COOKIES POLICY APPLICABLE TO THE WEBSITE OF SA DAMM
This Website uses proprietary and third-party cookies to provide an enhanced experience and service. By browsing or using our services, the user accepts our use of cookies. However, users have the option to stop the creation of cookies and to delete stored cookies by selecting the relevant option on their browser. If the user decides to block the use of cookies, some services or functions of the Website may not be available.
WHAT IS A COOKIE?
A cookie is a small fragment of text which websites send to the browser and which are stored on the user’s device (personal computers, smartphones, tablets, etc.). These files allow websites to remember information from other visits the user has made, for example their preferred language and options, which makes the next visit to the site easier and also makes the site more useful through the personalisation of its content. Cookies play a key role through improving user experience.
TYPES OF COOKIES USED
This Website uses both temporary session cookies and permanent cookies. Session cookies store data only while the user is accessing a website, while permanent cookies store data on the device which can be accessed and used in subsequent sessions.
Depending on the purpose for which the data obtained through cookies will be processed, the Website may employ:
Technical cookies: These cookies allow users to navigate the Website or application and to use the various options or services it contains. For instance: monitoring traffic and data communication, identifying and preserving the user’s session, accessing the restricted areas of the Website, remembering the items that make up an order, submitting a registration or participation request for an event, using security elements during navigation and storing content for the dissemination of videos or audio.
Permanent cookies: These cookies are stored on the internal memory of a device which our Website reads during each new visit. Permanent cookies have a specific expiration date, after which the cookie will no longer function.
Personalisation cookies: These cookies allow users to access the service with some general features previously configured on their device or configured by the users themselves. For instance: language, the type of browser through which the service is accessed, the selected layout of the content, the geolocation of the device and the regional configuration through which the service is being accessed.
Advertising cookies: These cookies facilitate the effective management of the advertising spaces contained on the Website or the application through which the service is provided. They allow advertising content to be tailored so that it is relevant to users and not excessively repeated.
Statistical analysis cookies: These cookies allow for the monitoring and analysis of the behaviour of users of the Website. The information gathered through these cookies is used to measure the activity on websites, applications or platforms, and to build navigation profiles of their users, with the aim of improving the service in accordance with the usage data provided by users.
Third-party cookies: Some websites can install third-party cookies, which facilitate the management and improvement of the services provided. For instance: Google Analytics statistics services, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google+ and YouTube.
If you would like more information on how your data is processed by third-party cookies, please refer to the cookies policies of the relevant websites.
LIST AND DESCRIPTION OF THE COOKIES USED ON THIS WEBSITE:
The table below summarises the cookies used on this Website:
| Cookie | Name | User / Further information | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics | __utma | This cookie counts the amount oftimes an unique user accesses the site. | 2 years |
| __utmb | This cookie measures the time spent by the user in a page. | 1 day | |
| __utmc | It determinates if it is necessary to launch a new session. The javascript that Google uses doesn’t require using this cookie. Before this was used with the _utmb cookie to decide if after spending more than 30 minutes on the same page launching a new session was required. This cookie is required to confirm the compatibility of this web with the olders webs where urchin.js is installed. | Session | |
| __utmt | It is used to define the type of user. And it gets used to establish the statisctics in each page. | Session | |
| __utmz | This cookie stores de origin of the user, the flow that it has used to arrive to the website, if it was direct landing, from a link from another website, from a link embeed on an email, using specific wording in a search engine, from a display campaign or from an AdWords campaign. | 6 months | |
| __utmv | It is used to store personalised variables from an users’ data. More information: https://developers.google.com/analytics/resources/concepts/gaConceptsCookies (en ingles). |
Session | |
| Google Analytics | __ga | Analytics cookies that lets cuantify the amount of users we have in the site, measure their behaviour and make a statistical analysis. We use it to distinguish between users. | 2 years |
| __gat | It is used to differentiate the tracking objects created in each session. The cookie gets created when the javascript library and there is no previous version of the _gat cookie. This cookie gets updated every time we send data to Google Analytics. | 10 minutes | |
| __gid | Stores and updates an unique value for each page. We use it to distinguish between users. | 1 day | |
| Keler | ageVerified | Stores de confirmation about the age agreement. It let’s users access the site without going through the confirmation page everytime they return to the site. | 3 hours |
| Keler | cookieconsent_dismissed | Store the confirmation that you accept the Cookies Policy. Allow access to the site again, avoiding showing confirmation that you accept our Cookies Policy at each visit. | 30 days |
HOW TO MANAGE COOKIES IN THE BROWSER?
The user has the option to allow, block or delete any cookies on their device by configuring the options of the browser that is installed. This is an additional guarantee to those described above, where the registration of cookies may be subject to automatic acceptance during the installation or updating process of the browser being used—this acceptance may be withdrawn at any time through the available content and privacy configuration options.
Many browsers permit the configuration of specific rules regarding cookies on certain websites, which allows for more precise control over privacy. This means that cookies can be deactivated on all sites except those that are trusted by the user. Some browsers allow the use of a private mode through which cookies are always deleted after visiting a website. Depending on the browser, this private mode is given different names. Please read the help section of your browser carefully to learn more about how to activate its “private mode”. If you use the “private mode” on your browser, you will still be able to continue using our Website; however, your navigation may not be optimal and some functions may not work correctly. Below you will find the most commonly used browsers and the names each of them give to their “private mode”:
Internet Explorer 8 and above: InPrivate; Safari 2 and above: Private browsing; Opera 10.5 and above: Private browsing; FireFox 3.5 and above: Private browsing; Google Chrome 10 and above: Incognito
PLEASE NOTE: This cookies policy is reviewed and updated on a regular basis.