Cookies and Social Plugins Policy

This is the Policy on cookies and social plugins of Gericó Associates Legal Marketing, S.L.

This Cookies Policy provides information about our use of cookies and social plugins in relation to their use and interaction with this website or any other online presence managed by us, including, among others, our presence in social media and applications (collectively referred to as “website”). For information on our treatment of personal data obtained in relation to its use and interaction with this website, see the corresponding sections.

Cookies Policy: What are cookies, which ones do we use and how can you exclude them?

A cookie is a file that is downloaded to your computer when accessing certain websites. 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 they use their equipment, they can be used to recognize to user.

As stated in the “Guide on the use of cookies” of the AEPD, according to the purpose for which the data obtained through cookies is processed, we can distinguish between the following:

Technical cookies: Those that allow the user to browse a website, platform or application and use the different options or services available, such as, for example, traffic control and data communication, identify the session, access restricted access sections, remember the elements that make up an order, complete a purchase process, request the registration or participation in an event, use security elements during browsing, store content for promotion of videos or audio or share content through social media.

Personalization cookies: Those that allow the user to access the service with some predefined general characteristics based on a series of criteria in the user’s terminal, such as language, type of browser through which the service is accessed, the regional configuration from where you access the service, etc.

Analysis cookies: These allow to monitor and analyze the behavior of users of the websites to which they are linked. The information collected through these type of cookies is used in the measurement of the activity of websites, application or platform and for the elaboration of user browsing profiles, applications and platforms, in order to introduce improvements depending on the analysis of the usage data made by the users of the service.

Advertising cookies: Those that allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the editor has included in a website, application or platform from which it provides the requested service based on criteria such as the edited content or the frequency at which the ads are displayed.

Behavioral advertising cookies: These allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the editor has included in a website, application or platform from which it provides the requested service. These cookies store information on the behavior of users obtained through the continuous observation of their browsing habits, which allows developing a specific profile to display advertising based on it.

In the case that the user does not expressly state whether or not to accept the installation of cookies, but continues using the website or the application, it will be understood that they have given consent, expressly informing our entity of the possibility of blocking or eliminating the Cookies installed by configuring the browser options installed on your computer.

Cookies Installation: Although the acceptance of the installation of cookies on your computer is optional for you, the refusal to install them may mean that the functionality of the website is limited or not possible, which would prevent the provision of services by our entity through it.

Cookies Configuration: You can allow, block or delete the cookies installed on your computer by configuring the browser options installed on your computer. In the following links you have available all the information to configure or disable your cookies from each browser:

Google Chrome: (https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en)

Mozilla Firefox: (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enhanced-tracking-protection-firefox-desktop?redirectlocale=en-US&redirectslug=enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences)

Internet Explorer: (http://windows.microsoft.com/es-es/windows-vista/block-or-allow-cookies)

Safari:(Safari > Preferencias… > Privacidad)

Opera: (http://help.opera.com/Windows/11.50/es-ES/cookies.html)

Safari for iOS (iPhone y iPad): (https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265)

Chrome for Android: (https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/2392971?hl=es)

We can use Google Analytics, a service provided by Google, to analyze your use of the website. The information generated by Google Analytics is governed by Google’s privacy and cookie policy and will be transferred to Google and stored by it on servers located in the United States. Before transferring, it will be anonymized by removing the last octet from your IP address. Subsequently, Google will process the information for us, in order to evaluate your use of the website, prepare reports on the activity on the site and provide other services related to the use of the Internet. Google will not link your IP address with other data you have saved.

However, bear in mind that if you allowed Google to associate your web and application browsing history with your Google account and authorized you to use your Google account information to personalize ads, Google may link analytical cookies and data that they collect with your Google account information. You may deny the use of cookies for the aforementioned purposes by properly configuring your browser. However, in this case you may not be able to use all the functions of the website. You can also exclude the collection of your usage data (including your IP address) and its treatment if you download and install the add-on for your current browser. To learn more about how Google uses your data, visit the Google website.

The Google Analytics cookies used on this website are the following:

GA: This cookie contains a unique value to distinguish between website visitors and has a lifespan of 2 years.

GID: This cookie contains a unique value to distinguish between website visitors and has a lifespan of 24 hours.

Gat: This cookie is used to limit requests to the server and has a lifespan of 10 minutes.

Installed Cookies Inquiry: In addition to the above options, you may also consult the following third-party websites to exclude cookies:

YourOnlineChoices: (http://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices)

NAI Network Advertising Initiative: (http://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1)

Additionally, to identify, manage and track the cookies activated on this website, you can install a cookie tracker, such as the Ghostery add-on.

What are social plugins, which ones do we use and how can you exclude them?

Social plugins: Social plugins are small programs that create a link between your visit to our website and the social media platform of a third party provider. Thanks to the social plugin, the third party provider will be able to know that you visited our website and receive cookies that you have previously placed on your computer.

We use social plugins from the following third party providers:

Facebook: (https://developers.facebook.com/docs/plugins)

Twitter: (https://dev.twitter.com/web/overview)

LinkedIn: (https://developer.linkedin.com/plugins)

Google: (https://developers.google.com/+/web/)

Click on the URL of each of these third-party providers for more information about their plugins. Please note that we cannot control how these work, the data they collect or what the Third Party provider does with the information.

On what basis do we process the collected data?

To process your personal data according to the conditions described in this Cookies Policy, except for strictly necessary cookies and functional cookies, we request your consent.

For how long do we process the collected data?

We process your personal data only for the time necessary to fulfill the purposes described above, or until you withdraw your consent for treatment, unless there is a fundamental interest for us or a third party in maintaining said identification elements in your data, or a legal or regulatory obligation or a judicial or administrative order that prevents us from eliminating these elements.

Who has access to the collected data?

You understand that when we use analysis cookies or social media cookies, third-party providers of such cookies may obtain certain information about you, including your browsing pattern. We refer to the information provided by these third party providers in case you want more details on how these third parties use your personal data.

We use the services of third-party providers, such as web hosting companies, to process your personal data on our behalf and to provide you with the website.