Introduction. Definition and function of cookies.
A cookie is a file that is downloaded to your computer when you access certain websites. Cookies allow a website, among other things, to store and retrieve information about the browsing habits of a user or their equipment and, depending on the information they contain and the way you use your equipment, they can be used to recognize the User. The User’s browser stores Cookies on the hard drive only during the current session, occupying minimal memory space and not harming the computer. Cookies do not contain any kind of specific personal information, and most of them are deleted from the hard drive at the end of the browser session (so-called session Cookies).
Most browsers accept Cookies as a standard and, independently of them, allow or prevent temporary or stored Cookies in their security settings.
Without your express consent—through the activation of Cookies in your browser—we will not link the stored data in the cookies with your personal data provided at the time of your request or purchase.
What types of cookies does this website use?
Based on the managing entity:
First-party cookies: These are sent to your device from our own equipment or domain.
Third-party cookies: These are sent to your device from equipment or a domain that is not managed by us, but by a third party.
Based on the time they remain active:
Session cookies: These are temporary cookies that remain in your browser’s cookie file until you leave the website, meaning none are recorded on the hard drive of your computer or equivalent device. They are used to analyze web traffic patterns, allowing us to progressively improve the content and usability of the site.
Persistent cookies: These are stored on your hard drive for a specific period and are read by our website every time you make a return visit. These cookies expire after the pre-established period has elapsed and are typically used to facilitate purchase and registration services.
Based on their purpose:
Technical cookies: These allow the user to navigate the website satisfactorily, as they enable its proper functioning. For example, they allow controlling traffic and data communication, accessing restricted areas, carrying out a purchase process or application form, using security elements, storing content for broadcasting videos, or sharing content through social networks.
Personalization cookies: These allow the user to access the service with predefined characteristics based on a series of criteria (language, type of browser through which the service is accessed, regional configuration from where the service is accessed, etc.).
Analytical cookies: These allow us to quantify the number of users and thus perform the measurement and statistical analysis of the use that users make of the services provided.
Advertising cookies: These allow for the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces we offer.
Behavioral advertising cookies: These store information on user behavior obtained through continuous observation of their browsing habits, allowing for the development of a specific profile to display advertising based on it.
Below we detail the Cookies used on our website and their purpose:
Some or all of the cookies described below may be stored in your browser. To manage how cookies are used, you can reject the use of certain cookies through your Google personalization settings at any time at g.co/privacytools. You can also manage cookies in your browser (this feature may not be available in mobile device browsers). For example, if you use the Google Chrome browser, you can visit chrome://settings/cookies.
Functionality
Cookies used for functionality allow users to interact with a service or site to access features that are essential to that service. Options considered essential to the service include preferences such as the user’s language selection, product optimizations that help maintain and improve a service, and the retention of information related to the user’s session, such as the contents of a shopping cart.
Some cookies are used to maintain user preferences. For example, most people who use Google services have a cookie called “NID” in their browsers that contains a unique ID used to remember preferences and other information, such as your preferred language, how many search results you wish to have shown per page (e.g., 10 or 20), and whether you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on. Each NID cookie expires 6 months from the user’s last use. The cookie named “VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE” serves a similar purpose for YouTube and is also used to detect and resolve problems with the service.
YouTube uses the “PREF” cookie to store information such as the user’s preferred page configuration and playback preferences (e.g., autoplay, shuffle content option, and player size). In the case of YouTube Music, these preferences include volume, repeat mode, and autoplay. This cookie expires 8 months from the user’s last use.
Some cookies are used to maintain and improve the user experience during a specific browsing session. For example, YouTube uses “YSC” to remember user input and associate their actions. This cookie lasts as long as the user keeps their browser open. The “pm_sess” cookie also helps maintain the user’s browser session and lasts for 30 minutes.
Some cookies improve the performance of Google services. For example, “CGIC” automatically completes searches based on the user’s initial input and thereby improves the delivery of search results. This cookie lasts for 6 months.
Security
Cookies used for security purposes authenticate users, prevent fraud, and protect users as they interact with a service.
Some cookies are used to authenticate users, helping to ensure that only the true owner of an account can access it. For example, the cookies called “SID” and “HSID” contain digitally signed and encrypted records of a user’s Google Account ID and most recent sign-in time. The combination of these cookies allows us to block many types of attacks, such as attempts to steal the content of forms submitted on Google services.
Some cookies are used to prevent spam, fraud, and abuse. For example, the “pm_sess” and “YSC” cookies help ensure that requests made within a browsing session come from the user and not from other sites. Both help prevent malicious sites from acting on behalf of a user without their knowledge.
Statistics
Cookies used for statistical purposes help collect data that allows services to understand how users interact with a particular service. These insights allow services to both optimize content and build better features that improve the user’s experience.
Some cookies help sites understand how visitors interact with their properties. For example, Google Analytics is a Google product that helps site and app owners understand how people engage with a service. This product uses a set of cookies to collect information and generate reports with site usage statistics without personally identifying individual visitors to Google. The main cookie used by Google Analytics is the “_ga” cookie. This cookie enables a service to distinguish one user from another and lasts for 2 years. It is used on all sites that implement Google Analytics, including Google services.
Google services also use statistics cookies like these, as well as others such as the “NID” cookie on Google Search and “VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE” on YouTube.
Advertising
Google uses cookies for advertising purposes, which includes the delivery, rendering, and personalization of ads (based on the ad settings you have established at g.co/adsettings), as well as to limit the number of times an ad is shown to a user, to mute ads you have chosen to stop seeing, and to measure the effectiveness of ads.
- “NID”: Used for these purposes so that Google ads can be shown on Google services to users who are not signed into their account. This cookie expires 6 months after the user’s last use.
- “IDE” and “ANID”: Used for these purposes so that Google ads can be shown on non-Google sites.
- Other Google services (e.g., YouTube): May use these and other cookies (such as “VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE”) to show more relevant ads.
- “ANID” (Personalized Ads Setting): If you have personalized ads enabled, the “ANID” cookie is used to remember this setting and lasts for 13 months in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, and 24 months in all other locations. If you have personalized ads disabled, “ANID” is used to store that setting until the year 2030.
- “IDE” Expiration: Lasts for 13 months in the EEA, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, and 24 months in all other locations.
- “DSID”: Some cookies used for advertising purposes are intended for users who sign in to their account to use Google services. For example, “DSID” is used to identify a signed-in user on non-Google sites and to remember whether the user has agreed to ad personalization. This cookie lasts for 2 weeks.
Through Google’s advertising platform, businesses can display ads on Google services and on non-Google sites that partner with Google. Some cookies allow Google to show ads on third-party sites and are set on the domain of the website you visit:
- “_gads”: Allows sites to show Google ads, including personalized ads. It lasts for 13 months.
- “gac”: These cookies come from Google Analytics and are used by advertisers to measure user activity and the performance of their advertising campaigns. They last for 90 days.
Some cookies are used to measure ad and campaign performance and conversion rates for Google ads on sites you visit:
- “gcl”: These cookies come from Google Analytics and are primarily used to help advertisers determine how many times users who click on their ads end up taking an action on the site (for example, making a purchase). Cookies used for measuring conversion rates are not used to personalize ads. The “gcl” cookies last for 90 days.
Personalization
Cookies used for personalization purposes enhance the user experience by providing personalized content and features.
Depending on the settings you have established at g.co/privacytools, some cookies allow for better recommendations within a service. For example, “VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE” enables personalized recommendations on YouTube based on previous views and searches. Meanwhile, “NID” enables personalized autocomplete features in Search as users type search terms. These cookies expire 6 months after the user’s last use.
**You should know that cookies exempted from the duty of information and consent are understood to be those that are strictly necessary for the provision of a service expressly requested by the user or those necessary solely to allow communication between the user’s equipment and the network, such as: session cookies, user input cookies, user security cookies, multimedia player session cookies, load balancing session cookies, certain technical cookies, personalization cookies, and certain plug-in cookies.
Acceptance of the use of cookies. Obtaining consent and how to disable or delete cookies.
When the User accesses our Website and before beginning to browse, they are warned about the use of Cookies so that they can give their consent regarding our Cookies Policy by clicking the “Accept” button in the information window. In this way, the User expressly accepts the processing of the information collected in the manner and for the purposes mentioned above.
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Cookies exempted from the duty of information and consent are those strictly necessary for the provision of a service expressly requested by the user or those necessary solely to allow communication between the user’s equipment and the network, such as: session cookies, user input cookies, user security cookies, multimedia player session cookies, load balancing session cookies, certain technical cookies, personalization cookies, and certain plug-in cookies.
You may also configure cookies and, likewise, you acknowledge the possibility of rejecting the processing of such data or information by rejecting the use of Cookies through selecting the appropriate settings for this purpose in your browser. However, this option to block Cookies in your browser may not allow you full use of all the functionalities of the Website, and your experience on our website may be less satisfactory.
You can allow, block, or delete the cookies installed on your equipment by configuring the options of the browser installed on your computer:
Internet Explorer:
Windows.microsoft.com/es-xl/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-10
- Firefox:
support.mozilla.org/es/kb/Borrar%20cookies - Chrome:
support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=es - Safari:
www.apple.com/es/privacy/use-of-cookies/ - Opera:
http://help.opera.com/Windows/12.00/es-ES/cookies.html
If you have any questions about this cookies policy, you can contact us by sending an email to the address indicated in the Privacy Policy.