What are cookies and why do we use them?
A cookie is a small text file stored on your computer, smartphone, or tablet every time you visit our website.
In principle, a cookie is harmless: it contains no viruses, trojans, worms, etc. that could damage your terminal, but it does impact your right to personal data protection since it collects certain information on you (browsing habits, identity, preferences, etc.).
So based on applicable regulatory provisions (LSSI and current data protection regulations), we must get your go-ahead before we can use certain types of cookies.
But first we would like to give you some information that could inform your decisions:
1. There can be several types of cookies depending on their purpose:
– Technical cookies are necessary for our website to function. They do not require your authorization and are the only ones we have enabled by default.
– Other cookies serve to improve our page, tailor it to your preferences, and be able to show you advertising pivoted to your personal searches, tastes, and interests. You can accept all these cookies by clicking OK, or configure them or reject their use under COOKIE SETTINGS.
2. Some cookies are our own (first-party cookies) and others belong to external service providers (third-party cookies). Please note that some third-party providers may be located outside Mexico.
Globally, not all countries have the same level of data protection – some have tighter security than others. It is our policy to use trusted providers who have adopted safeguards to protect your data.
Finally, there are two types of cookies depending on how long they remain active:
– Session cookies: automatically expire when you log out of your computer, smartphone, or tablet. Session cookies are often used to retain the information required during a single service provision.
– Persistent cookies: are stored on your computer, smartphone, or tablet for a certain time, anywhere from a few minutes to several years.
What type of cookies can we use on our website?
– Technical Cookies:
Technical cookies are essential for our website to function and so you can browse it. They let us identify you, give you access to certain restricted parts of the site if needed, and remember different options or services you have selected, such as your privacy preferences. They are therefore enabled by default and your authorization is not required.
You can use your browser settings to block technical cookies or be alerted to their presence. However, blocking them will impact the correct operation of the different functionalities of our website.
– Analysis Cookies:
Analysis cookies let us study the browsing of our site users in general.
We can leverage statistical information on the browsing to enhance both the functioning of the site itself and the different services offered. Analysis cookies therefore have no advertising purpose and serve only to make our website run better, adapting to our users in general. Your enabling of analysis cookies will contribute to this ongoing improvement.
– Functionality and Personalization Cookies:
Functionality cookies allow us to remember your preferences and customize certain features and general options each time you log on (for example, the language in which information is presented, the sections you check as favorites, your browser type, etc.).
These cookies have no advertising purpose but opting in to them will improve site functioning and customization pivoted to your preferences, enhancing your browsing.
– Advertising Cookies:
Advertising cookies let us manage the advertising spaces included on our website in terms of things like content displayed and frequency with which ads appear.
– Behavioral Advertising Cookies:
Behavioral advertising cookies allow us to collate information based on observing your browsing habits and behavior so we can pivot advertising content to your personal tastes and interests.
What cookie types are currently used on our website?
Below is information on all the cookie types currently used on our website and the purpose of each.
Cookie type
Purpose
Time frame (session / persistent)
Third Party – Analytics
Statistical
When you log on to the site
First Party
To work out which language to use
When you log on to the site
What are the cookies used for?
When you first log on to our website, a window pops up informing you that there are several cookie types:
– Technical cookies are necessary for our website to function. They do not require your authorization and are the only ones we have enabled by default.
– Other cookies serve to improve our page, tailor it to your preferences, and be able to show you advertising pivoted to your personal searches, tastes, and interests. You can accept all these cookies by clicking OK, or configure them or reject their use under COOKIE SETTINGS.
We also inform you that if you opt-in to any type of cookie, you can later opt-out at any time simply by unchecking the box in COOKIE SETTINGS. It will always be just as easy to enable first-party cookies as it is to disable them.
We remind you that you can use your browser settings to block cookies or be alerted to them. But blocking them may negatively impact the different functionalities in the case of required technical cookies.
Finally, if you enable third-party cookies (external service providers) and later wish to opt out, there are two ways to do so: using the cookie opt-out tools in your browser or leveraging the proprietary systems enabled by the external providers.
To make it easier for you, below are links to the cookie opt-out rules of commonly used browsers:
