COOKIES POLICY

Cookies

Policy

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a harmless text file that is stored on your browser when you visit almost any website. Cookies are useful in that they allow a website to remember your last visit when you return to the website in question. Although many people are unaware of this fact, cookies have been in use for some 20 years, since the first browsers of the World Wide Web appeared.

A cookie is NONE of the following:

It is not a virus, or a Trojan horse, or a worm, or spam, or spyware, nor does it open pop-up windows.

What information does a cookie store?

Cookies do not generally store sensitive information relating to you, such as credit card or bank details, photos, your ID card number or personal information, etc. The data that they store are of a technical nature, personal preferences, personalisation of content, etc.

The web server does not associate them with you as a person but instead with your web browser. Indeed, if you usually use Internet explorer as your browser and you try browsing the web using Firefox or Chrome, you will see that the web does not realise that you are the same person, because it is actually identifying the browser and not the person.

Types of cookies.

Technical cookies: These are the most elementary cookies and they make it possible, among other things, to identify whether it is a human or an automated application that is browsing the site, or whether the person browsing is anonymous or a registered user, tasks that are fundamental to the operation of any dynamic website.

Analytic cookies: These cookies collect information on the type of browsing engaged in, the sections that are most used, the products viewed, the time of day, language, etc.

Advertising cookies: These show advertising based on browsing your habits, country of origin, language, etc.

What are proprietary and third-party cookies?

Proprietary cookies are cookies that are generated by the site you are visiting and third-party cookies are those that are generated by external services or suppliers such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.

What happens if I disable cookies?

To give you an understanding of the range of effects that disabling cookies may have, we here offer a few examples:

You will not be able to share content from the site in question on Facebook, Twitter or any other social network.
The website will not be able to adapt content to your own personal preferences, as generally happens with online stores.
You will not be able to access the personal area on the website, such as, for example, My Account, My Profile or My Orders.
Online stores: You will find it impossible to make online purchases; you will have to make purchases by phone or visit the physical store, if there is one.
It will not be possible to personalise your geographical preferences, such as time zone, currency or language.
The site will not be able to carry out any web analytics in relation to visitors and web traffic, which will make it harder for the website to be competitive.
You will not be able to write on the website’s blog, upload photos, post comments or evaluate or score its contents. The website will also not know whether you are a human being or an automated application that publishes spam.
It will not be possible to show sector-specific advertising, which will reduce the website’s advertising revenues.
All the social networks use cookies. If you disable them, you will not be able to use any social network.

Can cookies be removed?

Yes. Not only removed, but also blocked, either generally or individually for a specific domain.

To remove cookies from a particular website you must go to your browser’s settings, look for the cookies associated with the domain in question and go ahead and remove them.

Cookie settings for the most popular browsers

The following instructions indicate how to access a specific cookie on the Chrome browser. NB: these steps may vary, depending on the version of the browser being used:

Go to ‘Settings’ or ‘Preferences’ under the File menu, or click on the personalisation icon shown in the upper right of the screen.
You will see a number of sections. Click on ‘Show advanced options’.
Go to ‘Privacy’, ‘Content settings’.
Select ‘All Cookies’ and ‘site data’.
A list will open up showing all cookies ordered by domain. To make it easier to find cookies from a particular domain, enter some or all of the domain address in the field ‘Search cookies’.
After filtering the results in this way, one or more lines will appear on the screen showing the cookies from the website in question. Now you only have to select them and click on X to delete them.

To access the cookies settings on Internet Explorer, follow these steps (they may vary, depending on your browser version):

Go to ‘Tools’, ‘Internet Options’.
Click on Privacy.
Move the slider to adjust the level of privacy that you desire.

To access the cookies settings on Firefox, follow these steps (they may vary, depending on your browser version):

Go to ‘Options’ or ‘Preferences’, depending on your operating system.
Click on Privacy.
Under ‘History’ select ‘Use custom settings for history’.
You will then see the option ‘Accept cookies’ and you can enable or disable it as you prefer.

To access the cookie settings on Safari for OSX, follow these steps (they may vary, depending on your browser version):

Select Preferences, then Privacy.
Here you will find the ‘Block cookies’ option, and you can adjust the kind of block that you wish to apply.

To access the cookies settings on Safari for iOS, follow these steps (they may vary, depending on your browser version):

Go to Settings, then Safari.
Go to ‘Privacy’ and ‘Security’ and you will find the ‘Block cookies’ option, and you can then adjust the kind of block that you wish to apply.

To access the cookie settings on Android, follow these steps (they may vary, depending on the browser version):

Open the browser programme and click on ‘Menu’, then on ‘Settings’.
Go to ‘Security’ and ‘Privacy’ and check or uncheck the box marked ‘Accept cookies’.

To access the cookie settings on Windows Phone, follow these steps (they may vary, depending on the browser version):

Open Internet Explorer, then select More, then Configuration
You can then check or uncheck the ‘Allow cookies’ box.

We use cookies to ensure we provide you with the best experience on our website. You can learn more about the cookies we use or disable them by going to the website’s settings.