COOKIE POLICY A cookie is a small file that is downloaded to your computer when you access certain websites. Cookies allow a website, among other things, to store and retrieve information about your browsing habits or your device and, depending on the information they contain and how you use your device, they can be used to identify you. WHAT ARE COOKIES? TYPES OF COOKIES ACCORDING TO THE ENTITY THAT MANAGES THEM First-party cookies: These are sent to the user's device 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 sent to the user's device from a device or domain that is not managed by the publisher, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through cookies.
TYPES OF COOKIES ACCORDING TO THEIR PURPOSE As stated in the AEPD's "Guide on the use of cookies," depending on the purpose for which the data obtained through cookies are processed, we can distinguish between: Technical cookies: These are those that allow the user to navigate through a website, platform, or application and use the different options or services available therein, such as, for example, controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted areas, remembering the elements that make up an order, completing the purchase process for an order, processing a request for registration or participation in an event, using security elements during navigation, storing content for the distribution of videos or audio, or sharing content through social networks.
Personalization cookies: These cookies allow the user to access the service with some predefined general characteristics based on a series of criteria on the user's device, such as language, the type of browser used to access the service, the regional settings from which the service is accessed, etc. Analysis cookies: These cookies allow the data controller to monitor and analyze the behavior of users of the websites to which they are linked. The information collected through this type of cookie is used to measure the activity of the websites, applications, or platforms and to create browsing profiles of users of said sites, applications, and platforms, in order to introduce improvements based on the analysis of the data on the users' use of the service. Behavioral advertising cookies: These cookies store information on user behavior obtained through continuous observation of their browsing habits, which allows the development of a specific profile to display advertising based on that profile.