- What are cookies?
The website of HARROPE (hereinafter referred to as the «Website») uses cookies. Cookies are files sent to a browser by a web server to record the user’s activities on a specific website. The primary purpose of cookies is to provide the user with faster access to selected services. Additionally, cookies personalize the services offered by the Website, facilitating and providing each user with information that may be of interest to them, based on their usage of the services.
The Website uses cookies to personalize and facilitate user navigation. Cookies are associated only with an anonymous user and their computer and do not provide references that could deduce personal data of the user. The user can configure their browser to notify and reject the installation of cookies sent by the Website, without affecting their ability to access the content of the website. However, we would like to note that in any case, the quality of the website’s operation may be reduced.
Registered users, who have registered or logged in, can benefit from more personalized services tailored to their profile, thanks to the combination of data stored in cookies and personal data used during their registration. Such users expressly authorize the use of this information for the intended purpose, without prejudice to their right to reject or disable the use of cookies.
Additionally, the Website will be able to track all services requested by the users, so that it can provide or offer information suitable for each user’s preferences and tastes.
- What types of cookies exist?
Cookies can be classified based on their duration into:
- Session cookies: These expire when the user closes the browser.
- Persistent cookies: These expire based on when the goal they serve is achieved (for example, to keep the user logged in to the services) or when they are manually deleted.
Based on the owner, cookies can be classified into:
- First-party cookies: These are sent to the user’s device from a team or domain managed by the website editor and from which the requested service is provided to the user.
- Third-party cookies: These are sent to the user’s device from a team or domain that is not managed by the website editor but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.
Additionally, based on their purpose, cookies can be classified as follows:
- Performance cookies: These cookies remember your preferences for the tools available in the services, so you don’t have to reconfigure the service each time you visit. For example, this category includes:
- Volume settings for video or sound players.
- Video transmission speeds compatible with your browser.
- Geolocation cookies: These cookies are used to determine the country you are in when a service is requested. This cookie is completely anonymous and is only used to help direct content to your location.
- Registration cookies: Registration cookies are generated once the user has registered or logged in, and they are used to identify them in services with the following purposes:
- Keep the user logged in so that if they close a service, the browser, or the computer and later return to the service, they will still be logged in, facilitating navigation without needing to log in again. This functionality can be removed if the user clicks on the «log out» option, so this cookie is deleted, and the next time the user enters the service, they will have to log in again to be identified.
- Check if the user is authorized to access certain services, for example, to participate in a contest.
- Analytical cookies: Every time a user visits a service, an external provider tool generates an analytical cookie on the user’s device. This cookie, generated only on the visit, will serve to identify the visitor anonymously in future visits to the website’s services. The main purposes are:
- Allow the anonymous identification of users through the cookie (identifying browsers and devices, not people) and thus providing an approximate count of the number of visitors and their trend over time.
- Identify the most visited content, which is therefore most attractive to users.
- Determine if the user accessing is new or returning.
Important: Unless the user decides to register for a service on the Website, the cookie will never be associated with any personal data that can identify them. These cookies will only be used for statistical purposes that help optimize the user experience on the site.
- Behavioral advertising cookies: These cookies help enhance the information of ads shown to each anonymous user on the Website’s services. Among other things, they store the duration or frequency of ad viewings, interactions with them, or patterns of browsing and/or behavior, as they help create a profile for advertising interests. This way, they allow the delivery of advertising relevant to the user’s interests.
- Third-party advertising cookies: In addition to the advertising managed by the Website, the Website offers its advertisers the option of serving ads through third parties (“AdServers”). In this way, these third parties can store cookies sent from the Website’s services coming from users’ browsers, as well as access the data stored in them.
- What cookies do we use?
The cookies we use on our website are:
FIRST-PARTY
| NAME | TYPE | DOMAIN | EXPIRY | PURPOSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-publi-terceros | Other cookies | cookielawinfo-checkbox-publi-terceros | 1 year | Cookie that tracks the cookies you’ve approved. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | Necessary cookies | cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | 11 months | This cookie is set by the GDPR cookie consent plugin. It is used to store the user’s consent for cookies in the «Other cookies» category. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | Necessary cookies | cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | 11 months | This cookie is set by the GDPR cookie consent plugin. It is used to store the user’s consent for cookies in the «Analytics cookies» category. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | Necessary cookies | cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | 11 months | This cookie is set by the GDPR cookie consent plugin. It is used to store the user’s consent for cookies in the «Performance cookies» category. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | Necessary cookies | cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | 11 months | This cookie is set by the GDPR cookie consent plugin to record the user’s consent for «Functional cookies.» |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | Necessary cookies | cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | 11 months | This cookie is set by the GDPR cookie consent plugin. It is used to store the user’s consent for cookies in the «Necessary cookies» category. |
| viewed_cookie_policy | Necessary cookies | viewed_cookie_policy | 11 months | This cookie is set by the GDPR cookie consent plugin and is used to store whether the user has consented to the use of cookies. It doesn’t store any personal data. |
THIRD-PARTY
| NAME | TYPE | DOMAIN | EXPIRY | PURPOSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _gat | Performance cookies | _gat | 1 minute | Google Universal Analytics installs these cookies to speed up request rate and limit data collection on high-traffic sites. |
| _gid | Analytical cookies | _gid | 1 day | This cookie is set by Google Analytics. It stores information about how visitors use a website and helps create an analytical report on the site’s performance. The data includes the number of visitors, where they came from, and which pages they visited, all collected anonymously. |
| _ga | Analytical cookies | _ga | 2 years | This cookie is set by Google Analytics. It is used to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data and track site usage for analytics reports. The cookies store information anonymously and assign a randomly generated number to identify unique visitors. |
- Are there international transfers?
You can find out about any international transfers to third countries that may occur by third parties identified in this cookie policy in their corresponding policies (see the links provided in the «Third-party cookies» section). The different mechanisms of international transfer regulation, if they exist, will be informed by those third parties.
- How to disable cookies?
It is normally possible to stop accepting cookies from the browser or stop accepting cookies from a particular service.
All modern browsers allow changing the cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the «options» or «preferences» menu of your browser. Additionally, you can configure your browser or email client, as well as install free add-ons to prevent Web Bugs from being downloaded when opening an email.
The Website provides guidance to users on how to access the cookie configuration menu and, if applicable, private browsing in each of the main browsers:
- Internet Explorer: Tools 🡪 Internet Options 🡪 Privacy 🡪 Settings. For more information, you can consult Microsoft support or browser help.
- Microsoft Edge: Settings and More 🡪 Settings 🡪 Clear Browsing Data.
- Firefox: Tools 🡪 Options 🡪 Privacy 🡪 History 🡪 Custom Settings.
- Chrome: Settings 🡪 Advanced Settings 🡪 Privacy and Security 🡪 Clear Browsing Data.
- Safari: For more information, you can consult Apple support or browser help.
- Can there be modifications to the Cookie Policy?
The Website may modify this Cookie Policy based on legislative, regulatory requirements, or to adapt it to the instructions provided by the Spanish Data Protection Agency. Therefore, users are advised to visit it periodically.
When significant changes occur in this Cookie Policy, they will be communicated to users either through the website or via email to registered users.