COOKIE
POLICY

INFORMATION ABOUT COOKIES

Due to the entry into force of the referring modification of the “Law on Information Society Services” (LSSICE) established by Royal Decree 13/2012, it is mandatory to obtain the express consent of the user of all websites that use unnecessary cookies before they navigate through them.

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies and other similar technologies such as local shared objects, flash cookies, or pixels are tools used by web servers to store and retrieve information about their visitors, as well as to ensure the proper functioning of the site.

By using these devices, the web server is able to remember certain data concerning the user, such as their preferences for viewing the pages from that server, username, and password, products that interest them the most, etc.

COOKIES AFFECTED BY THE REGULATIONS AND EXEMPT COOKIES

According to the EU directive, the cookies that require informed consent from the user are analytical cookies and advertising and affiliation cookies. Technical cookies and those necessary for the operation of the website or the provision of services expressly requested by the user are exempt.

WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES EXIST?

There are five main groups of cookies:

  • Analytical cookies: collect information about the use of the website.
  • Social cookies: necessary for external social networks.
  • Affiliate cookies: allow tracking of visits from other websites with which the website has an affiliation agreement (affiliate companies).
  • Advertising and behavioral cookies: collect information about the user’s preferences and personal choices (retargeting).
  • Technical and functional cookies: strictly necessary for the use of the website and the provision of the contracted service.


COOKIES USED ON THIS WEBSITE

  • PHPSESSID: technical and strictly necessary cookie that contains the session identifier. It is deleted when the browser is closed.
  • _lang: technical and strictly necessary cookie that contains the language of the session. It is deleted when the browser is closed.
  • _ac_cookies: technical and strictly necessary cookie that stores the value of whether the installation of cookies has been accepted. It expires 1 year after the last update.
  • _ga: Google Analytics cookie that enables the function of tracking unique visits. The first time a user enters the website through a browser, this cookie will be installed. When the user returns to the website with the same browser, the cookie will consider them the same user. Only if the user changes browsers will they be considered a different user. It expires 2 years after the last update.
  • _gat: this cookie is associated with Google Analytics Universal. It is used to limit the speed of request – the limitation of data collection on high-traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes.
  • _utma: Google Analytics cookie that records the date of the first and last time the user visited the website. It expires 2 years after the last update.
  • _utmb: Google Analytics cookie that records the arrival time at the web page. It expires 30 minutes after the last update.
  • _utmc: Google Analytics cookie used for interoperability with the tracking code urchin.js. It is deleted when the browser is closed.
  • _utma: Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users and sessions. It expires after 2 years from the last update.
  • _utmb: Google Analytics cookie used to determine new sessions/visits. It expires after 30 minutes of inactivity.
  • _utmc: Google Analytics cookie used for interoperability with older versions of Google Analytics. It is removed when the browser is closed.
  • _utmt: Google Analytics cookie used to process the type of request made by the user. It expires at the end of the session.
  • _utmv: Google Analytics cookie used to segment demographic data. It expires at the end of the session.
  • _utmz: Google Analytics cookie that stores the traffic source or campaign to explain how the user reached the website. It expires 6 months after the last update.

REVOCATION OF CONSENT TO INSTALL COOKIES

HOW TO DELETE BROWSER COOKIES Chrome 1. Select the “Tools” icon.
  • Click on “Settings”.
  • Click on “Show Advanced Options”.
  • In the “Privacy” section, click on “Content Settings”.
  • Delete cookies: click on “All cookies and site data…”.
  • Do not allow cookies to be stored.
  • Click on “Clear browsing data” (empty cache memory).
  • Close and restart the browser.
For more information about Chrome, see here: http://support.google.com/… Internet Explorer. Version 11
  • Select “Tools” | “Internet Options”.
  • Click on the “General” tab.
  • In the “Browsing history” section, click on “Delete browsing history on exit”.
  • Select “Delete files”.
  • Select “Delete cookies”.
  • Click on “Delete”.
  • Click on “OK”.
  • Close and restart the browser.
For more information about Internet Explorer, see here: http://windows.microsoft.com/… Firefox. Version 18
  • Select “Firefox” | “History” | “Clear Recent History”.
  • Next to “Details”, click on the downward arrow.
  • Select the following checkboxes: cookies, cache, active logins.
  • Using the “Time range to clear” drop-down menu, select “Everything”.
  • Click on “Clear Now”.
  • Close and restart the browser.
You can access or reject cookies individually in “Firefox Preferences”, in the “History” section available under “Tools” > “Options” > “Privacy”. For more information about Mozilla Firefox, see here: https://www.mozilla.org/… Safari Version 5.1
  • Select the “Safari / Edit” icon | “Restore Safari”.
  • Select the following checkboxes: Clear history,
  • Remove all website data.
  • Click on “Reset”.
  • Close and restart the browser.
    • For more information about Safari, see here: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042 Opera “Options” – “Advanced” – “Cookies”. The cookie options control how Opera handles them and, therefore, their acceptance or rejection. For more information about Opera, see here: http://help.opera.com/Linux/10.60/en/cookies.html