Cookie policy
What is a cookie?
Cookies are small text files that are sent to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are returned to the originating website every time you visit it, or to another website that recognizes the cookie. Cookies act as a memory of a website, allowing it to remember the device on subsequent visits. Cookies can also remember your preferences, enhance the user experience, and tailor advertisements.
Cookies we use on our website
The table below shows the cookies we use on our website:
Name |
Purpose |
Description |
Provider |
Duration |
PHPSESSID |
Necessary |
This cookie is used to store user session data. This cookie is essential for the functioning of the website. |
Own |
Session |
cookieControl cookieControlPrefs |
Necessary |
Cookie that indicates whether the user has accepted or not the cookies. |
Own |
Session |
lang |
Personalization |
This cookie is used to store a user’s language preferences to provide content in that stored language the next time the user visits the website. |
Own |
1 year |
_ga |
Analytics |
This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor data, sessions, campaigns, and track website usage for the site's analytical report. Cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. |
Google Analytics |
2 years |
_gid |
Analytics |
This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor data, sessions, campaigns, and track website usage for the site's analytical report. Cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. |
Google Analytics |
1 year |
_gat_gtag_UA |
Analytics |
Google uses this cookie to distinguish users. |
Google Analytics |
1 minute |
__utma |
Analytics |
This cookie is set by Google Analytics and is used to distinguish users and sessions. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and there are no __utma cookies. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
Google Analytics |
2 years |
__utmc |
Analytics |
Google Analytics sets this cookie and is deleted when the user closes the browser. The cookie is not used by ga.js. The cookie is used to enable interoperability with urchin.js, which is an older version of Google Analytics and is used alongside the __utmb cookie to determine new sessions/visits. |
Google Analytics |
Session |
__utmz |
Analytics |
Google Analytics sets this cookie and is used to store the traffic source or campaign through which the visitor reached your site. |
Google Analytics |
6 months |
__utmt |
Analytics |
Google Analytics sets this cookie and is used to reduce the request rate. |
Google Analytics |
10 minutes |
__utmb |
Analytics |
Google Analytics sets this cookie. The cookie is used to determine new sessions/visits. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library executes and there are no __utma cookies. The cookie is updated every time data is sent to Google Analytics. |
Google Analytics |
30 minutes |
To better understand the different types of cookies, we provide you with a definition of the various types of cookies that exist:
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Session cookies: These exist only while the user browses the web and disappear when the user leaves the website. They serve to maintain basic information about browsing and thus offer a better experience to the user.
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Personalization cookies: These persist between visits to the same website and serve to save user customizations, such as the language they have browsed in.
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Analytical cookies: These are stored to compile statistics about traffic and the volume of visits to this website.
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Advertising cookies: These display advertising based on your browsing, your country of origin, language, and other factors.
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Social networks: Sometimes, in some sections of the website, content can be shared on social networks, and these may use their own cookies.
You can change your consent at any time from the Cookie Settings on our website. Change your consent
Other third-party cookies
Some of our pages may display content from external providers, for example, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.
To view this third-party content, you must first accept their specific terms and conditions. This includes their cookie policies, over which we have no control.
However, if you