Cookies are files that can be downloaded to your computer through the web pages you visit. They are instruments with a decisive role for the provision of some services of the information society, for example: they allow a web page to store and retrieve information about the browsing habits of a user or his team and, depending on the information obtained can be used to recognize the user and improve the service offered.
Below, we inform you about the different types of cookies :
1. According to the entity responsible for the domain from which the cookies are sent and which processes the data obtained, the following can be distinguished:
- Own cookies: These are those that 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 those that 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 cookies.
2. According to the period of time they remain activated in the terminal equipment we can distinguish:
- Session cookies: They are a type of cookie designed to request and store data while the user accesses a web page. They are usually used to store information that is only of interest to keep for the provision of the service requested by the user on a single occasion and expire when logging out or closing the browser.
- Persistent cookies: They are a type of cookie in which the data is still stored in the terminal so that it can be accessed and used in more than one session. They can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the person responsible for the cookies, which can range from a few minutes to several years.
3. Depending on the purpose for which the data obtained through cookies are processed, these can be:
Technical cookies: These are those that allow the user to navigate through a web page, platform or web page and use the different options or services that are there, such as, for example, controlling traffic and communication of data, identify the session, access restricted access parts.
Personalization cookies: These are those that allow the user to access the service with some predefined general characteristics based on a series of criteria on the user’s terminal such as the language, the type of browser.
Analysis cookies: These are those that allow the person responsible for them to monitor and analyze the behavior of the users to whom they are linked. The information collected through this type of cookies is used to measure the activity of websites, web pages or platforms and to create user browsing profiles.
Advertising cookies: These are those that allow the management, in the most effective way possible, of advertising spaces.
Behavioral advertising cookies: These cookies store information on the behavior of users obtained through the continuous observation of their browsing habits, which allows the development of a specific profile to show advertising based on this.
For more information on cookies you can consult the information provided by the Spanish Data Protection Agency (https://www.aepd.es)
COOKIES USED BY THIS WEBSITE
Below, we review the cookies that are being used on this website, type and function: