UNEATLANTICO Policy on Cookies

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EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY OF THE ATLANTIC, owner of this Website https://www.uneatlantico.es hereinafter THE OWNER, uses its own and third party cookies for different purposes. THE OWNER resorts to the use of cookies to comply with the legal requirements of Law 34/2002, of July 11, 2002, on information company services and electronic commerce.

The purpose of this Cookie Policy is to inform you about the cookies we use, the information we collect through them, and the purposes for which this information is used in a clear and precise manner.

For more information on how we use, store, and keep your personal data secure, please see our Privacy Policy.

What are cookies and what is their purpose?

A "cookie" is a file stored on the user's computer, tablet, smartphone, or any other device to collect and store information about the latter's use of the Website (Article 22.2 LSSI).

What types of cookies are there?

The following is a classification of the cookies that exist and may be used on our Website, taking into account that the same cookie may be included in more than one category.

According to the entity that manages them

  • First-party Cookies:
    those sent to your computer from our own computers or domains and from which we provide the service you request.
  • Third-party Cookies:
    those sent to your computer from a computer or domain that is not managed by us but by another collaborating entity.

According to the period of time they remain active

  • Session Cookies:
    temporary cookies designed to collect and store data while accessing our Website, eliminating the information once the session is closed (so no data is stored in the terminal).
  • Persistent Cookies:
    the data is stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a certain period of time.

According to purpose

  • Technical Cookies:
    enable navigating through the Website, including those used to manage the Website and enable its functions and services (e.g.: control traffic and data communication, identify the session, access restricted areas, remember the elements that make up an order, carry out the purchase process of an order, manage payment, etc.).
  • Customization Cookies:
    enable information to be remembered so that you can access the Website with certain characteristics that may differentiate your experience from that of other users (e.g., language, number of results to display when the user performs a search, appearance or content of the service depending on the type of browser through which the user accesses the service or the region from which the user accesses the service, etc.).
  • Analysis or Measurement Cookies:
    enable the person responsible for them to monitor and analyze user behavior, including quantifying the impact of advertisements. The information collected through this type of cookies is used to measure the activity of the Website to make improvements based on the analysis of the usage data made by users.
  • Behavioral Advertising Cookies:
    store information on user behavior obtained through the continuous observation of the user’s browsing habits, enabling the development of a specific profile to display advertising based on the same.

What cookies do we use on our website?

Our Website (https://www.uneatlantico.es) uses the following types of cookies.

When browsing this Website, session cookies and persistent cookies are used, which, in turn, may be first-party or third-party cookies.

Session Cookies

Session cookies are cookies designed to collect and store data while the user accesses the Website. They are usually used to store information that only needs to be kept for the provision of the service requested by the user on a single occasion.

Persistent Cookies

Persistent cookies are a type of cookie in which the data remains stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the party responsible for the cookie, which can range from a few minutes to several years.

First-party Cookies

These are cookies created by this Website and can only be read by the site itself. Our website uses the following types of persistent cookies:

  • Functional Cookies
    These cookies are used to improve the functionality of the Website. For example, cookies that remember the content you have previously viewed on this website or the user ID of a record from a previous visit.
  • Social Content Cookies
    These cookies are used to track user activity when contacting the selected social network.
  • Advertising Cookies
    These are cookies that records if the promotional window has been shown the first time a user enters the website. If the cookie is deleted, the promotion window reappears the next time the website is loaded.

Third-party Cookies

These are cookies created by third parties that we use for different services (e.g. website analytics or advertising).

The following table classifies and describes the different third-party persistent cookies used on this website:

Company name Purpose More information
Google Google Analytics is a web analytics tool that allows site owners to know how engaged users are with their website. Google Analytics customers can view various reports describing how users interact with their websites for purposes of improvement. Google Analytics collects information anonymously, i.e., it reports site trends without identifying its users. https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage
https://www.google.es/intl/es/policies/technologies/types/
Twitter Social content cookies are used to track (plug-in) user activity when sharing content on the social network. https://support.twitter.com/articles/20170521-el-uso-que-hace-twitter-de-cookies-y-tecnologias-similares
Facebook Social content cookies are used to track (plug-in) user activity when sharing content on the social network. https://dataprotection.ie/documents/press/Facebook_Ireland_Audit_Review_Report_21_Sept_2012.pdf

How long is the information kept?

In compliance with art. 13.2 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, we will keep the information collected through cookies for the necessary time to fulfill the purposes as indicated by each cookie.

In relation to third-party cookies, retention periods can be consulted in their respective Privacy and Cookie Policies, which are listed in the previous table.

How to configure or disable cookies?

THE OWNER's legitimacy for the use of cookies is based on the express requested consent pursuant to Article 6.1.a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679.

The consent you have given us applies to cookies on this Website and for third party websites with whom we collaborate as specified in the “What cookies do we use on our website?” section of this Policy.

Remember that you can modify or withdraw your consent at any time through the banner located at the bottom of our Website to manage your consent.

You can restrict, block, or delete cookies installed on your computer by configuring your Internet browser options:

This Cookies Policy (revised in November 2020 in adapt it to the Cookies Guide of the AEPD), will be subject to modification whenever necessary to adapt it to current legislation at any given time or to any variation in the type of cookies used on the Website. Therefore, we recommend that you review this Policy each time you access our Website to stay informed about how and what we use cookies for.