Cookies Policy – Protectspain.com

1. WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are data files that are stored in your browser and on your device when you visit any website. Cookies can serve various purposes, such as recognizing the user, storing and retrieving information about a user’s browsing habits, or personalizing how content is displayed.

2. WHAT INFORMATION DO COOKIES STORE?

Cookies store technical information, personal preferences, and content customization. Cookies usually do not contain any personal information.

Any personal data they might contain is only the information the user has entered into a form on the site.

Most of the time, when a cookie contains personal data, it is encrypted in such a way that it is unreadable to any third party that may have access to the cookie file.

3. WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES EXIST?

Depending on the entity that manages the domain from which the cookies are sent and processes the data obtained, cookies are classified as:

• First-party cookies: Sent to the user’s device from a computer or domain managed by the website owner and used to provide the service requested by the user.
• Third-party cookies: Sent to the user’s device from a computer or domain not managed by the website owner, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.

Depending on how long they remain stored in the user’s browser, cookies are classified as:

• Session cookies: Collect and store data while the user accesses a website. They are usually used to store information that is only needed to provide the service requested by the user during a single session (e.g., a shopping cart).
• Persistent cookies: The data remains stored on the device and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the cookie owner, which can range from a few minutes to several years.

Depending on the purpose for which the data obtained is processed, cookies are classified as:

Technical cookies: Allow users to navigate a website, platform, or application and use the different options or services available, such as controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted areas, remembering items in a shopping cart, completing a purchase, registering for an event, using security elements during browsing, storing content for video or audio streaming, or sharing content via social networks.

• Personalization cookies: Allow users to access the service with predefined general features based on criteria in the user’s device, such as language, browser type, or regional settings.
• Analytics cookies: Enable the monitoring and analysis of user behavior on websites to which they are linked. The information collected by these cookies is used to measure website, app, or platform activity and to create user navigation profiles, with the aim of improving the service.
• Advertising cookies: Allow the management of advertising spaces in the most efficient way possible.
• Behavioral advertising cookies: Store information about users’ browsing behavior, obtained through continuous observation of their browsing habits, to build a specific profile and show advertising based on it.
• External social media cookies: Used so that visitors can interact with content from different social platforms (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.). These cookies are generated only for users of such networks. The conditions for using these cookies and the information collected are governed by the privacy policy of each social platform.

4. WHAT COOKIES ARE USED ON THIS WEBSITE

5. LEGITIMACY AND RETENTION PERIODS OF COOKIES INSTALLED IN YOUR BROWSER

When entering the website, a cookie notice will be activated that allows the user to accept the installation of all cookies used by the site, or refuse them. The user can also go to the Cookie Preferences Settings to deactivate all cookies or select and authorize only those of interest.

The user can later modify preferences by clicking on the “Manage cookies” link at the bottom of the website, ensuring that consent can be easily revoked at any time.

However, please note that by using the website, the user expressly accepts the installation of technical and necessary cookies for the proper functioning of the website.

Information obtained through cookies will be retained for as long as the cookies remain active.

6. DISABLING AND DELETING COOKIES

The user can allow, block, or delete cookies installed on their device through their browser settings. By disabling cookies, some available services may no longer function. The method to disable cookies differs for each browser:

Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=en