1. What are website cookies?
Cookies are small text files that websites, apps, or other platforms store on your computer, tablet, smartphone, or similar devices. They function like a label that identifies your device and stores information about your browsing or usage. Cookies are necessary for purposes such as facilitating navigation, understanding how users interact with platforms, and improving those interactions. They are also used to serve ads tailored to your preferences and for other purposes detailed below. Cookies do not harm your computer or device.
When we refer to “cookies,” we also mean other similar technologies used to collect or store information on or through your device (such as Flash cookies, web beacons or bugs, pixels, and HTML5 local storage) as well as SDK technologies for app formats. Similarly, the term “cookie” applies to fingerprinting, which refers to the use of information-gathering techniques that help us identify your device. In some cases, these technologies work in conjunction with cookies to collect and store information in order to provide you with specific features or services on our Platform or to serve you ads on third-party platforms based on your browsing data.
This definition provides a general overview of cookies used solely for informational purposes. Cookies used for specific purposes are detailed in the cookie settings panel accessible via our Platform.
2. What types of cookies are there?
Please review this section for general information about the types of cookies used online.
According to their owners, cookies can be categorized as follows:
A) First-party cookies: These are cookies sent to the user’s computer or device from a server or domain managed by the publisher, through which the platform or the service requested by the user is provided.
B) Third-party cookies: These are cookies sent by another organization that processes data via cookies from equipment or domain names not managed by the publisher, and which are stored on the user’s computer or device.
Cookies can be classified as follows based on their purpose:
A) Strictly necessary cookies (technical): These enable the user to navigate a website, platform, or application; manage traffic within them; identify data or the session; access restricted sections or content; remember the elements that make up an order; complete a purchase for an order, manage payments, prevent fraud related to service security, use security features while browsing, request registration or participation in an event, store content for video or audio streaming, enable dynamic content (such as text or image loading animations), or share content on social media. Strictly necessary technical cookies are downloaded by default when the platform is displayed or when the service requested by the user at
is provided.
B) Functional or personalization cookies: These cookies enable the service or platform to remember information—such as language preferences, the number of results displayed when a user performs a search, the type of browser the user is using, or the region from which the service is accessed—that allows the user to access the service with specific features that can differentiate their experience from that of other users. Declining these cookies may result in the website operating slowly or in the display of recommendations that are not sufficiently personalized.
C) Analytics cookies: These cookies enable us to calculate the number of users, the sections of the platform they visit, and how they interact with them, in order to conduct usage metrics and statistical analyses and to provide improvements based on the analysis of usage data generated by users’ use of our platform or service.
D) Behavioral advertising cookies: These are cookies that create a specific profile to display ads based on the user’s browsing habits and store user behavior data obtained through the continuous monitoring of these habits. These cookies enable the easiest possible management of ad spaces added by the publisher, either directly or in collaboration with third parties.
3. Why Does Our Platform Use Cookies?
Cookies are an integral part of how our Platform operates. The primary purpose of our cookies is to make your browsing experience more comfortable and efficient. For example, they are used to remember your preferences (such as language and country) during your visit and for future visits. Cookies are also used to continuously improve our services and Platform, as well as to deliver personalized ads based on your browsing habits.
The information collected through cookies also allows us to make predictions based on statistical data and usage patterns (such as the number of visits, most-visited sections, visit duration, etc.) to help us improve our Platform, understand statistically how users interact with the website to enhance our services, and thereby tailor the Platform to your individual interests, speed up searches, and more.
In some cases, cookies may be used to collect information (such as products viewed or sections browsed) that enables us to display ads on our Platform, on third-party platforms, or in any other medium, based on an analysis of your browsing behavior.
However, the cookies we use never store sensitive information such as passwords, debit card, or credit card details.
4. How Can I Manage the Use of Cookies on This Platform?
In the cookie settings panel, which is always accessible from our Platform, you will find all information about the cookies used by this Platform—including the purpose, duration, and management (first-party or third-party) of each one—so that you can manage the activation and deactivation of cookies that are not essential for the Platform’s operation.
Alternatively, if you’re browsing the internet, you can disable cookies in your browser. The steps for the most commonly used browsers are as follows:
You can disable cookies at any time.
Please note that cookie settings and the option to block cookies are specific to each browser you use. This means that if you choose to configure cookies in a certain way on one device and wish to apply similar settings on another browser, you must enable the same option on that second device as well.
As an additional step, please note that certain third parties that use cookies to serve ads based on your interests may be members of the following self-regulatory programs for online behavioral advertising, and that each of these programs offers its own opt-out options:
- Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) –http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/
- Google Analytics –https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
5. Who Uses the Information Stored in Cookies?
The information stored in our Platform’s cookies is used solely by us, except for those cookies used and managed by third-party organizations to provide services aimed at improving our services and the user experience on our Platform, which are defined as “Third-Party Cookies” in Section 2. More information about the cookie settings panel is always available on our Platform.
We recommend that you read our Privacy Policy, which is available on our Platform, as well as the privacy policies or privacy settings of our third-party partners, which are accessible through their own platforms, to obtain more detailed information about the processing of your personal information and data subject to international data transfers in our collaboration with third parties.
