Cookies

At Controltecnica S.L. we comply with the provisions in the Law for the Information Society and Electronic Commerce Services; this regulation has collected the transposition of the 2009/136/EC Directive, known as ‘The Cookie Law’.

A cookie is a small text file that is stored on the computer, tablet, mobile telephone or ultimately, on the device that is used to surf the internet, and it can save information relative to the frequency with which webpages are visited, browsing preferences, interesting information for you, usernames, products registration, etc. Depending on the information that it contains and the way the equipment is used, it can be used to recognise the user.

Cookies can be classified according to the following criteria:

a) According to the time period they remain active:

• ‘Session Cookies’ or ‘Persistent Cookies’: the first group are deleted when the browser is closed, while the second group remain on the computer.

b) According to the entity that manages them:

• ‘First-party cookies’: These are those that are sent to the user’s terminal from a computer or domain managed by the webpage editor, and from which the service requested is provided to the user.
• ‘Third-party cookies’: These are those that are sent to the user’s terminal from a computer or terminal that is not managed by the webpage editor, but instead by another entity that uses the data obtained through the cookies.

c) Depending on the purpose for which the data obtained through the cookies is used, they can be:

• ‘Technical Cookies’: These are those that allow the user to surf a webpage, platform or application and use the different options or services that exist therein, such as for example, to control the traffic and the communication of data, to identify the session, to gain access to restricted parts, to remember the items that comprise an order, to carry out the order purchase process, to carry out the request for enrolment or participation in an event, to use safety elements during browsing, to store content for broadcasting videos or sounds, or to share content through social networks.
• ‘Personalisation Cookies’: These are those that allow the user to access the service with some characteristics of a predefined general nature, depending on a series of criteria on the user’s terminal, such as for example, the language, the type of browser through which the service is accessed, the regional configuration from where the service is accessed, etc.
• ‘Analysis Cookies’: These are those that allow the owner of the cookies to follow-up and analyse behaviour of the users of the websites to which they are linked. The information collected by these types of cookies is used in the measurement the activity on the websites, applications or platforms, and for elaborating user browser profiles of the aforementioned sites, applications and platforms, with the aim of introducing improvements in relation to usage data analysis regarding the users that make use of the service.
• ‘Advertising Cookies’: These are those that allow the management, in the most effective way possible, of advertising spaces that, where applicable, the editor has included on the webpage, application or platform from which the requested service is provided, based on criteria such as the edited content or the frequency that the adverts are shown.
• ‘Behavioural Advertising Cookies’: These are those that allow the management, in the most effective way possible, of advertising spaces that, where applicable, the editor has included on the webpage, application or platform from which the requested service is provided. These cookies store information on the behaviour of the user obtained through the continued observation of their browsing habits, that allow the development of a specific profile to show advertising based upon that profile.

Google Analytics cookies:

• _utma
  Purpose: This cookie is normally stored in the browser during the first visit to our website.
  If the cookie has been deleted through the browser, and later the website is visited again, a new _utma type cookie is stored with a different unique ID.
  This cookie is used to determine unique visitors to our website, and is updated after each visit to the site.
  Additionally, this cookie provides a unique identifier that Google Analytics uses to ensure the validity and accessibility of the cookie, as well as an extra safety measure.
  Duration: 2 years from its installation or update.
• _utmb y _utmbc
  Purpose: These cookies work together to store information about the activity of the visit to our website and, mainly, the duration of this visit.
  Duration: 30 minutes and session.
• _utmz
  Purpose: This cookie stores how the visitor arrived to our website, either directly introducing the domain address, a link, a web search or an advert. The cookie is updated each time our website is visited.
  Duration: Six months from its installation or update.
• _ga
  Purpose: These cookies are used to anonymously distinguish users.
  Duration: 2 years.

These cookies do not personally identify the user; they only provide anonymous statistical information about browsing our website; they can be disabled directly by configuring your web browser.
Likewise, Google has developed a disabling accessory for Google Analytics cookies for the most commonly used browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Opera offer the possibility of excluding these cookies. For further information, visiting this external link:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=es

Youtube cookies

• VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
  Purpose: Cookie that enables the option of sharing youtube videos included on our webpage.
  Duration: Expires: 9 months.
• PREF
  Purpose: Cookie that manages the user’s preferences, and facilitates the presentation of content related on Youtube.
  Duration: Expires: 9 months.
• YSC
  Purpose: Contains a unique identifier allowing control of visits to Youtube videos.
  Duration: Expires: 9 months.

Third-party cookies stored by Google:

• khcookie, NID, PREF, testcookie
  Purpose: These Google cookies are typically written in the browser when loading Google Maps, Street View and YouTube videos.
  Duration: Expires: 2-year end session range.

Visit the link below to learn how to reject or erase Google cookies:
http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacypolicy.html

Visit the link below to see Google’s Privacy Policy:
http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/policies/privacy/

First-party cookies:

• wordpress_a00234da4f706bead5b9315484cbb828 or similar with 32 characters
  Purpose: It is a personalisation cookie, since it associates the user with their preferences.
  Duration: Ends with the session.
• wordpress_logged_in_a00234da4f706bead5b9315484cbb828 or similar with 32 characters
  Purpose: It is a personalisation cookie, since it associates the user with their preferences.
  Duration: Ends with the session.
• wp_woocommerce_session_a00234da4f706bead5b9315484cbb828 or similar with 32 characters
  Purpose: This is a shop cookie, since it associates the user with the product pages, and facilitates the operation of the shopping basket.
  Duration: Expires in 2 days.