What are Cookies?
A cookie is a file or device that is downloaded to a user's terminal equipment in order to store data that can be updated and retrieved by the entity responsible for its installation. That is, it is a file that is downloaded to your computer when you access certain web pages. Cookies allow a website, among other things, to store and retrieve information about the browsing habits of a user or their equipment and, depending on the information they contain and the way in which they use their equipment, they can be used to recognize the User.
Its main functions are:
- Take control of users: When a user enters their username and password, a cookie is stored so that they do not have to be entering them for each page of the server. However, a cookie does not identify only one person, but a computer-browser-user combination.
- Get information about the user's browsing habits, and spyware attempts, by advertising agencies and others. This can cause privacy issues and is one of the reasons why cookies have their detractors.
Analysis cookies: these cookies are used to carry out an analysis of the behaviors and actions of the users of the website as well as for the elaboration of browsing profiles in order to make technical improvements of operation and service.
Advertising cookies: allow efficient management of advertising spaces based on a number of criteria, for example, verifying whether or not the user has already had access to a news story to proceed to update it with a new one.
Behavioral advertising cookies: these cookies are responsible for storing information about users' own behavior focusing on their browsing habits. This allows you to set user profiles based on your behavior and use them to customize the advertising presented.
If the user wishes to learn more about cookies, please refer to the following website http://www.aboutcookies.org/.
What type of cookies does this website use?
This website is using cookies that allow the user to facilitate the use and navigation through it, guarantee access to certain services, as well as improve the functional configuration of the website.
Specifically, this website uses the following cookies:
| Summary of Cookies | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cookie | Name | Type | Purpose |
| Google Analytics |
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Third-party | Collect information about the navigation of users through the site in order to know the origin of the visits and other similar data at a statistical level. It does not obtain data from the names or surnames of the users or the specific postal address from which they connect. |
How to manage cookie settings?
In this section there is a brief statement on how to consult and carry out the configuration of the cookie system in relation to the most common or most used browsers by users
In this sense, practically all browsers allow the user to obtain general information about the cookies installed on a website, specifically verify the existence of them, their duration or the removal system. In this sense, for information purposes, a number of related links are provided:
On the other hand, the user can allow, block or delete the cookies installed on his computer modifying the settings of his browser according to the instructions indicated in it. For information purposes it is indicated that usually the configuration of cookies is usually carried out in the menu "Preferences" or "Tools" of each browser, in any case, you can always go to the help of your browser to solve or solve the doubts that they are generated about it.
It should be noted that, if the installation of all cookies is prevented, the content of the website as well as certain functionalities and services provided by it may be affected.