Cookies policy

We inform you that at BAYCANA, hereinafter referred to as “This Website,” we use cookies to facilitate the use and navigation of the website and improve the quality of the page according to users’ browsing habits and styles.

1. WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are files that are downloaded to the user’s computer, smartphone, or tablet when accessing a website. They allow the owner of the website to store or retrieve certain information about various variables, such as the number of times the page has been visited by the user, ensuring the user’s session while browsing the page, etc.

2. TYPES OF COOKIES

Below is information about the types of cookies and their purposes:

2.1. TYPES OF COOKIES BASED ON THE ENTITY THAT MANAGES THEM

Based on the entity that manages the computer or domain from which the cookies are sent and processes the data obtained, we can distinguish:

  • First-party cookies: These are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from This Website.
  • Third-party cookies: These are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain that is not managed by the publisher but by another entity that processes the data obtained through cookies, such as www.google.com.

2.2. TYPES OF COOKIES BASED ON THE LENGTH OF TIME THEY REMAIN ACTIVE ON THE DEVICE

  • Session cookies: These are cookies designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a website. These cookies are stored on the device until the user’s browsing session ends.
  • Persistent cookies: These are cookies in which the data remains stored on the device and can be accessed and processed for a defined period by the cookie’s owner, which can range from a few minutes to several years.

2.3. TYPES OF COOKIES BASED ON THEIR PURPOSE

  • Technical cookies: These allow the user to navigate the website or platform and use the different options or services available, such as controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted access sections, using security elements during navigation, or storing content for video or audio streaming or content sharing through social networks. These are session and persistent cookies.
  • Personalization cookies: These allow the user to access the service with predefined characteristics based on a series of criteria on the user’s device, such as the type of browser through which the service is accessed, the regional configuration from which the service is accessed, etc. Third parties such as Google, Youtube, or Twitter use this type of persistent personalization cookies for their services.
  • Analytical cookies: These are cookies that allow the quantification of the number of users and the measurement and statistical analysis of the use that users make of our website. They analyze the user’s navigation on our website in order to improve it. This Website uses analytical cookies, both first-party and third-party, session, and persistent cookies, for this purpose, specifically Google Analytics cookies , which have different expiration dates depending on the information they provide. Third parties such as Google, Youtube, or Twitter also use this type of session and persistent analytical cookies.

3. WHO USES COOKIES?

The information collected through cookies on a website can be used by both the website owner and a third party that provides a service to the owner.

In this regard, the information from the cookies used on This Website is processed by BAYCANA S.L. and by a third party, specifically Google through its Google Analytics service. Thus, This Website uses a web analytics service that temporarily installs cookies solely for the purpose of compiling statistical reports (Google Analytics). The main cookie used by Google Analytics is “_ga.”

4. MANAGING COOKIES

Taking into account the information provided through this Cookie Policy, we offer you information on how to manage the cookies used on This Website through the different options offered by the most common browsers (Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome). If you prevent the installation of all cookies on the website, some functionality and content may be affected.

4.1. HOW TO VIEW COOKIES

All browsers allow users to search for and view the cookies installed by a particular website, obtain information about their duration, and the possibility to delete them, as indicated in the following section. Below are a series of informative links on this issue for the most commonly used browsers:

  • Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
  • Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookies-information-websites-store-on-your-computer
  • Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies#ie=ie-11

4.2. HOW TO DISABLE OR DELETE COOKIES

To disable, restrict, block, or delete cookies, the user must modify the browser settings on their device, whether it is a computer, smartphone, or tablet. In general, browsers offer the following configuration options regarding the installation of cookies:

  • The browser rejects all cookies and therefore does not install any cookies from any website on the user’s device.
  • The browser notifies the user before installing a cookie, allowing the user to decide whether to accept the cookie or not.
  • The browser only rejects third-party cookies from the websites visited, but not those used by the website the user is browsing.

The option of private browsing, in which cookies are installed on the device but are automatically deleted when the browsing session on the website ends:

  • Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95464?hl=en
  • Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/private-browsing-firefox-doesnt-remember-browsing-history
  • Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/help-protect-yourself-ie-10?ocid=IE10_priv_browsing#firstTabControl=tab1