This policy should be analyzed in conjunction with our Privacy Policy.
WHAT ARE COOKIES?
Cookies are small information files that are placed on your electronic equipment and can perform various functions, including saving user preferences for certain types of information or storing information relating to your visit to each website, with the main objective of detecting the user during their visits to the website and respective configuration parameters.
WHAT ARE THE FUNCTIONS OF COOKIES?
Cookies have the main function of facilitating and personalizing your browsing experience, but, although they are not the only reason for their use, they will also serve other purposes, namely, helping us to prevent fraud, optimize our services, and identify your preferences so that we can show you advertisements and offers tailored to your interests. They are, therefore, instruments for continuous improvement of the user experience.
WHAT INFORMATION IS COLLECTED THROUGH COOKIES?
Cookies and other similar technologies collect:
Traffic and location information, such as your IP address (Internet Protocol Address), your location as captured through a Global Positioning System (or GPS system), WI-FI access points and antennas mobile networks covered by your device;
Access and session information, that is, the number generated to identify you as a user in the session on a specific website (Session ID), the session start date and the most searched words;
Information about the device, detecting, for example, the operating system and browser used, the date and duration of the visit to the website, and the identification of other websites visited;
Information relating to user behavior, such as the number of clicks made and the most visited pages.
WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES ARE THERE?
There are session cookies (temporary-lasting) and persistent cookies (long-lasting).
The first are used only for the period in which you browse a given website, after which they are deleted, and allow you to maintain your navigation on that website, without having to log in again, even if you change pages; The seconds are stored on your device, even after you have finished browsing the website, and aim to enable you to return to that website without the settings initially defined by you, such as language, changing in this new navigation.
Cookies can also be categorized according to the various purposes associated with them, regardless of whether they are own cookies (cookies installed by the website you are visiting) or third-party cookies (cookies installed by websites other than the one you are browsing ).
WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES DO WE USE?
There are different types of cookies with different ways of acting and purposes when browsing the internet. We present the existing categories that we use:
– Strictly necessary cookies: these are essential cookies because they ensure navigation on the website and the use of its functionalities, including recording whether or not the user has authorized the use of cookies on the website. These cookies are, as a rule, persistent cookies and cannot be rejected when using a website.
When posting a comment or review on our website, you have the option to save your name, email address and website in cookies. This is to make it easier, preventing you from having to enter your details again when making another comment. Cookies will be kept for a period of one year.
When accessing the login page, a temporary cookie is created to check your browser’s compatibility with cookies. This cookie, which does not store personal information, is automatically removed when you close your browser.
When logging into the website, some cookies will be implemented in order to store your session data and the preferences selected for screen display. Cookies associated with login have an extended duration of one year. If you choose the “Remember me” function, your session will be kept active for a period of two weeks. When the session is closed, cookies related to it are automatically deleted.
– Preference Cookies: these are cookies that allow websites to remember information about the choices made by the user, such as username, language, the region from which they access, and personalization by the user of the websites’ browsing experience; identify the user through a unique identification number (ID), associated with the login time, allowing the user to browse the website or other Internet pages opened in the browser without having to constantly log in; and allow counting the number of visits to the website, by collecting users’ IP, thus making it possible to carry out statistical studies on the quality
of the service available on this website. Due to their nature, these cookies may be temporary, although they tend to be persistent.
– Advertising cookies: these are cookies that collect information about the user’s browser usage habits, recording website usage. They are used to support the carrying out of more targeted marketing and communication actions, allowing the distinction and identification of individual usage preferences or storing a code that allows a set of usage habits or preferences to be translated. They are mostly persistent cookies.
For this purpose we use the Mailpoet, Funnelkit and Google Listings & Ads tools.
Click here to consult Google’s Cookie Policy.
– Analytical cookies: these cookies are used to analyze the way users use the website and to monitor its performance, for example, which pages have the highest volume of visits or whether an error message is returned to the user. This allows you to define strategies for improving the service provided. As a general rule, these are third-party cookies.
For this purpose, we use the Google Analytics analysis tool and its cookies. Click here to view the Google Analytics Privacy Policy.
HOW CAN YOU MANAGE YOUR COOKIES?
Different browsers offer different ways of managing cookies implemented by the websites you browse. There is no standard way to remove cookies, and depending on the browser you use, there are several advanced ways to manage them. However, all browsers allow general removal of cookies from your computer.
Please remember that deactivating cookies means that all or some of the available functionalities may be inhibited, penalizing your browsing experience.
To manage the use of cookies in your internet browser, follow these steps:
Google Chrome
- Select the “Settings” menu;
- Select the “Show advanced settings” option;
- In “Privacy”, select “Content Settings”.
More information here.
Mozilla Firefox
- Select the “Tools” menu;
- Select the “Preferences” option;
- At the top, select the “Privacy” icon.
More information here.
Internet Explorer
- Select the “Tools” menu;
- Select the “Internet Options” option;
- Select the “Privacy” tab.
More information here.
Safari
- Select the “Edit” menu;
- Select the “Preferences” option;
- At the top, select the “Privacy” icon.
More information here.
If you use more than one browser, you must manage cookies independently for each of them.
More information about Cookies at: www.allaboutcookies.org