General introduction to the use of cookies
Accessing and browsing the web pages accessible through the URLs: https://fundacion-biodiversidad.es/ ; (hereinafter jointly referred to as the “Websites”), owned by Fundación Biodiversidad, with CIF: G-82207671 and address at C/ de las Peñuelas, 10, 28005, Madrid, involves the use and downloading of own cookies and, where appropriate, third party cookies, on the equipment with which the user accesses and browses the Websites.
What is a cookie?
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 the browsing habits of a user or its equipment and, depending on the information they contain and the way in which your computer is used, they can be used to recognize it.
However, these means only obtain information related to the number of pages visited, the city to which the IP address from which it is accessed is assigned, the number of new users, the frequency and recurrence of visits, the time of visit, the browser or the operator or type of terminal from which the visit is made. In no case are data obtained on the name, surname, postal address or other similar data of the user who has connected.
What types of cookies exist?
Cookies can be first-party or third-party. First-party cookies are those that are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by the Web editor itself, from which the service requested by the user is provided. Third-party cookies are those 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.
In addition, cookies can be session or persistent. Session cookies are a type of cookie designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page. Persistent cookies are a type of cookie that keeps the data stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the cookie manager, which can range from a few minutes to several years.
What are the cookies used by this website and what are they used for?
This website uses the following third-party cookies:
- Analytics cookies: the Fundación Biodiversidad website uses Google Analytics. It is the analytics tool that helps websites and application owners understand how their visitors interact with their properties. A set of cookies (_utma, _utmb, _utmc and _utmz) are used to collect information and report website usage statistics without personally identifying Google visitors. Learn more about Google Analytics cookies and privacy information.
- Social media cookies: For the promotion of social networks are using cookies from Twitter, Facebook and Youtube, so that our visitors can follow us on these networks and on the home page are embedded in the contents of Twitter and Youtube.
- Personalization Cookies: Finally, a technical cookie called cookie-compliance, own, technical and session type is downloaded. It manages the user’s consent to the use of cookies on the website, in order to remember those users who have accepted them and those who have not, so that the former are not shown information at the top of the page in this regard.
The applications used by these third parties are the following:
- For analytics Cookies, Google Analytics, belonging to Google (https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs…).
- For advertising Cookies, Double Click, belonging to Google (https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/2839090?hl=es).
- For social networking Cookies:
- Google+ Platform, belonging to Google (https://developers.google.com/+/web/buttons-policy?hl=en).
- Facebook Social Plugins, belonging to Facebook (https://es-es.facebook.com/help/340599879348142/).
In addition, these companies may use the data they collect to improve their own services and to offer services to other companies. You can click on the link provided in each case to learn more about these applications.
How long are cookies stored for?
Cookies will be stored:
UTMA (Google): expires 2 years from the last update. This cookie is used to count how many times a unique user visits the site, generating a unique user ID that records the date, first and last time the user visited the site.
UTMB (Google): Expires 1 month after the last update. This cookie is used to calculate the time a user stays on a page.
UTMC (Google): Expires at the end of the browser session. The current javascript code used by Google Analytics does not require this cookie. Previously this cookie was used in conjunction with the _utmb cookie to determine whether or not a new session should be established for the user after more than 30 minutes on the same page. This cookie is still written to ensure compatibility with websites where the old urchi tracking code is installed.
UTMZ (Google): Expires 6 months after the last update. This cookie is used to store the origin of the visitor, the path followed to access the web, either direct access, from a link on another website, from an email link, using certain keywords in a search engine, through a display campaign, or through an AdWords ad.
UTMT (Google): It expires 6 months after the last update, although it is renewed every time the user visits the website. This cookie records the origin of the user and demographic data such as gender or age of the visitor obtained from the registration data.
has_js (Fundación Biodiversidad): Expires at the end of the browser session. This cookie informs the content manager about whether the browser has javascript enabled or not. In this way it will show the information adapting to the browser’s own configuration.
cookie-agreed-en (Fundación Biodiversidad): Expires at the end of the browser session. This technical cookie is used to control the acceptance of cookies.
What is the legal basis for the use of cookies?
In the case of technical cookies, that is, those that are essential to browse this website and receive the service offered through it, the legal basis for their use is the agreement through which you decide to use this website and use its services.
The legal basis for the use of other cookies is the consent of the user, which is requested at the time of accessing this website, and may be revoked at any time. The withdrawal of such consent will not affect the ability to browse this website and use its services, but the processing of data previously made will not lose its legality by the fact that the consent has been revoked.
To which recipients will cookies be communicated or can they be accessed?
Where third party cookies exist, as indicated above, these third parties will be able to access the cookies and use them in the manner described above.
How can I manage cookies?
You can allow, block or delete cookies installed on your computer through the “COOKIE OPTIONS” button, which appears when you access this website, and also by configuring your browser options. You can find information on how to do this, in relation to the most common browsers, in the following links: