1. What is a cookie and what is its function?
A cookie is a small piece of text that websites send to the browser and that is downloaded to the user’s computer, smartphone, tablet, or electronic device when they access a web page. Cookies allow storing and retrieving information about visitors to the web page, such as the language, and they keep a record of the user’s browsing habits and preferences. Cookies are used, for example, to manage the user’s session (reducing the number of times they have to enter their password), improve the services offered, or tailor the contents of a web page to their preferences. The owner of this website uses cookies to facilitate navigation and obtain information about visits.
2. What types of cookies exist?
Depending on their purpose:
—Technical or functional: to allow the website to function.
—Preferences or personalisation: to adapt the website to the user’s preferences.
—Analytics: to analyse the user’s habits and behaviour during navigation.
—Advertising: to obtain information that allows showing tailored advertising.
—Social networks: cookies set by social network services so that the user can share the website’s content on their platforms. [9] If not accepted, it is likely that the options to share content on social networks will not be visible or usable.
Depending on their origin or who manages them:
—Own: when they are sent to your browser through our equipment or web domains.
—Third-party: when they are downloaded as a result of browsing the website but originate outside it and are managed by a third party, such as Google.
Depending on their duration or the time they remain on the device:
—Session: they remain on your device only until you leave the web page or close the browser.
—Persistent: they stay on your device until they expire, collecting information during that period each time you make a new visit. These cookies stop working when they reach their expiration date.
3. What cookies do we use on this website?
Cookie
AEC
Purpose and description
Technical: ensures that requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites.
Origin
Third-party: Google
Duration
6 months
Cookie
DV
Purpose and description
Analytics: Identifies if the user is logged in with their Google account and remembers their preferences.
Origin
Third-party: Google
Duration
Session
Cookie
SOCS
Purpose and description
Analytics: allows storing the user’s cookie choices.
Origin
Third-party: Google
Duration
13 months
Cookie
NID
Purpose and description
Analytics: used to show Google ads to users who are not logged into their ac-count.
Origin
Third-party: Google
Duration
6 months
Cookie
_GRECAPTCHA
Purpose and description
Functional: Used by the GOOGLE RE-CAPTCHA service in forms to prevent SPAM.
Origin
Third-party: Google
Duration
6 months
Cookie
__Secure-ENID
Purpose and description
Analytics: allows remembering your prefe-rences about language, number of results shown, or if the Google SafeSearch filter is on or off.
Origin
Third-party: Google
Duration
13 months
4. How to configure or disable cookies?
To use cookies, the user’s consent is necessary (except for those that are technical or necessary). When accessing the website, a banner will be displayed with three options or buttons: “Accept Cookies”, “Deny”, and “View Preferences”. Through the “View Preferences” button, the User can disable any of the cookie categories except for the “Necessary” ones, which are essential for the website’s operation. If the user clicks on the “Accept” button, the use of all cookies will be allowed. If they click on “Reject”, all cookies except the necessary ones will be rejected. If, after accepting cookies, the User wishes to change, block, or delete third-party cookies, they must do so through their internet browser’s configuration options, which can be found by clicking on the following links:
Google Chrome
Microsoft Edge
Mozilla Firefox
Opera
Safari para IOS (iPhone and iPad)
Chrome para Android