Privacidad and the use of cookies

What are cookies?

Some cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of online stores. Thanks to these for example you do not need to add items you want to purchase to the shopping cart each time you navigate throughout the site (thanks to a cookie, a shopping cart knows that you are still the same visitor and maintains your products added in the cart), other cookies allow the owner of the webpage to see where his visits come from, the time they remain on his website, recording which pages were visited by the user, etc.
Cookies are stored by your internet browser on your computer’s hard disc and occupy only a very small amount of space so that they do not affect the proper functioning of your computer. They do not contain personal information and they get self-destructed when they have fulfilled the function for which they were programmed for.
Due to its widespread use, the majority of web browsers accept them automatically without asking the user’s consent. From your internet browser you can block all cookies generated by or any other page, but remember that if you do so, some pages could start to function incorrectly.

EU cookie directive

In 2002, the European Union launched the Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications, a policy requiring end users’ consent for the placement of cookies, and similar technologies for storing and accessing information on users’ equipment. In particular, Article 5 Paragraph 3 mandates that storing data in a user’s computer can only be done if the user is provided information about how this data is used, and the user is given the possibility of denying this storing operation.
Directive 95/46/EC defines “the data subject’s consent” as: “any freely given specific and informed indication of his wishes by which the data subject signifies his agreement to personal data relating to him being processed”. Consent must involve some form of communication where individuals knowingly indicate their acceptance.

How cookies are used by

When you visit for the first time, no cookie will be recorded except for the language selector (pll_language). You will see a warning message that if you continue navigating on our web, you accept the use of cookies and then, once you’ve confirmed that you accept our cookies policy, cookies will be installed depending on the content:
Cookie cookie_notice_accepted : this cookie is installed when a visitor accepts the use of cookies in So when the visitor returns to our web, the same detects that he already has accepted the use of cookies and doesn’t show him the notice message about the use of cookies again. This cookie lasts for 1 year. Please note that the law contemplates as a way of accepting cookies the fact that you continue navigating on the website after having received the warning notice.
Cookies of social media : buttons of the respective social media (the “like” in Facebook, “follow” in Twitter) also generate cookies. These cookies are not generated by, but by the owners of different social media. This cookie allows the website to remember if the visitor has clicked “like” and thus avoid the web to have to check it all over again every time the visitor clicks on another page, to speed up the load of buttons and has a number of functions chosen by the respective social media, as the personalization of advertising, for example. The names of these cookies are for instance PREF, user_id, or NID
Cookie Google Analytics: are cookies analytical recorded by the service Google Analytics. The use of these cookies enables us to see where a visitor comes from, the time that he remains on our website, the pages he visits, etc.; this information helps us to adjust our catalog, website, products, promotions in function of our visitor’s needs. You can find more information about the types of cookies used by Google by clicking on the following link:

How to delete cookies stored on the computer:

The vast majority of browsers (all popular) have an option to view and delete cookies installed on the computer. If you want to delete the installed cookies, we recommend that you use a web browser (for example and do a search with the terms: “delete cookies in xxx” (without quotation marks), replacing xxx with the name of your web browser (firefox, chrome, internet explorer.. ).
Remember that cookies have a date of self-destruction recorded, after which they will be deleted automatically without you having to do anything; so it is not necessary to delete them regularly in order to save space on your computer.

How to avoid cookies to be recorded?

Searching through the internet you can find extended information about how to block the use of cookies in the browser that you are using. Google Analytics for example has developed the Google Analytics opt out browser add-on to provide website visitors with the ability to prevent their data from being used by Google Analytics.
Another alternative to block cookies is changing your browser settings.