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Definition of Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are downloaded and stored on users’ devices when they access websites. These files can store data about the user’s browsing to personalize the information presented on web pages. The use of cookies is a widely used technique on the Internet to improve the delivery of web services and offer users a better browsing experience, as well as to save and retrieve their preferences, collect statistical information about their navigation, visited pages, duration of the visit, etc.
Types of Cookies
Cookies can be classified into several categories based on their characteristics, and may be included in one or more of them.
Based on their origin.
They can be “first-party” or “third-party”, depending on the entity that manages them.
Based on their duration.
They can be “session” cookies that expire when the browser is closed, mainly used to keep a user’s session active, or “persistent” cookies that expire when they fulfill the purpose for which they were designed or when they are manually deleted.
Based on their purpose.
They can be “technical” to allow the use of different services on the website, “personalization” to offer personalized services based on pre-established criteria, “analytical” to track users’ browsing behavior for statistical purposes, “advertising” to display ads based on predetermined user profiles, “behavioral advertising” similar to the previous one but taking into account the user’s behavior and browsing habits, etc.
Cookie Policy
When visiting our websites, we collect standard Internet information as well as details about visitors’ behavior patterns. This information does not contain any personal data, nor is it associated with other information that would allow the user to be identified. If personal information is necessary, it would be explicitly requested from you.
The use of our websites implies that you give your express and unequivocal consent to the use of cookies, under the terms and conditions provided in this Cookie Policy, without prejudice to the deactivation and elimination measures of cookies that you may adopt and which are mentioned in the Cookie Control section.
If you do not accept the use of cookies, this website will continue to function, although it may lose some of its functionality.
It is possible that the Cookie Policy of our website may change, so we recommend that you periodically review our Cookie Policy information to stay properly informed.
Cookie Control
When browsing our websites, the user may link to other websites where we have a presence. When the user selects this option, they will be directed to that website, and once our pages are left, we cannot be responsible for the use of cookies by these external websites.
If you wish, you can consult the privacy policies of these links at the following addresses,
You can consult, delete, limit the use, deactivate the use of cookies, or receive a warning at the time they are going to be generated, through your browser’s menu. The steps to do this are different depending on the browser used, and you can consult them in the browser’s own help menu. You can also get more information at the following links:
Information about Internet Explorer.
The non-exempt cookies used on our websites are the following:
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Cookie Management |
Name |
Type of Cookie |
Function |
|---|---|---|---|
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|
NID, PREF |
Persistent |
Personalize ads displayed in Google services. |
|
Google Analytics |
__utma, __utmb, __utmc, __utmz |
Persistent |
Anonymously know the number of visitors, origin, pages visited, etc. |
|
|
guest_id |
Persistent |
For tracking and preferences. |
|
First-party |
mkCookie |
90 days |
Accept or reject the cookie policy. |
Our Web pages use Google Analytics, one of the most widely used web analytics services on the Internet. Although this information is collected anonymously, users who wish to do so can prevent their visit data from being included in Google Analytics reports by installing the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on available at http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptou. This add-on does not prevent information from being sent to websites through channels other than these web analytics services.