Cookies policy

What are the cookies? 

A cookie is an harmless text file saved on your browser when you visit almost any website. The utility of a cookie is for the website to be able to record your visit when you come back to this page. Despite the fact that few people know about it, cookies have been used for 20 years, when the first browsers for the  World Wide Web appeared.

What is not a cookie?

It is not a virus, a trojan, ni worm, a spam, nor spyware, and it does not open pop-up windows.         

What information does a cookie save?

The cookies are not meant to save sensitive information about you, such as credit card numbers, bank details, pictures, ID, personal information, etc. The date saved are regarding technical aspect, personal preferences, content customization.

The server associate you with your browser but not as a person. In fact, if you are used to browse withInternet Explorer and you try to browse on the same website with Firefox or Chromeyou will see that the website does not realise that it is the same person because he is identifying the browser, not the person.

What kind of cookies exist?

• Technical cookies: They are the most elementary and allow, among other things, to know if it is a human or a program application that is browsing, if the person browser is anonymous or registered, basic tasks for the good functioning of any dynamic website. 

• Analysis cookies: They gather information about the kind of browsing that you do, the most used sections, the products seen, browsing time slot, language, etc. 

• Advertisement cookies:They show adds adapted to your browsing, the country you are from, your language, etc.

 
What are own cookies and third-party cookies?

Own cookies are the ones activated by the page you are browsing and third-party cookies are the ones activated by external services or suppliers such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.

What happen if you deactivate thecookies?

In order to understand the consequences of deactivating cookies here are a few examples: 

• You will not be able to share any content from this website on Facebook, Twitter or any other social medias.
• The website will not be able to adapt its content according to your personal preferences, as it should be on online shops. online.
• You will not be able to access the private areas of the website, such as My account, o My profile or My orders.
• Online shops: It will be impossible for you to shop online, you will have to do it by phone or by going to the actual shop if it is possible for you.
• It will be impossible to customize geographical preferences like time slot, currency or language.
• The website will not be able to realize analysis about visitors and traffic, which will make it harder for the website to be competitive.
• You will not be able to write on the blog, upload pictures, write comments, rate contents. The website will not be able to know if your are a human or an application programmed to publish spam.
• It will not be possible to show specific advertisement, which will reduce the advertising incomes of the website.
• Every social media use cookies, if you deactivate them you will not be able to use any social media.

Can I eliminate the cookies?

Yes. Not only you can eliminate them, but also block them, all or some of them. To eliminate a website’s cookies you need to go to the settings of your browser and look for the ones related to the field requested and eliminate them.

Cookies’ settings for the most popular browser

Down below we explain you how to access a specific cookie from Chrome. Note: these indications can change depending on the browser’s version: 

1. From the Archive menu go to Settings or Preferences or click on the customization icon appearing on the top right corner.
2. You will see different sections, click on Show advanced options.
3. Go to Privacy, Content setting.
4. Select All the cookies and the website’s data
5. A list with all the cookies classified by field will appear. To make it easier to find a cookie from a specific field, type the full address or a part of it in the box Search cookies.
6. After having done that selection one or several lines will appear with the cookies from the selected website. Now you only have to select it and click the X to eliminate it.

To access cookies’ setting from Internet Explorer follow these steps (they can change depending on the browser’s version): 

1. Go to Tools, Internet options.
2. Click on Privacy.
3. Move the slider until reaching the privacy level required.

To access cookies’ setting from Firefox follow these steps (they can change depending on the browser’s version): 

1. Go to to Settings or Preferences depending on your operating system.
2. Click on Privacy.
3. On History choose Use a customized setting for the history.
4. Now you see the option Accept cookies, you can activate or deactivate it depending on your will.

To access cookies’ setting from Safari for OSX follow these steps (they can change depending on the browser’s version): 

1. Go to Preferences, then Privacy.
2. Now you see the option Block cookies to set the kind of filter you want.

To access cookies’ setting from Safari for iOS follow these steps (they can change depending on the browser’s version): 

1. Go to Settings, then Safari.
2. Go to Privacy and Safety, you will see the option Block cookies to set the kind of filter you want.

To access cookies’ setting from Android follow these steps (they can change depending on the browser’s version): 

1. Start the browser and click on Menu, then Settings.
2. Go to Safety and Privacy, you will see the option Accept cookies to activate or deactivate the box.

To access cookies’ setting from Windows Phone devices follow these steps (they can change depending on the browser’s version): 

1. Open Internet Explorer, then More, then Settings.
2. Now you can activate or deactivate the box Allow cookies.