Cookie Policy
What is a Cookie?
A Cookie is a small text file that a website, app or other platform stores on your computer, tablet, smartphone or any other similar device, with information about your browsing or use, such as a tag that identifies your device. Cookies are necessary for example to facilitate navigation and to know how users interact with the platforms, so that they can be improved. They are also very useful to be able to offer advertising according to the user's preferences, as well as for other purposes detailed below. Cookies do not harm your computer or device.
When we talk about "Cookies" we also refer to other similar technologies of installation and / or collection of information on or about your device (such as flash cookies, web beacons or bugs, pixels, HTML5 (local storage), and SDK technologies for app formats. In addition, the term "Cookies" also applies to the use of fingerprinting techniques, i.e., those techniques that combine information to help us identify your device. Sometimes, these technologies work in conjunction with cookies to collect and store information, either to provide you with certain features or services on our Platform, or to show you advertising on third-party platforms, taking into account your browsing. This explanation is a general sample of what is meant by Cookies for information purposes only.
What are Cookies used for?
We use cookies for several reasons, the main one being to make the user's browsing experience more comfortable and efficient. For example, they are used to remember your preferences (language, country, etc.) during navigation and on future visits. to provide you with a better experience and for this we need to see which functions are the most popular, count visitors on a page, improve the experience of our users and keep our services secure, among others.
The information collected in the Cookies also allows us to improve our website by estimating statistical data and usage patterns (number of visits, most visited sections, time of visit, etc.), to know statistically how users interact with the website in order to improve our services, as well as to adapt the website to your individual interests, to accelerate searches, etc.
In any case, in the Cookies we use we never store sensitive information such as passwords, credit or debit card details, etc. The cookies we use generally fall into one of the categories in the following section.
What types of Cookies are there?
- Please review this section which provides an overview of the types of Cookies that may be used in an online environment.
- Depending on the entity that manages the equipment or domain from which the cookies are sent and treats the data obtained, they can be classified as follows:
- Own cookies: are those for which the editor itself is responsible and which are generally sent to the user's terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by the editor itself and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
- Third-party cookies: are those for which an entity other than the publisher is responsible and which are generally sent to the user's terminal equipment from a computer or domain that is not managed by the publisher, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.
- Depending on the purpose for which the data obtained through cookies are processed, some of the purposes may be classified as follows:
- Technical Cookies (strictly necessary): Are those that allow the user to navigate through a website, platform or application and the use of the different options or services that exist in them as, for example, control traffic, identify data or session, access sections or restricted access content, remember the elements that make up an order, make the buying process of an order, manage the payment, control fraud linked to the security of the service, use security elements during navigation, make the application for registration or participation in an event, store content for broadcasting videos or sound, enable dynamic content (for example, animation of loading a text or image) or share content through social networks. Technical cookies, being strictly necessary, are downloaded by default when they allow to display the web or provide the service requested by the user.
- Preference or personalization cookies: these cookies are those that allow remembering information for the user to access the service or platform with certain features that can differentiate their experience from that of other users, such as, for example, the 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 used by the user or the region from which they access the service, etc. Failure to accept these Cookies may result in slow website performance or poorly tailored recommendations.
- Analysis or measurement cookies: are those that allow the party responsible for them to monitor and analyze the behavior of users of the websites to which they are linked, including the quantification of the impacts of advertisements. The information collected through this type of cookies is used in the measurement of the activity of the websites, application or platform, in order to make improvements based on the analysis of the usage data made by users of the service.
- Behavioral advertising cookies: are those that store information on user behavior obtained through the continuous observation of their browsing habits, allowing the development of a specific profile to display advertising based on the same. These cookies allow the management, in the most effective way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the editor has included directly or in collaboration with third parties.
Depending on the length of time they remain activated in the terminal equipment, they can be classified as follows:
- Session Cookies: are those designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page. They are usually used to store information that is only of interest to keep for the provision of the service requested by the user on a single occasion (for example, a list of products purchased) and disappear at the end of the session.
- Persistent Cookies: are those in which the data remain stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the person responsible for the cookie, which can range from a few minutes to several years.
4. How can I manage the use of Cookies on this Platform?
In the Cookies settings panel accessible at all times on our website you can obtain all the information about the Cookies used by this website, along with information about the purpose, duration and management (own or by third parties) of each of them, so that you can manage the activation and deactivation of the use of those Cookies that are not strictly necessary for the operation of this website.
Alternatively, if you are browsing the Internet, you can disable the use of Cookies in your browser. We show you how to do it in the most popular browsers:
This possibility of avoiding the use of Cookies can be carried out at any time. Please note that both your management of the Cookie settings panel and your choice to reject Cookies is specific to each browser you are using. Therefore, if you choose to set Cookies in one way on one device and you want your choice to apply similarly to another device, you must enable the same option for that other device.
As a further step, with respect to third party Cookies for the purpose of providing interest-based advertising, please note that certain third parties may be members of one of the following online behavioral advertising self-regulatory programs, with corresponding opt-out options:
Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) -http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/
Google Analytics - https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
5. Who uses the information stored in the Cookies?
- The information stored in the Cookies of our Platform is used exclusively by us, with the exception of those identified in section 2 as "Third-party Cookies", which are used and managed by external entities to provide us with services aimed at improving our services and the user experience when browsing our Platform. More information in the Cookies configuration panel accessible at all times on our Platform.
- For more detailed information about the processing of your personal data in our collaboration with third parties and those subject to international data transfers, we recommend that you read our Privacy Policy accessible on our Platform, and the privacy policies / privacy settings of these third party partners accessible through their platforms.