What are cookies?
This website uses cookies. Cookies and/or similar technologies are text files that a web server downloads and stores on your device, whether it is a computer, smartphone or tablet, when accessing certain websites to store and recover information about the browsing you carry out from that device. That’s why cookies can store information about your device or about your browsing sessions on the websites you have visited.
In essence, cookies are a message sent by CONSUM’s server to the device from which you are browsing the internet, consisting of text files that are stored on your device’s memory and that collect information about the page you are visiting, the time of connection to the internet and other data depending on the type and purpose of the cookie.
Cookies are sent to our server each time you enter our website. However, cookies cannot generally read data stored on your device or read the cookie files created by other providers.
What type of cookies are used on this website?
● Strictly necessary cookies: Also known as technical cookies, they are necessary for browsing and for our website to work properly. They allow, for example, the control of traffic and communication of data, access to areas of restricted access, the completion of the purchasing process of an order, use of security elements, form completion, configuration of cookies, storing of contents to be able to share videos or share contents through social networks. These cookies to not collect data of a personal nature.
● Functionality cookies: Are those that enable you to use our website in a more personalised and functional way, including the language, type of browser through which you access the service, the regional configuration from where you access the service, the size of the screen you are using, etc. If you disable these cookies, some of the functionalities of the website may not work correctly.
● Analytical cookies: Are those that enable us to quantify the number of users and therefore measure and carry out the statistical analysis of the use that users make of the service offered. To do this, your browsing on our website is analysed in order to improve the range of products and services that we offer. These cookies process your personal data in an aggregated manner, and therefore they do not allow us to identify you.
● Behavioural advertising cookies: These cookies store information about users’ behaviour, obtained through continuous observation. This is why we are able to find out your internet browsing habits and show you adverts that are related to your browsing profile. They do not store personal information directly, using only the unique identification of your browser and device used to access the internet.
● Social network cookies: These cookies are installed by social networks unrelated to Consum, and enable users of our website to share our content on social networks where the user has an account. Given that they are third party cookies, you can access the privacy policy of the different platforms to find out how they use your personal data through these cookies.
See the full list of all of our cookies and their details here.
Who uses the cookies (ownership of them)? Or are they cookies belonging to Consum or a third party?
Depending on who uses the information collected through the cookies, they are distinguished between own cookies, meaning it is Consum who, for its own purposes, uses this information, or third party cookies, which are companies unrelated to Consum, who collect information through the cookies installed on our website for their own purposes. At Consum, we avoid using third party cookies as far as possible, and we always assess the practical use for users.
● Own cookies: Are those that are sent to your device form our own devices or domains and from where we provide the service you request from us.
● Third party cookies: Are those that are sent to your device from a device or domain which is not managed by us, but by another collaborating entity. These include those used by social networks, or by external content such as Google Maps.
How long are the cookies installed for?
● Session cookies: Are temporary cookies that disappear from your browser when you close it, so none of them remain registered on your computer's hard drive. The information obtained through these cookies is used to analyse patterns of traffic on the website. In the long run, they enable us to provide a better experience to improve the content and facilitate its use.
● Permanent cookies: Are stored on the hard drive and our website reads them each time you make a new visit. A permanent cookie has a specific expiry date. The cookie will stop working after this date. We use these cookies, in general, to facilitate the services of purchasing and registering.
You can see the exact preservation periods in our list of cookies.
How can you manage them?
The first time you access our website, a notification will be displayed to inform you that this website uses cookies, and it will ask you, in order for you to continue browsing, to accept all of them or for you to access the Privacy Preferences Centre so you can find out about the purposes of the different cookies, and configure them according to your preferences. The only ones you cannot disable will be the strictly necessary cookies since, without them, our website will not work correctly.
You will be able to access the Privacy Preferences Centre through the banner, and at any time later through the link at the bottom of our website, Cookies Configurator, or our Cookies Policy. By accessing this, you will be able to update your preferences about cookies whenever like.
If you accept third party cookies and you subsequently want to delete them, you will have to access the cookies settings of the browser itself through the links we provide for you in the next section.
Remember that we record your consent through a technical cookie; therefore, if you delete all of the cookies stored on your devices, you will see the banner again. In any case, we will ask for your consent again if we implement a new cookie that requires our consent, or 24 months after your last choice.
How can cookies be disabled on the main browsers?
To disable the cookies, you can also change the settings on your browser. Most browsers enable you to change the settings for cookies and the storage devices and data recovery. These settings are usually found in the options or preferences of the user’s browser menu. Check out the steps to follow to disable cookies on the main browsers through the following links: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, Chrome (Iphone/Ipad), Chrome (Android), Safari for IOS (iPhone /iPad).
Remember that if you disable the cookies, this may modify the working of the website and negatively affect its performance. Please check your browser's instructions and manuals for more information.
You can disable Google Analytics by clicking here
Are international transfers of data carried out?
This website uses the services of Google Analytics, a website analysis service provided by Google LLC. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information about the use made of this website by users. This analytical and technical information about your interaction with our website is usually transferred and stored on a Google server in the USA. The transfer is carried out in accordance with the EU-US Privacy Shield agreement, , https://www.privacyshield.gov/participant?id=a2zt000000001L5AAI.
Date updated: 15/05/2020
