WHAT ARE COOKIES?
Cookies and other similar technologies, for example, local shared objects, flash cookies, tokens, or pixels, are tools used by web servers to store and retrieve information about their visitors, so that the website can function properly.
The use of cookies is widespread as it facilitates a more efficient operation of web pages and, therefore, of the offered online service(s).
These text files, cookies, mainly gather usage and navigation data from users, which can then be retrieved and used by the party responsible for that cookie for various purposes: for example, and without being exhaustive, observation of the user’s interaction with the website, personalization of certain characteristics of navigation, determining the characteristics of the user’s browser or the devices used by the user, creation of personalized audiences, as well as other purposes.
In no case does this website use cookies that may collect sensitive information about our users. Likewise, we will never know the identity of users exclusively from the cookies used by our website.
CLASSIFICATION OF COOKIES
There are several types of cookies:
- a) Based on ownership:
– Own cookies: those generated by a computer or domain managed by the web editor.
– Third-party cookies: those generated and sent to the user’s terminal by a third-party service that the editor is using on its website.
In this regard, we use both own- and third-party cookies.
- b) For their duration or time during which they remain activated:
– Session cookies: They collect and store data while the user accesses a web page. These types of cookies are usually used to store information that are of one’s interests for providing the service requested by the user on a single occasion.
– Persistent cookies: These are a type of cookie in which 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.
In this regard, we use both session and persistent cookies.
- c) By purpose
– Technical or strictly necessary cookies: Those which allow the user to navigate through the website, platform or application and the use of the different existing options or services.
– Customized Cookies Those that allow the user to access with some general predefined characteristics according to a series of criteria in the user’s terminal, for example, language, the type of browser through which the user accesses the service, the regional configuration from which the user accesses the service, etc.
– Analysis or analytical cookies: Those that allow an authorized individual to monitor and analyze their behavior on the websites to which they are associated. The information collected through this type of cookies is used to measure the activity of the websites, application, or platform and for the elaboration of browsing profiles of the users of these sites, applications, and platforms, in order to introduce improvements based on the analysis of the data on the use made by the users of the service.
– Advertising cookies: Refer to those that allow the management, in the most efficient possible manner, of the advertising spaces that, where deemed appropriate, the editor has included in a web page, application or platform from which it provides the requested service based on criteria such as content edited or the frequency at which the ads are displayed.
– Social Cookies: Are necessary for the functioning of widgets that allow the website to interact with social networks (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.).
– Behavioral advertising cookies: Refer to those that allow the management of the advertising spaces in the most efficient manner, in which case the editor has included in a web page, application or platform from which it provides the requested service. These cookies store information on the behavior of users obtained through the continuous observation of their browsing habits, which allows to develop a specific profile to show advertising.
In this regard, we use strictly necessary or technical cookies, personalization cookies, and analytical cookies.
Before installing cookies that are not strictly necessary, we will request the user’s consent, informing the user beforehand by means of the corresponding cookie notice or banner and giving the user the option to decide the appropriate configuration/installation of cookies through an intuitive and easily accessible cookie configuration panel.
WHAT COOKIES DOES THIS WEBSITE USE?
The following table provides information about the cookies used by this website:
| Technical Name of The Cookie | Its Own / Third Party | How Long the Cookie Lasts | Description of What The Cookie Does or What Purpose It Serves |
| __gads | Third party | 390 days | The functionality is: to provide ad delivery or retargeting. The purpose is: Marketing/TrackingThe __gads cookie is associated with the DoubleClick for Publishers service from Google. It serves purposes such as measuring interactions with the ads on our domain and preventing the same ads from being shown to you too many times. |
| _ga | Third party | 730 days / 2 years | The functionality is: to store and count pageviews. The purpose is: StatisticsGoogle Analytics identifies unique users across GA sessions through client IDRegisters a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the web site. |
| _gat_* | Third party | 1 minutes | The functionality is: to read and filter requests from bots. The purpose is: FunctionalThis cookie is used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate |
| _gid | Third party | 1 days | The functionality is: to store and count pageviews. The purpose is: StatisticsRegisters a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the web site. |
| _GRECAPTCHA | Third party | 180 days | The functionality is: to provide spam protection. The purpose is: FunctionalThis cookie is set to record the fact that a User has opted to enable cookies |
| _grecaptcha | Own | session | The functionality is: to provide spam protection. The purpose is: FunctionalThis cookie is set to record the fact that a User has opted to enable cookies |
| _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | Third party | 30 minutes | The functionality is: to store unique visits. The purpose is: Statistics / PerformanceThis cookie is used by HotJar to detect the first pageview session of a user. This is a True/False flag set by the cookie. |
| _hjFirstSeen | Third party | 30 minutes | The functionality is: to store unique visits. The purpose is: Statistics / PerformanceIdentifies a new user’s first session on a website, indicating whether or not Hotjar’s seeing this user for the first time. |
| _hjid | |||
| _hjIncludedInPageviewSample | Third party | 2 minutes | The functionality is: to store unique visits. The purpose is: Statistics / PerformanceThis cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your site’s pageview limit. |
| _hjIncludedInSessionSample | Third party | 2 minutes | The functionality is: to store unique visits. The purpose is: Statistics / PerformanceThis cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your site’s daily session limit. |
| _hjLocalStorageTest | Third party | This cookie is used to check if the Hotjar Tracking Script can use local storage. If it can, a value of 1 is set in this cookie. The data stored in_hjLocalStorageTest has no expiration time, but it is deleted almost immediately after it is created. | |
| _hjSession_* | Third party | 30 minutes | The functionality is: to provide functions across pages. The purpose is: FunctionalA cookie that holds the current session data. This ensures that subsequent requests within the session window will be attributed to the same Hotjar session. |
| _hjSessionUser_* | Third party | 365 days | The functionality is: to store a unique user ID. The purpose is: StatisticsHotjar cookie that is set when a user first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the Hotjar User ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID. |
| ads/ga-audiences | Third party | session | Used by Google AdWords to re-engage visitors that are likely to convert to customers based on the visitor’s on line behaviour across websites. |
| google_auto_fc_cmp_setting | Third party | persistent
This is a LocalStorage object. LocalStorage has no expiration time, Data in the LocalStorage persist till the user manually delete it. |
The functionality is: to store cookie consent preferences. The purpose is: FunctionalStores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain |
| google_experiment_mod* | Third party | 3 months | The functionality is: to store and track visits across websites. The purpose is: Marketing/TrackingUsed by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services. |
| GoogleAdServingTest | Third party | session | Used to register what ads have been displayed to the user. |
| PHPSESSID | Own | session | The functionality is: to provide functions across pages. The purpose is: Functional / Strictly NecessaryPreserves user session state across page requests. |
| rc::a | Third party | persistent
This is a LocalStorage object. LocalStorage has no expiration time, Data in the LocalStorage persist till the user manually delete it. |
The functionality is: to read and filter requests from bots. The purpose is: Marketing/TrackingThis cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. |
| rc::b | Third party | session | The functionality is: to read and filter requests from bots. The purpose is: Marketing/TrackingThis cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. |
| rc::c | Third party | session | The functionality is: to read and filter requests from bots. The purpose is: Marketing/TrackingThis cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. |
| rc::d | Third party | persistent
This is a LocalStorage object. LocalStorage has no expiration time, Data in the LocalStorage persist till the user manually delete it. |
The functionality is: to read and filter requests from bots. The purpose is: Marketing/TrackingThis cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. |
| test_cookie | Third party | 13 minutes | The purpose is: Targeting/Advertising
This cookie is set by DoubleClick (which is owned by Google) to determine if the website visitor’s browser supports cookies. |
| wpca_cc | Third party | 365 days | This cookie is set by the WeePie cookie allow plug-in, and is used to remember cookie type accepted |
| wpca_consent | Third party | 365 days | This cookie is set by the WeePie cookie allow plug-in, and only includes whether or not cookies have been accepted by the website visitor. This cookie is necessary so that cookies do not have to be accepted every time a page of this website is loaded. |
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MANAGEMENT, CONFIGURATION, AND DELETION OF COOKIES
When accessing this website, the user will be able to see a cookie notice or banner. This notice contains a hyperlink or link to a panel to configure or manage your cookie preferences, allowing you to enable or reject cookies depending on their type or category. Once you have made your choice regarding cookie settings, access to the cookie settings panel will remain easily identifiable (via a link or floating icon) and will allow the user to modify the selection and/or configuration of cookies, as well as their rejection.
Similarly, the user can also review its browsing settings to notify the user before downloading cookies to the corresponding terminal or device. Some of the most widely used browsers have advanced privacy options to prevent tracking or tracing, which send websites a request not to collect the user’s browsing data.
In any case, the user may also eliminate the cookies directly.
Here we offer a more direct access to the instructions for managing cookies in the most common browsers:
– Edge
– Opera
– Safari
Additional information is also available at the following link:
The user of our website can send us any question about the use of cookies on this website by sending an e-mail to the address of the Data Controller available in section 1 of our Privacy Policy.