The provider on its own account or that of a third party contracted for the provision of measurement services, may use cookies when a user browses the website. Cookies are files sent to the browser through a web server in order to record the user's activities during their browsing time.
The cookies used by the website are only associated with an anonymous user and their computer, and do not provide the user's personal data by themselves.
Through the use of cookies it is possible that the server where the website is located, recognizes the web browser used by the user in order to make browsing easier, allowing, for example, access to users who have registered previously, access to the areas, services, promotions or contests reserved exclusively for them without having to register for each visit. They are also used to measure the audience and traffic parameters, monitor the progress and number of entries.
The user has the possibility to configure his browser to be notified of the reception of cookies and to prevent its installation on his computer. Please consult the instructions and manuals of your browser to expand this information.
To use the website, it is not necessary for the user to allow the installation of cookies sent by the website, or the third party acting on their behalf, without prejudice to the need for the user to initiate a session as such in each one of the services whose service requires the previous registration or "login".
The cookies used on this website are, in any case, temporary in nature with the sole purpose of making their subsequent transmission more efficient. Under no circumstances will cookies be used to collect personal information.
Types of cookies
Depending on their nature, cookies can be classified as:
"Session cookies" or "persistent cookies": "session cookies" are eliminated when the browser is closed, whereas "persistent cookies" remain on the computer.
"Own cookies" or "third-party cookies": the former belong to the owner of the website, the latter to a third party.
Cookies used on this website:
Own and session cookies:
PHPSESSID
Expiration time: Until the end of the browsing session (until the browser closes).
Purpose: Standard PHP cookie (language in which the web is programmed). Control the maintenance of the session.
Creation: On the first page visited on the web.
Modification: Never.
Own and persistent cookies:
language
Expiration time: 1 year from its creation
Purpose: 1) Show the web in the last selected language; 2) Avoid showing the cookie policy alert once the user has declared being aware of them.
Creation: By accepting the user expressly be aware of the cookie policy.
Modification: Every time the user changes language.
Third-party and persistent cookies:
__utma
Default expiration time: 2 years from its creation or modification.
Purpose: Used to distinguish users and sessions.
The Creation: When running the Google Analytics JavaScript library and if the cookie does not exist previously.
Modification: Every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
__utmb
Default expiration time: 30 minutes from its creation or modification.
Purpose: Used to determine new sessions / visits.
The Creation: When running the Google Analytics JavaScript library and if the cookie does not exist previously.
Modification: Every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
__utmc
Default expiration time: Until the end of the browsing session (until the browser closes).
Purpose: Not used in ga.js. Set for interoperability with urchin.js. Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether the user was in a new session / visit.
__utmz
Default expiration time: 6 months from its creation or modification.
Purpose: Stores the origin of traffic or campaign that explains how the user reached the site.
The Creation: When running the Google Analytics JavaScript library.
Modification: Every time data is sent to Google Analytics.
These four Google Analytics cookies in no case identify you individually as it works with aggregated data.
Google has developed a plugin so that website visitors have the possibility to prevent Google Analytics from collecting and using their data. It is available for Microsoft Internet Explorer 7-10, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, and Opera.
Download page: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout