Definition and function of cookies

What are cookies and what do we use them for?

A cookie is a small information file that is stored in your browser each time you visit our website.
The purpose of cookies is to store the history of your activity on our website, so that when you visit it again, it can identify you and configure the content of the website based on your browsing habits, identity and preferences.
A cookie is harmless, it does not contain malicious or malicious code (e.g. viruses, Trojans, worms, etc.) that could damage your terminal (computer, smartphone, tablet, etc.), but it does have some impact on your right to protection of your data, as it collects certain information concerning you (browsing habits, identity, preferences, etc.).

What information does a cookie store?

Cookies do not usually collect special categories of personal data (sensitive data). The data they do store is of a technical nature, personal preferences, personalisation of content, etc.

What types of cookies are there?

In general, there are five types of cookies:

Technical cookies:
These are the most basic cookies. They allow the user to navigate through a web page, platform or application and use the different options or services that exist therein, 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, carrying out the purchase process of an order, requesting registration or participation in an event, using security elements during navigation, storing content for the broadcasting 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 general characteristics predefined according to a series of criteria in the user’s terminal, such as language, the type of browser through which the user accesses the service, the regional configuration from which the user accesses the service, etc.

Analysis cookies:
These 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 by means of this type of cookie is used to measure the activity of the websites, application or platform and to draw up navigation profiles of the users of these sites, applications and platforms, in order to introduce improvements based on the analysis of the usage data made by the users of the service.

Advertising cookies:
These are those that allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the person in charge has included in a web page, application or platform from which the service requested is provided based on criteria such as the content edited or the frequency with which the advertisements are shown.

Behavioral advertising cookies:
These are those that allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the person responsible has included in a web page, application or platform from which the service requested is provided. These cookies store information on the behaviour of users obtained through continuous observation of their browsing habits, which allows the development of a specific profile to display advertising based on it.

What are own and third-party cookies?

Own cookies:
Own cookies are those that are generated and managed by the person responsible for providing the service requested by the user.

Third party cookies:
Cookies are generated by entities other than the person responsible (external services or suppliers, such as Google).

What kind of cookies does our website store?

The applications we use to obtain information from the navigation, measure and analyze the audience are:

• Google Analytics
• Zopim
• EU Cookie Law
• TRM Promotional Pop-up
• Facebook and Google adwords
• Intercom.io
• Mailchimp
• Connectif
• Zoho crm and sales iq

These applications have been developed by Google, Zopim, Creare and TRM Marketing that provide us with the service of measuring and analyzing the audience of our pages, online chat for user support, displaying informative messages about the use of cookies on our website and displaying messages in pop-up format. They may also use this data to improve their own services and to offer services to other companies. You can find out about these other uses from the links indicated.

The information they obtain is related to the number of pages visited, the language, the social network on which our news is published, the city or region to which the IP address from which you access is assigned, the number of new users, the frequency and recurrence of visits, the time of the visit, the browser and the operator or type of terminal from which the visit is made.

We use this information to improve our pages, detect new needs and assess the improvements to be made in order to provide a better service to users who visit us, adapting them, for example, to the most widely used browsers or terminals.

What can I do with cookies?

Cookies can be deleted, accepted or blocked, as you wish, simply by configuring your web browser accordingly.

You can prevent the installation of cookies (blocking) on your computer at any time by using the corresponding option on your browser, but in this case we cannot guarantee the correct functioning of the various functions of our website.

To allow, know, block or delete the cookies installed on your computer you can do so by configuring the options of the browser installed on your computer.

For example, you can find information on how to do this in the case you use it as a browser:

• You can learn more about the Firefox browser from here: https://support.mozilla.org/es/kb/habilitar-y-deshabilitar-cookies-sitios-web-rastrear-preferencias
• You can learn more about the Chrome browser from here: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=es
• You can learn more about the Internet Explorer browser from here: https://support.microsoft.com/es-es/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
• You can learn more about the Safari browser from here: https://support.apple.com/kb/PH19214?viewlocale=es_ES&locale=es_ES
• You can learn more about the Opera browser from here: http://help.opera.com/Windows/11.50/es-ES/cookies.html

You can also delete the cookies you have stored in your browser by going to your browser settings.

If you would like more information about how we use cookies, please send an e-mail to jijona@turronesydulces.com.