Cookie Policy

What is a cookie?

A cookie is an innocuous text file that is stored in your browser when you visit almost any web page. The utility of a cookie is that the website is able to remember your visit when you navigate back to that page. Although many people do not know it, cookies have been used for 20 years, since the first browsers for the World Wide Web appeared.

What is NOT a cookie?

It is not a virus, nor a trojan, nor a worm, nor spam, nor spyware, nor does it open pop-up windows.

What information does a cookie store?

Cookies usually do not store sensitive information about you, such as credit cards or bank data, photographs, your ID or personal information, etc. The data stored are of a technical nature, such as personal preferences, content personalization, etc.

The web server does not associate you as a person but rather to your web browser. In fact, if you usually browse with Internet Explorer and try to browse the same website with Firefox or Chrome, you will see that the website does not realize that you are the same person because it is actually associating with the browser, not the person.

What types of cookies exist?

Technical cookies: These are the most fundamental ones and make it possible, among other things, to distinguish between a human and an automated application, and between an anonymous user and a registered one—tasks that are essential for the operation of any dynamic website.

Analytics cookies: They collect information about the type of browsing activity, the sections used most frequently, products viewed, time of use, language, etc.
Advertising cookies: They display advertising based on your browsing activity, country of origin, language, etc.

What are first-party cookies and third-party cookies?

First-party cookies are those generated by the page you are visiting and third-party cookies are those generated by external services or providers like Facebook, Google, etc.

What happens if I disable cookies?

To help you understand the impact of disabling cookies, we show you some examples:

You will not be able to share content from that website on Facebook, or any other social network.
The website will not be able to adapt the content to your personal preferences, as usually happens in online stores.
You will not be able to access the personal area of that website, such as My account, or My profile or My orders.
Online stores: It will not be possible to make online purchases; they will have to be made by phone or by visiting the physical store, if one exists.
It will not be possible to customize your geographical preferences such as time zone, currency, or language.
The website will not be able to perform web analytics on visitors and traffic on the website, which will make it difficult for the website to be competitive.
You will not be able to write on the blog, upload photos, post comments, rate or score content. The website will also not be able to know if you are a human or an automated application that publishes spam.
It will not be possible to show targeted advertising, which will reduce the advertising revenue of the website.
All social networks use cookies; if you disable them, you will not be able to use any social network.

Can cookies be deleted?

Yes. Not only delete, but also block, generally or specifically for a specific domain. To delete cookies from a website, you must go to your browser's settings and there you can search for those associated with the domain in question and proceed to their deletion. Cookie settings for the most popular browsers. Below we indicate how to access a specific cookie in the Chrome browser. Note: these steps may vary depending on the version of the browser:

Go to Settings or Preferences via the File menu or by clicking the customization icon that appears at the top right.
You will see different sections; click the Show advanced options option.
Go to Privacy, Content settings.
Select All cookies and site data.
A list will appear with all cookies sorted by domain.
To make it easier for you to find the cookies of a specific domain, enter part or all of the address in the Search cookies field.
After applying this filter, one or more lines with the cookies of the requested website will appear on the screen. Now you just have to select it and press the X to proceed with its deletion.

To access the cookie settings of the Internet Explorer browser, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the version of the browser):

Go to Tools, Internet Options.
Click on Privacy.
Move the slider to adjust the level of privacy you want.

To access the cookie settings of the Firefox browser, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the version of the browser):

Go to Options or Preferences according to your operating system.
Click on Privacy.
In History, choose Use a custom setting for history.
You will now see the Accept cookies option; you can enable or disable it according to your preferences.

To access the cookie settings of the Safari browser for OSX, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the version of the browser):

Go to Preferences, then Privacy.
Here you will see the Block cookies option so you can adjust the type of blocking you want to perform.

To access the cookie settings of the Safari browser for iOS, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the version of the browser):

Go to Settings, then Safari.
Go to Privacy and Security; you will see the Block cookies option so you can adjust the type of blocking you want to perform.

To access the cookie settings of the browser for Android devices, follow these steps (they may vary depending on the version of the browser):

Run the browser and press the Menu key, then Settings.
Go to Security and Privacy, you will see the option Accept cookies to enable or disable the checkbox.

To access the cookie settings of the browser for Windows Phone devices follow these steps (they may vary depending on the version of the browser):

Open Internet Explorer, then More, then Settings
Now you can enable or disable the Allow cookies checkbox