Cookies

Cookie Policy

The recent regulatory modification regarding advertising and consent management for the use of cookies, pixels, or other information storage elements entails the obligation for websites to adapt to the new cookie regulations of the Law 34/2002, on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce.

The downloading of such elements implies the ability to collect information about the user's activity and has implications regarding their privacy.

Therefore, the new regulations impose the obligation to obtain informed consent from users to accept the use of cookies on websites.

What is a cookie?

Cookies are small files that are downloaded to your computer when you browse websites. A simple example would be when you enter the page of a web email account like Gmail, Outlook, or Yahoo Mail.

Cookies allow a website to recognize a user's browser and do not contain or collect information. They are used, for example, to keep a user authenticated in an account like the previous ones without needing to authenticate each time they access their account. Another example is advertising, where based on ads that the user has previously visited, they are offered more relevant ads.

At elguadarnes.es we use the following types of cookies:

  • First-party cookies: these are strictly necessary cookies. They allow user interaction with the website using all its functions.
  • Performance and analytics cookies: these are cookies used for analysis and statistics that improve the website experience. By using these cookies, more relevant information can be shown to visitors. (Google Analytics).

The goal of Google Analytics is to collect statistics: the number of visits, the query period, the search engine used to access the website, the keywords used, the global location of the visitor, the content visited on the website, as well as other traffic parameters on the website, always from a anonymity.

Google stores this information collected by cookies in such a way that no user is identified. Your IP address is also not associated with any other information it has. Furthermore, Google Inc. is a company that adheres to the Safe Harbor Agreement. This agreement guarantees that the transferred data will be treated according to the protection levels of European regulations. For more information about Google Analytics, you can go to the following link.

Based on the option you take regarding the use of cookies on this website, an additional cookie will be sent to safeguard your choice so that you do not have to accept the use of cookies each time you access.

How to disable cookies?

All browsers allow changes that enable the disabling of cookie settings. These settings are located in the "options" or "preferences" menu of your browser.
Below we provide links with instructions for different browsers where you will see how to disable cookies.

However, remember that disabling cookies implies losing functionality on many websites.

If you do not wish to be tracked by Google Analytics cookies, Google has developed a plugin to install in your browser that you can access at the following link.