A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your browser when you visit almost any web page. They are used in order for the website to be able to remember your visit next time you browse that page. Cookies usually store technical information, personal preferences, content customisation, usage statistics, links to social networks, access to user accounts, etc. The purpose of a cookie is to adapt the contents of the website to your profile and needs. Without cookies, the services offered by any web page would be significantly undermined. You can find more information about cookies at: www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu.
COOKIES USED ON THIS WEBSITE
Following the guidelines of the Spanish Data Protection Agency, we will describe the use of cookies in this website in order to inform you with the highest possible accuracy.
This website uses its own cookies, which are as follows:
Category 1: Strictly necessary cookies / technical cookies:
These cookies are essential and make it possible for the website to know if a human or an automated application is browsing, when an anonymous user and a registered user are browsing. They are also required in order to enable you to navigate the website and use features such as utilising the FB ‘like’ or ‘share’ features.
These are the most basic and they make it possible, among other things, to know when a human or an automated application is browsing, when an anonymous user and a registered user are browsing and basic tasks for running any dynamic web page.
Category 2: Performance cookies / analytic cookies:
These cookies collect information analytics; about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works.
Category 3: Third party cookies
We may embed video content from websites such as YouTube. Pages with this embedded content may present cookies from these websites. Similarly, when using the share buttons, a cookie may be set by the service you have chosen to share content through. This group als include cookies used to display advertising based on your browsing, your country of origin, language, etc. Select International CB does not control the dissemination of these cookies and cannot block cookies from those websites. Please check the relevant third party website for more information about these.
DISABLING OR REMOVING COOKIES
You may exercise your right to disable or delete cookies from this website at any time. These actions are performed differently depending on the browser you are using.
ADDITIONAL NOTES
- Neither this website nor its legal representatives are responsible for the contents nor the veracity of the privacy policies that third parties mentioned in this cookie policy may have.
- Web browsers are the tools responsible for storing cookies and it is from there that your right to remove or disable them should be exercised. Neither this website nor its legal representatives can ensure the proper or improper handling of cookies by any of the aforementioned browsers.
- In some cases, it is necessary to install cookies so that the browser does not forget your decision to not accept them.
- In the case of cookies from Google Analytics, the company stores the cookies on servers located in the United States and agrees not to share them with third parties, except where it is necessary for the operation of the system or when required by law to this effect. According to Google, it does not store your IP address. Google Inc. is a company which adheres to the Safe Harbour Agreement which ensures that all data transferred will be treated with a level of protection according to European regulations. You can find detailed information on this subject at this link. For more information on how Google uses cookies, please go to this link.
- Should you have any queries about this cookie policy, please do not hesitate to contact us through the contact section.
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT COOKIES
WHAT IS A COOKIE?
A cookie is a harmless text file that is stored on your browser when you visit almost any web page. They are used in order for the website to be able to remember your visit next time you browse that page. Although many people do not know about cookies, they have been in use for 20 years, when the first browsers for the World Wide Web appeared.
WHAT IS A COOKIE NOT?
It is not a virus, nor is it a Trojan, a worm, spam, spyware, nor open pop-up windows.
WHAT INFORMATION DOES A COOKIE STORE?
Cookies do not usually store sensitive information about you, such as credit card or bank account information, photographs, your ID or personal information, etc. The data stored is technical, personal preferences, content customisation, etc.
The web server does not associate you as a person to your web browser. In fact, if you regularly browse with Internet Explorer and try to browse the same web page with Firefox or Chrome, you will see that the web page does not realise that you are the same person because it is actually associating with the browser, not the person.
WHAT ARE OWN AND THIRD PARTY COOKIES?
Own cookies are those generated by the web page you are visiting and third party cookies are those generated by external services or providers such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.
WHAT HAPPENS IF I DISABLE COOKIES?
In order to understand the scope of the effect that disabling cookies may have, we provide some examples:
- You cannot share content from this web page on Facebook, Twitter or any other social network.
- The website will not adapt the content to your personal preferences, as often happens in online stores.
- You cannot access the personal area of that web page, such as My Account, My Profile or My Orders.
- Online stores: It will be impossible to buy online, you will have to call or physically visit the store if you can.
- It will not be possible to customise your geographic preferences such as time zone, currency or language.
- The website cannot perform web analytics about visitors and web traffic, making it difficult for the web page to be competitive.
- You will not be able to write on the blog, you cannot upload photos, post comments, evaluate or rate content. The web page may not know whether you are a human or an automated application that publishes spam.
- No targeted advertising can be shown, which will reduce the advertising revenues of the web page.
- All social networks use cookies. If they are disabled, you cannot use any social network.
CAN YOU DELETE COOKIES?
Yes. Not only can you delete them, you can also block them, in general or particular to a specific domain. These actions are performed differently depending on the browser you are using