What are cookies?
When you access our Website, a small amount of text called a «cookie» is stored in your device’s browser. This text contains varied information about your browsing, habits, preferences, content personalisation and so on.
There are other technologies that work in a similar way and are also used to collect data about your browsing activity. We will call all these technologies «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 works. The main purpose of our cookies is to improve your browsing experience. For example, to remember your preferences (language, country, etc.) while you browse and on future visits. The information collected in cookies also allows us to improve the website, adapt it to your interests as a user, speed up your searches and so on.
In certain cases, if we have obtained your prior informed consent, we may use cookies for other purposes, for example to obtain information that allows us to show you 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 on 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 that improve the user experience. For example, statistics collected on the number of visits, the most popular content and so on.
How can you avoid the use of cookies on this Website?
If you prefer to avoid the use of cookies, you can REJECT them or you can CONFIGURE those you want to avoid and those you allow (in this document we give you further information on each type of cookie, its purpose, recipient, duration and so on).
If you have accepted them, we will not ask you again unless you delete the cookies on your device as explained in the next section. If you wish to withdraw your consent, you will have to delete the cookies and configure them again.
How do I disable and delete cookies?
The Owner displays information on their Cookie Policy in the cookie banner available on every page of the Website. The cookie banner shows essential information on data processing and allows the User to do the following:
- ACCEPT or REJECT the installation of cookies, or withdraw consent previously given.
- Obtain further information on the Cookie Policy page.
You can restrict, block or delete the cookies from this Website (and those used by third parties) at any time by changing your browser settings. Please note that these settings are different in each browser.
The following links give instructions for enabling or disabling cookies in the most common browsers.
What types of cookies are used on this website?
Each website uses its own cookies. On our website we use the following:
ACCORDING TO THE ENTITY THAT MANAGES THEM
First-party cookies:
These are sent to the User’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by the publisher itself and from which the service requested by the User is provided.
Third-party cookies:
These are sent to the User’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain that is not managed by the publisher but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.
Where cookies are served from a computer or domain managed by the publisher itself but the information collected through them is managed by a third party, they cannot be regarded 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 for other entities).
ACCORDING TO THEIR PURPOSE
Technical cookies:
These are necessary for browsing and for the proper functioning of our Website, for example to control traffic and data communication, identify the session, access restricted areas, apply to register for or take part in an event, count visits for the purpose of billing licences for the software with which the Website service works, use security features while browsing, store content for broadcasting video or sound, enable dynamic content (for example, a loading animation for a text or image) or share content through social networks.
Analytics cookies:
These make it possible to count the number of users and so to measure and statistically analyse how users use the Website.
Preference or personalisation cookies:
These allow information to be remembered so that the User accesses the service with certain characteristics that may differentiate their experience from that of other users, such as the language, the number of results to be shown when the User carries out a search, the appearance or content of the service depending on the type of browser through which the User accesses it or the region from which they access it, and so on.
ACCORDING TO HOW LONG THEY REMAIN ACTIVE
Session cookies:
These are designed to collect and store data while the User is accessing a web page.
They are usually used to store information that only needs to be kept for providing the service requested by the User on a single occasion (for example, a list of products purchased) and they disappear when the session ends.
Persistent cookies:
With these, the data remain stored on 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. In this regard, it should be specifically assessed whether the use of persistent cookies is necessary, since the risks to privacy could be reduced by using session cookies. In any case, when persistent cookies are installed, it is recommended that their duration be reduced to the minimum necessary, taking into account the purpose of their use. For these purposes, Opinion 4/2012 of the Article 29 Working Party stated that for a cookie to be exempt from the duty of informed consent, its expiry must be related to its purpose. As a result, session cookies are much more likely to be regarded as exempt than persistent ones.