1. APPLICABLE REGULATIONS

The second paragraph of Article 22 of Law 34/2002, of 11 July, on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce (hereinafter, LSSI-CE), establishes the following:

  • Service providers may use data storage and retrieval devices on the terminal equipment of the recipients, provided that the recipients have given their consent after being provided with clear and complete information on their use, in particular on the purposes of the data processing, in accordance with the provisions of Organic Law 15/1999, of 13 December, on the Protection of Personal Data.
  • Where technically possible and effective, the recipient’s consent to accept the processing of data may be provided through the use of appropriate browser settings or other applications, provided that the recipient must configure them during installation or updating by means of an express action to that effect.
  • The foregoing shall not prevent the possible storage or access of a technical nature for the sole purpose of transmitting a communication over an electronic communications network or, to the extent strictly necessary, for the provision of an information society service expressly requested by the recipient.

According to the “Guide on the use of cookies”, published by the Spanish Data Protection Agency (hereinafter, AEPD) in 2013, the LSSI-CE is applicable to any type of file or device that is downloaded to a user’s terminal equipment in order to store data that can be updated and retrieved by the entity responsible for its installation. The cookie is one of those devices of widespread use, so from now on, we will generically call these devices cookies.

Cookies used for any of the following purposes are exempt from compliance with the obligations established in article 22.2 of the LSSI-CE:

  • Allow only communication between the user’s computer and the network.
  • Strictly to provide a service expressly requested by the user.

2. TYPES OF COOKIES ACCORDING TO THEIR PURPOSE

A cookie is a file that is downloaded to your computer when you access certain websites. Cookies allow a website, among other things, to store and retrieve information about the browsing habits of a user or their computer and, depending on the information they contain and the way in which they use their equipment, they can be used to recognize the user.

As stated in the AEPD’s “Guide on the use of cookies”, depending on the purpose for which the data obtained through cookies is processed, we can distinguish between:

  • Technical cookies: They are those that allow the user to browse through a website, platform or application and to use the different options or services that exist on it, such as, for example, controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing parts of restricted access, remembering the elements that make up an order, carry out the process of purchasing an order, making the request for registration or participation in an event, using security elements while browsing, storing content for the dissemination of videos or sound or sharing content through social networks.
  • Personalization cookies: They are those that allow the user to access the service with some predefined general characteristics based on a series of criteria on the user’s terminal, such as the language, the type of browser through which the service is accessed, the regional configuration from which the service is accessed, etc.
  • Analysis cookies: They are those that allow the person responsible for them to monitor and analyse the behaviour of the users of the websites to which they are linked. The information collected through this type of cookie is used to measure the activity of websites, applications or platforms and to create browsing profiles of users of these sites, applications and platforms, in order to introduce improvements based on the analysis of the usage data made by users of the service.
  • Advertising cookies: They are those that allow the management, in the most effective way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the publisher has included on a website, application or platform from which it provides the requested service based on criteria such as the content edited or the frequency in which the ads are displayed.
  • Behavioural advertising cookies: They are those that allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the publisher has included on a website, application or platform from which it provides the requested service. These cookies store information on user behaviour obtained through the continuous observation of their browsing habits, which allows the development of a specific profile to display advertising based on it.

3. PRINCIPLE OF INFORMATION

This website uses its own cookies and not third-party cookies. The following cookies are used on this website:

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4. PRINCIPLE OF CONSENT

Consent to the installation of cookies will be understood to have been given by ticking the box relating to the acceptance of the “Cookies Policy” provided for this purpose on our website.

In cases where the user does not expressly state whether or not they accept the installation of cookies, but continues to use the website or application, it will be understood that they have given their consent, and our entity expressly informs them of the possibility of blocking or deleting the cookies installed on their computer by configuring the options of the browser installed on their computer.

5. OPTIONAL NATURE OF THE INSTALLATION OF COOKIES

Although the acceptance of the installation of cookies on your computer is optional for you, refusal to install them may mean that the functionality of the website is limited or not possible, which would make it impossible for our entity to provide services through it.

6. DISABLING COOKIES

The user may change the configuration of the cookies at any time, block them or deactivate them. To do this, we provide you with the mode in the main browsers.

As well as cookies to third parties Google AdWords: http://www.google.es/intl/es/policies/technologies/cookies/

ENGINEERED LAND SYSTEMS, SL is not responsible for the content and veracity of the cookie policies of third parties.