Cookies Policy

2. Types of cookies

2.1 Depending on the entity that manages it.

Depending on who is the entity that manages the domain from which the cookies are sent and processes the data obtained, two types can be distinguished:

• Own cookies: those that are sent to the user’s terminal from a computer or domain managed by the editor itself and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
• Third-party cookies: those that are sent to the user’s terminal from a computer or domain that is not managed by the editor but by another entity that processes the data obtained through cookies.

Cookies are installed from a computer or domain managed by the editor itself but the information collected through these is managed by a third party cannot be considered own cookies.

2.2 Depending on the length of time they remain in storage.

According to the period of time that they remain stored in the client’s browser, which may be:

• Session cookies: designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a webpage. They are usually used to store information that only needs to be kept to provide the service requested by the user on a single occasion (e.g., a list of products purchased).
• Persistent cookies: the data remains stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the party responsible for the cookie, which can range from a few minutes to several years.

2.3 According to the purpose for which the data obtained are processed.

• Technical Cookies: those that allow the user to navigate through a webpage, platform or application and use the different options or services on it such as controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted access areas, remembering the items in an order, doing the purchasing process of an order, applying for registration or participation in an event, using security features while browsing, storing content to broadcast videos or sound or sharing content through the social media.
• Personalization cookies: allow the user to access the service with some predefined general characteristics according to a series of criteria in the user’s terminal, such as the language, the type of browser through which the user accesses the service, the regional configuration from which the user accesses the service, etc.
• Analytical cookies: these allow the party responsible for them to monitor and analyze the behavior of the users of the websites to which they are linked. The information collected through this type of cookies is used to measure the activity of the websites, application or platform and to create browsing profiles of the users of these sites, applications and platforms in order to make improvements based on the analysis of the data on how users use the service.
• Advertising Cookies: they allow advertising spaces to be managed as effectively as possible.
• Behavioral advertising cookies: they store information on user behavior obtained through the continuous observation of their browsing habits, which allows a specific profile to be developed in order to display advertising based on this profile.

• External social media cookies: these are used to allow visitors to interact with content from different social platforms (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) and are generated only for users of these social media. The terms of use of these cookies and the information collected is regulated by the privacy policy of the corresponding social platform.