What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small text file that a website, application or other platform stores on your computer, tablet, smartphone or other similar device with information about your browsing and usage, such as a tag that identifies your device. Cookies are necessary, for example, to facilitate browsing and to understand how users interact with the platforms so that they can be improved. They are also useful for serving advertising according to user preferences, as well as for other purposes described below. Cookies do not damage your computer or device.
By "cookies" we also mean other similar technologies used to install and/or collect information on or from your device, such as flash cookies, web beacons or bugs, pixels, HTML5 (local storage) and application SDK technologies. The term "cookies" also refers to the use of fingerprints, in other words, techniques used to combine information that helps us identify your device. These technologies sometimes work together with cookies to collect and store information or to provide you with certain features or services on our Platform or to display third-party advertisements based on your browsing.
This explanation is an overview of what cookies mean and is for informational purposes only.

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What type of cookies are there?

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Please check this section which provides an overview of the type of cookies that may be used in an online environment.
Cookies can be classified as follows, depending on the owner:
a. First-party cookies: They are sent to the user's computer or device from a computer or domain managed by the editor and which provides the platform or service requested by the user.
b. Third-party cookies: They are sent to the user's computer or device from a computer or domain that is not managed by the editor, but rather by another entity that processes data obtained from cookies.

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Cookies can be classified as follows, depending on the purpose:

a. Strictly necessary cookies (technical): The cookies that allow the user to browse a website, platform or application and use the various options or services therein. For example, traffic control, data or session identification, access to restricted sections or content, remembering order elements, completing an order purchase process, managing payment, controlling fraud related to the security of the service, using of security elements while browsing, completing an application, registering or participating in an event, storing content for publishing video and audio, enabling dynamic content (for example, loading text or image animation), and sharing content in social media. As they are strictly necessary, technical cookies are downloaded by default when they are necessary to display the platform or provide the service requested by the user.

b. Functionality or personalization cookies: These cookies are necessary to remember information so that the user can access the service or platform with specific characteristics that may differentiate their experience from that of other users. For example, language, number of results displayed when the user starts a search, appearance or content of the service based on the type of browser used or the region from which the service is accessed, etc. Failure to accept cookies may result in website performance slowing down or poorly adapted recommendations.

c. Cookies for analysis: These cookies can quantify the number of users, the sections of the platform visited and how users interact with it, in order to carry out statistical measurement and analysis of use, in order to implement improvements based on the analysis of the data for this how users use the platform or service.

d. Behavioral advertising cookies: These are the ones that store information about the behavior of users obtained from the continuous monitoring of their browsing habits, which allows us to develop a specific profile for displaying ads adapted to these habits. These cookies allow the most efficient possible management of any advertising space that the editor has included directly or in collaboration with third parties.

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How do we use cookies?

A cookie is a small file that asks for permission to be placed on your computer's hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyze web traffic or notify you when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by collecting and remembering information about your preferences.

We use log traffic cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyze web page traffic data and improve our website to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and the data is then removed from the system.
In general, cookies help us provide you with a better website by allowing us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. The cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you other than the data you choose to share with us. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually change your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the Website.

The information stored in the cookies on our platform is used only by us, with the exception of those specified in section 2 as "Third-party cookies", which are used and managed by external parties to provide us with services aimed at improving of our services and the user experience when browsing our platform.

List of cookies placed on our platform:

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