Cookies policy

Definition and function of cookies

1.- What are cookies?

A cookie is a file that is downloaded to your computer when you access certain web pages. Cookies allow a web page, among other things, to store and retrieve information about a user’s browsing habits or their equipment and, depending on the information they contain and the way in which the equipment is used , can be used to recognize it.

2.- Types of cookies

1. Depending on the owner of the cookie, there are:
2. a) Own cookies: these are those that are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or a domain managed by the publisher itself and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
3. b) Third-party cookies: they are those that are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or a domain that is not managed by the publisher, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through of the cookies
4. Depending on the duration of the cookie, there are:
5. a) Session cookies: they are a type of cookie designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page.

b). Persistent cookies: they are a type of cookie with which the data is still stored on the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the person responsible for the cookie, a period that can range from a few minutes to to several years.

3. Depending on the purpose of the cookie, there are:
4. a) Analysis cookies: they are those that, if they are properly treated by us or by third parties, allow us to quantify the number of users and thus carry out the measurement and statistical analysis of the use made of the service offered . To do this, the user’s navigation on our website is analyzed in order to improve the range of products or services we offer.
5. b) Behavioral advertising cookies: they are those that allow the management, in the most effective way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where applicable, the publisher has included in a web page, application or platform from which it provides the service alone bid These cookies store information on user behavior obtained through the continuous observation of their browsing habits, which makes it possible to develop a specific profile to show advertising based on this profile.

Likewise, it is possible that when you visit a web page or open an e-mail in which an advertisement or promotion about our products or services is published, a cookie is installed in the browser that serves to show, subsequently, advertising related to the search that has been made and to develop a control of our ads in relation to, for example, the number of times they have been seen, where they appear, what time they are seen, etc.

1. c) Technical cookies: they are those that allow the user to navigate through a web page, platform or application and use the different options or services available, such as, for example, controlling traffic and communication of data, identify the session, access restricted access parts, remember the elements that make up an order, carry out the purchase process of an order, make the request for registration or participation in an event, use elements of security during browsing, storing content for the dissemination of videos or sound, or sharing content through social networks.
2. d) Personalization cookies: they are those that allow the user to access the service with some predefined general characteristics based on a series of criteria of the user’s terminal, such as for example the language, the type of browser through which you access the service, the locale from which you access the service, etc.

3.- Cookies used at www.meritxellobiols.com

On the meritxellobiols.com website we normally use our own and third-party cookies for the purposes indicated below.

The information provided by cookies can help us offer a better experience to the user when visiting our websites. In addition, the third-party service providers with whom we have contracted a service for which the use of cookies is necessary are:

note This list will be updated as soon as possible, as the services offered on the websites and the cookies used for this purpose change. However, occasionally, during this update, the list may no longer include a cookie, although it will always refer to cookies with identical purposes to those registered in this list.

4.- Informed consent

The use of this web page implies that express and unequivocal consent has been given to the use of cookies, under the terms and conditions set out in this cookie policy, without prejudice to the measures to deactivate and delete cookies that the user can adopt and that are mentioned in the following section.

5.- Revocation and removal of cookies

Cookies installed on the computer can be allowed, blocked or deleted by configuring the browser options that the user has installed on the computer. If the installation of cookies has not been allowed in the browser, it is possible that some of the sections of our websites cannot be accessed. Check your browser for tools and options to delete cookies.

6.- Updates and changes in the privacy policy / cookies

The website bettinaschaefer.cat can modify this cookie policy based on legislative and regulatory requirements or in order to adapt this policy to the instructions issued by the Spanish Data Protection Agency. For this reason, users are advised to visit it periodically.

When significant changes occur in this cookie policy, users will be notified via the web or, if they are registered, via email.

7.– Complementary guarantees – Management of cookies

As a complementary guarantee to those described above, the registration of cookies may be subject to their acceptance during the installation or updating of the browser used, and this acceptance can be revoked at any time through the content configuration options and privacy available. Many browsers allow you to activate a private mode through which cookies are always deleted after your visit. Depending on each browser this private mode can have different names. Below you will find a list of the most common browsers and the different names for this ‘private mode’:

Internet Explorer 8 and higher; InPrivate

Safari 2 and higher; Private Browsing

Opera 10.5 and higher; Private Browsing

FireFox 3.5 and higher; Private Browsing

Google Chrome 10 and above; unknown

Important: Please carefully read the help section of your browser to learn more about how to activate ‘private mode’, although your browsing on our website may not be optimal and some utilities may not work properly.

The user can, at any time, choose which cookies they want to work on this web page through the browser settings. In this case, bettinaschaefer.cat does not guarantee the correct operation of the website.

To modify the browser settings, consult the manufacturer’s help. For example:

• Chrome, from https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=es
• Explorer, from https://support.microsoft.com/es-es/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
• Firefox, from https://support.mozilla.org/es/kb/habilitar-y-deshabilitar-cookies-sitios-web-rastrear-preferencias
• Safari, from http://support.apple.com/kb/ph5042