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What are cookies?

Cookies are data storage and retrieval devices that are installed on the user's device in order to store information and retrieve the information stored while browsing our website. In general, these technologies can be used for many different purposes, such as, for example, recognizing you as a user, gathering information about your browsing habits, or personalizing the way in which content is displayed. The specific uses we make of these technologies are described below.

What types of cookies are there?

Cookies can be divided into the following categories depending on their purpose:

1. Essential technical cookies: These are those that allow the user to browse through the website and use the different options or services of the website, including those that the website owner uses to enable the management and operation of the website and to enable its functions and service. For example, technical cookies include communication and data traffic control cookies, user session identification cookies, fraud control cookies linked to website security, form management cookies and similar. These cookies do not require user consent to be installed.
2. Preference or personalization cookies: These are cookies that allow information to be stored so that the user can access the service with certain characteristics that can differentiate their experience from that of other users (language of the website, number of search results, etc.). These cookies do not require the user's consent for their installation, provided that it is the user who actively selects the personalized characteristics of the site (by clicking on the preferred language icon, for example) and the information is not used for other purposes (such as creating a profile based on preferences), as it is a configuration expressly requested by the user. Otherwise, the user's consent is required.
3. Analytical cookies: These are cookies that enable the monitoring and analysis of user behavior on a website, including the quantification of the impact of advertising, with the aim of making improvements based on the analysis of the data on the use made of a website by users. The installation of these cookies requires the user's consent.
4. Behavioral advertising cookies: These are cookies that store information about the user's behavior, obtained by continuously monitoring their browsing habits, in order to create a specific profile and display advertising based on it. The installation of these cookies requires the user's consent.

On the other hand, cookies can be first-party or third-party cookies:

1. First party cookies: These are those sent to the user's terminal by a computer or domain managed by the website owner and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
2. Third party cookies: These are cookies sent to the user's terminal equipment from a computer or domain not managed by the website owner, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies, such as Google Analytics cookies.

Finally, cookies can be session cookies or persistent:

1. Session cookies: These are designed to collect and store data while the user is accessing a website. They are usually used to store information that needs to be kept only once to provide the service requested by the user, and then disappear when the user leaves the website.
2. Persistent cookies: These are cookies that continue to be stored in the user's 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 a maximum of two years.

What kind of cookies does this site use?

This website only uses technical and personalization cookies, both its own and those of third parties, in order to allow you to browse our website without errors, to ensure adequate security measures, as well as to remember the preferences selected by you (such as the display language) in future accesses to the website. As indicated above, the installation of this type of cookies does not require the user's consent, so they will be installed on your device at the time you access the web portal.

How can you configure your browser settings?

You can allow, block or delete the cookies installed on your terminal by configuring the options of your Internet browser. If you block them, certain services that require their use may not be available to you. Below are links to information on how to manage cookies in the main browsers:

1. Google Chrome
2. Mozilla Firefox
3. Microsoft Edge
4. Safari
5. Opera
6. Safari (iOS)
7. Chrome (Android)