1. What is a cookie?

Cookies or data storage and retrieval devices are files sent by a website to users’ browsers that are automatically stored on their devices so that the website is able to check users’ previous browsing habits and “recognise them”.

Cookies are able to remember other kinds of personal information, such as a user’s password so that it does not have to be entered each time a website is visited, or user preferences as regards the configuration of a website (language, screen resolution, amongst others).

Cookies are essential for the Internet to work properly, as well as having many advantages in the provision of interactive services, as they make browsing and using the website easier. Cookies cannot harm your devices, and while they are enabled, they help identify and solve errors.

In short, a cookie is simply a set of data about browsing habits that is stored on a user’s device and that websites detect and recognise so that they are able to “remember” that user’s browsing habits.

Please note that not all cookies imply a processing of personal data and, in the event of processing of such data, we will carry the processing according to our privacy policy.

More information about the cookies used on the website is provided below.

This website uses own and third party cookies, with the aim of improving the browsing experience of its users.

The following applications are used to obtain this information.

2. Types of cookies

Strictly necessary cookies

These are technical cookies which are necessary for the website to run properly and cannot be disabled on our systems. Generally, these are only set in response to actions taken by you that amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or completing forms.

 

Cookie Name Purpose Duration
wt_consent The WebToffee GDPR Cookie Consent plugin sets this cookie to store the user’s consent preferences, allowing the website to recognise those choices on future visits. The cookie does not collect or store any personal or identifiable information about the visitor. 1 year
__cf_bm This cookie, set by Cloudflare, is used to support Cloudflare Bot Management. 1 year
_cfuvid Cloudflare sets this cookie to track users across sessions to optimise user experience by maintaining session consistency and providing personalised services 1 year

Analytical cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and sources of traffic, so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and how visitors move through the site, thus ensuring better user service. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our site.

Cookie Name Purpose Duration
_ga Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognise unique visitors 1 year 1 month 4 days
_ga_* Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. 1 year 1 month 4 days

Performance Cookies

Performance cookies are used to understand and analyse the key performance indexes of the website, which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
Cookie Name Purpose Duration
ypsession Yumpu sets this cookie to store a unique ID string for each chatbox session. This allows website support to see previous issues and reconnect with the previous supporter. 1 day
yumpu_slc Yumpu sets this cookie to determine the preferred language and country setting of the visitor. This allows the website to show content most relevant to that region and language. 7 days

Other Cookies 

Other cookies are those that are being identified and have not been classified into any category as yet.

 

Cookie Name Purpose Duration
AVPUID No description available. 1 year
ypsitetrack No description available. 1 year

3. Cookies settings

You can set up the acceptance or rejection of cookies through the cookie Consent Management Platform on this policy, through your browser and also through the websites of those third parties that install cookies on your device.

3.1 Disabling cookies through the cookie set up platform

You may give or revoke your consent regarding the type of cookies used, through the cookie Consent Management Platform which can be accessed via the link below.

 

 

3.2 Disabling cookies through your web browser

All internet browsers allow users to restrict the behaviour of a cookie or even disable cookies by modifying the browser settings or options. The steps to do this are different for each browser. Specific instructions can be found in the help menu of your browser.

Depending on the browser used, the user can enable any of the following options to limit the scope of the cookies installed or the way they are executed:

  • The private browsing option so that browser history, website passwords, cookies and other information about the websites visited are not stored.
  • The “do not track” feature, whereby the browser requests that websites visited do not track your browsing habits, for example to display advertising that may be of interest to you on the websites you visit.
Browser Link
Microsoft Internet Explorer https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/delete-and-manage-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d#ie=ie-11
Microsoft Edge https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/delete-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09
Apple Safari https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
Google Chrome https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050?%20
Mozilla Firefox https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox

Please note that if you disable these aforementioned cookies we cannot know what you like or dislike about our pages and it will be difficult for us to improve your user experience on this website.

4. Further information and exercising your rights

Without prejudice to the offered possibilities of setting up cookies, as well as the different mechanisms for managing said cookies available in this policy, if you have any questions regarding the processing of your personal data or you wish to exercise your rights, please check our privacy policy for further information.