1. What is a cookie and why do we use them on the Web?

A cookie is a file downloaded to the user’s device when accessing certain websites to store and retrieve information about the browsing done from their devices.

Cookies enable this website, among other things, to store and retrieve information about the user’s choices and habits. The cookies on this website are necessary for its operation.

It is important to note that the use of cookies does not collect personal data from the user.

 

2. What types of cookies are there?

Depending on the time cookies remain activated, they can be divided into session cookies or persistent cookies:

• Session cookies: the data collected and stored by this type of cookies are taken while the user is browsing the website, and are deleted when the browser is closed. They are typically used to store information that is convenient to keep for the provision of the service requested by the user on a single occasion.
• Persistent cookies: with this type of cookies, the data continues to be stored on the device for a certain period of time, thus facilitating the control of the preferences chosen without having to repeat certain parameters each time the website is visited.

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

• Own cookies: these cookies are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by the editor itself and from where the service requested by the user is provided.
• Third-party cookies: these cookies are sent to the user’s terminal from a computer or domain that is not managed by the editor, but by another entity processing the data obtained through cookies.

With regards to their purpose, cookies can be:

• Technical cookies: these cookies enable controlling traffic and data communication.
• Personalisation cookies: these cookies enable users to access the service based on some of the features chosen (browser, language, etc.).
• Analysis cookies: these cookies enable the person responsible for them to monitor and analyse the behaviour of websites users and create a user profile.
• Advertising cookies: these cookies collect data on the management of advertising spaces.

 

3. What type of cookies does the website use?

Name	Domain	Purpose	Expiration
_ga	.google.com	Google cookie used to differentiate users.	2 years
_gid	.google.com	Google cookies. It is used to differentiate users.	24 hours
_icl_visitor_lang_js	.emosa.es		24 hours
wpml_browser_redirect_test	.emosa.es		session

 

Google cookies

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc., whose main office is located at Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View (California), CA 94043, United States (“Google”).

Google Analytics uses “cookies”, which are text files placed on the computer to help the website analyse how users use the website.

The information generated by the cookie regarding the website use (including the user’s IP address) will be directly transmitted and filed by Google on servers located in the United States.

Google will use this information on our behalf in order to know how users use the website, compiling reports of website activity and providing other services related to website activity and Internet use.

Google may send this information to third parties when required by law, or when these third parties process the information on Google’s behalf.

Google will not associate the user’s IP address with any other data held by Google.

For more information about Google cookies visit this link: https://www.google.es/intl/es/policies/technologies/types/

Social media cookies

Some pages of our websites enable the user to share our content on social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc. Sometimes we post videos from places like YouTube. These websites place their own cookies, which we do not control. We recommend users to check their websites to learn more about their cookie policy.

For more information about social media cookies:

https://es-es.facebook.com/about/privacy/cookies

http://www.google.es/intl/es/policies/technologies/cookies/

https://twitter.com/privacy

http://es.about.pinterest.com/privacy/

https://help.instagram.com/155833707900388

https://vine.co/privacy

https://es.foursquare.com/legal/privacy

https://www.youtube.com/yt/policyandsafety/es/

 

4. How can the user disable cookies in the browser?

Users can allow, block or delete the cookies installed on their computers by setting the options of the browser they are using. Please, read your browser’s help section carefully to learn more about how to activate the “private mode” or unblock certain cookies.

• Information about cookies for Internet Explorer.
• Information about cookies for Mozilla Firefox.
• Information about cookies for Opera.
• Information about cookies for Google Chrome.
• Information about cookies for Safari.

Additional information

For more information on the use of cookies and how to block them, access www.allaboutcookies.org, www.youronlinechoices.eu. If you have any questions or comments about how we use cookies, please contact us at emosa@emosa.es.