Cookies policy

Cookies are small amounts of information that are stored on the browser used by each user for the server to remember certain information that later can be used. This information identifies the visitor as a particular user and allows you to save your personal preferences as well as technical information such as visits or specific pages you visit. Users who do not wish to receive cookies or wish to be informed before they are stored on your computer, can configure their browser to that effect.

Cookies are used to improve the services offered. Some are strictly necessary to make the page work well and others are used to improve the performance and the user experience.

Below, is a classification of cookies based on a number of categories.

Types of cookies according to the entity which manages them:

• Own cookies: are those that are sent to the terminal equipment of the user from a computer or domain managed by the own editor and from which it provides the service requested by the user.
• Third party cookies: are those that are sent to the terminal equipment of the user from a computer or domain is not managed by the Publisher, but by another entity that is data collected through cookies.

According to the time frame cookies that remain activated types:

• Session cookies: are a type of cookie designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page.
• Persistent cookies: are a type of cookies in which data are stored on the terminal and can be accessed and treated for a period defined by the head of the cookie, and that can range from a few minutes to several years.

Types of cookies according to their purpose:

• Technical cookies: are those that allow the user to browsing through a web page, platform or application and the use of the different options or services that it may exist as, for example, control traffic and data communication, identify the session, access parts of restricted access, remembering the elements that make up an order, make the process of purchase of an ordermake the application for registration or participation in an event, use elements of safety during navigation, store content for broadcast video or sound, or share content through social networks.
• Personalization cookies: are those that allow the user to access the service with some general features predefined a set of criteria in the user terminal as they would for example be language, browser type through which to access the service, the locale from where access to the service, etc.
• Website cookies: are those that allow the person responsible for them, monitoring and analysis of the behaviour of the users of the web sites to which they are linked. The information collected by means of this type of cookie is used in the measurement of the activity of web sites, application, or platform and for profiling of navigation of the users of such sites, applications and platforms, in order to make improvements on the basis of the analysis of data for use by the users of the service.
• Advertising cookies: are those that allow the management, as efficiently as possible, the advertising space that, where appropriate, the editor has included in a web page, application, or platform from which provides the service requested on the basis of criteria such as the edited content or the frequency in which the ads are displayed.
• Behavioral advertising cookies: are those that allow the management, as efficiently as possible, the advertising space that, where appropriate, the editor has included in a web page, application, or platform from which provides the requested service. These cookies store the user behavior information obtained through observation of their browsing habits, allowing you to develop a specific profile to display advertising based on the same.

More information about cookies and how to manage them at www.aboutcookies.org or – help – menu of the browser.

Below is a list of cookies that can be found on our Web site and a brief description of its purpose. Makes sure that none of them retains personally identifiable user information. Some cookies to personalize the visit, others remember preferences, while others only provide statistics of the visitors.

Protection safeguards

The user can configure your browser to accept or reject, the cookies you receive, or to warn you when a server wants to send a cookie or delete them from your computer. You can find instructions on the security settings in your Web browser.

Examples:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer, at the option of the Tools menu > Internet Options > privacy > settings.
• Firefox, via the menu Tools > options > privacy > Cookies.
• Google Chrome, on the settings menu option > privacy
• Safari, in the preferences menu option > Security

You can make use of the – help – section that is located on the toolbar of most browsers to change the settings of your computer, however, some features of the online services of this site may not work if rejecting all cookies.

Many browsers allow you to turn a private mode whereby cookies are always deleted after your visit. Depending on each browser, this private mode can have different names.

Examples:

• Internet Explorer 8 and above: inprivate browsing
• Firefox 3.5 and above: private browsing
• Google Chrome 10 and above: Incognito
• Safari 2 and higher: private browsing
• Opera 10.5 and higher: private browsing

Please, the browser’s help section should carefully to learn more about how to activate the private mode-. You can continue visiting this website even when the browser is in private mode-, however, user experience may not be optimal and some utilities may not work.