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USE OF COOKIES

The recent regulatory change regarding advertising and consent management for the use of cookies, pixels, or other information storage elements requires websites to adapt to the new cookie regulations of Law 34/2002, on information society services and electronic commerce.

Downloading these types of elements allows for the collection of information about user activity and has implications for their privacy.

Therefore, the new regulations impose the obligation to obtain informed consent from users to accept the use of cookies on websites.

What is a cookie?

1. Cookies are small files that are downloaded to your computer when you browse websites. A simple example would be when you visit the page of a web-based email account such as Gmail, Outlook, or Yahoo Mail.
2. Cookies allow a website to recognize a user's browser and do not contain or collect information. They are used, for example, to keep the user logged in to an account like the ones above without having to authenticate each time they access their account. Another example is advertising, where, based on ads the user has previously visited, they are offered more relevant ads.

On this website, we use the following types of cookies:

• First-party cookies: These are strictly necessary cookies. They allow the user to interact with the website using all its features. (Duration between 23 days and three months).
• Performance and analytics cookies: These are cookies used for analysis and statistics that improve the website experience. By using these cookies, more relevant information can be displayed to visitors. (Duration between 100 days and 1 year).
• Affiliate cookies: As a website with affiliate links, this type of cookie allows the affiliate company to detect that a customer of yours came from this site.
• Advertising cookies: These are cookies used by the blog's advertising elements (Google AdSense).

Likewise, Google Analytics enables the following cookies on the website's domain:

• “__utma”: This cookie is required for Google Analytics to function and expires after 2 years.
• “__utmz”: Used to determine the location of the visit, that is, from where and how the user arrived at our website. It expires after 6 months.

The purpose is to collect statistics: the number of visits, the visit period, the search engine used to access the website, the keywords used, the visitor's global location, the content visited on the website, as well as other website traffic parameters, always anonymously.

Google stores this information collected by cookies in a way that does not identify any user. Nor is your IP address associated with any other information it holds. Furthermore, Google Inc. is a company that adheres to the Safe Harbor Agreement. This agreement guarantees that the data transferred will be treated in accordance with the levels of protection established by European regulations. To learn more about Google Analytics, you can visit the following link: .

Depending on your choice regarding the use of cookies on this website, an additional cookie will be sent to you to safeguard your choice so that you do not have to accept the use of cookies each time you access the Website.

How do I disable cookies?

All browsers allow you to make changes that allow you to disable cookie settings. These settings are located in the "Options" or "Preferences" menu of your browser.
Below are links with instructions for different browsers on how to disable cookies.

However, remember that disabling cookies means losing functionality on many websites.

• Instructions for Internet Explorer
• Instructions for Mozilla Firefox
• Instructions for Google Chrome
• Instructions for Safari

If you wish to opt out of being tracked by cookies, Google has developed a browser add-on that you can access at the following link.