The following guide on the use of cookies by the Spanish Data Protection Agency lists the various types of cookies: http://www.agpd.es/portalwebAGPD/canaldocumentacion/publicaciones/common/Guias/Guia_Cookies.pdf
Depending on the entity managing the domain from which the cookies are sent and processing the data, two types of cookie can be distinguished: own cookies and third-party cookies.
- Own cookies: sent to the user’s device from equipment or a domain managed by the publisher of the website from which the service requested by the user is provided.
- Third-party cookies: sent to the user’s device from equipment or a domain that is not managed by the website published, but rather by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.
There is also another classification based on the period of time during which cookies remain stored in the client’s browser: session cookies or persistent cookies.
Finally, there is another classification involving five types of cookie according to the purpose of the processing of the data obtained: technical cookies, personalisation cookies, analysis cookies, advertising cookies, and behavioural advertising cookies.
- Technical cookies: they make it possible, among other things, to find when a human being or an automated application is browsing, when an anonymous user and a registered user are browsing. These are basic tasks for the operation of any dynamic website.
- Analysis cookies: they collect information about the type of navigation being used, the sections most frequently used, products viewed, hours of use, language, etc.
- Advertising cookies: they display advertising on the basis of browsing, country of origin, language, etc.
3. Our cookies