COOKIE POLICY

Background

In accordance with Spanish legislation governing the use of cookies in relation to the provision of electronic communications services, as established in Royal Decree-Law 13/2012 of 30 March, we inform you about the cookies used on the website https://ecovitis.com/ and the purpose of their use.

We also inform you that, by browsing the Website, you freely consent to their use.

What are cookies?

A cookie is a file that is downloaded to your computer when you access certain websites. Cookies allow a website, among other things, to store and retrieve information about a user’s browsing habits or those of their device and, depending on the information they contain and the way the device is used, they may be used to recognise the user.

Cookies are associated solely with an anonymous user and their computer or device and do not provide references that allow personal data to be identified.

Types of cookies

  • First-party cookies: These are cookies sent to the user’s device from equipment or a domain managed by the website owner and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
  • Third-party cookies: These are cookies sent to the user’s device from equipment or a domain that is not managed by the website owner but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.
  • Session cookies: These are cookies designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a website.
  • Persistent cookies: These are cookies in which the data remains stored on the user’s device and may be accessed and processed for a period defined by the cookie owner, ranging from a few minutes to several years.
  • Analytics cookies: These are cookies which, whether processed by us or by third parties, allow us to quantify the number of users and thus carry out statistical measurement and analysis of how users make use of the service offered. To do this, your browsing activity on our website is analysed in order to improve the products and services we offer.
  • Advertising cookies: These are cookies that allow the most efficient management possible of advertising spaces that, where applicable, the website owner has included on a website, application, or platform from which the requested service is provided, based on criteria such as the content displayed or the frequency with which advertisements are shown.
  • Behavioural advertising cookies: These are cookies that allow the most efficient management possible of advertising spaces that, where applicable, the website owner has included on a website, application, or platform from which the requested service is provided.

These cookies store information on user behaviour obtained through the continuous observation of browsing habits, enabling the development of a specific profile for the display of advertising based on such behaviour.

Likewise, when visiting a website or opening an email containing advertisements or promotions related to our products or services, a cookie may be installed in your browser which enables us to subsequently show advertising related to your searches and monitor our advertisements, including the number of times they are displayed, where they appear, and when they are viewed.

Types of cookies used by this website

The cookies used on https://ecovitis.com/ may be session cookies and third-party cookies, enabling us to store and access information relating to language preferences, browser type, and other general characteristics predefined by the user, as well as to monitor and analyse user activity in order to improve our services and provide them in a more efficient and personalised manner.

https://ecovitis.com/ does not use advertising or behavioural advertising cookies.

The use of cookies offers advantages in the provision of services within what is known as the information society, as they:

  • Facilitate user navigation and access to the various services offered by the website.
  • Prevent users from having to configure general preferences each time they access the website.
  • Improve the functioning and services provided through the website following analysis of the information collected through installed cookies.

Name

Type

Expiry

Purpose

Category

__utmaThird-party (Google Analytics)2 yearsUsed to distinguish users and sessionsNon-exempt
__utmbThird-party (Google Analytics)30 minutesUsed to determine new sessions or visitsNon-exempt
__utmcThird-party (Google Analytics)End of sessionConfigured for use with UrchinNon-exempt
__utmzThird-party (Google Analytics)6 monthsStores the source or campaign that explains how the user reached the websiteNon-exempt

Revocation and deletion of cookies

At any time, you may access your browser settings to accept or reject all cookies, or select which cookies you allow to be installed and which you do not, by following the procedures applicable to your browser:

Google Chrome

Settings > Show advanced settings > Privacy > Content settings > Cookies – More information: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Internet Options > Privacy > Advanced – More information: https://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies

Firefox

Options > Privacy > Cookies – More information: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences

Safari (Mac, iPad and iPhone)

Preferences > Privacy – More information: https://www.apple.com/privacy/

Opera

Settings > Preferences > Advanced > Cookies – More information: https://help.opera.com/

Third-party service providers

Specifically, the third-party service providers with whom we have contracted services requiring the use of cookies are:

Provider

Purpose of the Service and Cookie

Provider Information

GOOGLE Inc.Statistical analysis of website usage, including visitor counts, pages viewed, keywords used, and similar metricshttp://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/