Cookie Usage: What Is a Cookie and What Is It For?
We inform you that this website uses cookies. A cookie is a text file sent to your computer’s, mobile’s, or any other device’s web browser, which serves to store and retrieve information while you browse our website.
Cookies allow the website to recognize the user, so they are generally used to remember the browsing options previously chosen by the user (for example: remembering the language used, username and password, customizing how content is displayed, etc.). Below, we inform you about the specific cookies we use on this site and their function.
Cookie Management on This Website
Through the dropdown menu that appears the first time you access our website, or by following the instructions in this policy, you can accept, reject, and manage the cookies we use.
Types of Cookies
There are different types of cookies:
According to Who Manages and Uses Them
- First-party cookies: These are sent to your browser from our own servers or web domains, meaning we use them directly.
- Third-party cookies: These are sent from a server or web domain not directly managed by us, but by a third party (e.g., Google services) that also uses them.
Keep in mind that, in the case of using third-party cookies, if this website’s cookie settings do not allow you to block them, once accepted by the user, you will need to remove them through your browser options or via the third party’s own systems.
You can learn more about any potential international data transfers carried out by third parties mentioned in this cookie policy in their corresponding policies (see the links provided in the “Owner/Third-Party Information” section).
According to Their Duration
- Session cookies: These identify the user during an active session, meaning they are stored and only valid while the session is ongoing—during your visit to the website—and are not stored on your device afterward.
- Persistent cookies: These remain on your device and are read by our website each time you visit again. They stop functioning after a specific expiration date.
According to Their Purpose
- Technical cookies: Improve navigation and ensure the proper functioning of the website.
- Personalization cookies: Allow access to the service with predefined settings based on certain criteria.
- Analytics cookies: Enable the measurement and statistical analysis of user numbers and their usage patterns to improve our service offering.
- Advertising or behavioral cookies: Allow us to analyze browsing habits on the Internet to display ads relevant to the user’s browsing profile.
How to Modify Cookies
Users can always customize their cookie settings or prevent their collection by modifying browser options. Depending on the browser, cookie settings may be located in different areas. You can usually find them using your browser’s Help function.
You can also set your browser to accept or reject all cookies by default or to notify you on screen upon receiving each cookie, allowing you to decide whether or not to allow it on your hard drive.
Here’s how to configure some of the most common browsers:
- Firefox: Options → Privacy → Tracking → Tell websites that you do not want to be tracked
- Chrome: Chrome Menu → Settings → Show advanced settings → Privacy → Content settings → Cookies → Block cookies by default
- Safari: Preferences → Privacy → Block Cookies
- Internet Explorer: Tools → Internet Options → Privacy → Settings → Move the slider all the way up to block all cookies or all the way down to allow all cookies, then click Accept
Blocking cookies completely may prevent certain websites from displaying correctly.
What Type of Cookies Does This Website Use?
How Google Uses Information From Our Website
Many websites and applications use Google services to enhance their content and offer it for free. By integrating our services, these websites and applications share information with Google.
For more information, visit: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites