COOKIE POLICY

This website, like most websites on the Internet, uses cookies to improve and optimize the user experience. Below, you will find detailed information about what “cookies” are, the types this website uses, how you can disable them in your browser, and how to specifically block the installation of third-party cookies.

I.- WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are files that the website or application you use installs on your browser or device (Smartphone, Tablet, or Smart TV) during your visit to the pages or the application, and they serve to store information about your visit. Like most websites on the Internet, this web portal uses cookies to:

  • Ensure that web pages can function properly.
  • Store your preferences, such as the language you have selected or the font size.
  • Understand your browsing experience.
  • Gather anonymous statistical information, such as which pages you have visited or how long you have spent on our platforms.

Cookies are associated only with an anonymous user and their computer/device and do not provide references that allow for personal data to be identified. At any time, you can access your browser’s settings to modify and/or block the installation of cookies without generally preventing access to the content unless those cookies that are essential for providing the service are altered, without which the website cannot function. Keep in mind that if you modify and/or block the installation of cookies, the quality or availability of the services may be affected.

II. TYPES, PURPOSE, AND FUNCTIONING OF COOKIES

Cookies, depending on their permanence, can be divided into session cookies or persistent cookies:

  • Session cookies: These store data only while the user accesses the web and do not remain on the user’s hard drive once the session is closed (they are deleted from the computer).
  • Persistent cookies: These store data on the user’s hard drive to be accessed and used each time the user visits our website.

Depending on the entity managing them, we can distinguish between:

  • First-party cookies: These are sent to the user’s device from a device or domain managed by the editor and from which the requested service is provided.
  • Third-party cookies: These are sent to the user’s device from a device or domain not managed by the editor but by another entity that processes data obtained through cookies (e.g., Google Analytics or Comscore).

Depending on the purpose, cookies can be classified as follows:

  • Technical cookies: These allow the user to navigate through a web page, platform, or application and use the different options or services within it, such as controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted areas, remembering the items in an order, completing the purchase process of an order, registering for an event, using security elements during browsing, storing content for video or audio broadcasting, or sharing content via social networks.
  • Personalization cookies: These allow access to the service modified for a particular user, implementing some predefined characteristics based on a series of user terminal criteria (e.g., language, browser type, or regional configuration from where the service is accessed).
  • Analytics cookies: These allow the responsible party to track and analyze the behavior of users on websites they are linked to. The information collected by these cookies is used to measure website, application, or platform activity and to create browsing profiles for users of such websites, applications, and platforms to introduce improvements based on the analysis of usage data.
  • Advertising cookies: These allow the management, in the most effective way possible, of advertising spaces that, if applicable, the editor has included on a website, application, or platform from which the requested service is provided; based on criteria such as edited content or the frequency with which ads are shown.
  • Behavioral advertising cookies: These enable the most effective management of advertising spaces that the editor may have included on a website, application, or platform from which the requested service is provided. These cookies store information about user behavior obtained through continuous observation of their browsing habits, allowing the development of a specific profile to display advertising based on it.
  • Cookies for external social networks: These are used so that visitors can interact with the content of different social platforms (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) and are generated only for users of those social networks. The conditions of use of these cookies and the information collected are governed by the privacy policy of the corresponding social platform.

III. COOKIES USED ON THIS WEBSITE

Following the guidelines of the Spanish Data Protection Agency, we proceed to detail the use of cookies made by this website to inform you as accurately as possible:

IV.- LEGITIMATION FOR THE USE OF COOKIES

In the case of technical cookies, meaning those that are essential for navigating this website and receiving the service offered through it, the user decides to visit the website and use its services; forming an inseparable part of the services that the user implicitly wishes to know about and/or contract. Therefore, the legitimacy for their use is based on Article 6.1.f) of the GDPR, as the processing is necessary for the satisfaction of legitimate interests pursued by the data controller. Without these cookies, the user would not enjoy a satisfactory experience, impacting the entity’s reputation and diminishing the effectiveness of the promotion of the services offered.

The legal basis for the use of other cookies is the user’s consent, which is requested at the moment of accessing this website and can be revoked at any time. The withdrawal of such consent will not affect the possibility of browsing this website and using its services, but the data processing carried out prior to revocation will not lose its legality due to the withdrawal of consent.

V.- TRANSFERS OF PERSONAL DATA TO THIRD COUNTRIES OR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

As stipulated in the current data protection regulations, Articles 44 to 50 of the GDPR, as well as Articles 40 to 43 of the LOPD, international data transfer refers to activities involving the processing of personal data carried out in the context of activities of establishments in more than one Member State of a data controller or processor within the Union, if the data controller or processor is established in more than one Member State. It also includes the processing of personal data carried out in the context of activities of a single establishment of a data controller or processor within the Union but which substantially affects or is likely to substantially affect data subjects in more than one Member State.

Both the GDPR and the LOPD-gdd establish that international data transfers can only be carried out if the data controller or processor can ensure that the level of data protection is guaranteed by:

  • A decision of adequacy taken by the European Commission (Article 45 GDPR).
  • Appropriate data protection safeguards (Article 46 GDPR).
  • Binding corporate rules (Article 47 GDPR).

For more information, you can visit the following link: https://www.aepd.es/es/derechos-y-deberes/cumple-tus-deberes/medidas-de-cumplimiento/transferencias-internacionales

Carrying out an international data transfer without meeting the applicable requirements would constitute a violation that, in the case of a company, could result in an administrative (financial) penalty for the data controller or processor (from the private sector) of up to twenty million euros (€20,000,000) or an amount equivalent to a maximum of 4% of the total annual global turnover of the previous financial year, whichever is greater.

VI.- EXERCISING RIGHTS REGARDING THE USE OF COOKIES ON THIS WEBSITE

As stipulated by the current data protection regulations (GDPR/LOPD-gdd), any person has the right to obtain confirmation as to whether or not personal data concerning them is being processed. Likewise, under the legally established conditions, interested parties have the right to access their data, as well as to request the rectification of inaccurate data or, where appropriate, to request its deletion when, among other reasons, the data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected. In the case of cookies, these rights may be exercised subject to limitations arising from the nature of these files.

Under the conditions provided in the General Data Protection Regulation, as well as the LOPD-gdd, interested parties may request the restriction of the processing of their data or its portability, in which case we will only retain it for the exercise or defense of claims.

Under certain circumstances and for reasons related to their particular situation, interested parties may object to the processing of their data. If you have given consent for any specific purpose, you have the right to withdraw it at any time, without affecting the legality of the processing based on consent prior to its withdrawal. In such cases, we will stop processing the data or, where appropriate, stop doing so for that specific purpose, except for compelling legitimate reasons or for the exercise or defense of possible claims.

Where applicable, you have the right not to be subject to automated individual decisions. This right ensures that you are not subject to a decision based solely on the processing of your personal data, including profiling, which produces legal effects on you or significantly affects you.

In the event of any violation of your rights, especially when you have not obtained satisfaction in exercising them, you may file a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency (contact details accessible at www.aepd.es) or another competent supervisory authority.

You can also obtain more information about your rights by contacting these bodies or visiting our Legal Notice.

VII.- HOW TO MANAGE / CONFIGURE / DISABLE COOKIES IN THE BROWSER

By browsing and continuing on our website, you are consenting to the use of cookies under the conditions contained in this cookie policy. The entity provides access to this cookie policy to ensure you, as an interested party, are informed, without prejudice to your ability to exercise your data protection rights at any time.

In any case, we inform you that since cookies are not generally necessary for the use of our website, you can block or disable them by activating the browser settings that allow you to reject the installation of all or some cookies. Most browsers allow you to be warned of the presence of cookies or automatically reject them. If you reject them, you will still be able to use our website (unless you also reject technical/necessary cookies), although the use of some web services may be limited, and your experience may be less satisfactory. Below, we explain how to access the configuration menu of the most popular browsers:

  • Chrome:
  • Firefox:
    • Click the menu button and select preferences.
    • Select the privacy panel.
    • In the history settings entry: select use a custom history setting.
    • To activate cookies, check the entry accept cookies from sites; to deactivate them, uncheck the entry.
    • https://support.mozilla.org/en/kb/clear-cookies
  • Explorer:
  • Safari:
    • To configure cookie blocking in Safari on iOS 8, tap settings > Safari > Block cookies and choose “Always Allow,” “Allow only from websites I visit,” “Allow only from the current website,” or “Always Block.”
    • In iOS 7 or earlier versions, choose “Never,” “From third parties and advertisers,” or “Always.”
    • https://support.apple.com/en-lamr/HT201265

VIII.- UPDATING THE COOKIE POLICY

We may update the Cookie Policy of our website in accordance with legislative or regulatory requirements or to adapt the policy to instructions issued by the Spanish Data Protection Agency. Therefore, we recommend reviewing this policy each time you access our website to stay adequately informed about how and why we use cookies.