Cookie use: what is a cookie?

Cookies are small text files that may be placed on your Web browser when you visit our Web sites or when you view advertisements we have placed on other Web sites. Cookies allow your browser to remember some specific information which the Web server can later retrieve and use.

We do not use cookies to store any personal information that could be read or understood by others. When you exit your browser, some cookies are stored in your computer’s memory, while some expire or disappear.

Who uses the cookies?

AGUSTÍN VILAR S.A. places the cookies which are stored on your device. Some cookies may also belong to third parties that running publicity campaigns on our website.

These third parties do not collect any personal data from which they would be able to identify individual clients, such as name or address; all they collect is the information that your computer or device has been used on a previous occasion to access the site.

What are cookies used for?

In remembering visitors who return to the website, we can improve the buying experience, making everything more convenient and offering tailored products and offers to interest you on this website and in other places.

Enabling cookies means we can improve the order experience, recognising what you have added to your cart or the promotional codes you add while processing the order.

Some cookies are for statistical purposes only. They collect anonymous data about the search and purchasing habits of our users.

Cookies may also be used by third parties who are collaborating with us on their marketing or publicity campaigns. These cookies allow us to select personalised advertising campaigns for you and allow us to comply with our contractual obligation to repay third parties for purchases made through a referral from our site.

For example, to track and confirm cash refund payments to customers via loyalty websites.

OUR COOKIES

Some cookies are only used during one session; others will be remembered the next time you visit our website. Other cookies are used to remember you when you return to our website and last longer.

We use a combination of “persistent” and “session” cookies in the following way:

• Session cookies are files that allow the website to link your actions during a single browser session. They are not stored on your device in the long term; and

• Persistent cookies remain on your hard drive until you erase them or they expire.

We use cookies to check the use and trends on our website in order to improve the quality and personalise and improve your experience on our website.

We also use cookies (and we may use other mechanisms including web beacons or tracking pixels, which are used to count the number of times a page has been visited) to monitor the frequency of use and the specific uses of each part of our website, and we use that information for statistical purposes to help us improve our services, create new functions, correct errors and satisfy your preferences with greater precision.

The cookies we store use the information entered during the registration process on the website and are used to identify you when you do things such as updating details of your accounts (name, address, etc.).

We use cookies for the following purposes:

Type and purpose of cookies

• Essential running / session cookies
  These cookies are necessary for us to run the website. Without using these cookies, certain parts of the website would not work properly. For example, they allow us to recognise if you are a subscriber and what type of subscriber you are, and then provide you with the services to which you have a right.
  Other examples include the cookies which keep track of your shopping cart. These also help you move easily from one page to another within our website, without having to re-enter your details each time.

• Analytic cookies
  We and/or our business partners use these cookies to analyse how the website is used, including, for example, how users access it. The cookies also allow us to control how the website performs. These do not identify the users (information is collected anonymously) and we use the information to operate and continually improve our website.

• Functionality cookies
  These cookies allow us to enable certain functions on our website following the choices you make. They mean that when you return to our website, we can provide you with our services just as you have chosen.

    Our website uses DoubleClick, AdWords and analysis cookies. We use these to determine the user’s behaviour on the website and to display appropriate advertisements through their viewing and remarketing to visitors and customers of our website .

More information available at: https://www.google.com/policies/technologies/ads/ and https://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html.

Our website also uses a cookie from Monetate.com to provide a consistent experience. It usually has a lifespan of 5 years, but all the actions taken by the user regarding cookies (rejecting them, deleting them) are respected and never evaded.

How to undo cookies?

If you would like to prevent our website from capturing data about your visits, you will need to change the browser configuration to block cookies, though you are reminded this may restrict your user experience.

To do this, these configurations are generally to be found in the “Options” or “Preferences” menus of your browser. You can also use the “Help” option in your browser to obtain more details.