Cookie Policy
https://www.instant.link/ COOKIE POLICY
Date of last update: 13.10.2020
WHAT ARE COOKIES?
Cookies are small files that are installed on the hard disk or in the browser of the computer, tablet, smartphone or equivalent device with Internet browsing functions and help to, among other things: personalise the services of the website owner, facilitate browsing and usability through the website, obtain aggregate information on website visitors, enable the reproduction and display of multimedia content on the website itself, enable elements of interaction between the user and the website itself, enable security tools, etc.
DEFINITIONS USED IN THIS COOKIE POLICY
- Data: Information obtained by means of the user’s terminal equipment through the data storage and retrieval device (cookies or other). The data is personal when it concerns information on identified or identifiable natural persons, in the terms established in Article 4 of the GDPR.
- Aggregate information: non-nominal information, typically numerical and for the purpose of providing statistical information.
- Terminal equipment: The device from which the user accesses the service, such as a personal computer, mobile phone, tablet, etc., and from which the information is obtained.
- Publisher: responsible or owner of the website
- Third party: external entity, collaborator, service provider or related to the publisher, involved in the management of certain cookies.
- Party responsible for the cookie: the publisher, controller, owner of the website or, in some cases, the third party.
- Browsing habits: trends shown by the user when browsing a web page, such as, for example, time spent on the page, parts visited, most frequent sections, origin of the visit, destination of the visit, among others.
WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES ARE THERE?
According to the entity that manages it:
- Own cookies: these are those that 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.
- Third-party cookies: these are cookies that are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain that is not managed by the editor, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.
Depending on the length of time they remain activated in the terminal equipment:
- Session cookies: these are designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page. They are usually used to store information that is only relevant for the provision of the service requested by the user on a single occasion (e.g. a list of products purchased) and disappear at the end of the session.
- Persistent cookies: these are cookies in which the data remain stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the party responsible for the cookie, which can range from a few minutes to several years.
Depending on the purpose for which the data obtained through the cookies are processed:
- Technical cookies: are those that allow the user to navigate through a website, platform or application and the use of the different options or services that exist in it, including those that the editor uses to allow the management and operation of the website and enable its functions and services, such as, for example, control traffic and data communication, identify the session, access parts of restricted access, remember the elements that make up an order, carry out the purchase process of an order, manage payment, control fraud linked to the security of the service, make an application for registration or participation in an event, count visits for the purposes of billing licenses of the software with which the service (website, platform or application) operates, manage payment, control fraud linked to the security of the service, make the application for registration or participation in an event, count visits for the purpose of billing licenses of the software with which the service works (website, platform or application), use security features during navigation, store content for broadcasting videos or sound, enable dynamic content (for example, animation of loading a text or image) or share content through social networks. Also belonging to this category, due to their technical nature, are those cookies that allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that, as another element of the design or “layout” of the service offered to the user, the publisher has included on a website, application or platform based on criteria such as the content edited, without collecting information from users for other purposes, such as personalising that advertising content or other content.
- Preference or personalisation cookies: are those that allow information to be remembered so that the user can access the service with certain characteristics that may differentiate their experience from that of other users, such as, for example, the language, the number of results to be displayed when the user performs a search, the appearance or content of the service depending on the type of browser through which the user accesses the service or the region from which the user accesses the service, etc.
- Analysis or measurement cookies: these are cookies that allow the party responsible for them to monitor and analyse the behaviour of users of the websites to which they are linked, including the quantification of the impact of advertisements. The information collected through this type of cookie is used to measure the activity of the website, application or platform, in order to make improvements based on the analysis of the data on the use made by users of the service.
- Advertising cookies: are those that allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the publisher has included on a website, application or platform from which it provides the requested service based on criteria such as the edited content or the frequency at which the advertisements are displayed.
- Behavioural advertising cookies: are those that allow the management, in the most effective way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the editor has included on a website, application or platform from which the requested service is provided. These cookies store information on the behaviour of users obtained through the continuous observation of their browsing habits, which allows a specific profile to be developed in order to display advertising based on the same.
IN PARTICULAR, WHICH COOKIES DO WE USE?
Cookie Name | Own / Third Party | Cookie Type | Purpose | Permanence | Transfer of data outside the European Union |
_ga | Third parties: Google | Analysis or measurement | This cookie is set by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for site analytics reporting. Cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. | 2 years | Google LCC |
_gid | Third parties: Google | Analysis or measurement | This cookie is set by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information about how visitors use a website and helps create an analytical report of how the website is performing. The data collected, including the number of visitors, the source of visitors and the pages, is displayed anonymously. | 1 day | Google LCC |
_gat | Third parties: Google | Analysis or measurement | Google uses this cookie to distinguish users. | 1 minute | Google LCC |
These cookies are not used to create profiles of the users who browse the website and, therefore, no automated decisions are taken based on this data.
You can find out about the transfers to third countries that, where applicable, are made by the third parties identified in this cookie policy, as well as the risks involved in such transfers in accordance with their own policies outside this website, by accessing their corresponding cookie policies provided in each case in the table above.
HOW TO DISABLE COOKIES?
Blocking or disabling all cookies helps to protect privacy, but may also limit the experience on some websites, as well as limiting functionalities or even not allowing the correct navigation or use of some of their services.
You can enable or disable the cookies described above (with the exception of technical cookies, which are necessary for proper operation) through the configurator that appears in the notice of use of cookies, when accessing our home page. Please note that if you accept third-party cookies, you must delete them from your browser options or from the system offered by the third party itself.
Similarly, if you want to know how to disable cookies in the most popular web browsers, access the following tutorials:
If you have any questions or concerns about this Cookie Policy, you can contact us through the contact methods on our website.
For complete and specific information on personal data protection, we refer you to our privacy policy.