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INE Cookies Policy

Accessing, browsing and using the services on the website of the National Statistics Institute implies acceptance of the Cookies Policy. Please read them carefully.

What are cookies and what are they for?

The INE website uses cookies. A cookie is a file that is downloaded to your computer when you access our website and allows to identify the user and obtain information about their browsing habits. This information does not personally identify the user.

Cookies allow, among other things, the following:

• Store and retrieve information about a user's or computer's browsing habits.
• Recognize the type of device of the user (mobile or desktop) and thus adapt the web appearance.
• Ensure that important announcements or warnings are not continuously repeated during navigation.

What types of cookies do we use on our website?

We use the following types of cookies:

• User interface customisation cookies to identify and adapt navigation to mobile devices.
• Authentication or user identification cookies to identify a user and not repeatedly display an ad throughout the entire browsing experience.
• Cookies for analysis. They are used to quantify the number of users and to know their behaviour within our website: pages browsed, duration of the visit, method of reaching the page, etc. They are used to measure and statistically analyse the use made by users of the different contents of our website. These cookies are processed by us and by third parties.

Cookies Management

Cookies can be deleted, accepted or blocked as desired. To do this, the Internet browser must be configured correctly. The most common links are listed below

• Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/es/kb/habilitar-y-deshabilitar-cookies-que-los-sitios-we
• Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=es&answer=95647
• Explorer: https://windows.microsoft.com/es-es/windows7/how-to-manage-cookies-in-internet-explorer-9
• Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph5042
• Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/security-and-privacy/

Who uses cookies?

All the cookies on the INE website are managed and used by the INE itself, except for the analysis cookies, which are also used by Google Analytics. For the provision of this service, Google uses cookies that collect information, including the user's IP address, which is transmitted, processed and stored by Google, under the terms set out on the Google.com website. For more information, please refer to the guide: How Google uses data when you use our partners' applications or websites.