What is a cookie?
Most websites that you visit use cookies to improve your user experience and be able to, for example, “remember” you during your visit (with a session cookie) o subsequent visits (with a persistent cookie).
Cookies can perform many functions. With them you can browse the pages effectively, preserve preferences and, in general, improve the user experience by making the interaction between you and the web site easier and faster. If a site does not use cookies, every time you go in it to another page it will believe that you are a new user: for example, when closing a menu and changing the page, it will not remember what you had already done and will show you the next page with the menu open.
Some web sites also use cookies to be able to target their advertising or marketing messages based on, for example, location or browsing behavior of the user.
Cookies may be installed both, in the website that you are visiting (“own cookies”) and other sites contained in the page in which the user is browsing (“third-party cookies”).
What does cookies contain?
A cookie is a simple text file that is stored in a computer or mobile device from a web site server. As of that moment, the said server may recover or read its content. The browser may manage cookies. Each cookie is unique and contains anonymous information with a unique identifier, the name of the website, numbers and letters, so the site can remember the browsing behavior preferences of the user.
Type of cookies
- Own cookies:
Own cookies are installed by the website that the user is visiting, and the said site is the only one that can read them.
- Third-party cookies:
Third-party cookies are those installed and used by an organization other than the owner of the website being visited. For example, a site that wants to measure and analyze its traffic can turn to a third company that, in turn, will install its own cookie to perform the service. The website you visit can also incorporate integrated content, such as YouTube videos, and these sites can also install their own cookies. Most importantly, a website can use a third-party ad network to spread targeted advertising.
- Session cookies:
Session cookies are stored temporarily during a browsing session and are deleted from the user’s terminal when the browser is closed.
- Persistent cookies:
This type of cookie is stored on the computer for a certain period of time (usually a year or more) and is not deleted when the browser is closed. It is used when you need to know who the user is for more than one browsing session.
What is local storage?
Is the possibility that web application data is stored in the user’s browser. Until the appearance of HTML5, the application data had to be stored in cookies, which were included in all requests to the server. In addition to being more secure, a large amount of data can be available with local storage without affecting the operation of the website.
Use of tracking technologies in our internet portal
We inform you that our internet page uses cookies and other technologies through which it is possible to monitor your behavior as an Internet user, as well as provide you with a better service and experience when browsing our page.
The personal data that we collect through these technologies will be used for the following purposes:
To monitor and prevent the misuse of digital platforms; to improve our digital tools and update them as technology evolves; and to offer personalized content.
The persona data obtained with these tracking technologies are the following:
We inform you that our internet page uses cookies and other technologies through which it is possible to monitor your behavior as an Internet user, as well as provide you with a better service and experience when browsing our page.
The personal data that we collect through these technologies will be used for the following purposes:
To monitor and prevent the misuse of digital platforms; to improve our digital tools and update them as technology evolves; and to offer personalized content.
The persona data obtained with these tracking technologies are the following:
- Identifiers, username and passwords of a session.
- Language preferred by the user.
- Region in which the user is located.
- User’s type of browser.
- User’s type of operating system.
- Web pages visited by a user.
- Searches made by a user.
- Reviewed advertising by user.
Type of cookies used:
- Own cookies: The site of Totoura.com, installs own cookies with the sole purpose of making possible or handle the functionalities offered and the browsing experience for the user.
- Third-party cookies: these are cookies installed by third-party tools, with the purpose of controlling the quality of experience of the user visiting our website. The website of Totoura.com may host third-party cookies, including the ones described below:
Google Analytics:
_utma: this cookie allows to determine the number of times that a user has visited the website of Totoura.com;
_utmb: this cookie is used to know how much time a visit to the website lasts;
_utmc: This cookie serves to know how long a visit to the website lasts and expires at the end of the session;
_utmz: This cookie allows you to determine how the user has reached the website. A complementary Google Analytics module allows its deactivation.
What should you do if you do not wish cookies to be installed in your computer or mobile device?
Following the steps below can disable these technologies:
You can change the permissions of your browser to accept or block cookies within the privacy settings of your browser.
For more information, it is suggested to perform a search in your internet browser of the phrase: “How to manage cookies in [applicable browser name?”.
You can also find more information about cookies in general, including how to see what cookies are installed on your (mobile) device and how to manage and delete them in www.allaboutcookies.org and http://www.youronlinechoices.com/es/.
Last update: 16/07/2019