Cookie Policy
What are cookies?
In English, the term “cookie” means a biscuit, but in the context of web browsing, a “cookie” is something entirely different. When you access our Website, a small amount of text known as a cookie is stored in your device’s browser. This text contains various kinds of information about your browsing activity, habits, preferences, content personalisation, and so on.
There are other technologies that work in a similar way and are also used to collect data about your browsing activity. In this document, we will refer to all of these technologies collectively as “cookies”.
The specific uses we make of these technologies are described in this document.
What are cookies used for on this website?
Cookies are an essential part of how the Website functions. The main purpose of our cookies is to improve your browsing experience. For example, they are used to remember your preferences (language, country, etc.) during browsing and on future visits. The information collected through cookies also allows us to improve the Website, adapt it to your interests as a user, speed up the searches you perform, and so on.
In certain cases, if we have obtained your prior informed consent, we may use cookies for other purposes, such as obtaining information that allows us to show you advertising based on an analysis of your browsing habits.
What are cookies NOT used for on this website?
The cookies we use do not store sensitive personally identifying information such as your name, address or password.
Who uses the information stored in cookies?
The information stored in the cookies on our Website is used exclusively by us, except for those identified below as “third-party cookies”, which are used and managed by external entities that provide us with services aimed at improving the user experience. For example, statistics collected on the number of visits, the content users like most, and similar information are usually managed by Google Analytics.
How can you avoid the use of cookies on this Website?
If you prefer to avoid the use of cookies, you may REJECT their use or CONFIGURE which cookies you wish to avoid and which you allow to be used (this document provides additional information about each type of cookie, its purpose, recipient, duration, etc.).
If you have accepted them, we will not ask you again unless you delete the cookies from your device, as explained in the following section. If you wish to withdraw your consent, you will need to delete the cookies and configure them again.
How do I disable and delete the use of cookies?
The Owner displays information about its Cookie Policy in the cookie banner accessible on all pages of the Website. The cookie banner provides essential information about data processing and allows the User to carry out the following actions:
ACCEPT or REJECT the installation of cookies, or withdraw previously granted consent
Change cookie preferences from the Customise Cookies page, which can be accessed from the Cookie Notice or from the Customise Cookies page
To restrict, block or delete the cookies from this Website (and those used by third parties), you can do so at any time by modifying your browser settings. Please note that this configuration is different in each browser.
At the following links you will find instructions on how to enable or disable cookies in the most common browsers:
Firefox
Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Microsoft Edge
Safari
What types of cookies are used on this website?
Each website uses its own cookies. On our Website we use the types indicated below.
According to the entity that manages them
First-party cookies:
These are cookies sent to the User’s terminal equipment from a device or domain managed by the publisher itself and from which the service requested by the User is provided.
Third-party cookies:
These are cookies sent to the User’s terminal equipment from a device or domain not managed by the publisher, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.
If cookies are served from a device or domain managed by the publisher itself, but the information collected through them is managed by a third party, they cannot be considered first-party cookies if the third party uses them for its own purposes (for example, improving the services it provides or delivering advertising services for other entities).
According to their purpose
Technical cookies:
These are necessary for browsing and for the proper functioning of our Website, such as controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted areas, submitting a registration or event participation request, counting visits for the purpose of software licence billing for the service running the Website, using security elements during browsing, storing content for the broadcasting of video or sound, enabling dynamic content (for example, the loading animation of text or an image), or sharing content through social networks.
Analytics cookies:
These allow us to quantify the number of users and thus carry out statistical measurement and analysis of how Users use the Website.
Preference or personalisation cookies:
These are cookies that allow information to be remembered so that the User can access the service with certain characteristics that may differentiate their experience from that of other users, such as language, the number of results to display when the User performs a search, the appearance or content of the service depending on the type of browser through which the User accesses the service or the region from which they access the service, etc.
According to how long they remain active
Session cookies:
These are designed to collect and store data while the User accesses a webpage.
They are usually used to store information that only needs to be retained for the provision of the service requested by the User on a single occasion (for example, a list of products purchased) and disappear when the session ends.
Persistent cookies:
These are cookies in which the data remains stored on the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the party responsible for the cookie, which may range from a few minutes to several years. In this respect, it should be specifically assessed whether the use of persistent cookies is necessary, since the privacy risks could be reduced by using session cookies instead. In any case, when persistent cookies are installed, it is recommended that their duration be reduced to the minimum necessary in accordance with the purpose of their use. For these purposes, Opinion 4/2012 of the Article 29 Working Party (WP29) indicated that, for a cookie to be exempt from the duty of informed consent, its expiry must be related to its purpose. For this reason, session cookies are much more likely to be considered exempt than persistent cookies.
