WHAT ARE THE COOKIES?
Cookies are small files that are installed on the hard drive or in the browser of the computer, tablet, smartphone or equivalent device with Internet browsing functions and help, among others: customize the services of the owner of the website, facilitate navigation and usability through it, obtain aggregate information from web visitors, enable the reproduction and display of multimedia content on the website itself, allow elements of interaction between the user and the website itself, enable security tools, etc.
DEFINITIONS USED IN THIS COOKIE POLICY
- Usability web: It can be defined as the experience that a user has when browsing, using and interacting with a web page.
- Aggregate Information: non-nominal information, typically numerical and for the purpose of providing statistical information
- Terminal equipment: equipment (computer, smartphone, tablet, etc.) of the user who browses the Internet
- Editor: responsible or owner of the website
- Third: external entity, collaborator, service provider or related to the editor, involved in the management of some cookies
- Responsible for the cookie: the editor, person in charge, owner of the website or even the third party in some cases
- Navigation habits: trends that the user shows when browsing through a web page such as, for example, time visiting the page, parts visited, most frequent sections, origin of the visit, destination of the visit, among others.
WHAT KIND OF COOKIES ARE THERE?
According to the entity that manages it:
First-party cookies: they are those that are sent to the user's terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by the editor itself and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
Third-party cookies: Are those that are sent to the user's terminal equipment from a computer or domain that is not managed by the editor, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through cookies.
Depending on the period of time they remain activated in the terminal equipment:
Session cookies: They are a type of cookies designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page.
Persistent cookies: They are a type of cookies in which the data is still stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed during a period defined by the person responsible for the cookie, and which can range from a few minutes to several years.
Depending on the purpose for which the data obtained through cookies is processed:
Technical cookies: they are those that allow the user to navigate through a web page, platform or application and use the different options or services that exist there, such as, for example, control traffic and data communication, identify the session, access to parts of restricted access, remember the elements that make up an order, make the purchase process of an order, make the request for registration or participation in an event, use security elements while browsing, store content for the dissemination of videos or Sound or share content through social networks.
Personalization cookies: they are those that allow the user to access the service with some predefined general characteristics based on a series of criteria in the user's terminal such as the language, the type of browser through which the service is accessed, the regional settings from where you access the service, etc.
Analytical cookies: They are those that allow the person responsible for them to monitor and analyze the behavior of the users of the websites to which they are linked. The information collected through this type of cookies is used in the measurement of the activity of the websites, application or platform and for the elaboration of navigation profiles of the users of said sites, applications and platforms, in order to introduce improvements in function of the analysis of the usage data made by the users of the service.
Advertising cookies: are those that allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the editor has included in a web page, application or platform from which it provides the requested service based on criteria such as content edited or the frequency at which the ads are displayed.
Behavioral advertising cookies: they are those that allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the editor has included in a web page, application or platform from which it provides the requested service. These cookies store information on the behavior of users obtained through the continuous observation of their browsing habits, which allows developing a specific profile to display advertising based on it.
HOW TO DISABLE COOKIES?
Blocking or deactivating all cookies helps to protect privacy, but it can also limit the experience on some websites, as well as limit functionalities or even not allow the correct navigation or use of some of its services. If you want to know how to disable cookies in the most popular web browsers, access the following tutorials: