What is a cookie?
A cookie is a file that is downloaded onto your computer when the User accesses certain web pages. Cookies allow a website, among other things, to store and retrieve information about a user’s browsing habits or their device and, depending on the information they contain and how the device is used, they may be used to recognize the user.
What types of cookies are there?
There are different types of cookies depending on various criteria:
Depending on how long they remain active:
Session cookies: These are a type of cookies designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page.
Persistent cookies: These are a type of cookies in which the data remains stored on the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the controller of the cookie.
Depending on ownership:
First-party cookies: These are owned by MERITXELL CASAS COMA.
Third-party cookies: These are owned by a third party other than MERITXELL CASAS COMA, which will be responsible for processing the information collected.
Depending on purpose:
Technical and/or customization cookies: These are used to improve the service, detect incidents, recognize the user, etc.
Analytics and/or advertising cookies: These are used to analyze information about browsing behavior and to provide advertising, whether generic or personalized.
Which types of cookies are most common?
TECHNICAL: These are FIRST-PARTY cookies, session-based, identification, configuration, and registration cookies, strictly necessary for user identification and for providing the services requested by the user. The information obtained through them is processed solely by MERITXELL CASAS COMA.
ANALYTICS: These are cookies that, whether processed by us or by third parties, allow us to quantify the number of users and thus carry out measurement and statistical analysis of how users make use of the service offered. To do this, your browsing on our website is analyzed in order to improve the range of products or services we offer you.
ADVERTISING: These are cookies that, whether processed by us or by third parties, allow the most efficient management possible of advertising spaces that may be included on our website and/or store information on users’ behavior obtained through continuous observation. Thanks to them, we can learn about your internet browsing habits and display advertising related to your browsing profile.
What is a cookie used for?
Cookies are used to provide personalized services and/or advertising, to analyze the functioning of the system, to recognize you when you access as a user, to detect incidents and problems that may arise and resolve them as quickly as possible, as well as to analyze and measure the use and activity of the website.
Is my consent required to install a cookie?
Consent is not required for the installation of technical cookies or those that are strictly necessary for the provision of an information society service expressly requested by the recipient.
For all other cookies, the data subject’s consent is required and may be requested through different means. In the case of MERITXELL CASAS COMA, it shall be deemed granted if you continue to use the website, without prejudice to your right to withdraw it and disable cookies at any time.
What types of cookies does this website use?
Technical cookies: These are cookies created and managed solely by us, and they allow the user to browse through our website and use the different options such as, for example, identifying the session, personalizing information, or accessing restricted areas.
The MERITXELL CASAS COMA website uses (or may use) Google Analytics, a web analytics tool developed by Google, which helps website owners measure how users interact with site content. To provide these services, Google Analytics uses cookies that collect information, including the user’s IP address, which will be transmitted, processed, and stored by Google under the terms established on the Google.com website.
For more information, see: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage
How to disable cookies?
You can allow, block, or delete the cookies installed on your device by configuring the options of the browser installed on your computer.
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