1. What is a cookie?

A cookie is a file that is downloaded onto your computer when you access certain web pages. Cookies allow a website, among other things, to store and retrieve information about a user’s browsing habits or their device and, depending on the information they contain and how the device is used, they may be used to recognise the user.

2. What types of cookies does www.the-osados.com use?

Depending on how long cookies remain active, they may be:

1. Session cookies: designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page. They are typically used to store information that is only required for the provision of the service requested by the user on a single occasion.
2. Persistent cookies: a type of cookie where data remains stored on the device and can be accessed and processed for a defined period. They have an expiry date. They are used, for example, in purchase or registration processes to avoid having to repeatedly enter our details.

Depending on the entity managing the equipment or domain from which the cookies are sent and processing the data obtained, we can distinguish:

1. First-party cookies: those sent to the user’s device and managed exclusively by us for the proper functioning of the site.
2. Third-party cookies: those sent to the user’s device from equipment or a domain not managed by us but by another entity, which will process the data obtained.

When browsing www.the-osados.com, the following cookies may be installed on your device:

1. Session cookies, to ensure that users who write comments on the blog are human and not automated applications.
2. Analytics cookies: used to analyse user behaviour anonymously while browsing our website. This allows us to identify the most viewed content, number of visitors, etc. This information is used to improve the browsing experience and optimise our services. These may be first-party or third-party cookies. Among the latter are Google Analytics cookies.
3. Social media cookies: each social network uses its own cookies so that you can click on buttons such as “Share”.
4. Advertising cookies: these allow the most efficient management of advertising spaces that, where applicable, the publisher has included on a website, application or platform from which the service is provided. These may be shared with third parties and are requested based on criteria such as the content displayed or the frequency with which adverts are shown.

3. Configuration, consultation and disabling of cookies

You can allow, block or delete cookies installed on your device by configuring the options of the browser installed on your computer:

1. Chrome: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647
2. Safari: http://support.apple.com/kb/ph5042
3. Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/how-to-manage-cookies-in-internet-explorer-9
4. Firefox: http://support.mozilla.org/en/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences

All information regarding Google cookies, both analytics and advertising, as well as their management and configuration, can be found at:

1. http://www.google.es/intl/en/policies/technologies/types/
2. http://www.google.es/policies/technologies/ads/
3. https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage

4. Updating cookies

The cookies of www.the-osados.com may be updated, so we recommend that you review our policy periodically.