Cookie Policy

1. What is a cookie?

Cookies or data storage and retrieval devices are files sent by a website to users’ browsers that are automatically stored on their devices so that the website is able to check users’ previous browsing habits and “recognise them”.

Cookies are able to remember other kinds of personal information, such as a user’s password so that it does not have to be entered each time a website is visited, or user preferences as regards the configuration of a website (language, screen resolution, amongst others).

Cookies are essential for the Internet to work properly, as well as having many advantages in the provision of interactive services as they make browsing and using the website easier. Cookies cannot harm your devices, and while they are enabled they help identify and solve errors.

In short, a cookie is simply a set of data about browsing habits that is stored on a user’s device and that websites detect and recognise so that they are able to “remember” that user’s browsing habits.

Please note that not all cookies imply a processing of personal data and, in the event of processing of such data, we will carry the processing according to our privacy policy.

More information about the cookies used on the website is provided below.

This website uses own and third party cookies, with the aim of improving the browsing experience of its users.

The following applications are used to obtain this information.

2. Types of cookies

Strictly necessary cookies

These are technical cookies which are necessary for the website to run properly and cannot be disabled on our systems. Generally, these are only set in response to actions taken by you that amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or completing forms.

 Cookie Name  Purpose  Duration
 cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie records the user consent for the cookies in the “Advertisement” category.  1 year
 cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytical-cookie CookieYes set this cookie to store the user consent for the cookies in the category Analytics.  1 year
 cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Analytics”.  11 months
 cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie records the user consent for the cookies in the “Analytics” category.  1 year
 cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category “Functional”.  11 months
 cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Necessary”.  11 months
 cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary Set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin, this cookie is used to record the user consent for the cookies in the “Necessary” category.  1 year
 cookielawinfo-checkbox-others This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Other.  11 months
 cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Performance”.  11 months
 CookieLawInfoConsent CookieYes sets this cookie to record the default button state of the corresponding category and the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie.  1 year
 CookieLawInfoConsent CookieYes sets this cookie to record the default button state of the corresponding category and the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie.  1 year
viewed_cookie_policy The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.  11 months
 viewed_cookie_policy The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin to store whether or not the user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data.  1 year

Analytical cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and sources of traffic, so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and how visitors move through the site, thus ensuring better user service. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our site.

Cookie Name Purpose Duration
 _ga The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. 1 year 1 month 4 days
 _ga_* Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. 1 year 1 month 4 days
 _gat_gtag_UA_* Google Analytics sets this cookie to store a unique user ID. 1 minute
 _gcl_au Provided by Google Tag Manager to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services. 3 months
 _gid Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website’s performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. 1 day

Advertising cookies

These cookies collect information regarding your behaviour by observing your browsing habits (i.e. websites visited) which allows us to profiling and thus display ads based on your interests so that are appealing to you in accordance to your preferences.

Cookie Name Purpose Duration
 IDE Google DoubleClick IDE cookies are used to store information about how the user uses the website to present them with relevant ads and according to the user profile. 1 year 24 days
 test_cookie The test_cookie is set by doubleclick.net and is used to determine if the user’s browser supports cookies. 15 minutes

Functional cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

Cookie Name Purpose Duration
 __cf_bm This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. 30 minutes

3. Cookies settings

You can set up the acceptance or rejection of cookies through the cookie Consent Management Platform on this policy, through your browser and also through the websites of those third parties that install cookies on your device.

3.1 Disabling cookies through the cookie set up platform

You may give or revoke your consent regarding the type of cookies used, through the cookie Consent Management Platform which can be accessed via the link below.

 

 

3.2 Disabling cookies through your web browser

All internet browsers allow users to restrict the behaviour of a cookie or even disable cookies by modifying the browser settings or options. The steps to do this are different for each browser. Specific instructions can be found in the help menu of your browser.

Depending on the browser used, the user can enable any of the following options to limit the scope of the cookies installed or the way they are executed:

  • The private browsing option so that browser history, website passwords, cookies and other information about the websites visited are not stored.
  • The “do not track” feature, whereby the browser requests that websites visited do not track your browsing habits, for example to display advertising that may be of interest to you on the websites you visit.
 Browser  Link
 Microsoft Internet Explorer  https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/delete-and-manage-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d#ie=ie-11
 Microsoft Edge  https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/delete-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09
 Apple Safari  https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
 Google Chrome https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050?%20
 Mozilla Firefox  https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox

Please note that if you disable these aforementioned cookies we cannot know what you like or dislike about our pages and it will be difficult for us to improve your user experience on this website.

4. Further information and exercising your rights

Without prejudice to the offered possibilities of setting up cookies, as well as the different mechanisms for managing said cookies available in this policy, if you have any questions regarding the processing of your personal data or you wish to exercise your rights, please check our privacy policy for further information.