What is a cookie?

Cookies are small text files located in your browser’s directory, which may be placed on your device. When you access a website, the cookie that is placed on a device will send information to the party that placed it. Cookies are extremely common and used on numerous websites. These technologies can serve very different purposes, such as, for example, recognizing you as a user, obtaining information about your browsing habits, or personalizing the way in which the content is displayed.

The specific uses we make of these technologies are described below.

Cookie identification:

Cookies are classified as follows:

Own cookies: these are specific cookies of the person responsible for the website. Its use allows us to operate an efficient service and study the behavioral pattern of website users.

Third-party cookies: these are those placed on your device by another entity that processes the data, not by the person responsible for the website. Said information is controlled entirely by the third party in question, in accordance with their respective privacy policy.

Session cookies: They collect and store data while the user accesses a web page. When your browser session ends, the cookie expires.

Persistent cookies: They store data in the terminal so that it can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the person responsible for the cookie – from a few minutes to several years.

Technical cookies: They allow the user to navigate through a website, platform or application and use the different options or services that exist therein.

Analysis cookies: They allow the person responsible for them to monitor and analyze the behavior of the users of the websites to which they are linked. The information collected through this type of cookies is used to measure site activity.

The following table shows the cookies we use on the website and the purpose for which each one is used.