What are cookies?

Cookies are files that can be downloaded to your device through websites. They are tools that play an essential role in providing many information society services. Among other things, they allow a website to store and retrieve information about a user's or their device's browsing habits and, depending on the information obtained, can be used to recognize the user and improve the service offered.

Types of cookies

Depending on the entity managing the domain from which the cookies are sent and processing the data obtained, there are two types:

• First-party cookies: sent to the user's device from a device or domain managed by the site owner itself, which provides the service requested by the user.
• Third-party cookies: sent to the user's device from a device or domain that is not managed by the site owner, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.

Depending on how long they remain stored in the browser:

• Session cookies: designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a website, typically used to store information that is only relevant for providing the service requested on a single occasion (e.g. a list of purchased products).
• Persistent cookies: data remains stored on the device and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the party responsible for the cookie, ranging from a few minutes to several years.

Depending on the purpose for which the data obtained is processed:

• Technical cookies: allow the user to browse a website, platform, or application and use the different options or services available, such as controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted areas, remembering items in an order, completing a purchase, registering for or participating in an event, using security features while browsing, storing content for video or audio playback, or sharing content on social networks.
• Personalization cookies: allow the user to access the service with certain general characteristics predefined based on criteria on the user's device, such as language, browser type, or regional settings.
• Analytics cookies: allow the party responsible for them to track and analyze the behavior of website users. The information collected is used to measure the activity of the website, application, or platform and to build browsing profiles in order to introduce improvements based on usage data analysis.
• Advertising cookies: allow for the most efficient possible management of advertising space.
• Behavioral advertising cookies: store information about user behavior obtained through continuous observation of browsing habits, enabling the development of a specific profile to display advertising accordingly.
• External social network cookies: used so that visitors can interact with content from different social platforms (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.). Their use is governed by the privacy policy of the corresponding social platform.

Disabling and deleting cookies

You may allow, block, or delete cookies installed on your device through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may cause some of the available services to stop working. The method for disabling cookies differs by browser, but is usually available under the Tools or Options menu, or in the browser's Help menu:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge: windows.microsoft.com
• Mozilla Firefox: support.mozilla.org
• Chrome: support.google.com
• Safari: safari.helpmax.net
• Opera: help.opera.com

You can also manage your browser's cookie store with tools such as:

• Ghostery: www.ghostery.com
• Your Online Choices: www.youronlinechoices.com

Information collected through cookies

Our website uses cookies, small data files generated on the user's device, which allow us to obtain the following information:

1. The domain name of the provider giving access to the network, allowing us to build statistics on the countries and servers that most frequently visit our website.
2. The date and time of access to our website, allowing us to determine peak traffic hours and make the necessary adjustments to avoid saturation issues.
3. The IP address and the internet address from which the link directing to our website originated, allowing us to gauge the effectiveness of the various banners and links pointing to our server, in order to promote those that yield the best results.
4. The number of daily visitors to each section, allowing us to identify the most successful areas and improve their content.

Information obtained through these cookies, related to the user's device, may be combined with the user's personal data only if the user is registered on this website.