Cookies & Local Storage Policy
Using this website with your browser’s cookies and local storage settings enabled requires the acceptance of our use of cookies according to this policy. To avoid cookies, it is possible to disable them in the web browser.
Cookies and local storage are part of the web technology and are not harmful, but it is important that you understand the implications to your privacy.
This policy is part of our privacy policy and explains the following:
• What is a cookie?
• What are cookies used for?
• What is a local storage?
• What are third-party cookies?
• Web browsers with a private browsing option
• How do I block or delete the cookies?
What Is a Cookie?
Cookies are small temporary files stored in your browsing device (computer, telephone, tablet, etc.) when you visit a website. Cookies enable the website to store certain information in your device, for example to store user preferences or to recognize you if you visit the website later.
When a cookie is created in your device, the following information is stored:
• The address (domain) of the website that created the cookie.
• The duration of the cookie (may last just some minutes or for years).
• The content of the cookie.
You can configure your web browser at any time to block the use of cookies by certain websites. You may delete previously stored cookies as well.
What Are Cookies Used For?
• Essential cookies — Technical cookies necessary to manage your flow within the website or to keep you logged in. If you block the, it is possible that certain parts of the website might not work properly.
• Customization cookies — Necessary to remember certain user preferences.
• Analytic cookies — These cookies help us and third parties to record where visits are originated and how users interact with the website, in order to create analytics that help us to enhance the website structure and contents.
• Advertising cookies — These cookies are used to manage the advertisements displayed, their content and frequency.
• Behavioral advertising cookies — These cookies help to track your browsing behavior in order to create a profile to determine relevant advertisements for you.
• Social sharing cookies — Cookies required to log you into your social networks in order to share contents.
What Is Local Storage?
A local storage is a file created by a website in your device. Cookies are just one type of local storage, but there are others. It is important that you know them so you can block them or delete the data stored by them:
• Browser local storage — Some websites use the browser’s “sessionStorage” and “localStorage” to store data; “sessionStorage” is stored temporarily, but the “localStorage” is persistent. You may erase them by deleting your browser’s history.
• Flash local storage (“Flash Local Shared Objects”) — Flash is a browser plug-in used to add Interactive and multimedia content into websites. Flash can store data in your device.
• Silverlight local storage (“Isolated Objects”) — Silverlight is a browser plug-in used to add Interactive and multimedia content into websites. Silverlight can store data in your device.
• Web Beacon — It is a tracking method that consists of an image embedded into a website. When your browser connects to the server where the image is located to download it, your access is tracked. Sometimes web beacons are very small or transparent images, so the user is not aware of them.
What Are Third-Party Cookies?
Many websites incorporate functions or features provided by third parties, like:
- Analytics on website usage.
- Interactive maps.
- Videos and multimedia elements.
- Social-sharing buttons.
The providers of these functions or features may use cookies and local storage. They may trigger cookies and other mechanisms to track your browsing behavior in order to create a profile to show you advertisements targeted to your interests.
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Web Browsers with a Private Browsing Option
If you want to browse this website with a higher degree of privacy and limitating the cookies that are stored for long amounts of time, we recomend that you make use of a web browser with a “private” browsing obtion. You may obtain more information on this possibility in the help pages of the main web browsers:
How Do I Block or Delete the Cookies?
The majority of web browsers allow you to disable completely the use of Cookies. They also allow you to delete cookies created by specific domains/websites. To find out how to do it, please refer to your browser’s help page.
The information is also covered in web browser’s online support pages:
• Chrome:
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
• Internet Explorer:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/block-enable-or-allow-cookies
• Microsoft Edge:
https://privacy.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy
• Mozilla Firefox:
http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
• Safari:
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH17191?viewlocale=en_US&locale=es_ES
• Safari for IOS:
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265
• Opera:
http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/
To prevent the use of cookies by Google Analytics:
• Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, you may download it at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en
To get help on other browsing software or any question regarding the cookies used by this website, please contact us by e-mail at [email protected]
Remember: if you block cookies, it is possible that certain services or functions do not work properly.
Note: this information was updated on APRIL/2018 and we regularly check it to ensure correctness, but we can’t assure it is 100% accurate at all the times.
