COOKIE POLICY AND LOCAL STORAGE

Cookie policy
In accordance with Law 34/2002 dated July 11 regarding Information and Electronic Trade Services, we inform you that this web site uses Cookies to improve and optimise the user experience. Detailed information about “Cookies”, what kind of cookies are used on this web site, how to change your cookie settings, and what happens if you disable them are described below.

What are cookies?
A cookie is a file that is downloaded to your computer when you open certain web sites. Cookies allow a web site to store and retrieve information about a user’s browsing habits or anyone using their computer, and may be used to recognize the user depending on the information they contain and how the computer is used, among other tasks.

What kinds of cookies does this web site use?

  • Analysis cookies: They are handled by us or third parties. They quantify the number of users and perform statistical measurements and analysis of the services available to users. Therefore, they analyse your browsing on our web site, in order to improve the range of products or services that we provide.
  • Advertising cookies: They are handled by us or third parties. They efficiently manage the adverts on the web site, and adapt the advertisements to the service content or to how our web site is used. Therefore, we analyse your browsing habits and we can display adverts relating to your browsing profile.
  • Third party cookies: Provided by third parties.
Name Description / Purpose Supplier Expiry date Deactivate
_ga Used to distinguish users Google 2 years
_gid Used to distinguish users Google 24 hours
_gat Used to limit the percentage of requests Google 1 minute
__utma Used to distinguish users and sessions Google 2 years
__utmt Used to limit the percentage of requests Google 10 minutes
__utmb Used to determine new sessions or visits Google 30 minutes
__utmc Not used in ga.js. It is configured to interact with urchin.js. Google Session end
__utmz Stores the traffic source or the campaign that explains how the user found the site. Google 6 months
__utmv Used to store customized variable user data. Google 2 years

What happens if cookies are disabled?
Some service features and sections of this web site may not function properly if cookies are disabled.

Do we update our Cookie Policy?
We may update the Cookie Policy for our web site. Therefore, we encourage you to review this policy each time you open our web site, to be fully informed about how and why we use cookies.

How can you configure your cookies?
Browsing and continuing to use our web site implies that you consent to cookies being used under the conditions contained in this Cookies Policy. You can exercise your right to block, delete and disable cookies at any time by amending your browser options. For example:

  • Microsoft Edge: Settings> Advanced Settings> Cookies.
    Review Microsoft support or your browser help.
  • Mozilla Firefox: Tools> Options> Privacy> History> Personalized Settings.
    Review Mozilla support or your browser help.
  • Google Chrome: Settings> Show advanced options > Privacy> Content settings.
    Review Google support or your browser help.
  • Safari (Apple): Preferences> Security.
    Review  Apple support or your browser help.
  • Opera (Opera Software): Settings > Options > Advanced > Cookies
    Review Opera support  or your browser help.

If you use another browser, please refer to its cookie installation, use, and blocking policy. However, the tool www.youronlinechoices.com provides useful information on how to configure your cookie preferences, provider by provider.

Are there only cookies?
There may be web sites that use other forms of storage similar to cookies but with greater capacity, such as other forms of local data storage on the user’s computer, for example:

  • LocalStorage and HTML5 sessionStorage: Storage area that the web can use in the user’s computer. These can normally be deleted by deleting browsing history.
  • Flash “Local Shared Objects” (the “isolated storage” of Silverlight): They are stored within the Microsoft folder with the user profile. You have to find the folder and delete it.  (For example: vimeo videos). Flash is used to incorporate multimedia into a web site, so it stores files on the user’s computer.
  • A web beacon tracks your browsing, by inserting a mini-image that you don’t even notice. When you browse the web, it is loaded along with the page and the server from which photos are downloaded. It records the time the page was opened, or the number of times it was opened.

These files are more intrusive than cookies, as they are more complicated to delete, they store more information, and are independent of the browser. We do not use these kinds of storage.