If this is a website, it’s highly likely that there are cookies here too. In fact, we’re going to let you in on a secret: they do exist, and they’re here right now.
You may not need reminding what they are, but we want to explain what we mean when we talk about cookies, partly because our Legal and Compliance department strongly recommends it. What is a cookie? To put it simply, a cookie is a file, a small computer file that is stored in your browser and on your hard drive when you visit certain websites, with the aim of collecting information. Put like that, it sounds… a bit dodgy, but in the vast majority of cases this serves a clear, necessary and useful purpose.
We use cookies on this site for the purpose, on the one hand, of enabling certain features that will make your browsing experience more comfortable. No, they won’t fan you or serve you a snack, but they can help us remember your language preferences, for example. Furthermore, they allow us to understand your behaviour and that of our visitors so we can identify what interests you most and whether the layout of the content is appropriate. We believe that by accessing this information, which remains anonymous, we will be able to improve this site and make it more interesting, enjoyable and practical. It’s part of our job, and it would be a shame if the result weren’t optimal.
To ensure you have all the necessary information about cookies, we’ll tell you a bit more about them.
Depending on who creates them, there are first-party and third-party cookies. That’s all there is to it. We send the former from our systems to your browser so that we can provide you with our service, whilst the latter do not leave our systems but are linked to other services we integrate into the website, such as social media.
Depending on how long they remain active, we distinguish between session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies only work whilst the user is visiting the site and are deleted when they leave. They help us understand how each person behaves whilst browsing the website. Persistent cookies stay for longer, usually a few months. And what are these for? They are usually used to save your preferences so we don’t have to ask you again and again, for example, whether you prefer the Spanish or English version of this website.
Depending on their purpose, cookies can be organised into a few more categories. Let’s take a look:
Technical cookies. These are used to manage navigation on the site and enable certain functions, such as security features.
Analytics cookies. These are the most common type and enable us to collect data for the purpose of analysing and interpreting user behaviour and preferences. They help us understand how people arrive at this website, why they access certain content and not others, and how the navigation structure can be improved, amongst other things. All of this is done anonymously.
Personalisation cookies. These are the ones that allow you to configure certain website options to your liking.
Social media cookies. These are used by social media platforms to manage their integration with the website.
Advertising cookies. These facilitate the management of advertising spaces on the website. You won’t find any here.
Behavioural advertising cookies. These go a step further than the previous ones. They allow advertising spaces to be managed in a personalised way because they gather information on user behaviour and help decide which adverts to serve in each case.
If you are browsing this site, we assume you have made use of the cookie settings we offer upon entry. If you wish to change your preferences, you can do so via your browser, but as we do not know which one you are using, here are several links to help you do so:
That’s it!
You may not need reminding what they are, but we want to explain what we mean when we talk about cookies, partly because our Legal and Compliance department strongly recommends it. What is a cookie? To put it simply, a cookie is a file, a small computer file that is stored in your browser and on your hard drive when you visit certain websites, with the aim of collecting information. Put like that, it sounds… a bit dodgy, but in the vast majority of cases this serves a clear, necessary and useful purpose.
We use cookies on this site for the purpose, on the one hand, of enabling certain features that will make your browsing experience more comfortable. No, they won’t fan you or serve you a snack, but they can help us remember your language preferences, for example. Furthermore, they allow us to understand your behaviour and that of our visitors so we can identify what interests you most and whether the layout of the content is appropriate. We believe that by accessing this information, which remains anonymous, we will be able to improve this site and make it more interesting, enjoyable and practical. It’s part of our job, and it would be a shame if the result weren’t optimal.
To ensure you have all the necessary information about cookies, we’ll tell you a bit more about them.
Depending on who creates them, there are first-party and third-party cookies. That’s all there is to it. We send the former from our systems to your browser so that we can provide you with our service, whilst the latter do not leave our systems but are linked to other services we integrate into the website, such as social media.
Depending on how long they remain active, we distinguish between session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies only work whilst the user is visiting the site and are deleted when they leave. They help us understand how each person behaves whilst browsing the website. Persistent cookies stay for longer, usually a few months. And what are these for? They are usually used to save your preferences so we don’t have to ask you again and again, for example, whether you prefer the Spanish or English version of this website.
Depending on their purpose, cookies can be organised into a few more categories. Let’s take a look:
Technical cookies. These are used to manage navigation on the site and enable certain functions, such as security features.
Analytics cookies. These are the most common type and enable us to collect data for the purpose of analysing and interpreting user behaviour and preferences. They help us understand how people arrive at this website, why they access certain content and not others, and how the navigation structure can be improved, amongst other things. All of this is done anonymously.
Personalisation cookies. These are the ones that allow you to configure certain website options to your liking.
Social media cookies. These are used by social media platforms to manage their integration with the website.
Advertising cookies. These facilitate the management of advertising spaces on the website. You won’t find any here.
Behavioural advertising cookies. These go a step further than the previous ones. They allow advertising spaces to be managed in a personalised way because they gather information on user behaviour and help decide which adverts to serve in each case.
If you are browsing this site, we assume you have made use of the cookie settings we offer upon entry. If you wish to change your preferences, you can do so via your browser, but as we do not know which one you are using, here are several links to help you do so:
- Google Chrome.
- Google Chrome para Android.
- Safari.
- Mozilla Firefox.
- Microsoft Explorer.
- Microsoft Edge.
- Flash.
That’s it!