POLICY ON COOKIES

Cookies Based on the Entity that Manages them.

Depending on who or which entity manages the domain where cookies are sent from and data are processed cookies can be distinguished in two types:

• Own Cookies
  Those that are sent to the data terminal equipment of the user from a computer or domain managed by its own editor and from where the service requested by the user is being rendered.
• Third-Party Cookies
  Those that are sent to the data terminal equipment of the user from a computer or domain that is not managed by the editor but by another entity that processes the data collected through cookies.

Cookies installed from a computer or domain managed by its own editor, but the information collected through these is controlled by a third party cannot be considered as own cookies.

Cookies Based on Storage Duration

Depending on the period cookies are stored in the browser of the userwe could be dealing with:

• Session Cookies
  Designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a website. They are normally used to store information with the sole purpose of rendering the service requested by the user on one occasion (e.g., a list of acquired products).
• Persistent Cookies
  Data are stored longer in the computer and can be accessed and processed by the cookie-editor for a certain periodranging from one minute to several years.

Cookies Based on the Purpose for Which they are Gathered

• Technical Cookies
  Those that allow the user to browse through a website, platform or application as well as the utilization of different options or services contained such as data flow and traffic control, session identification, access to restricted content, registration of all the components of an order, implementation of a purchase order or participation in an event, use of safety features during browsing, content storage for visual and audio dissemination or content sharing via social networks.
• Personalization Cookies
  These cookies allow the user to access service with some general default features based on a series of criteria found in the user’s terminal, e.g., the language used, type of browser used in accessing the service, the regional settings where the service is being accessed from, etc.
• Analytical Cookies
  These allow the cookie-editor to followup and analyze user’s behavior in the websites he or she is linked with. The information gathered through this type of cookies is used to measure website activity, the use of applications or platforms,and create browsing profiles of their usersto make improvements according to the analysis of usage data the service users generate.
• Advertising Cookies
  Cookies that allow the management of advertising spots in the best possible way.
• Behavioral Advertising Cookies
  They store information on user’s behavior collected through a continuous observation on his or her browsing habits which enables to develop a specific profile to show advertising based on the profiling itself.
• External Social Network Cookies
  These are used so that the visitor can interact with the content of different social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. and are only generated for the users of the said networks. The conditions for the utilization of these cookies and the information gathered are regulated by the Privacy Policy corresponding to the social platform.