COOKIES POLICY
Owing to the entry into force of the aforementioned modification to the “Information Society Services Law” (LSSICE) established by Royal Decree 13/2012, it is compulsory for the explicit consent of any user using websites that employ nonessential cookies to be obtained before he/she begins browsing.
WHAT ARE COOKIES?
Cookies and other similar technologies, such as local shared objects, flash cookies or pixels, are tools used by Web servers to store and recover information about website visitors, and also to ensure correct functioning of the website.
The use of these devices allows the Web server to remember some user data, such as his/her preferences for viewing the pages on that server, name and password, products of most interest to him/her, etc.
COOKIES AFFECTED BY THE LEGISLATION AND COOKIES EXCEPTED
According to the EU Directive, the cookies that require the user’s informed consent are analytics cookies and cookies used for advertising and membership; excluded from this category are those of a technical nature and those necessary for the website to function correctly and the services explicitly requested by the user to be provided.
WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES EXIST?
There are five major groups of cookies:
- Analytics cookies: they collect information on the use made of the website.
- Social cookies: these are necessary for external social networks.
- Affiliate cookies: these allow tracking of visits from other websites, with which the website has signed an affiliate
agreement (affiliated companies). - Advertising and behavioural cookies: these collect information on the user’s personal preferences and choices
(retargeting). - Technical and functional cookies: these are the cookies strictly necessary for the use of the website and the
provision of the contracted service.
COOKIES USED ON THIS WEBSITE
| Cookie | Type | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advertisement | |||
| loc | 0 | 1 year | Addthis sets this cookie. This is a geolocation cookie to understand where the users who share the information are. |
| ouid | 0 | 1 year | Addthis sets the cookie that allows website content to be shared across different social media and networking websites. |
| Necessary | |||
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-uncategorized | 0 | 1 year | |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | 0 | 1 year | This cookie is set by the GDPR cookie consent plugin. The purpose of this cookie is to verify if the user has consented to the use of cookies in the 'Necessary' category. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessary | 0 | 1 year | This cookie is set by the GDPR cookie consent plugin. The purpose of this cookie is to verify if the user has given their consent for the use of cookies in the 'Non necessary' category. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | 0 | 1 year | This cookie is set by the GDPR cookie consent plugin. The purpose of this cookie is to verify if the user has consented to the use of cookies in the 'Analytics' category. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | 0 | 1 year | This cookie is set by the GDPR cookie consent plugin. The purpose of this cookie is to verify whether the user has consented to the use of cookies in the 'Performance' category. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | 0 | 1 year | |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-advertisement | 0 | 1 year | This cookie is set by the GDPR cookie consent plugin. The purpose of this cookie is to verify if the user has consented to the use of cookies in the 'Advertising' category. |
| viewed_cookie_policy | 0 | 1 hour | The cookie is set by the GDPR cookie consent plugin and is used to store whether or not the user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |
| Analytics | |||
| uvc | 0 | 1 year | Addthis.com sets the cookie to determine the use of the Addthis.com service. |
| _gid | 0 | 1 day | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information about how visitors use a website and helps create an analytical report of how the website is performing. The data collected, including the number of visitors, the source from which they come and the pages, appear anonymously. |
| _ga | 0 | 2 years | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, campaign data and track site usage for site analytics report. Cookies store information anonymously and assign a random generated number to identify unique visitors. |
| Functional | |||
| vc | 0 | 1 year | Addthis.com sets this cookie on sites that allow sharing on social networks. |
| na_id | 0 | 1 year | Addthis.com sets this cookie to allow link sharing on social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. |
| __atuvs | 0 | 30 minute | Addthis sets this cookie to make sure you see the updated count if you share a page and return to it before our share count cache is updated. |
| di2 | 0 | 1 year | Addthis.com places this cookie on sites that allow sharing on social networks. The cookie is used to track user behavior anonymously to generate usage trends to improve the relevance of your services and advertising. |
| um | 0 | 1 year | Established by addthis.com (unknown purpose) |
| __atuvc | 0 | 1 year | Addthis sets this cookie to make sure you see the updated count if you share a page and return to it before our share count cache is updated. |
| Performance | |||
| uid | 0 | 1 year | This cookie is used to measure the number and behavior of website visitors anonymously. The data includes the number of visits, the average duration of the visit on the website, the pages visited, etc. in order to better understand user preferences for targeted ads. |
| _gat | 0 | 1 minute | Google Universal Analytics installs these cookies to speed up the request rate and limit data collection on high-traffic sites. |
REVOCATION OF CONSENT TO INSTALL COOKIES AND REMOVE COOKIES FROM THE BROWSER
Chrome
- Select the Tools icon.
- Click on Settings.
- Click on Advanced.
- In the section “Privacy and security”, click on Content Settings.
- Remove cookies: Click on All cookies and site data…
- Do not allow cookies to be stored.
- Click on Delete browsing data (empty Cache).
- Close and re-open the browser.
For more information on Chrome, click here: http://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=es
Internet Explorer. Version 11
- Select Tools / Internet Options.
- Click on the “General” file.
- In the section “Browsing history”, click on Delete browsing history upon leaving.
- Select Remove files.
- Select Remove cookies.
- Click on Remove.
- Click on OK.
- Close and re-open the browser.
For more information on Internet Explorer, click here: http://windows.microsoft.com/es-419/windows7/how-to-manage-cookies-in-internet-explorer-9
Firefox. Version 18
- Select Firefox | History | Clear recent history.
- Alongside “Details”, click on the down arrow.
- Select the following checkboxes: Cookies, Cache, Active Logins.
- Using “Time range to clear” in the pull-down menu, select Everything.
- Click on Clear Now.
- Close and re-open the browser.
You can accept or reject the cookies individually in Firefox Preferences, in the History section available in Tools > Options >Privacy and Security.
For more information on Mozilla Firefox, click here: https://www.mozilla.org/es-ES/privacy/websites/#cookies
Safari Version 5.1
- Select the Safari icon / Edit | Restore Safari.
- Select the following checkboxes: Clear history, Remove all website details.
- Click on Restore.
- Close and re-open the browser.
For more information on Safari, click here: http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042
Opera
Options – Advanced – Cookies.
The cookies options control the way in which Opera deals with them and, thus, whether they are accepted or rejected.
For more information on Opera, click here: http://help.opera.com/Linux/10.60/es-ES/cookies.html
Other browsers
Consult the documentation for the browser you have installed.