Last Updated: May 29, 2024
What are cookies?
Cookies are small files installed on the hard drive or browser of a computer, tablet, smartphone, or equivalent device with Internet browsing capabilities. They help, among other things, to personalize the services of the website owner, facilitate navigation and usability of the site, obtain aggregated information from visitors, enable the playback and display of multimedia content on the website, allow interaction elements between the user and the website, enable security tools, etc.
Definitions used in this cookie policy
- Data: Information obtained through the user’s terminal equipment via data storage and retrieval devices (cookies or others). The data will be personal when it refers to identified or identifiable individuals, as established in Article 4 of the GDPR.
- Aggregated Information: Non-nominal, typically numerical information used for statistical purposes.
- Terminal Equipment: The device from which the user accesses the service, such as a personal computer, mobile phone, tablet, etc., from which information is obtained.
- Publisher: The owner or responsible party of the website.
- Third Party: An external entity, collaborator, service provider, or related entity to the publisher, involved in the management of some cookies.
- Cookie Controller: The publisher, responsible party, owner of the website, or even a third party in some cases.
- Browsing Habits: Trends shown by the user when browsing through a website, such as time spent on the site, parts visited, most frequent sections, source of the visit, destination of the visit, among others.
What types of cookies exist?
According to the entity managing them:
- First-party cookies: Sent to the user’s terminal from a device or domain managed by the publisher and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
- Third-party cookies: Sent to the user’s terminal from a device or domain not managed by the publisher but by another entity that processes the data obtained through cookies.
According to the duration they remain active on the terminal equipment:
- Session cookies: Designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page. They are typically used to store information that only needs to be kept for the duration of the service requested by the user (e.g., a list of purchased products) and disappear at the end of the session.
- Persistent cookies: Data remains stored on the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a defined period by the cookie controller, ranging from a few minutes to several years.
According to the purpose for which the data obtained through the cookies is processed:
- Technical cookies: Enable the user to navigate through a web page, platform, or application and use the different options or services available, including those used by the publisher to manage and operate the web page and enable its functions and services. This includes, for example, controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted access parts, remembering the items in an order, processing a purchase order, managing payment, controlling fraud related to the security of the service, registering or participating in an event, counting visits for billing software licenses that operate the service, using security elements during navigation, storing content for video or sound dissemination, enabling dynamic content (e.g., text or image loading animations), or sharing content through social networks. Also included in this category are cookies that manage the most efficient way possible the advertising spaces that the publisher has included in a web page, application, or platform based on criteria such as edited content without collecting user information for other purposes like personalizing that advertising content.
- Preference or personalization cookies: Allow remembering information so that the user accesses the service with specific characteristics that differentiate their experience from other users, such as language, the number of results displayed when performing a search, the appearance or content of the service depending on the type of browser used, or the region from which the service is accessed, etc.
- Analysis or measurement cookies: Allow the controller to monitor and analyze the behavior of users on the websites they are linked to, including quantifying the impact of advertisements. The information collected by this type of cookies is used to measure the activity of websites, applications, or platforms to make improvements based on the analysis of usage data.
- Advertising cookies: Allow the most efficient management of advertising spaces that the publisher may have included in a web page, application, or platform from which the requested service is provided based on criteria such as edited content or the frequency of ad display.
- Behavioral advertising cookies: Allow the most efficient management of advertising spaces that the publisher may have included in a web page, application, or platform from which the requested service is provided. These cookies store information about users’ behavior obtained through continuous observation of their browsing habits, allowing for the development of a specific profile to display advertising based on it.
Specifically, what cookies do we use?
- Analytical Cookies: This website uses analytical cookies to collect statistics on user activity when visiting the site and its overall activity. The information collected is anonymous and helps optimize navigation on our website and ensure the best service to the user. We use third-party cookies (Google Analytics) for site analysis. The user can exclude their activity through the exclusion systems provided by analytical tools.
- Cookies used by social networks: This website has installed social network buttons that allow users to share content of interest with their social circles. Social network cookies prevent the user from re-entering their details to share such content. These buttons do not have access to the data entered by users when sharing content on a social network.
- Cookies used by external content plugins: This website offers users content or services provided by third parties, such as videos hosted on YouTube or Google Maps applications for locating clean points. The cookies used by these providers are necessary for the user to access the service and are governed by their respective cookie policies.
This site uses the following analytical cookies:
| Name | First-party/Third-party | Type of cookies | Purpose | Permanence | Data transfer outside the EU |
| _ga _utma _utmb _utmc _utmz | Third-party. Google Analytics | Analysis or measurement | Web analytics service developed by Google that enables the measurement and analysis of navigation on web pages. These cookies collect information anonymously, including the number of site visitors, where visitors have come from, and the pages they visited. This information helps us improve navigation and content on this website based on visit loads and other data provided by these cookies. You can disable the use of these cookies by installing an opt-out system in your web browser: Google Analytics Opt-out | 1 day | Yes (Google LCC) |
These cookies do not create user profiles for those browsing the website, nor are automated decisions made based on this data.
You can find out about third-country transfers made by the third parties identified in this cookie policy, as well as the risks involved according to their own policies, by accessing their respective cookie policies provided in the table above.
Other cookies
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google Maps, and other third-party services may install cookies to share content on social networks or for access statistics. Their presence, number, and status may depend on how the user uses these platforms before or during their visit to the website.
Social network cookies and those used by external content plugins appear when visiting the website due to the integration of third-party services such as social networks, videos, maps, etc. We suggest that the user consult the websites of these third parties for information on the cookies they install and how to manage them.
How to disable/enable cookies?
Blocking or disabling all cookies helps protect privacy but may also limit the experience on some websites and limit functionalities or even prevent proper navigation or use of some services.
You can enable or disable the cookies described above (except for technical cookies, which are necessary for proper functioning) through the configurator that appears in the cookie usage notice when accessing our homepage. Note that if you accept third-party cookies, you must delete them from the browser options or through the third party’s system.
Similarly, if you want to know how to disable cookies in the most popular web browsers, access the following tutorials:
For information on managing cookies on a tablet and/or mobile, consult its documentation or online help files.
For complete and specific information on personal data protection, refer to our privacy policy.
Modifications
This Cookie Policy may be modified based on new legislative or regulatory requirements or to adapt the policy to the instructions issued by the Spanish Data Protection Agency.
When significant changes to this Cookie Policy occur, users will be informed through an informative notice on the website.
