.com/kb/ph5042 Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/11.50/es-ES/cookies.html
• Other browsers: consult the documentation of the browser you have installed.