¿What are Cookies?
A cookie is a really small text file that a server may store in the hard disk of a computer to save any kind of information about the user. It can only be read by the website that sent it to the computer. The cookies are used for different purposes (to store data for the next visits to the webpage, to recognize the user and avoid requiring authentication, to know what webpages you visit, or to save the preferences in any customizable area in these websites). Webpages usually use cookies to get statistics about the use of the website and to analyze the behavior of the clients/users.

Types of cookies
Cookies can be classified according to the following criteria:

Depending on who installs the cookie can include:

Own cookies: those that are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by the editor itself and from which the service requested by the user is provided.

Third party cookies: those that are sent to the user’s terminal equipment either from a computer or domain managed by Spanish Language Abroad or a third party, but the information is collected cookies is managed by a third party other than Spanish Language Abroad.

According to his term cookies can be:

Session Cookies: Those that last as long as the user is browsing the Web page and are deleted when you quit navigation.

Persistent Cookies remain stored in the user terminal, for a longer time, thus facilitating the control of the preferences chosen without having to repeat certain parameters each time you visit the Web site. By purpose cookies may be:

Technical cookies: cookies are those essential techniques and strictly necessary for the proper operation of a Web site and use of the various options and services offered. For example, session maintenance, which allow use security features, share content with social networks, etc.

Cookies personalization: Allows the user to choose or customize Web page features such as language, locale or type of browser.

Analytical cookies: These are used by Web portals to make browsing profiles and get to know the preferences of the users in order to improve the supply of products and services. To control geographical areas of interest to a user, information on the web more acceptance, etc..

Advertising / advertising cookies: Allows management of advertising space based on specific criteria. For example the frequency of access, the edited content, etc..

Cookies allow advertising through advertising management information storing behavior through observing habits, studying the entrances and forming a profile of user preferences, to provide advertising related to the interests of their profile.

Our site does not control the cookies used by these third parties. For more information on cookies in social networks or other foreign websites, please review their own policies cookies.

Information and obtaining consent for installation
spanishlanguageabroad.com at all times endeavor to establish appropriate mechanisms to obtain the consent of the user to install cookies that require it. When a user accesses our website a pop-up in which it is reported the existence of cookies and that if you continue browsing our consent to the installation of cookies appears.

How I can prevent the installation of cookies?
The user can configure your browser to accept or reject the cookies you receive or to the browser notify you when a server wants to save a cookie. If some cookies are disabled the proper functioning of some of the profits of the web is not guaranteed.

Below we provide some examples of how to disable cookies depending on the type of browser used:

Microsoft Internet Explorer: Tools menu option, select Internet Options and accede to Privacy.

Firefox para Mac: Preferences menu option, select Privacy, by accessing the Show Cookies sectio

Firefox para Windows: option go to the Tools menu, select Options, then Privacy and access to Use custom settings for histor

Safari: access the option menu and select Preferences Privacy.

Google Chrome: on the Tools menu option, select Options (Preferences on Mac), accede to Advanced, then click the Settings option Content Privacy section, and finally scoring Cookies in Setting content.

For further information go to the next page of the Spanish Data Protection Agency that helps configure privacy in social networks, browsers and mobile operating systems. More Information

Links to other websites
If you choose to leave our site via links to other websites outside our entity, spanishlanguageabroad.com is not responsible for the privacy practices of such websites or the cookies that they may store on your computer user.

Updating our cookie policy
This policy is reviewed periodically to ensure its effectiveness, so it can be modified. We recommend you visit the page regularly informing you of any updates.

Date: 18/01/2017