1. What are cookies and why do we use them on the Web?

A cookie is a file that is downloaded to the user’s device when accessing certain websites to store and retrieve information about the navigation that is carried out from your computer.
Cookies allow this website, among other things, to store and retrieve information about the user’s decisions and habits. On this website, the cookies that exist are necessary for its operation.
It is important to note that the use of cookies does not provide personal data of the user.

2. What types of cookies exist?

Cookies, depending on the time they remain activated, can be divided into session or permanent cookies:

• Session and persistent cookies:

Session Cookies are designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page. They are usually used to store information that is only of interest to keep for the provision of the service requested by the user on a single occasion. In the case of persistent cookies, the data continues to be stored on the device for a certain period of time, thus facilitating the control of the chosen preferences without repeating certain parameters each time the website is visited.

Additionally, depending on the entity that manages them, cookies can be classified as own or third-party:

• Own or third-party cookies:

Own cookies 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. Instead, third-party cookies are those that are sent to the user’s terminal from a computer or domain that is not managed by the publisher, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through cookies.

In terms of purpose, cookies can be:

• Technical cookies / personalization / analysis / advertising:

Technical cookies would be those that allow control of traffic and data communication; those of personalization, those that allow users to access according to some of their own characteristics that are collected (browser, language, etc.). Those of analysis are those that allow the person responsible for them, the monitoring and size of the behavior of the users of the websites to which they are linked, collect data on the behavior of the users and allow the elaboration of a user profile. Finally, advertising companies collect data on the management of advertising spaces

3. What types of cookies does the website use?

4. How to disable browser cookies?

The user can configure their browser to not accept the use of cookies, in which case the personalization of the experience would not apply. If this configuration is selected, certain parts of the website may not be accessible, as it may cause less efficient navigation.
Most browsers currently allow the user to configure whether and which cookies they wish to accept. These parameters are usually found in the “parameters” or “preferences” menu of your browser.
Internet Explorer from here: http://windows.microsoft.com/es-es/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-10
Google Chrome from here: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=es&answer=95647
Safari from here: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph17191?locale=es_ES
Opera from here: http://help.opera.com/Windows/11.50/es-ES/cookies.html