COOKIES POLICY

INFORMATION ABOUT COOKIES

Due to the entry into force of the amendment of the “Law of Services of the Information Society” (LSSICE) established by Royal Decree 13/2012, it is mandatory to obtain the express consent of the user of all websites that use dispensable cookies , before the user navigates through them.

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies and other similar technologies such as local shared objects, flash cookies or pixels, are tools used by Web servers to store and retrieve information about their visitors, as well as to provide a correct functioning of the site.

The use of these devices allows the Web server to remember some data concerning the user, such as your preferences for viewing the pages of that server, name and password, products that most interest you, etc..

COOKIES AFFECTED BY REGULATIONS AND COOKIES EXCEPTED

According to the EU directive, the cookies that require the user’s informed consent are analytics cookies and advertising and affiliation cookies, with the exception of technical cookies and those necessary for the operation of the website or the provision of services expressly requested by the user.

WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES EXIST?

Regarding the types of cookies, there are five main groups:

• Analyticalcookies : they collect information on the use of the website.

• SocialCookies : are those necessary for external social networks.

• Affiliatecookies : allow tracking of visits coming from other websites, with which the website establishes an affiliation contract (affiliation companies).

• Advertising and behavioralcookies : collect information about the user’s preferences and personal choices(retargeting).

• Technical and functionalcookies : these are strictly necessary for the use of the website and for the provision of the contracted service.

COOKIES USED ON THIS WEBSITE

• PHPSESSID: technical and strictly necessary cookie containing the session identifier. It is deleted when the browser is closed.
• _lang: technical and strictly necessary cookie containing the language of the session. It is deleted when the browser is closed.
• ac_cookies: technical and strictly necessary cookie that contains the value of whether the installation of cookies has been accepted. It expires in 1 year from the last update.
• _ga: Google Analytics cookie that enables the unique visits control function. The first time a user enters the website through a browser this cookie will be installed. When this user re-enters the website with the same browser, the cookie will consider that it is the same user. Only in the event that the user changes browser, it will be considered another user. It expires 2 years after the last update.
• _gat: This cookie is associated with Google Analytics Universal. It is used to limit the request rate – limiting data collection on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes.
• _utma: Google Analytics cookie that records the date of the first and last time the user visited the website. It expires 2 years after the last update.
• _utmb: Google Analytics cookie that records the time of arrival to the website. It expires 30 minutes after the last update.
• _utmc: Google Analytics cookie used for interoperability with the urchin.js tracking code. It is deleted when the browser is closed.
• _utmt: Google Analytics cookie. This cookie is used to process the type of request requested by the user. It expires at the end of the session.
• _utmv: Google Analytics cookie. This cookie is used to segment demographic data. It expires at the end of the session.
• _utmz: Google Analytics cookie that stores the traffic source or a campaign to explain how the user arrived at the website. It expires 6 months after the last update.