What are cookies and what are they used for?
A cookie is a file that is downloaded to the user’s device when they access certain websites which stores and retrieves information about the browsing activity on their computer.
Cookies allow this website, among other things, to store and retrieve information about the user’s decisions and habits. Some of the cookies used on this website are necessary for it to function.
It is important to highlight that the use of cookies does not provide access to the user’s personal data.
What kind of cookies exist?
Depending on the time they remain active, Cookies can be divided into session or persistent cookies.
- Session cookies are designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a website and are removed as soon the explorer is closed. They are normally used to store information which only needs to be kept in order to provide the service requested by the user on just one occasion.
- Persistent cookies remain stored on the device and can be accessed and handled during a period specified by the user of the cookie, which may be from a few minutes to several years.
Additionally, depending on the organisation managing them, cookies may be classified as first-party or third-party cookies.
- First-party cookies are sent to the user’s device from a computer or domain managed by the website publisher and are used to provide the service requested by the user.
- Third-party cookies are sent to the user’s device from a computer or domain that is not managed by the website publisher, but by another organisation that handles data obtained from the cookies.
In terms of their purpose, the types of cookies are:
- Technical cookies: Technical cookies allow the user to browse a website, platform or application and use the different service options found there.
- Profiling cookies: Profiling cookies allow the user to access the service with some predefined general features based on a series of criteria on the user’s device such as language, settings, etc.
- Analytical cookies: Analytical cookies allow the website owner to track and analyse user behaviour on the websites to which they are linked. The information collected is used to measure activity on the websites and to create users’ browsing profiles, with the aim of introducing improvements.
- Advertising cookies: Advertising cookies allow the advertising spaces which the publisher puts on the website to be managed as efficiently as possible.
What kind of cookies does the website use?
The user may be consult and set up the website cookies managed by the website publisher at Cookie settings
The user should take account that although the cookies may be set up, certain cookies are needed and must be installed to ensure the proper access and use of the website, this cookies does not require the user’s agreed neither its management.
| Cookie | Type | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | persistent | 2 years | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. he cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, camapign data and keep track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookies store information anonymously and assigns a randoly generated number to identify unique visitors. |
| _ga_* | third party | 1 year 1 month 4 days | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views. |
| _gat | 1 minute | This cookie is installed by Google Universal Analytics to restrict the rate of request and thus limit data collection at high traffic sites. | |
| _gat_gtag_UA_* | third party | 1 minute | Google Analytics sets this cookie to store a unique user ID. |
| _gid | 1 day | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information of how visitors use a website and helps in creating an analytics report of how the wbsite is doing. The data collected including the number visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages viisted in an anonymous form. | |
| _GRECAPTCHA | third party | 6 months | Google Recaptcha service sets this cookie to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | 11 months | This cookie is set by the GDPR cookie Consent plugin. Cookie is used to store user consent for cookies in the “Analytics” category. | |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | 11 months | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record user consent for cookies in the “Funional” category. | |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | 0 | 11 months | This cookie is defined by the GDPR cookie consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category “Necessary”. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessary | 11 months | This cookie is defined by the GDPR cookie consent plugin. Cookies are used to store user consent for cookies in the “Non Necessary” category. | |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | 11 months | This cookie stores consolidated information of consent of all categories in the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Cookie is used to store user consent for cookies in the “Perfomance” category. | |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-preferences | 1 year | This cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin to check if the user has given their consent to use cookies in the Preferences category. | |
| CookieLawInfoConsent | 1 year | CookieYes sets this cookie to record the default button state of the corresponding category and the status of CCPA. It works only in coordination with the primary cookie. | |
| elementor | persistent | Never | This cookie is used by your site’s WordPress theme. Allows the website owner to implement or change the site content in real time. |
| rc::a | third party | never | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| rc::b | third party | session | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| rc::c | third party | session | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| rc::f | third party | session | This cookie is set by the Google recaptcha service to identify bots to protect the website against malicious spam attacks. |
| viewed_cookie_policy | 11 months | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. | |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | third party | 6 months | YouTube sets this cookie to measure bandwidth, determining whether the user gets the new or old player interface. |
| VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA | third party | 6 months | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain. |
| wp-wpml_current_language | 1 day | Stores the current language. By default, this cookie is set only for logged-in users. | |
| YSC | third party | session | Youtube sets this cookie to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. |
| yt-remote-cast-installed | third party | session | The yt-remote-cast-installed cookie is used to store the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | third party | never | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user’s video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. |
| yt-remote-device-id | third party | never | YouTube sets this cookie to store the user’s video preferences using embedded YouTube videos. |
| yt-remote-fast-check-period | third party | session | The yt-remote-fast-check-period cookie is used by YouTube to store the user’s video player preferences for embedded YouTube videos. |
| yt-remote-session-app | third party | session | The yt-remote-session-app cookie is used by YouTube to store user preferences and information about the interface of the embedded YouTube video player. |
| yt-remote-session-name | third party | session | The yt-remote-session-name cookie is used by YouTube to store the user’s video player preferences using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt.innertube::nextId | de tercers | never | YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| yt.innertube::requests | third party | never | YouTube sets this cookie to register a unique ID to store data on what videos from YouTube the user has seen. |
| ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | third party | never | The cookie ytidb::LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY is used by YouTube to store the last search result entry that was clicked by the user. This information is used to improve the user experience by providing more relevant search results in the future. |
How do you disable cookies in a browser?
The cookies set up is directly reflected to the browser used, however here are additional information about how the user can adjust the settings in their browser so as not to accept the use of cookies, in which case the user would not have a customized browsing experience. Choosing this setting may result in certain parts of the website not being accessible, as this may cause less effective browsing.
Most browsers currently allow the user to choose whether they want to accept cookies and which types. These settings are usually found in the “settings” or “preferences” in your browser’s menu.
Depending of the browser used by the user and its functionalities used may suppose the installation of cookies that are considered as a Third-party cookies. For example, in case of user chooses Google’s browser and uses its translate tool of the full website, Google install its own cookies in the user’s computers which are not managed by the website publisher as well as has not liability about them. The settings of the browser cookies should be done by the user directly at the browser website.
These are the instructions to change the cookie settings in the main browsers:
- Information about cookies for Internet Explorer.
- Information about cookies for Mozilla Firefox.
- Information about cookies for Opera.
- Information about cookies for Google Chrome.
- Information about cookies for Safari.
Further informartion
Further information about cookies as well as how to block them at www.allaboutcookies.org, www.youronlinechoices.eu. For any qüestions or comments about this website cookies, shall contact by email to info@eurecat.org as a web publisher or as a web service supplier.
