What is a Cookie?
A cookie is a file that is downloaded to your computer when you access certain web pages. Cookies allow a website, among other things, to store and retrieve information about the browsing habits of a user or their equipment and, depending on the information they contain and the way you use your equipment, they can be used to recognize to the user.
Cookies are essential for the functioning of the Internet, as they provide countless advantages in the provision of interactive services and facilitate the navigation and usability of our website.
What type of cookies do we use?
In accordance with the provisions of article 22.2 of Law 34/2002, of July 11, on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce (LSSI-CE), FUNDACION ABAT OLIBA CIF: G08716128 informs about the cookies used on our website:
Depending on the owner of the cookie:
Own: These are those that are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by FUNDACIÓN ABAT OLIBA and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
Third parties: These cookies are sent to the user’s terminal from a computer or domain that is not managed or controlled by FUNDACIÓN ABAT OLIBA.
Depending on the purpose:
Technical cookies: They allow the user to navigate the website correctly and use the different options or services contained therein.
Analysis cookies: They can be used to measure and analyze user behavior in order to improve your experience on the web. They allow the measurement, monitoring and study of user activity in order to incorporate improvements in the websites, applications and platforms of the ABAT OLIBA Foundation.
Depending on installation time:
Session cookies: The cookie is installed during the user’s navigation through the website. This session cookie will store information about the user’s navigation, remaining active until the user leaves the Website and closes the browser.
Persistent cookies: These are cookies that allow the website to remember the information and settings that the user has provided or made in previous sessions. This cookie is stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed during the period defined by the person responsible for the cookie, which can be from a few minutes to several years.
The application we use to obtain and analyze navigation information is: Google Analytics. You can consult their cookie policy through the following links:
https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage
https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245
This application has been developed by Google, an entity that provides the audience analysis service for our page. Google may use this data to improve its own services and to provide services to other companies.
This tool does not obtain users’ personal data. The information it obtains is related to the user’s IP address.
However, FUNDACIÓN ABAT OLIBA informs the user that they have the ability to configure their browser so that they are informed of the receipt of cookies, and can, if they wish, prevent them from being installed on their hard drive.
Below we provide the following links for various browsers, through which the configuration can be done:
Firefox from here: http://support.mozilla.org/es/kb/habilitar-y-deshabilitar-cookies-que-los-sitios-we
Chrome from here: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=es&answer=95647
Explorer from here: http://windows.microsoft.com/es-es/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-10
Safari from here: http://support.apple.com/kb/ph5042
Opera from here: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies
