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COOKIE POLICY

We use cookies to improve performance and your user experience on our website.

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website, when visited, places on the user's computer or mobile device, through the internet browser. Placing Cookies will help the website recognize your device on your next visit. We use the term cookies in this policy to refer to all files that collect information in this way.

 

The cookies used do not collect information that could be used to identify or contact you, such as your name, email address, personal or professional addresses, or telephone number. However, if you are already our customer and have authorized the use of your personal data for Marketing purposes, we may record your visits to the website if you have accessed it through communication sent by us (email or SMS, for example).

 

Cookies also collect generic information, specifically how users arrive at and use the websites or the area of ​​the country/countries from which they access the website, etc.

 

Cookies only retain information related to your preferences.

 

At any time, the user can, through their internet browser, decide to be notified about the receipt of cookies, as well as block their entry into their system.

 

Refusing to use cookies on the website may result in the inability to access some of its areas or receive personalized information.

What are Cookies used for?

Cookies are used to help determine the usefulness, interest and number of uses of websites, allowing for faster and more efficient navigation and eliminating the need to repeatedly enter the same information.​

What type of Cookies do we use?

Our cookies have different functions:

  • Essential cookies – Some cookies are essential to access specific areas of our website. They allow navigation on the website and the use of its applications, such as accessing secure areas of the website through login. Without these cookies, services that require them cannot be provided.

  •  Analytical cookies – We use these cookies to analyze how users use the website and monitor its performance. This allows us to provide a high-quality experience by personalizing our offering and quickly identifying and fixing any issues that arise. For example, we use performance cookies to learn which pages are most popular, which method of linking between pages is most effective, or to determine why some pages are receiving error messages. Based on your use of the website, we may also use these cookies to highlight articles or services on the website that we think will be of interest to users. These cookies are only used for statistical creation and analysis purposes, without ever collecting personal information.

  • Functionality cookies – We use functionality cookies to allow us to remember user preferences. For example, cookies prevent the user from typing their name every time they access the website. We also use functionality cookies to provide enhanced user services, such as commenting on an article. In short, functionality cookies save user preferences regarding website usage, so that it is not necessary to reconfigure the website each time the user visits it.

  • Third-party cookies – These are used to measure the success of applications and the effectiveness of third-party advertising on our website.

  • Advertising cookies – These are used to target advertising based on the interests of each user and the number of visits they have made, allowing the number of times the advertisement is viewed to be limited. These cookies help measure the effectiveness of advertising.

The Cookies used may be:

  • Permanent cookies – These are stored at the browser level on your access devices (PC, mobile and tablet) and are used whenever the user visits the website again. They are generally used to direct navigation according to the user's interests, allowing us to provide a more personalized service.

  • Session cookies – These are temporary and remain in your internet browser’s cookies until you leave the website. The information obtained allows us to identify problems and provide a better browsing experience.

 

After authorizing the use of Cookies, the user can always disable part or all of our cookies.

 

All browsers allow the user to accept, refuse or delete cookies, in particular by selecting the appropriate settings in the respective browser. You can configure Cookies in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser.

 

Please note, however, that by disabling cookies, you may prevent some web services from functioning correctly, partially or totally affecting navigation on the website.

 

Please note that by disabling cookies, parts of our website may not function correctly.

 

More information about cookies at: www.allaboutcookies.org

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