Cookies policy

Definition

A cookie is a small text file that is stored in your browser when you visit almost any website. It is useful for the website to be able to remember your visit when you return to that page. Cookies usually store information of a technical nature, personal preferences, personalisation of content, usage statistics, links to social networks, access to user accounts, etc. The purpose of the cookie is to adapt the content of the website to your profile and needs, without cookies the services offered by any page would be significantly diminished.

What information does a cookie store?

Cookies do not usually store sensitive information about you, such as credit card or bank details, photographs, your ID card or personal information, etc. The data they store is of a technical nature, personal preferences, personalisation of content, etc.

The web server does not associate you as a person but your web browser. In fact, if you usually browse with Internet Explorer and try browsing the same website with Firefox or Chrome you will see that the web does not realise that you are the same person because it is actually associating the browser, not the person.

Consent

By registering and accepting its conditions, the user consents to the use of the selected cookies. This website uses those strictly necessary for its proper functioning and to perform web usage statistics, which in no case make the user identifiable. By using the website you are authorising us to store the trace left by your IP address for the purpose of administering the systems, improving the effectiveness of the website and making global statistical studies, as well as a security measure and to respond to legal requirements if necessary. You have the ability to accept or decline cookies by configuring your browser to do so, you can be notified on screen of the receipt of cookies to prevent their installation on your hard drive, and you can delete cookies that have already been installed. The management of cookies varies depending on the browser, so we recommend that you go to the "options" or "tools" menu of your web browser to configure the level of security and the authorisation of cookies. In this case, it is possible that, for technical reasons, some of the functionalities of the website may not respond properly.

 

What types of cookies are there?

According to their ownership:

  • Own cookies: these are sent to the user's equipment from the domain from which the service requested by the user is provided.
  • Third-party cookies: these are sent to the user's computer from a domain of another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.

Depending on their permanence:

 

  • Session cookies: designed to collect data while the user accesses the website. They expire when the user closes the browser.
  • Permanent: designed to remain on the computer, they allow the owner of the cookie to process it for the duration of its storage. They expire when the purpose for which they are used is fulfilled or when they are manually deleted.

Depending on their functionality:

  • Functional or technical cookies: These are the most basic and allow, among other things, to know when a human or an automated application is browsing, when an anonymous user and a registered user are browsing, basic tasks for the operation of any dynamic website. They are those that allow the user to navigate through a website, platform or application and the use of the different options or services that exist in it, for example, control traffic and data communication, identify the session, access restricted areas, remember the elements that make up an order, carry out the purchase process of an order, make the application for registration or participation in an event, use security features while browsing, store content for broadcasting videos or sound or share content via social networks, objects stored in the "shopping cart" in E-commerce services such as shops, video transmission speeds that are compatible with your browser.

 

  • Analysis cookies: these allow the party responsible for them to monitor and analyse the behaviour of users of the websites to which they are linked. 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 usage data of the users of the service. You can see more information about Google's privacy conditions at the following link https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.

 

  • Registration Cookies: These are generated once the User has registered or has subsequently opened their session, and are used to identify them in the Services with the following objectives: To keep the User identified so that, if they close a Service, the browser or the computer and at another time or another day re-enter said Service, they will continue to be identified, thus facilitating their browsing without having to identify themselves again. This functionality can be deleted if the User clicks on the "close session" functionality, so that this Cookie is deleted and the next time the User enters the Service he/she will have to log in to be identified. Check whether the User is authorised to access certain Services, for example, to participate in a competition.
  • Personalisation Cookies: these allow the user to access the service with some general characteristics predefined according to a series of criteria in the user's terminal, such as the language, the type of browser used to access the service, the regional configuration from where the service is accessed, etc.

 

  • Geolocation Cookies: these are used to find out which country you are in when you request a Service. This Cookie is completely anonymous, and is only used to help target content to your location.

 

  • Advertising Cookies: these allow us to expand the information of the advertisements shown to each anonymous User in the Services of this website. Among others, they store the duration or frequency of display of advertising positions, interaction with them, or browsing patterns and / or user behaviors as they help to shape a profile of advertising interest. In this way, they make it possible to offer advertising related to the User's interests.

 

  • Third-party advertising cookies: these enable the management, in the most effective way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the publisher has included on a website, application or platform from which it provides the requested service based on criteria such as the edited content or the frequency at which the advertisements are shown. In this way, these third parties can store Cookies sent from this website from Users' browsers, as well as access the data stored in them.

 

  • Social Cookies: these are set by social networks in their services in order to share content with third parties. When using social ne

 

Cookies used on this website

Following the guidelines of the Spanish Data Protection Agency we proceed to detail the use of cookies that makes this website in order to inform you as accurately as possible.

 

COOKIE

TIPO

DURACIÓN

FUNCIONALIDAD

GESTIÓN

_ga

Analysis

2 years

An anonymous identifier to distinguish anonymous users and perform analysis on user interactions in the application in order to optimise the services offered. It has a duration of two years.

Google

_gid

Analysis

1 day

It is used to identify the same user for a single day.

Google

_gat

Analysis

1 minute

Used to limit the percentage of requests.

Google

_gcl_au

Technic

3 months

This is a performance cookie. Google conversion tracking cookie

Google

_fbp

Marketing

3 moths

Used by Facebook to deliver a range of advertising products, such as real-time offers from third-party advertisers.

Google

IDE

Marketing

1 year

It is one of the main cookies used by Google for advertising and is stored in browsers in the domain doubleclick.net.

Google

Facebook Ads

Social

90 days

Advertising pixel of the company Meta (Facebook)

Facebook

Sesión

Register

1 year

Maintain session for registered users

Propio

 

Can cookies be deleted?

Yes, not only delete them, but also block them, either in general or for a specific domain. To delete cookies from a website you should go to your browser settings and there you can search for those associated with the domain in question and delete them.

Disabling or deleting cookies

All browsers allow you to make changes that allow you to deactivate the configuration of cookies. You may exercise your right to deactivate or delete cookies from this website at any time. These actions are performed differently depending on the browser you are using.

Here's how to access a particular cookie in the Chrome browser. Note: These steps may vary depending on your browser version:

  1. Go to Settings or Preferences via the File menu or by clicking on the customisation icon at the top right.
  2. You will see different sections, click on Show advanced options.
  3. Go to Privacy, Content Settings.
  4. Select All cookies and site data.
  5. You will see a list of all cookies sorted by domain. To make it easier for you to find cookies for a particular domain, enter part or all of the address in the Search cookies field.
  6. After making this filter, one or more lines with the cookies of the requested website will appear on the screen. Now all you have to do is select it and press X to delete it.

To access the cookie settings of the Internet Explorer browser, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):

  1. Go to Tools, Internet Options
  2. Click on Privacy.
  3. Move the slider to set the privacy level you want.

To access your Firefox browser's cookie settings, follow these steps (may vary depending on browser version):

  1. Go to Options or Preferences depending on your operating system.
  2. Click on Privacy.
  3. Under History choose Use custom settings for history.
  4. You will now see the Accept cookies option, you can enable or disable it according to your preferences.

To access the cookie settings in the Safari browser for OSX follow these steps (may vary depending on browser version):

  1. Go to Preferences, then Privacy.
  2. Here you will see the option Block cookies so that you can adjust the type of blocking you want to do.

To access the cookie settings in the Safari browser for iOS follow these steps (may vary depending on browser version):

  1. Go to Settings, then Safari.
  2. Go to Privacy and Security, you will see the option Block cookies for you to adjust the type of blocking you want to do.

To access the browser cookie settings for Android devices follow these steps (may vary depending on the browser version):

  1. Launch the browser and press the Menu key, then Settings.
  2. Go to Security and Privacy, you will see the Accept cookies option to check or uncheck the box.

To access your browser cookie settings for Windows Phone devices follow these steps (may vary depending on browser version):

  1. Open Internet Explorer, then More, then Settings
  2. You can now enable or disable the Allow cookies checkbox.

Updates to the Cookie Policy

This Cookies Policy may be modified according to legislative or regulatory requirements, or in order to adapt this policy to the instructions issued by the Spanish Data Protection Agency, so Users are advised to visit it periodically.

When significant changes are made to this Cookies Policy, they will be communicated to Users through the website.

Additional notes

  • Neither this website nor its legal representatives are responsible for the content or the veracity of the privacy policies of the third parties mentioned in this privacy policy.
  • Web browsers are the tools responsible for storing cookies and from this place you must exercise your right to delete or deactivate them. Neither this website nor its legal representatives can guarantee the correct or incorrect handling of cookies by the aforementioned browsers.
  • In some cases it is necessary to install cookies so that the browser does not forget your decision not to accept them.
  • In the case of Google Analytics cookies, this company stores cookies on servers located in the United States and undertakes not to share it with third parties, except in cases where it is necessary for the operation of the system or where the law requires it to do so. According to Google, it does not store your IP address. Google Inc. is a company that adheres to the Safe Harbour Agreement which guarantees that all data transferred will be treated with a level of protection in accordance with