Cookies: cookie policy

Information about cookies

Following the amendment to the Law on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce (LSSICE) introduced by Royal Decree 13/2012, websites using non-essential cookies must obtain the user’s express consent before the user browses them.

What are cookies?

Cookies and similar technologies, such as local shared objects, Flash cookies and pixels, are tools used by web servers to store and retrieve information about visitors and to ensure the website functions correctly.

These devices allow a web server to remember information about a user, such as preferences for displaying pages, username and password, and products of particular interest.

Cookies covered by the rules and exempt cookies

Under the EU directive, analytics, advertising and affiliate cookies require the user’s informed consent. Technical cookies and those necessary for the website to operate or provide services expressly requested by the user are exempt.

What types of cookies are there?

There are five main groups:

• Analytics cookies: collect information about how the website is used.
• Social cookies: required for external social networks.
• Affiliate cookies: track visits from other websites with which the website has an affiliate agreement.
• Advertising and behavioural cookies: collect information about users’ personal preferences and choices (retargeting).
• Technical and functional cookies: strictly necessary to use the website and provide the contracted service.

Cookies used on this website

List the cookies’ names, types, owners, functions and expiry dates, for example:

PHPSESSID: a strictly necessary technical cookie containing the session identifier. It is deleted when the browser is closed.

Withdrawing consent and deleting browser cookies

Chrome

1. Select the Tools icon.
2. Click Settings.
3. Click Show advanced settings.
4. Under Privacy, click Content settings.
5. To delete cookies, click All cookies and site data.
6. Select the option not to allow cookies to be stored.
7. Click Clear browsing data (empty the cache).
8. Close and restart the browser.

More information: Chrome support.

Internet Explorer, version 11

1. Select Tools — Internet Options.
2. Click the General tab.
3. Under Browsing history, select Delete browsing history on exit.
4. Select Delete files.
5. Select Delete cookies.
6. Click Delete.
7. Click OK.
8. Close and restart the browser.

More information: Internet Explorer support.

Firefox, version 18

1. Select Firefox — History — Clear recent history.
2. Click the arrow beside Details.
3. Select Cookies, Cache and Active logins.
4. Under Time range to clear, select Everything.
5. Click Clear now.
6. Close and restart the browser.

You can accept or reject individual cookies in Firefox Preferences, in the History section under Tools — Options — Privacy.

More information: Mozilla Firefox privacy information.

Safari, version 5.1

1. Select Safari / Edit — Reset Safari.
2. Select Clear history and Remove all website data.
3. Click Reset.
4. Close and restart the browser.

More information: Safari support.

Opera

Options — Advanced — Cookies. Cookie options control how Opera handles cookies and whether they are accepted or rejected.

More information: Opera cookie information.

Other browsers

Consult the documentation for your installed browser.