Below, the User is provided with general information about what cookies are and what types of cookies exist.

What are cookies?

Cookies and other similar devices, such as pixels, web bugs, etc. are text or image files that are installed in the user’s browser when the user accesses an online service.

Cookies allow, among other things, to store and retrieve information about the user, the user’s browser, the user’s devices and the user’s activity on the service to which the user connects.

What types of cookies are there?

There are many types of cookies. Below, we offer the user some classifications of them, without necessarily implying that this service uses all these types of cookies:

1.- According to the entity that manages the cookies:

• Own cookies: these are sent to the user’s device or terminal from the equipment or domain belonging to the owner of the service to which the user has connected, and are managed by said owner.
• Third-party cookies: these are sent to the user’s device or terminal from a computer or domain that is not managed by the owner of the service to which the user is connected, but by a third party that has an agreement with the owner of the service.

2.- Depending on how long they are kept:

• Session cookies: these collect and store data when the user accesses a service and cease once the user leaves the service.
• Persistent cookies: they have a duration determined in time by the data controller. The retention time can vary from a few minutes to several years. They are used to store certain information when the user uses a service and to be able to retrieve it when the user accesses it again at a later date.

3.- According to their purpose:

• Technical cookies: these are essential and strictly necessary for the correct functioning of the service and to use the different options or services offered by the owners of the service through it. For example, those used to maintain the session, manage response time, performance or validation of options, use security elements, etc.
• Personalisation cookies: these allow the user to specify or personalise certain characteristics of a service. For example, defining the language, regional configuration or type of browser.
• Analytical cookies: these enable the number of unique visitors to be counted and an analysis to be made of the use of a service in order to measure interest in it or in certain areas of it. For example, an analytical cookie would be used to monitor the geographical areas from which a higher percentage of users connect, which is the most popular product or service, etc.
• Advertising cookies: these enable the management of advertising spaces in a service.
• Behavioural advertising cookies: these enable the management of advertising spaces in a service. The function of these cookies is to store information on the behaviour of the users of a service, in order to subsequently display personalised advertising.

4.- Other similar technologies:

• Pixels, web bugs or trackers: also known as tracking pixels, tracking pixel, pixel tag or conversion pixels, web beacons or web beacons are tiny images of 1×1 transparent pixels that are inserted into a service in order to perform activity measurements. Once a certain page is loaded in a browser, the image will load and this data can be measured. Tracking pixels generally make it possible to know the route taken by a given user IP in an online service.
• HTML5 storage: this consists of taking advantage of the capabilities of HTML5 technology to store certain parameters in the user’s browser that can be used to identify the user’s browser.
• Local shared objects (LSO): also known as “flash cookies”, this consists of storing information without cookies on the user’s computer, taking advantage of Adobe Flash Player technology.
• e-tags: this is a mechanism of the HTTP protocol that allows the validation of the cache that the user saves in his browser on a website. This technology is mainly used to save bandwidth, avoiding the downloading of duplicate content. However, it can also be used to recognise the user’s browser.
• Canvasfingerprinting: this consists of generating a unique shape in the user’s browser by taking advantage of the HTML5 web standard technology to identify the user’s computer.
• Font detection: this technique consists of identifying the font configuration of the user’s computer to obtain a unique identification of the computer.
• Browser cache: as its name suggests, this technique consists of storing information in the browser cache.
• WebGL: this technique makes it possible to take advantage of the capabilities of modern browsers to represent figures in three dimensions in order to obtain a unique identification of the equipment, due to the different configurations of each one.

Who is the owner of this service?

This service is the responsibility of Áudea Seguridad de la Información, S.L., with Tax Identification Number B83230326, with registered office at Calle Ribera del Loira, 38, Planta 5º, Edificio 4, 28042 Madrid.

What technologies do we use?

Specifically, this online service uses cookies and other similar devices for the following purposes:

(*) Providers not located in the European Union.

The information obtained through these cookies is stored on Google servers located in the United States, a country that has an Adequacy decision issued on 10 July 2023 by the European Commission. Google is also a signatory to the EU-USA Data Privacy Framework.

Google is also a member of the Web Choices tool, from which you can disable the use of its cookies: http://optout.aboutads.info/.

Finally, you can prevent the installation of Google Analytics cookies with the following browser extension.

How to disable or delete cookies?

When accessing the service for the first time, the user will see a cookie notice informing them of the way in which they can give or refuse their consent. At any time, from the button provided in this Policy, you can configure your preferences. Likewise, through the configuration of the browser options used on your device or terminal, you may also disable or delete the aforementioned cookies.

However, users should bear in mind that if they reject or delete cookies, we will not be able to maintain their preferences and some features will not be operational, so we will not be able to offer them personalised services and each time they use the service they will appear as a new user who will be asked to authorise the use of cookies.

Below, we provide links where the user will find information on how to disable cookies and similar in the main browsers:

Cookie settings for Google Chrome
Cookie settings for Mozilla Firefox
Cookie settings for Internet Explorer
Cookie settings for Safari

How does the use of cookies affect the protection of the user’s personal data?

Most cookies collect anonymous information, which does not allow the user’s identity to be obtained, although some of the codes included are used to identify or individualise the browser of the device used, and the regulations on personal data protection may be applicable. Therefore, we inform you that the information obtained through cookies will be processed for the purposes indicated in this Cookies Policy. Likewise, this information will also be processed by those companies that provide cookies for the purposes indicated in their respective privacy policies.

However, taking into account that these codes do not allow the direct identification of the User, the rights of access, rectification, deletion, opposition, limitation and portability recognised in the data protection regulations will not be applicable, unless the User is able to provide additional information that allows his or her identity to be linked to the identification codes of his or her cookies.

In the event of considering their right to data protection to have been violated, the user may file a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency (www.aepd.es) or with the Data Protection Delegate (dpo@audea.es).