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Information about cookies

Following the amendment of the Spanish Information Society Services Act (LSSICE) introduced by Royal Decree-Law 13/2012, websites that use non-essential cookies must obtain the express consent of the user before the user browses them.

What are cookies?

Cookies and similar technologies, such as local shared objects, flash cookies or pixels, are tools used by web servers to store and retrieve information about their visitors and to ensure the site works correctly.

Using these devices, the web server can remember certain data about the user, such as their display preferences for the pages of that server, their user name and password, the products they are most interested in, etc.

Cookies covered by the regulations and exempted cookies

Under the EU directive, the cookies that require the informed consent of the user are analytics cookies and advertising and affiliate cookies. Technical cookies, and those necessary for the operation of the website or for providing services expressly requested by the user, are exempt.

What types of cookies are there?

There are five main groups of cookies:

  • Analytics cookies: collect information about how the website is used.
  • Social cookies: those required by external social networks.
  • Affiliate cookies: allow visits coming from other websites to be tracked, with which this website has an affiliation agreement (affiliate companies).
  • Advertising and behavioural cookies: collect information about the preferences and personal choices of the user (retargeting).
  • Technical and functional cookies: those strictly necessary to use the website and to provide the requested service.

What cookies do we use on our website?

Technical cookies: used for internal purposes such as user authentication or the language of the website.

  • PHPSESSID: technical and strictly necessary cookie containing the session identifier. It is deleted when the browser is closed.
  • _lang: technical and strictly necessary cookie containing the session language. It is deleted when the browser is closed.

Analytics cookies:

handled by us or by third-party services, they allow us to count the number of users and thus carry out the measurement and statistical analysis of how users use our website. To this end, browsing on our website is analysed in order to improve the products and services we offer.

  • PHPSESSID: technical and strictly necessary cookie containing the session identifier. It is deleted when the browser is closed.
  • ac_cookies: technical and strictly necessary cookie storing whether the installation of cookies has been accepted. It expires 1 year after the last update.
  • _lang: technical and strictly necessary cookie containing the session language. It is deleted when the browser is closed.
  • _ga: Google Analytics cookie that enables the unique-visit control function. It is installed the first time a user enters the website through a browser. When that user returns to the website with the same browser, the cookie will consider them the same user. Only if the user changes browser will they be considered a different user. It expires 2 years after the last update.
  • _gid: this cookie is associated with Google Analytics. It is used to distinguish users. It expires after 24 hours.
  • _gat: this cookie is associated with Google Analytics. It is used to throttle the request rate, limiting data collection on high-traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes.

Third-party cookies:

handled by plug-ins offered by third parties and necessary to access the content they provide, such as YouTube videos or Google Maps maps.

  • c_user: Facebook cookie that is only sent if the Facebook session is open. It expires 30 days after login.
  • datr: Facebook security cookie; on each login it checks whether the user account is being used fraudulently by a third party. It expires after 2 years.
  • fr: cookies used by Facebook to log in through Facebook. It expires after 3 months.
  • sb, pl, wd, xs: cookies used by Facebook to share the content of links on the social network when clicked. They expire after 3 months.
  • NID: cookie used by Google to remember your preferences on language, number of results to display, etc. It expires after 6 months.
  • CONSENT: Google cookie used to check whether the cookies of the page have been accepted. It expires when the session ends.
  • 1P_JAR: Google cookie that collects anonymous information about the website, number of visitors, device, browser, etc. It expires after 30 days.
  • SID, HSID, APISID: security cookie containing encrypted, digitally signed records of the most recent login time and the Google account ID of a user; it helps prevent the theft of form content. It expires after two years.
  • SIDCC: security cookie containing user login information. It expires after three months.

Withdrawal of consent to install cookies

How to delete cookies from your browser

Chrome

  1. Select the Tools icon.
  2. Click Settings.
  3. Click Show advanced settings.
  4. In the "Privacy" section, click Content settings.
  5. Delete cookies: click All cookies and site data…
  6. Do not allow cookies to be stored.
  7. Click Clear browsing data (empty the cache).
  8. Close and restart the browser.

For more information about Chrome, click here: http://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en

Internet Explorer, version 11

  1. Select Tools | Internet options.
  2. Click the General tab.
  3. In the "Browsing history" section, click Delete browsing history on exit.
  4. Select Delete files.
  5. Select Delete cookies.
  6. Click Delete.
  7. Click OK.
  8. Close and restart the browser.

For more information about Internet Explorer, click here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/278835

Firefox, version 18

  1. Select Firefox | History | Clear recent history.
  2. Next to "Details", click the down arrow.
  3. Tick the following check boxes: Cookies, Cache, Active logins.
  4. Using the "Time range to clear" drop-down menu, select Everything.
  5. Click Clear now.
  6. Close and restart the browser.

You can accept or reject cookies individually in the Firefox Preferences, in the History section available under Tools > Options > Privacy.

For more information about Firefox, click here: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/websites/#cookies

Safari, version 5.1

  1. Select the Safari icon / Edit | Reset Safari.
  2. Tick the following check boxes: Clear history, Remove all website data.
  3. Click Reset.
  4. Close and restart the browser.

For more information about Safari, click here: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph21411?locale=en_US

Opera

Options > Advanced > Cookies. The cookie options control how Opera handles them and, therefore, whether they are accepted or rejected.

For more information about Opera, click here: http://help.opera.com/Linux/10.60/en/cookies.html

Other browsers

Please consult the documentation of the browser you have installed.