INFORMATION ABOUT COOKIES

Due to the entry into force of the amendment to the “Law on Information Society Services” (LSSICE) established by Royal Decree 13/2012, it is mandatory to obtain the express consent of the user of all websites that use non-essential cookies before browsing them.

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies and other similar technologies, such as local shared objects, Flash cookies, or pixels, are tools used by web servers to store and retrieve information about their visitors, as well as to allow the proper functioning of the site.

By using these devices, the web server can remember some user data, such as their display preferences, username and password, products that interest them most, etc.

COOKIES AFFECTED AND EXEMPT FROM REGULATIONS

According to the EU directive, cookies that require the user’s informed consent are those used for analytics, advertising, and affiliate marketing. Technical cookies and those necessary for the website’s operation or the provision of services expressly requested by the user are exempt.

TYPES OF COOKIES

ACCORDING TO PURPOSE

Technical and functional cookies: These allow users to navigate a website, platform, or application and use its various options and services.
Analytics cookies: These allow the data controller to track and analyze user behavior on the websites to which they are linked. The information collected by these cookies is used to measure website, application, or platform activity and to create user browsing profiles in order to improve the analysis of user data.

Advertising cookies: These allow for the most effective management of advertising spaces that the publisher may have included on a website, application, or platform from which the requested service is provided, based on data such as the content displayed or the frequency with which ads are shown.

Behavioral advertising cookies: These collect information about the user’s preferences and personal choices (retargeting) to allow for the most effective management of advertising spaces that the publisher may have included on a website, application, or platform from which the requested service is provided.

Social media cookies: These are set by social media platforms on the services to allow content sharing with friends and networks. Social media platforms have the ability to track online activity outside of the Services. This may affect the content and messages seen on other services used. Affiliate cookies: These allow tracking of visits through links from other websites with which the website has affiliate agreements (affiliate companies).

Security cookies: These store encrypted information to prevent stored data from being vulnerable to malicious attacks by third parties.

ACCORDING TO OWNERSHIP

First-party cookies: These are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or device managed by the publisher itself, from which the service requested by the user is provided.
Third-party cookies: These are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or device not managed by the publisher, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.

ACCORDING TO STORAGE PERIOD

Session cookies: These are a type of cookie designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a website.
Persistent cookies: These are a type of cookie where the data remains stored on the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the cookie owner, which can range from a few minutes to several years.

PERSONAL DATA PROCESSING

INTERNATIONAL HOUSE MADRID, S.A. is the Data Controller of the personal data of the Data Subject and informs them