What is a cookie?

Cookies are small files, composed of a string of letters and numbers, sometimes placed on your computer by the web servers. They allow the owner of the website to distinguish you from other users of the site. Cookies cannot be executed as code and do not contain viruses that would allow access to your hard drive. Thus, it is not possible for us to access information from your hard drive, even if cookies are stored on it.

This website uses its own and third-party 'cookies' to offer you a better experience and service. By browsing or using our services, you accept the use we make of them. You can change the 'cookie' settings at any time.

How are cookies used?

The data generated through cookies on LES GARS' websites can be used for various purposes, including the following:

1. For strictly necessary purposes: These cookies are essential for you to navigate the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website, remembering items in your shopping list, and remembering your order progress.
2. Performance: Cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for example, which pages visitors go to most often and if they receive error messages. These cookies are used to improve a website in future versions, enhance the user experience, and improve the website's performance by reducing the time it takes for pages to load.
3. Functionality: These cookies allow the website to remember the choices you make when accessing it, such as your username or language, and provide a better user experience. They ensure that the appearance of the website is consistent and ensure your security when logging in.
4. Targeting or Advertising: These cookies are used to deliver content that is most relevant to you and your interests.

We do not allow third parties to advertise on our website, but we cannot control advertisers allowed by Internet service providers to advertise while browsing the Internet.

Types of cookies used

This website uses both temporary session cookies and permanent cookies. Session cookies store data only while the user accesses the website, and permanent cookies store data on the terminal for access and use in more than one session.

According to the purpose for which the data obtained through cookies are processed, the website may use:

1. Technical Cookies: These allow the user to navigate the website or application and use the different options or services available. For example, control traffic and data communication, identify the session, access restricted access web parts, remember items that make up an order, make a request for registration or participation in an event, use security elements during navigation, and store content for video or sound broadcasting.
2. Personalization Cookies: These allow the user to access the service with some predefined general characteristics on their terminal or that the user defines. For example, language, type of browser through which they access the service, selected content design, terminal geolocation, and regional configuration from where they access the service.
3. Advertising Cookies: These allow the effective management of the advertising spaces included on the website or application from which the service is provided. They allow adapting the content of advertising so that it is relevant to the user and to avoid showing ads that the user has already seen.
4. Statistical Analysis Cookies: These allow tracking and analysis of user behavior on websites. The information collected through this type of cookies is used to measure the activity of websites, applications, or platforms and to create browsing profiles of users of such sites, in order to introduce improvements in the service based on the usage data collected.
5. Third-Party Cookies: Some websites may install third-party cookies that allow the management and improvement of the services offered. For example, statistical services from Google Analytics.

Managing Cookies

Users have the option to allow, block, or delete cookies installed on their computer by configuring the browser options installed on their terminal:

To adjust permissions related to cookies in the Google Chrome browser:

1. Click on the menu located in the toolbar.

2. Select Settings.

3. Click on Show advanced options.

4. In the "Privacy" section, click on the Content settings button.

5. In the "Cookies" section, you can configure the options.

To adjust permissions related to cookies in the Mozilla Firefox browser:

1. At the top of the Firefox window, click on the Tools menu.

2. Select Options.

3. Select the Privacy panel.

4. In the Firefox option, you can choose to Use custom settings for history to configure the options.

To adjust permissions related to cookies in Internet Explorer 9:

1. At the top of the Internet Explorer window, click on the Tools menu.

2. Select the Security tab and use the Delete browsing history option to delete cookies. Check the Cookies box and then click Delete.

3. Select the Security tab and use the Settings option to move the slider all the way up to block all cookies or all the way down to allow all cookies. After that, click OK.

You can find more details on how to manage cookies by using the 'Help' function of your browser or by visiting www.aboutcookies.org, which provides detailed information on managing cookies in the most popular browsers.

In some browsers, you can set specific rules to manage cookies per website, providing more precise control over privacy. This means that you can disable cookies from all sites except those you trus