Cookies and other tracking technologies, among other purposes, allow us to remember your preferences and recognize you on subsequent visits. It does this by storing certain information on your computer.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a device that is downloaded to a user's terminal equipment in order to store data that can be updated and retrieved by the entity responsible for its installation.
Cookies are part of the website. When you access the website, it causes the browser to create small files on your device (computer, tablet, telephone, etc.) with information necessary for the website to function. These files (which are cookies themselves) are part of the technology necessary for the proper functioning of the website and are not inherently harmful.
Cookies are installed and stored on your device and allow you to track your Internet activity.
You can completely disable the use of cookies in the configuration section of your browser. You can disable cookies, but the website or some of its sections may not function properly.
What kind of cookies do we use?
Depending on the entity that manages them, cookies can be:
The website uses both its own and third-party cookies.
According to the length of time they remain activated:
The website uses both persistent cookies and session cookies.
For what purposes can website cookies be used?
The website uses cookies for the aforementioned purposes.
Below is a table with the information on the cookies used on the website:
Cookie name | Server | Purpose | Persistence | cookie type |
PHPSESSID | web domain | strictly necessary | Does not expire | own |
The information collected below has been provided by these third parties.
Cookie name | Provider's name | Purpose | cookie type | More information about cookies |
__atuvc | AddThis | This cookie is associated with the AddThis social media widget, which is commonly embedded in websites to allow visitors to share content with a range of sharing networks and platforms. Stores an up-to-date share count. | functionality | More information |
__atuvs | AddThis | This cookie is associated with the AddThis social media widget, which is commonly embedded in websites to allow visitors to share content with a range of sharing networks and platforms. Stores an up-to-date share count. | functionality | More information |
_ga | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics, which is a significant update to the more commonly used Google analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in every page request on a site and is used to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data for site analytics reports. | Analytics | More information | |
_gat | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics, according to the documentation used to throttle the request rate, which limits data collection on high traffic sites. | Performance | More information | |
_gid | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics. It appears that this is a new cookie and as of spring 2017 no information is available from Google. It seems to store and update a unique value for each page visited. | Performance | More information |
log files
Every time you access our website, your Internet browser transmits certain usage data to us for technical reasons, which is stored in protocol files, known as log files. These usage data are the following: date and time of access to our website; name of the website consulted; IP address of your computer or mobile device; web address from which you accessed our website; volume of data transferred and name and version of your browser.
Analyzing log files helps us improve our Internet products and make them easier to read, quickly find and remove errors, and monitor server capabilities.
social plugins
A "plug-in" or add-on is an application (or computer program) that is related to another to add a new and usually very specific function.
Web beacons and embedded scripts
Web beacons (web beacoms, web bugs, web beacons…) and embedded scripts are other technologies we use on the website, as well as in some of our emails and advertisements.
Web beacons (or "tags") are pieces of programming code that are included in the website, emails and advertisements to inform the Company (or companies that help us run our operations) that such web pages, emails or advertisements have been viewed or clicked on.
Embedded scripts are pieces of programming code that are included in the website to measure the use of these web pages, such as which links are clicked. We use this information to improve the website and tailor it to topics that are most likely to interest you, as well as to conduct market research.
You can disable scripting features, such as the JavaScript language, in your browser (see your browser's help function). Please note that if you completely disable scripting features, the website may not function properly.
How can I disable cookies?
You can set your browser to reject all cookies. However, some website features or services may not function properly without cookies. Most browsers allow you to completely disable cookies, so you can at any time choose which cookies you want to work on this website by changing your browser settings. You can find more information in your browser settings. Below, we also provide you with links to the websites of the main browsers: