Cookies Policy
NOTE:
Please be aware that this document may not include all the cookies your website uses. It specifically reflects only the use of cookies associated with Google Analytics as an example. Please contact your IT specialist or webmaster to review this document and, if necessary, add or modify the cookies used by your website. Websites must inform and obtain user consent before installing cookies that require it. Some cookies that would be exempt from legal compliance include:
- User input cookies, typically used to track user actions when filling out forms online over multiple pages or to track items added to a shopping cart.
- User authentication or identification cookies (only during login).
- User security cookies, such as those used to detect repeated failed attempts to connect to a website.
- Multimedia player session cookies.
- Load balancing session cookies.
- User interface customization cookies.
- Plug-in cookies for exchanging social content.
Outside these exemptions, it is mandatory to inform and obtain consent. However, it is always advisable to inform about the use of cookies, even if they are excluded from the scope of the regulations, in a generic manner.
An example of information on a website that uses only technically necessary cookies would be:
"This website only uses its own cookies for technical purposes; it does not collect or transfer user's personal data without their knowledge. More information can be found in our Cookie Policy. However, this site may contain links to third-party websites with external privacy policies that you may choose to accept or reject upon accessing them."
For such cases, where the purpose is merely to inform the user, a means should be provided for users to acknowledge receipt of this information, such as an "I Understand" button.
Information should be provided in layers, so the first layer would include:
- Identification of the website manager, if it is not obviously apparent from the website itself.
- Identification of the purposes for which the cookies will be used.
- Information on whether the cookies are first-party or third-party.
- General information about the types of data that will be collected and used in case user profiles are created.
- Ways in which the user can accept, configure, and reject the use of cookies, with a warning that certain actions may imply consent to the use of cookies.
- A link to more detailed information (second layer).
This first layer should be displayed to the user before the use of cookies, including their installation, through a format that is visible to the user until they perform the required action to either give consent or reject it.
This first layer could take the form of a banner or pop-up window, for example, with the following content:
"This website uses its own and third-party cookies for strictly functional purposes, allowing navigation on the website, as well as for analytical purposes, to show targeted advertising, and to optimize the website. To manage or disable these cookies, click on Configure. You can find more information in our Cookie Policy. Press the Accept button to confirm that you have read and accepted the information provided. After accepting, this message will not be shown again, unless the user deletes the cookies from their device."
This text should be accompanied by Accept, Configure, and Reject buttons.
If the "Accept" button or any similar option such as "OK", "Accept and Continue", or "Accept and Close" is not pressed, cookies must not be used as they have not been authorized by the user.
A configuration system or control panel should also be added, allowing the user to accept or reject each of the purposes for the cookies used on the website. This panel can be configured so that the user can individually accept or reject each cookie, or accept or reject all at once, with the inclusion of corresponding buttons. It is crucial that withdrawing consent is as easy as giving it.
For clarity, the configuration panel will consider:
- Grouping cookies by their purposes, allowing users to accept analytical cookies while rejecting behavioral advertising cookies, for example, and grouping them according to the third party that uses them.
- Identifying third parties that use cookies by their name or the brand known to the public, without needing to include the full corporate name.
In no case should the acceptance boxes for cookies be pre-checked, and the user's failure to check any or all acceptance boxes will be understood as a rejection of the use of those cookies.
The second layer of information will be the Cookie Policy.
Cookies Policy
Information about cookies
In compliance with Law 34/2002, of July 11, on services of the information society and electronic commerce (LSSI), in connection with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016 (General Data Protection Regulation, GDPR) and the Organic Law 3/2018, of December 5, on Personal Data Protection and Guarantee of Digital Rights (LOPDGDD), it is mandatory to obtain the explicit consent of the user of all web pages that use non-essential cookies before browsing through them.
What are cookies?
Cookies and other similar technologies such as local shared objects, flash cookies, or pixels, are tools used by Web servers to store and retrieve information about their visitors, as well as to ensure proper site functionality. By using these devices, the Web server can remember some data concerning the user, such as their preferences for the display of the pages of that server, names and passwords, products that are of interest, etc.
Cookies subject to regulation and cookies exempted
According to EU directives, cookies that require informed consent from the user are analytical cookies and advertising and affiliate cookies, while cookies that are technical in nature and necessary for the functioning of the website or for providing services expressly requested by the user are exempt.
Types of cookies
According to purpose
- Technical and functional cookies: These allow the user to navigate through a website, platform, or application and use the various options or services available.
- Analytical cookies: These allow the responsible party to track and analyze the behavior of the users of the websites to which they are linked. The information collected through such cookies is used in measuring the activity of the websites, applications, or platforms and for profiling the navigation of users of these sites, applications, and platforms, in order to make improvements based on the analysis of the data on the use of the service by users.
- Advertising cookies: These allow the management, in the most effective manner possible, of the advertising spaces that, if applicable, the publisher has included in a webpage, application, or platform from which the requested service is provided, based on criteria such as the content edited or the frequency at which the ads are displayed.
- Behavioral advertising cookies: These collect information about the user's personal preferences and choices (retargeting) to allow for the management, in the most effective way possible, of the advertising spaces that, if applicable, the publisher has included on a webpage, application, or platform from which the requested service is provided.
- Social cookies: These are set by social media platforms in the services to enable you to share content with your friends and networks. Social media platforms have the ability to track your online activity outside of the Services. This may impact the content and messages you see on other services you visit.
- Affiliate cookies: These allow the tracking of visits from other websites with which the website has an affiliation agreement (affiliate companies).
- Security cookies: They store encrypted information to prevent the stored data from being vulnerable to malicious attacks by third parties.
According to ownership
- First-party cookies: These are sent to the user's terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by the publisher itself and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
- Third-party cookies: These are sent to the user's terminal equipment from a computer or domain that is not managed by the publisher, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.
According to the storage period
- Session cookies: These are a type of cookies designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a webpage.
- Persistent cookies: These are a type of cookies in which the data continue to be stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the cookie's manager, which can range from a few minutes to several years.
Acceptance, rejection, or deletion of cookies
This website displays information about its Cookie Policy at the top or bottom of the portal at each login so that you are aware and informed. You can accept the installation of cookies on your web browser that can be found in the information panel by pressing a button that allows you to accept all cookies through a clear affirmative and positive action. You can also reject the use of cookies by selecting to refuse the installation and use in your browser by pressing the button to reject them outright. However, you should be aware that if you do so, you may not be able to enjoy the full functionality of this site. Ultimately, you have the possibility to delete previously installed cookies from the settings of the browser you are using.
Modifying cookie settings
Following the European data protection guidelines that may be affected by the use of cookies, you can restrict, block, or delete cookies using your browser. The operation is different in each browser, the 'Help' function will show you how to do it:
- Internet Explorer: windows.microsoft.com/es-xl/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies#ie="ie 10"
- Microsoft Edge: support.microsoft.com/es-es/help/4468242/microsoft-edge-browsing-data-and privacy-microsoft-privacy
- Firefox: support.mozilla.org/es/kb/Borrar%20cookies
- Chrome: support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl="es"
- Safari: www.apple.com/es/privacy/use-of-cookies
Additionally, you can also manage the storage of cookies in your browser through tools such as:
- Ghostery: www.ghostery.com
- Your online choices: www.youronlinechoices.com/es
Personal data processing
[COMPANY NAME] is responsible for the processing of the personal data of the Data Subject and informs you that these data will be processed in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of April 27, 2016 (GDPR), providing you with the following information about the processing:
- Purposes of processing: as specified in the section on cookies used on this website.
- Legitimation of processing: except in cases where it is necessary for web browsing, by consent of the interested party (Art. 6.1 GDPR).
- Data conservation criteria: as specified in the section on cookies used on the web.
- Communication of the data: data will not be communicated to third parties, except in cookies owned by third parties or by legal obligation.
- Rights of the Data Subject:
- Right to withdraw consent at any time.
- Right of access, rectification, portability, and deletion of your data and of limitation or opposition to their processing.
- Right to file a complaint with the Supervisory Authority (www.aepd.es) if you consider that the processing does not comply with current regulations.
- Contact details to exercise your rights: [COMPANY NAME]. [ADDRESS]. Email: [EMAIL]
What cookies do we use and for what purposes?
Below is a more detailed explanation of each type of cookie, its purpose, type, temporality, and ownership:
- Google Analytics Cookies:
- _ga
- _gat
- _gid
- Other possible cookies to be loaded by the Google visit monitoring service.
- Purpose:
- Generate a unique user identifier, which is used to count how many times a user visits the site, as well as the date of the first and last time they visited the website. Record the date and time of access to any of the site's pages. Check the need to keep a user's session open or create a new one. Identify the user's session, to collect the approximate geographical location of the computer accessing the site for statistical effects.
- Type:
- Analytical
- Temporality:
- Permanent/Temporary
- Ownership:
- Own
- Use of Google Analytics cookies on websites:
- Google Analytics Privacy Conditions:
- Google Cookie Conditions:
Social network cookies
Additionally, this entity is present on portals and third-party services. You can find out about their privacy and cookie usage conditions by consulting the policies provided by them: