What are cookies?
In English, the word "cookie" means biscuit, but in web browsing a "cookie" is something completely different. When you visit our Website, a small amount of text — called a "cookie" — is stored in your device's browser. This text contains various information about your navigation, habits, preferences, content personalisation, etc.
Other technologies work in a similar way and are also used to collect data about your browsing activity. We will refer to all of them collectively as "cookies".
The specific uses we make of these technologies are described in this document.
What do we use cookies for on this website?
Cookies are an essential part of how the Website works. The main goal of our cookies is to improve your browsing experience. For example, to remember your preferences (language, country, etc.) during browsing and on future visits. The information collected through cookies also allows us to improve the website, adapt it to your interests as a user, speed up your searches, etc.
In certain cases, if we have obtained your prior informed consent, we may use cookies for other purposes — for example, to obtain information that allows us to show you advertising based on the analysis of your browsing habits.
What do we NOT use cookies for on this website?
The cookies we use do not store sensitive personally identifiable information such as your name, address, password, etc.
Who uses the information stored in cookies?
The information stored in cookies on our Website is used exclusively by us, except for those identified below as "third-party cookies", which are used and managed by external entities that provide services that improve the user experience — for example, the statistics collected about the number of visits, the most popular content, etc.
To measure visits, the Website uses Umami Cloud, an analytics tool that does not set cookies on your device or store data that could identify you; that is why it does not require your consent through the cookie banner.
Some blog posts include YouTube videos (Google Ireland Limited), served from the youtube-nocookie.com domain, and SlideShare presentations (Scribd, Inc.). This content does not load when the page opens: it only loads if you accept cookies in the banner or click the load button of each item. From that moment on, YouTube or SlideShare may set cookies and process your browsing data in accordance with their own privacy and cookie policies.
How can you avoid the use of cookies on this Website?
If you prefer to avoid the use of cookies, you can REJECT their use or CONFIGURE which ones you want to avoid and which you allow (in this document we give you extended information about each type of cookie, its purpose, recipient, duration, etc.).
If you have accepted them, we will not ask you again unless you delete the cookies on your device as indicated in the following section. If you want to withdraw your consent, you will need to delete the cookies and configure them again.
How do I disable and delete the use of cookies?
The Owner displays information about its Cookie Policy in the cookie banner accessible from every page of the Website. The cookie banner shows essential information about data processing and allows the User to perform the following actions:
- ACCEPT or REJECT the installation of cookies, or withdraw previously granted consent.
- Obtain additional information on the Cookie Policy page.
To restrict, block or delete cookies from this Website (and those used by third parties), you can do so at any time by changing your browser settings. Please note that these settings differ in each browser.
You will find instructions to enable or disable cookies in the most common browsers at the following links:
What types of cookies are used on this website?
Each website uses its own cookies. On our website we use the following:
BY THE ENTITY THAT MANAGES THEM
First-party cookies:
Cookies sent to the User's device from a computer or domain managed by the publisher itself, from which the service requested by the User is provided.
Third-party cookies:
Cookies sent to the User's device from a computer or domain that is not managed by the publisher but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.
If cookies are served from a computer or domain managed by the publisher itself but the information collected through them is managed by a third party, they cannot be considered first-party cookies if the third party uses them for its own purposes (for example, improving the services it provides or providing advertising services on behalf of other entities).
BY PURPOSE
Technical cookies:
Cookies necessary for browsing and the proper functioning of our Website, such as controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted areas, requesting registration or participation in an event, counting visits for software licensing purposes, using security features during browsing, storing content for video or audio streaming, or enabling dynamic content (e.g., the loading animation of a text or image).
Analytics cookies:
They allow us to quantify the number of users and thereby carry out the statistical measurement and analysis of users' use of the Website.
Preference or personalisation cookies:
Cookies that remember information so that the User accesses the service with certain characteristics that may differentiate their experience from that of other users, such as the language, the number of results to display when the User runs a search, the appearance or content of the service depending on the browser or region from which the User accesses the service, etc.
BY HOW LONG THEY REMAIN ACTIVE
Session cookies:
Cookies designed to collect and store data while the User accesses a website.
They are usually used to store information that is only of interest for the provision of the service requested by the User on a single occasion (for example, a list of products purchased), and disappear when the session ends.
Persistent cookies:
Cookies whose data remains stored on the device and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the party responsible for the cookie, which can range from a few minutes to several years. In this regard, the need to use persistent cookies should be considered specifically, as the risks to privacy could be reduced by using session cookies. In any case, when persistent cookies are installed, their temporal duration should be reduced to the minimum necessary, taking into account the purpose of their use.