A cookie is a file that is downloaded to the user’s device when they access certain websites. Cookies store and retrieve information whilst the user is browsing the website. In general, cookies can be used for a wide variety of purposes, such as recognising the user, obtaining information about browsing behaviour, or personalising the way in which the website’s content is displayed. In addition to cookies, there are also other similar technologies that can perform the same functions.

Cookies can be classified according to various criterial.

Depending on their purpose, cookies may be:

• Technical cookies: these enable the user to navigate a website, platform or application and to use the various options or services available on it, including those used by the publisher to manage and operate the website and enable its functions and services, such as controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted-access areas, remember the items in an order, process payment, monitor fraud relating to the security of the service, count visits for licence billing purposes, use security features, store video or audio content, enable dynamic content or share content on social media.
• Preference or personalisation cookies: these enable information to be remembered so that the user can access the service with certain features that may differentiate their experience from that of other users, such as the language, the number of results to be displayed, the appearance of the service depending on the browser or the region from which it is accessed, etc.
• Analytics or measurement cookies: these enable the data controller to monitor and analyse user behaviour, including measuring the impact of adverts, with a view to making improvements based on the analysis of usage data.
• Behavioural advertising cookies: these store information on user behaviour obtained through the continuous observation of their browsing habits, enabling the creation of a specific profile to display adverts tailored to that behaviour.

Depending on who manages the device or domain from which the cookies are sent:

• Session cookies: designed to collect and store data whilst the user is accessing a website, and which are deleted at the end of the session.
• Persistent cookies: the data remains stored on the device and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the data controller, which can range from minutes to several years.

Depending on the organisation that sets the cookies:

• First-party cookies: these are sent to the user’s device from a domain managed by POMARADAS Y LLAGARES DE SARIEGO, S.L.
• Third-party cookies: these are sent from a domain managed by a third party over which POMARADAS Y LLAGARES DE SARIEGO, S.L. has no control.