What are cookies?

This website uses cookies and other files with a similar function. Cookies are small data files that are sent to the user’s computer, mobile telephone or other access device when they visit a web page and which make it possible to obtain information on their browsing habit or a code that can univocally identify the user.

Types of cookies and intended use

When browsing through this web site, session cookies and persistent cookies are used which, in turn, can be own or third party cookies.

Session cookies are designed to gather and store data while users access a web page. They are usually used to store information that is only kept for rendering the service requested by the user on one single occasion.

Persistent cookies are a type of cookie where the data remain stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed during a defined period of time by the party responsible for the cookie, with said time period ranging from a few minutes to a few years.

Third-party cookies are administered by the entities that render analysis, social network and advertising behaviour services.

Disabling or removing cookies

Most web browsers allow user preferences on the use of cookies to be managed at all times. Users can adjust their browser to reject cookies or to eliminate certain cookies depending on their criterion.