Cookie Policy
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are pieces of data that are downloaded to a user's computer system. They identify you as a specific user and register your browsing preferences.
Cookies are necessary for a website to operate properly. Cookies cannot damage your system. Bear in mind that cookies cannot read information stored on your computer.
2. What type of cookies does this website use?
According to the cookie's owner:
1. First-party cookies: These are sent to the end-user's system from a system or domain managed by the same publisher providing the service requested by the user.
2. Third-party cookies: These are sent to the end-user's system from a system or domain that is not managed by the publisher, but by another entity that processes the data obtained from the cookies.
Session cookies
Purpose:
These cookies are necessary for the correct use of the web page, and for user sessions, or to browse without interruption remembering language or country options. They are used to identify the user, if it were necessary to access an area requiring registration. Without these cookies, many of the services available would not be operative. These cookies expire when the browser is closed or after one month.
How?
When the user fills out a form.
Advertising Cookies
Purpose:
These cookies let the choices you make be remembered, such as remembering the terms and conditions that users have accepted, and also offer them better and more personalized features, showing them, as the case may be, the most relevant, useful adverts and in line with their interests, such as for example avoiding that you continually see the same advert.
How?
Only while the session lasts.
Technical cookies
Purpose:
These process general, anonymous information, where personal data is not included, and only remember the page that the user has come from. Their main purpose is to improve the website's operation.
How?
Only while the session lasts.
Third-party cookies
Purpose:
These are cookies that are installed in a website, but are not owned by the website being visited at that same time. Therefore, these cookies are specific to a third-party domain, and consequently, the information contained can be seen and managed by it. They obtain information on your visit to make assessments, statistical calculations regarding anonymous data, to guarantee continuity of the service or to make improvements to their websites. Likewise, these cookies can be used to show you adverts adapted to your own interests.
How?
When you access the website.
First-party cookies that respond to session, advertising and technical categories are:
HA_DY_PHP and HA_DY_TOMCAT
They let us send all a user's requests to the same server and respond to them. This cookie is necessary to provide our services, it disappears when you close our website and does not save any personal data.
Third-party cookies used on the Ifa group website correspond to Google Analytics and are the following:
_GA
This is used "for differences between users and sessions". The cookie is created when the javascript library is loaded and no previous version of the _ga cookie exists. The cookie is updated every time it sends the data to Google Analytics. It has a duration of 2 years.
_GAT
This is used to differentiate the tracked objects created in the session. The cookie is created when the javascript library is loaded and no previous version of the _gat cookie exists. The cookie is updated every time it sends the data to Google Analytics. It has a duration of 10 minutes from when created.
3. How can I manage cookies?
Users can access the menu of preferences on their browser and to set it up so that cookies are not installed, erase existing ones and or delete them before browsing other pages of the website.
You can follow these steps, depending on your browser.
We remind you that if you reject the installation of cookies, the service may be affected and it could partially or totally prevent its correct use.
Instructions for different browsers
For further information on the browser Microsoft Internet Explorer
To enable or disable cookies in Internet Explorer 7 or 8, follow these steps:
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Click on Start > Control Panel. (In classic view mode on Windows XP, click on Start > Settings > Control Panel).
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Double-click on the icon Internet Options.
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Selects the Privacy tab.
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Click on Advanced.
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In the window "Advanced Privacy Settings", select the option "Override automatic cookie handling" in the section "Cookies".
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In the section "First-party Cookies", select the option "Accept" or "Ask".
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In the section "Third-Party Cookies", select the option "Accept" or "Ask". (If you select the option "Ask", your authorization will be requested every time a website tries to send you a cookie).
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In the window "Internet Options", click on "Accept" to exit this dialogue box.
To enable cookies in Internet Explorer 6, follow these steps:
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Click on Start > Control Panel. (In the classic view mode of Windows XP, click on Start > Settings > Control Panel).
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Click on Advanced.
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Select the option "Override automatic cookie handling".
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In the section "First-Party Cookies", select the option "Accept" or "Ask".
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In the section "Third-Party Cookies", select the option "Accept" or "Ask". (If you select the option "Ask", your authorization will be requested every time a website tries to send you a cookie).
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In the window "Internet Options", click on "Accept" to exit this dialogue box.
If you need further information on how to carry out this procedure in INTERNET EXPLORER, we recommend you visit the following link.
For further information on the Mozilla Firefox browser
To enable or disable cookies in Mozilla Firefox 3.x for Windows, follow these steps:
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Click on Tools > Options.
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In the upper panel, click on Privacy.
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In the section "Firefox will:", select the option Use custom settings for history.
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Select the checkbox located next to "Allow sites to set cookie" to enable cookies.
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Click on Accept.
To enable or disable cookies in Mozilla Firefox 2.x for Windows, follow these steps:
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Click on Tools > Options.
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In the upper panel, click on Privacy.
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In the section "Firefox will:", select the option Use custom settings for history.
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Select the checkbox located next to "Allow sites to set cookie" to enable cookies.
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Click on Accept.
To enable or disable cookies in Mozilla Firefox for Mac, follow these steps:
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Click on Tools > Options.
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In the upper panel, click on Privacy.
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In the section "Firefox will:", select the option Use custom settings for history.
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Select the checkbox located next to "Allow sites to set cookie" to enable cookies.
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Click on Accept.
If you need further information on how to carry out this procedure in MOZILLA we recommend you visit the following link.
For further information on the Google Chrome browser
To enable or disable cookies in Google Chrome for Windows, follow these steps:
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Click on the menu Tools.
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Select Options.
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Click on the Advanced tab.
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In the section "Privacy", Click on Content settings.
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To allow first-party and third-party cookies, select the option to Allow local data to be set. If you just want to accept first-party cookies, tick the box next to "Block third-party cookies and site data".
To enable or disable cookies in Google Chrome for Mac, follow these steps:
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Select Chrome > Preferences in the menu bar.
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Click on the Advanced tab.
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In the section "Privacy", Click on Content settings.
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To allow first-party and third-party cookies, select the option to Allow local data to be set. If you just want to accept first-party cookies, tick the box next to "Block third-party cookies and site data".
If you need further information on how to carry out this procedure in GOOGLE CHROME we recommend you visit the following link.
For further information on the Safari browser
To enable or disable cookies in Safari, follow these steps:
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Access Safari's drop-down menu.
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Select Preferences.
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In the upper panel, click on Security.
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In "Accept cookies", select Only the websites I browse.
If you need further information on how to carry out this procedure in SAFARI we recommend you visit the following link.