What are cookies?

Cookies are inoffensive text files that are stored in your internet browser when you visit almost any website. Cookies are used to remember your last visit the next time you return to browse this page. Although not many people know it, cookies have been in use for around 20 years when the first World Wide Web browsers came into use.

What cookies are NOT?

They are not computer viruses, worms, Trojans, spam or spyware, nor do they open pop-up windows.

What information do cookies store?

Cookies do not usually store sensitive information about you, such as credit card or bank details, photographs, your ID card or personal information etc. The data they store are technical, personal preferences, customised content, etc. The web browser does not associate you as a person, but rather your web browser. In fact, if you usually browse using Internet Explorer and then change the browser to Firefox or Chrome and browse the same website, it will not realise that you are the same person, because it actually associates the data with the browser and not the person.

What types of cookies are there?

• Strictly necessary Cookies: Strictly necessary cookies help to make a website usable by enabling basic functions such as website page browsing and access to secure areas. The website cannot work properly without those cookies.

• Preference Cookies: Preference cookies enable the website to remember information in order to change how it behaves or how it is displayed, and also your preferred language option or the region where you are located.

• Statistical Cookies: Statistical cookies help website owners to understand how users interact with the website pages by compiling and providing information anonymously.

• Marketing Cookies:  Marketing cookies are used to track visitors to websites. The aim is to show relevant advertisements that are attractive for individual users, and therefore they are more valuable for the publishers and third party advertisers.

Cookie settings for the most commonly used browsers

We are now going to tell you how to access a specific cookie in the Chrome browser. Note: these steps may vary depending on your browser version:

1. Go to Settings or Preferences via the File menu or by clicking on the personalisation icon displayed in the upper right corner.
2. You will see several different sections. Click on the Show Advanced Settings option.
3. Go to Privacy, Content settings.
4. Select All cookies and website data.
5. A list of all the cookies sorted by domain will be displayed. To make it easier to find the cookies from a certain domain, type in the partial or full address in the Search cookies field.
6. After applying this filter, the screen will display one or more lines with the cookies from the relevant website. All you need to do now is select it and click on X to delete them.

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

1. Go to Tools, Internet options
2. Click on Privacy.
3. Slide the adjuster to the privacy level you require.

To access the Cookies settings in the Firefox browser, follow these steps (they may vary depending on your browser version):

1. Go to Options or Preferences depending on your operating system.
2. Click on Privacy.
3. In History choose Use a customised setting for the history.
4. You will now see the Accept cookies option, and enable or disable it as you wish.

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

1. Go to Preferences, and then Privacy.
2. You will see the option Block cookies to select which cookies you would like to block.

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

1. Go to Settings, and then Safari.
2. Go to Privacy and Security and you will see the option Block cookies to select which cookies you would like to block.

To access the Cookies settings in the  Android browser, follow these steps (they may vary depending on your browser version):

1. Open the browser and tap on Menu, then on Settings.
2. Go to Security and Privacy, and you will see the Accept cookies cookies option where you can enable or disable the box.

To access the Cookies settings in the  Windows Phone browser, follow these steps (they may vary depending on your browser version):

1. Open Internet Explorer, and then More, and then Settings
2. You can now enable or disable the Allow cookies box.

Additional notes

• This website or its legal representatives are not liable for the content or the veracity of the privacy policies of any of the third parties mentioned in this Cookies Policy.

• Website browsers are the tools used to store cookies and they can only be deleted or disabled through those browsers. This website or its legal representatives are unable to guarantee correct or incorrect management of cookies by the aforementioned internet browsers.

• Cookies may need to be installed in some cases so that the browser does not forget your decision to allow them or not.

• In the case of Google Analytics cookies, that company stores the cookies on servers located in the United States of America, and undertakes not to share them with third parties unless such is necessary for the functioning of the system or in the case of a legal requirement. According to Google, they do not store your IP address. Google Inc. is a company that has adhered to the Safe Harbour Agreement that guarantees that data protection in agreement with European regulations will be implemented when processing any transferred data. You can find more detailed information about this via this link. If you would like information about how Google uses cookies you can do so via this link.

• For any doubts or queries that you may have about this cookies policy, please do not hesitate to contact us via the contact section.