USE OF COOKIES
A cookie is a file that is downloaded to your computer when you access certain websites. Cookies allow a website, among other things, to store and retrieve information about the browsing habits of a certain user and, depending on the information they contain and the way they use their device, they can be used to recognize the user.
Cookies used for any of the following purposes are exempt from compliance with the obligations established in article 22.2 of Law 34/2002 LSSICE:
- Criterion A: Only allow communication between the user’s computer and the network.
- Criterion B: Strictly provide a service explicitly requested by the user.
That is, among the excepted cookies would be those whose purpose is:
- “User input” cookies
- Authentication or user identification cookies (session only)
- User security cookies
- Session cookies to balance load
- User interface customization cookies
In the case of Criterion B, the cookie that offers an information society services would have to meet the following two conditions:
- that the cookie is necessary to provide a specific functionality to the user (or subscriber): if the cookies do not work, the functionality will not be provided
- that the functionality has been explicitly requested by the user (or subscriber), as part of an information society services
In the event that this website uses cookies that are not excluded from the scope of this legal regulation, it will use a two-layer information system.
In the first layer, it will show the essential information about the existence of cookies, whether they are their own or from third parties and the purposes of the cookies used, as well as the ways to give consent.
In the second layer, it would inform about what cookies are and what they are used for, the types of cookies used and their purpose, as well as how to deactivate or eliminate the cookies listed through the functionalities provided by the editor, the tools provided by the browser or through the common platforms that may exist, for this purpose or, when appropriate, the consent revocation form already given. Also in this second layer, it will offer information on the identification of who uses the cookies, that is, if the information obtained by the cookies is processed only by the publisher and/or also by third parties. With the identification of those with they have contracted or whose services the editor has decided to integrate.
1. WHAT ARE COOKIES?
A cookie is a file that is downloaded to your computer when you access certain websites. Cookies allow a website, among other things, to store and retrieve information about the browsing habits of a certain user and, depending on the information they contain and the way they use their device, they can be used to recognize the user.
2. TYPES OF COOKIES
Depending on the entity that manages the computer or domain from which the cookies are sent and the way it treats the data obtained, we can distinguish:
- Own cookies: These 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. They are also called first-party cookies.
- 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 cookies. They are also called third-party cookies.
In the event that cookies are installed from a computer or domain managed by the editor himself but the information collected through them is managed by a third party, they are considered third-party cookies.
Depending on the amount of time that they remain activated in the terminal equipment, we can distinguish:
- Session cookies: A type of cookies designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a website. They are usually used to store information that only interests ar to keep for the provision of the service requested by the user on a single occasion (for example: a list of products purchased). These cookies are automatically deleted when the user closes their browser.
- Persistent cookies: They are a type of cookies in which the data is still stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed during a period defined by the person responsible for the cookie, which can range from a few minutes to several years.
Depending on the reasons for processing the data obtained through cookies, we can distinguish between:
- Technical cookies: Those that allow the user to navigate through a website, platform, or application and use the different options or services that exist in it, such as, for example, controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted access parts, remembering the elements that make up an order, using security elements while browsing or sharing content through social media.
- Personalization cookies: Those that allow the user to access the service with some predefined general characteristics based on a series of criteria in the user’s terminal, such as the language, the type of browser through which the service is accessed, the regional configuration from where you access the service, etc.
- Analysis cookies: Those that allow the person responsible for them to monitor and analyze the behavior of the users on the websites to which they are linked. The information collected through this type of cookies is used to measure the activity of the websites, app, or platform and for the creation of navigation profiles of the users of said sites, applications, and platforms, in order to make improvements in the analysis of the usage data made by the users of the service.
IP ADDRESSES
The website servers will automatically be able to detect the IP address and domain name used by the user. An IP address is a number automatically assigned to a computer when it connects to the Internet. All this information is registered in a duly registered server activity file that allows the subsequent processing of the data in order to obtain only statistical measurements that allow knowing the number of page impressions, the number of visits made to web services, the order of visits, the access point, etc.
SECURITY
The website uses information security techniques generally accepted in the industry, such as firewalls, access control procedures, and cryptographic mechanisms, all in order to prevent unauthorized access to data. To achieve these ends, the user/client accepts that the provider obtains data for the purposes of the corresponding authentication of access controls.