Cookies are files that can be downloaded to your computer through web pages. They play an essential role in providing numerous information society services. They allow a website to store and retrieve information about a user's browsing habits or their device. Based on the information obtained, cookies can be used to recognize the user and improve the service offered.
Types of cookies:
- First-party cookies: Sent to the user's terminal from a device or domain managed by the website's publisher, providing the requested service.
- Third-party cookies: Sent to the user's terminal from a device or domain not managed by the website's publisher, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through cookies. If cookies are installed from a device or domain managed by the website's publisher but the information collected is managed by a third party, they cannot be considered first-party cookies.
Cookies can also be classified based on their storage duration in the client's browser:
- Session cookies: Designed to collect and store data while the user is accessing a website. They are used to store information that is only relevant for the provision of the requested service during a single session (e.g., a list of purchased products).
- Persistent cookies: Data remains stored in the device and can be accessed and processed for a defined period set by the cookie's controller, ranging from a few minutes to several years.
Furthermore, cookies can be classified into six types based on their purpose:
- Technical cookies: Enable users to navigate through a website, platform, or application and use its different options or services. They control traffic and data communication, identify sessions, provide access to restricted areas, remember items in a shopping cart, process orders, handle event registrations, ensure secure navigation, store content for video or audio streaming, and facilitate content sharing on social media.
- Personalization cookies: Allow users to access a service with predefined general characteristics based on specific criteria on their device, such as language, type of browser, or regional settings.
- Analytics cookies: Enable the website's owner to track and analyze user behavior on the associated websites. The information collected helps measure website activity, create user profiles, and make improvements based on user data analysis.
- Advertising cookies: Optimize the management of advertising spaces, making them as effective as possible.
- Behavioral advertising cookies: Store information about users' browsing behavior obtained through continuous observation, enabling the development of specific profiles to display personalized advertisements.
- Third-party social media cookies: Used to allow visitors to interact with content from various social media platforms (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) and are generated solely for users of these social media platforms. The use of these cookies and the collected information is governed by the corresponding social media platform's privacy policy.
You have the option to allow, block, or delete cookies installed on your computer by configuring your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect the functionality of certain services. Each browser has a different method for disabling cookies, usually found in the Tools or Options menu. Consult your browser's Help menu for instructions. You can choose which cookies to enable on this website at any time.
You can also manage cookie storage in your browser using tools such as:
- Ghostery: www.ghostery.com/
- Your Online Choices: www.youronlinechoices.com/
By using our website, we assume you accept the use of cookies. However, we provide information about our cookie policy at the bottom or top of each page to ensure your awareness. You can take the following actions:
- Accept cookies: This notice will not be shown again when accessing any page on the website during this session.
- Close: Hides the notice on the current page.
- Modify your settings: Obtain more information about cookies, review the cookie policy, and modify your browser settings.