In this Cookies Policy you will find information on how we use cookies and similar devices installed on the terminals of our Users. The use of cookies may sometimes be related to personal data processing, therefore we recommend you consult the Terms and Conditions of our Website (made up of this Cookies Policy, our Legal Notice and our Privacy Policy), if you would like information on how we use the personal data of our Users, how to exercise your rights, or any further queries that may arise in connection of our Terms and Conditions.
1.- What are cookies?
Any type of data storage and retrieval device used on a User’s terminal equipment (e.g. computer, cell phone or tablet) to store information and retrieve stored information.
The term cookies is used herein in its broadest sense, to include other similar technologies such as shared objects or flash cookies, web beacons, bugs, etc. as well as the use of fingerprinting techniques, meaning the device’s ability to digitally capture fingerprints.
2.- Types of cookies
Based on the purpose, cookies can be classified as follows:
- Technical cookies: Cookies that enable the User to browse the web page, platform or application and to use the available options or services, including those used by the editor to manage and operate the website and enable its functions and services, e.g. controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, defining the content’s language, accessing restricted areas, remembering the elements in an order, completing the checkout process, managing payments, controlling fraud linked to the service’s security, asking to register for or participate in an event, counting visits to bill software licenses used in the service (website, platform or application), using security features while browsing, storing content to play videos or sound, enabling dynamic content (e.g. text/image loading animation) or sharing content on social media.
- Preference or personalization cookies: Cookies that make it possible to remember information so that users may view the service with certain characteristics that may be different from those of other Users, such as the products that may interest the User, the service’s content depending on the type of browser used to access the service or the region from which it is accessed, etc.
- Analysis or measurement cookies: Cookies that allow their owner to monitor and analyze User behavior on the websites they are linked to, including quantification of the impact of advertising. Information gathered with this type of cookie is used to measure website, platform or application activity then make improvements based on these data.
- Behavioral advertising cookies: Cookies that store information on User behavior obtained from continuous observation of their browsing habits, which allows us to develop a specific profile for displaying advertising adapted to these habits. These cookies allow for the most effective management possible of any advertising space the editor has included directly or in collaboration with third parties.
Based on their duration, cookies can be classified as follows:
- Session cookies: These types of cookies are designed to obtain and store details while the User is accessing a website. They are normally used to store information that is only useful to provide the service requested by the user on a single occasion (for example, a list of products purchased) and are deleted when the session ends.
- Persistent cookies: Type of cookies in which the data is stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a period set by the owner of the cookie, which can range from a few minutes to several years.
Based on their owner, cookies can be classified as follows:
- Internal cookies: Those cookies are sent to the User’s terminal from a computer or domain managed by the owner of the website that provides the service requested by the User.
- Third party cookies: These cookies are sent to the User’s terminal from a computer or domain that is not managed by the owner of the website, but by another company that processes the data obtained through the cookies. If the cookies are installed from a machine or domain managed by the website itself, but their information is managed by a third party, they cannot be regarded as first-party cookies if the third party uses them for its own purposes, such as improving the services it offers or to provide, for example, advertising services on behalf of other entities.
3.- What are cookies used for on our Website?
Our Website uses only the following cookies:
- WordPress and Complianz: functional cookies which are always active;
- Google Fonts, Google reCAPTCHA, Google Maps and Youtube: cookies for marketing purposes which are only activated upon the User’s consent via the Consent Preferences Panel;
- Google Analytics: analytic and statistic cookie which is only activated upon the User’s consent via the Consent Preferences Panel; and,
- LinkedIn: functional, marketing, statistic and preference cookie which is only activated upon the User’s consent via the Consent Preferences Panel.
The specific purposes of each cookie can be viewed in the list of cookies by going into the Consent Preferences Panel.
4.- Management of the use of Cookies on our Website
In the Consent Preferences Panel, you can find all the information on the Cookies used on this Website, along with information on the purpose, duration and management (first or third-party) of each Cookie, so you can enable or disable the use of Cookies that are not strictly necessary for Website functioning.
Alternatively, if you are browsing the Internet, you can disable the use of Cookies on your browser. Here is how to do this on the most popular browsers:
You can prevent the use of Cookies at any time.
Please remember that both managing the Consent Preferences Panel and opting to reject Cookies is specific to each browser you are using. Therefore, if you configure Cookies one way on one device and want your option to apply equally to another device, you must enable the same option on the other device.
5.- Use of the information stored on Cookies.
The information stored in our technical cookies is used exclusively for purposes related to Website operation and security.
Only those cookies identified as “third‑party cookies” in the Consent Preferences Panel may be managed by external service providers acting on our behalf.
For more detailed information we recommend you consult the Terms and Conditions of our Website (made up of this Cookies Policy, our Legal Notice and our Privacy Policy).