What are Cookies?

Cookies are small files that some platforms, for instance web pages, may install in your computer, Smartphone, tablet, or television (provided they are connected) when accessing those pages. They have a wide array of functions: storing your browsing preferences, gathering statistical information, allowing certain technical functions, storing, and retrieving information on the browsing habits or preferences of a user or their system, and they may even recognize a user depending on the information they contain and how they use their system. A cookie is stored in a computer to customize and make browsing easier for a user. Cookies are associated solely to your device and do not provide any references such as to allow your personal data to be inferred. You can configure your browser so that it may notify you or reject the installation of Cookies.

 

Why are they important?

Cookies are useful for several reasons. From a technical standpoint, they allow web pages to operate in a more agile manner adapted to your preferences (for instance, they can recognize and select your language or the currency in your country). They also help Website controllers to improve the services they provide; thanks to the statistical information they gather through Cookies. In other cases, they aid in the efficiency of the advertising that is shown, as the case may be.

 

What types of Cookies are there?

• According to their duration:

Session Cookies: These last as long as the user is browsing on a web page and they are deleted once they are finished.

Persistent Cookies: These are stored in a user’s terminal for a longer period, aiding in controlling the chosen preferences without having to repeat a set of parameters every time the Website is visited.

• According to the owner:

Own Cookies: These Cookies are created by the owner of the Website and can only be read by that site. For instance: technical Cookies for loading of images, Cookies for customization of Website parameters, Cookies that analyze traffic, etc.

Third-party Cookies: These are Cookies created by third parties; they are used by the owner of a website for various services (e.g., to analyze the Website or for advertising).

• According to their purpose:

Technical Cookies: These are essential and are strictly necessary for the correct operation of the Website and for using the various options and services that it provides. For instance, those involved in maintaining the session, managing response time, performance, or validation of options, using security elements, sharing contents with social media, etc.

Customization Cookies: These allow a user to specify or customize some characteristics of the general options on the Web page. For instance, defining the language, regional configuring, or type of browser.

Analytical Cookies: These are used by a website to elaborate browsing profiles and learn about user preferences in order to enhance their product and service offer. For instance, an analytical cookie helps to control the geographic areas that are of greater interest for a user, what is the most widely accepted product, etc.

Advertising Cookies: These enable advertising space to be managed based on specific criteria. For instance, access frequency, edited content, etc. Advertising Cookies allow advertising to be managed by storing information on behavior by observing habits, studying access and making a user preference profile, in order to provide advertising related to their profile interests.

Exempt and non-exempt Cookies:

There are certain Cookies for which no legal notice is necessary and for which no express consent is required to be able to use them. These are technical Cookies that are necessary for the Website to operate or to provide services expressly requested by the user.

All other Cookies are considered non-exempt, therefore the owner of the Website must provide information and, as the case may be, request consent to use them.

 

How can you disable Cookies?

Most web browsers allow you to manage preferences regarding Cookies, to have closer control of your privacy.

The links below give you instructions for deactivating the cookie configuration on each browser:

1. Internet Explorer (https://support.microsoft.com/es-es/topic/eliminar-y-administrar-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d)

• On the Tools menu, select ‘Internet Options’.
• Click on the Privacy tab.
• You can configure your privacy using a cursor with six positions that allows you to control the Cookies that will be installed: Block all Cookies, High, Medium-High, Medium (the default level), Low, and Accept all Cookies.

2. Mozilla Firefox (http://goo.gl/QXWYmv)

• At the upper part of the Firefox window, click on the Tools menu.
• Select Options.
• Select the Privacy panel.
• In Firefox, you can choose “Use custom settings for history” to configure options.

3. Google Chrome (http://goo.gl/fQnkSB)

• Click on the menu located on the toolbar.
• Select Configuration.
• Click on Show advanced options.
• In the ‘Privacy’ section, click on the Configure content button.
• In the ‘Cookies’ section you can configure the options.

4. Safari (https://goo.gl/PCjEm3 / https://goo.gl/dQywEo)

• On the Configuration menu, select ‘Preferences’.
• Open the Privacy tab.
• Select the option you want under ‘Block Cookies’.
• Bear in mind that certain functions or the full functionality of a website may not be available after disabling Cookies.

The Website also uses Cookies on mobile devices. In this case, just as with computer browsers, browsers for mobile devices allow you to configure options or privacy adjustments to deactivate or delete Cookies.

If you wish to modify your privacy options, follow the instructions provided by the developer of the browser for your mobile device.

Below we are providing a few examples of links that will guide you in the configuration of privacy options on your mobile device:

• IOS: (http://goo.gl/61xevS)
• Chrome Mobile: (http://goo.gl/XJp7N)
• Opera Mobile: (http://goo.gl/Nzr8s7)

For further information on Cookies and their operation, you can also check these links:

Guide on the use of Cookies by the Spanish Data Protection Agency (July 2020)
http://www.allaboutcookies.org/
http://www.youronlinechoices.com/

What types of Cookies do we use on this Website?

The Website of POPIN_ uses own and third-party technical and statistical Cookies that gather anonymous information in a standard fashion regarding a user’s browsing and behavior patterns.

We do not use advertising or behavioral advertising Cookies.

The Cookies used on this Website are specifically the following:

NAME	SUPPLIER	PURPOSE	EXPIRATION	TYPE
CookieConsent	Cookiebot	NECESSARY: Stores the user’s Cookies consent status for the present domain.	1 year	HTTP
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary	popingroup.com	NECESSARY: Determines whether the visitor has checked the Cookies consent box.	1 day	HTTP
wordpress_test_cookie	popingroup.com	NECESSARY: Used to check whether the user’s browsers accept Cookies.	Session	HTTP
_ga	Google	STATISTICAL: Registers a single identification used to generate statistical data on how the user uses the Website.	2 years	HTTP
_gat	Google	STATISTICAL: Used by Google Analytics to control the rate of requests.	1 day	HTTP
_gid	Google	STATISTICAL: Registers a single identification used to generate statistical data on how the user uses the Website.	1 day	HTTP

Additional information on Google Analytics

Google Analytics is an analytical web service provided by Google, Inc., a Delaware company whose main office is at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View (California), CA 94043, USA. This company stores the Cookies in servers located in the United States and it undertakes not to share them with third parties, except in cases where it is necessary for the operation of the system or when the law obligates it to for such purpose. In any event, and as a consequence of the cancellation of the Privacy Shield, we cannot guarantee that data will be processed with a protection level in accordance with European regulations, so if you do not agree with this processing, do not accept the installation of these Cookies.

Google Analytics gathers information anonymously on how users use our website. These Cookies do not gather personal data to identify users, but they gather information on number of visits to the Website or sections of the Website, browsing time, details on the browsers used…., and they subsequently provide statistical reports on the Website’s traffic.

Besides all the above information that is provided, if you do not want to be tracked by Google Analytics Cookies, you can install on your browser a complement developed by Google using this link: http://goo.gl/up4ND.

 

Social Media Cookies:

Besides the foregoing, the Website of POPIN_ may provide services involving social media Cookies. These Cookies allow users to be identified and find out whether they are logged in or whether they have interacted with any of our profiles on social media. The data obtained in these cases shall be processed according to the Privacy and Cookies policies of each social platform: Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn…

POPIN_ has links to LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.

Acceptance of Cookies:

When accessing the Website for the first time, on display you will see the Cookies configuration required following the latest regulatory modification.

If you do nothing, only the Cookies that are strictly necessary for the operation of the Website will be used. You may also select to have the rest of the Cookies existing on the Website installed, but you must specifically accept this by adjusting the Cookies configuration controls according to your preference.

POPIN_ thanks you for activating acceptance of Cookies, because the information is used exclusively to improve the performance of our website, to detect new needs, and to assess the improvements that should be introduced with the purpose of providing better service.

By deactivating Cookies, certain options may not work, or the user may not be able to use certain services on our website.

Updates of the Cookies Policy

POPIN_ will modify this Cookies policy according to legislative or regulatory demands, or for the purpose of adapting its policy to the instructions passed by the Spanish Data Protection Agency, therefore it advises users to visit it from time to time.