Cookies and local storage policy

Using this website with your browser's cookies and local storage settings enabled requires the acceptance of our use of cookies according to this policy. To avoid cookies, it is possible to disable them in the web browser.
Cookies and local storage are part of the web technology and are not harmful, but it is important that you understand the implications to your privacy.
This policy is part of our privacy policy and explains the following:

What is a cookie?

Cookies are small temporary files stored in your browsing device (computer, telephone, tablet, etc) when you visit a website. Cookies enable the website to store certain information in your device, for example to store user preferences or to recognize you if you visit the website later.
When a cookie is created in your device, the following information is stored:

You can configure your web browser at any time to block the use of cookies by certain websites. You may delete previously stored cookies as well.

What are cookies used for?

What is local storage?

A local storage is a file created by a website in your device. Cookies are just one type of local storage, but there are others. It is important that you know them so you can block them or delete the data stored by them.

What are third-party cookies?

Many websites incorporate functions or features provided by third parties, like:

The providers of these functions or features may use cookies and local storage. They may trigger cookies and other mechanisms to track your browsing behaviour in order to create a profile to show you advertisements targeted to your interests.

When you browse this website with cookies and local storage enabled, you must accept the privacy policy of the providers of the following functions:

Website function or feature

Third party providing the function or feature

Privacy policy of the third party

Google Analytics

Google, Inc

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Google Maps, Youtube

Google, Inc

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Facebook Like

Facebook, Inc

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Twitter social sharing functions

Twitter, Inc

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Tumblr social sharing functions

Tumblr, Inc.

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Pinterest social sharing functions

Pinterest, Inc

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Instagram social sharing functions

Instagram, LLC

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Linkedin social sharing functions

LinkedIn Ireland / LinkedIn Corporation

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Vimeo videos

Vimeo, LLC

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PayPal Europe (European Union Users)

PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A.

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PayPal (non-European Union users)

PayPal, Inc

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Blog hosted at Wordpress.com

Automattic, Inc

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Social sharing functions with third-party plugin by AddThis.com

AddThis, Inc

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Social sharing functions with third-party plugin by ShareThis.com

ShareThis, Inc

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View photos, videos and slides in Slidely

EasyHi ltd.

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Zopim Live Chat is a feature wich enables us to chat with our web visitors

Zopim Technologies Pte Ltd

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Histats is a web analytics service

Wisecode SRL

www.histats.com/?act=5

 

Some of these functions track your browsing in order to create a profile of your interests, so they can show you advertisements that are relevant to you. Cookies and local storage are tools that help to collect your browsing behaviour.

Web browsers with a private browsing option

If you want to browse this website with a higher degree of privacy and limitating the cookies that are stored for long amounts of time, we recomend that you make use of a web browser with a “private” browsing obtion. You may obtain more information on this possibility in the help pages of the main web browsers:

Web browser

Name of “private browsing” option

To get more information

Internet Explorer 8 and later
Microsoft Edge

InPrivate

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Read + (Microsoft Edge)

Safari 2 and later

Private browsing

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Opera 10.5 and lager

Private browsing

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FireFox 3.5 and later

Private browsing

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Google Chrome 10 and later

Incognito mode

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How do I block or delete the cookies?

The majority of web browsers allow you to disable completely the use of Cookies. They also allow you to delete cookies created by specific domains/websites. To find out how to do it, please refer to your browser's help page.
The information is also covered in web browser's online support pages:

Some information may be stored in your browser's local storage, Flash local storage and Silverlight local storage. To delete it:

To prevent the use of cookies by Google Analytics:

To stop being tracked by the AddThis plugin:

To stop being tracked by the ShareThis plugin:

To get help on other browsing software or any question regarding the cookies used by this website, please contact us by e-mail at
Remember: if you block cookies, it is possible that certain services or functions do not work properly.

In order to help you delete or block cookies, the following lists contains cookies used by this website. Most web browsers have the option just to block or delete cookies for specific domains, so you do not have to delete them all:

Function or feature and name of its provider

Cookie

Domain

Persistence

Purpose

First party cookies necessary to run the website or to remember certain user preferences

Temporary and persistent cookies

 

Weeks

Essential (technical) cookies
Customization cookies

Google Analytics (Google, Inc.)

Temporary and persistent cookies (__utma, __utmb, __utmc, __utmz, __utmv, _ga)

 

Years

Web analytics
Transfer data outside the EU

Google Functions (Google Maps, Youtube, +1, Google Remarketing, Google Translate, etc) (Google, Inc.)

Temporary and persistent cookies (VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE, PREF, YSC, etc).
Browser local storage. Flash Local Storage.

googleusercontent.com,
google.es,
google.com,
doubleclick.net,
invitemedia.com,
admeld.com,
googlesyndication.com,
googleadservices.com,
youtube.com,
youtube.es,
ytimg.com,
etc

Years

Web analytics
Technical
Authentication
User preferences
Tracking
Advertising
Location
Security
Transfer data outside the EU

Facebook Functions, Like Button (Facebook, Inc.)

Temporary and persistent cookies (datr, reg_fb_gate, reg_fb_ref and reg_fb_ext, wd, c_user, lu, sct, xs, x-referer, presence, p, locale, lsd, _e_*, fr, sub, etc).
Browser local storage.

facebook.com

Years

Web analytics
Technical
Authentication
User preferences
Tracking
Advertising
Location
Transfer data outside the EU

Social functions from Twitter (Twitter, Inc.)

Temporary and persistent cookies.
Browser local storage. Flash Local Storage.

*.twitter.com
syndication.twitter.com
*.twimg.com
cdn.syndication.twimg.com

Years

Web analytics
Technical
Authentication
User preferences
Tracking
Advertising
Location
Transfer data outside the EU

Social sharing functions from Tumblr (Tumblr, Inc.)

Temporary and persistent cookies
Browser local storage

tumbler.com, etc

Years

Web analytics
Technical
Authentication
User preferences
Tracking
Advertising
Location
Transfer data outside the EU

Social sharing functions from Pinterest (Pinterest, Inc)

Temporary and persistent cookies
Browser local storage

pinterest.com, etc

Years

Web analytics
Technical
Authentication
User preferences
Tracking
Advertising
Location
Transfer data outside the EU

Social sharing functions from Instagram (Instagram, LLC)

Temporary and persistent cookies
Browser local storage

instagram.com,
cdninstagram.com,
scontent.cdninstagram.com,
etc

Years

Web analytics
Technical
Authentication
User preferences
Tracking
Advertising
Location
Transfer data outside the EU

Social sharing functions from Linkedin (LinkedIn Ireland / LinkedIn Corporation)

Temporary and persistent cookies
Browser local storage

linkedin.com,
etc

Years

Web analytics
Technical
Authentication
User preferences
Tracking
Advertising
Location
Transfer data outside the EU

Vimeo videos (Vimeo, LLC

Temporary and persistent cookies
Browser local storage

vimeo.com,
f.vimeocdn.com,
f.vimeocdn.com,
player.vimeo.com,
www.google.com,
abmr.net,
bizographics.com,
casalemedia.com,
mathtag.com,
pubmatic.com,
*.scorecardresearch.com,
*.yahoo.com,
*.optimizely.com,
exelator.com,
openx.net,
*.rubiconproject.com,
zdbb.net,
ad.360yield.com

Years

Web analytics
Technical
Authentication
User preferences
Tracking
Advertising
Location
Security
Transfer data outside the EU

Paypal (PayPal (Europe) S.à r.l. et Cie, S.C.A.) / Paypal, Inc

Temporary and persistent cookies (abc_switch_cross_paypal, AKDC, Apache, c, cookie_check, feel_cookie, flow_back_cookie, JSESSIONID, LANG, login_email, navcmd, s_sess, s_vi, SEGM, ts, X-PP-K, x-pp-p, x-pp-s, X-PP-SILOVER, cookies with random names, etc)

.dotomi.com,
.mediaplex.com,
.omtrdc.net,
.paypal.com,
.paypal.d1.sc.omtrdc.net,
.stats.paypal.com,
t.paypal.com,
www.paypal.com,
www.paypalobjects.com

Years

Browsing session management
Web analytics
Technical
Authentication
User preferences
Tracking
Advertising
Location
Security
Transfer data outside the EU

Blog hosted at Wordpress.com (Automattic, inc.)

Temporary and persistent cookies.
Browser's local storage.

.wordpress.com,
.wp.com,
.twitter.com,
.facebook.com,
skimresources.com

Years

Web analytics
Technical
Authentication
User preferences
Tracking
Advertising
Location
Security
Transfer data outside the EU

Sharing functions provided by ADDTHIS (AddThis, Inc)

Temporary and persistent cookies.
Browser's local storage.

.addthis.com
(_atuvs,_atuvc)

Years

Web analytics
Technical
Authentication
User preferences
Tracking
Advertising
Location
Transfer data outside the EU

Sharing functions provided by SHARETHIS (ShareThis, Inc)

Temporary and persistent cookies.
Browser's local storage.

.sharethis.com
.edge.sharethis.com
adadvisor.net
agkn.com
btrll.com
nexac.com
.rlcdn.com
.scorecardresearch.com
pix.btrll.com

Years

Web analytics
Technical
Authentication
User preferences
Tracking
Advertising
Location
Transfer data outside the EU

View photos, videos and slides in Slidely (EasyHi ltd.)

Temporary and persistent cookies.
Browser's local storage.
Flash Cookies.

slide.ly
slidely.com
ak01-cdn.slidely.com
s3.amazonaws.com
amazonaws.com

Years

Web analytics
Technical
Authentication
User preferences
Tracking
Advertising
Transfer data outside the EU

Zopim Live Chat (Zopim Technologies Pte Ltd)

Temporary and persistent cookies.
Browser's local storage.

zopim.com

Years

Web analytics
Authentication
Tracking
Advertising
Transfer data outside the EU

Histats web analytics service (Wisecode SRL)

Temporary and persistent cookies.
Browser's local storage.

histats.com, www.histats.com

Years

Web analytics
Location
Tracking
Transfer data outside the EU

 

 

NOTE: this information was updated on NOVEMBER 2019 and we regularly check it to ensure correctness, but we can't assure it is 100% accurate at all the times.