Cookie policy

Depending on the entity that manages the equipment or domain from which the cookies are sent and processes the data obtained, we can distinguish between:

• First-party cookies: These are sent to the user's terminal equipment from www.grupex.net.
• Third-party cookies: These are sent to the user's terminal equipment from a computer or domain that is not managed by the publisher, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through cookies, such as www.google.com.

• Session cookies: These are a type of cookie designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a website. These cookies are stored on the terminal until the user's browsing session ends.
• Persistent cookies: These are a type of cookie in which the data remains stored on the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the cookie manager, which can range from a few minutes to several years.

• Technical cookies: These allow the user to navigate through the website or platform and use the various options or services available on it, such as controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted areas, using security features while browsing, or storing content for the dissemination of videos or sound, or sharing content via social networks. These are session and persistent cookies.
• Personalisation cookies: These allow the user to access the service with some predefined characteristics based on a series of criteria in the user's terminal, such as the type of browser through which they access the service, the regional configuration from which they access the service, etc. Third parties such as Google, YouTube, or Twitter use this type of persistent personalisation cookie in relation to their services.
• Analytical cookies: These cookies enable us to quantify the number of users and thus carry out statistical measurement and analysis of how users use our website. To do this, we analyse your browsing on our website in order to improve it. At www.grupex.net, we use our own analytical, session and persistent cookies for this purpose, specifically Google Analytics cookies, which have different expiry times depending on the information they provide us with. Third parties such as Google, YouTube and Twitter also use this type of analytical, session and persistent cookies.

The information collected through cookies on a website may be used by the owner of the website or by a third party providing a service to the owner.

In this regard, the information from the cookies used on www.grupex.net is processed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation and by a third party, specifically Google, through its Google Analytics service. Thus, the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation uses a web analytics service that temporarily installs cookies for the sole and exclusive purpose of compiling statistical reports (Google Analytics). The main cookie used by Google Analytics is ‘_ga’.

All browsers offer users the possibility to search for and view the cookies installed by a particular website, obtain information about their duration and the possibility of deleting them, as indicated in the following section. Below are a series of informative links on this issue for the most commonly used browsers:

• Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=es.
• Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/es/kb/cookies-informacion-que-los-sitios-web-guardan-en-.
• Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/es-es/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-11.

To disable, restrict, block or delete cookies, users must modify the settings of the browser they use on their device, whether it be a computer, smartphone or tablet. In general, browsers offer the following configuration options in relation to the installation of cookies:

That the browser rejects all cookies and, therefore, that no cookies from any website are installed on your device.

That the browser alerts you before the cookie is installed so that you can decide whether or not to accept it.

That the browser only rejects third-party cookies from the websites you visit, but not those used by the website you are browsing.

The private browsing option, whereby cookies are installed on the terminal but are automatically deleted when you finish browsing the website:

• Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95464?hl=es.
• Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/es/kb/navegacion-privada-Firefox-no-guardar-historial-navegacion.
• Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/es-ES/windows-8/help-protect-yourself-ie-10?ocid=IE10_priv_browsing#firstTabControl=tab1.