A cookie is a file that is downloaded to your computer when you access certain web pages. Cookies allow a website, among other things, to store and retrieve information about a user’s or device’s browsing habits and, depending on the information they contain and how the device is used, they may be used to recognize the user.
The cookies used on this website are, in any case, temporary and have the sole purpose of making subsequent transmissions more efficient. Under no circumstances will cookies be used to collect personal information.
The website of Martin Elias Barasoain uses Cookies to:
- Ensure that web pages function correctly.
- Store your preferences, such as the language you have selected or the font size.
- Understand your browsing experience.
- Collect anonymous statistical information, such as which sections you have visited and how long you have stayed on our platform.
Cookies are associated only with an anonymous user and their computer/device and do not provide references that allow personal data to be identified. You can always access your browser settings to modify and/or block the installation of Cookies. However, the quality of the services’ performance may be affected.
From a technical perspective, cookies allow websites to operate more efficiently and be adapted to users’ preferences, such as storing the language or detecting the access device.
They establish levels of protection and security that prevent or hinder cyberattacks against the website or its users and allow media managers to analyze statistical data collected in cookies to improve the quality and experience of their services. They also serve to optimize the advertisements shown to users, offering content that best matches their interests.
Types of Cookies
Session cookies expire when the user leaves the page or closes the browser, meaning they remain active only during the visit to the website and are deleted from the computer when leaving.
Persistent cookies expire when they fulfill their purpose or are manually deleted. They have a set expiration date and are commonly used in online purchase processes, customizations, or logins to avoid repeatedly entering a password.
Additionally, based on the entity managing the computer or domain from which cookies are sent and processing the obtained data, we can distinguish between first-party and third-party cookies.
First-party cookies are those sent to your computer and managed exclusively by Martin Elias Barasoain for better website functionality. The information collected is used to improve the quality of our service and your user experience.
If you interact with content on our website, third-party cookies may also be set (e.g., clicking on social media buttons or watching videos hosted on another website). These are established by a domain different from our website. We cannot access data stored in cookies from other websites when you browse those sites.
Browsing this website may lead to the installation of the following types of cookies:
1. Performance Cookies
This type of cookie remembers your preferences for tools found within the services, so you do not need to configure the service each time you visit. These cookies will not collect any information about you that can be used for advertising purposes or any data about your preferences beyond the specific visit.
2. Analytics Cookies
Every time a user visits a service, an external provider tool (Omniture, Netscope, Comscore, and similar, which may be added to this list if changed in the future) generates an analytics cookie on the user’s computer.
The main objectives of these cookies are:
- Allow the anonymous identification of browsing users through the “cookie” (which identifies browsers and devices, not individuals) and therefore provide an approximate count of visitors and their trends over time.
- Identify, anonymously, the most visited content and thus the most attractive to users.
- Determine whether the user accessing the website is new or a returning visitor.
3. Advertising Cookies
This type of cookie allows for enhanced information about ads shown to each anonymous user, if applicable. They may store, among other things, the duration or frequency of ad displays, interactions with ads, and browsing and/or user behavior patterns. This helps create an advertising interest profile to deliver ads tailored to the user’s interests.
Google Analytics:
The application we use to collect and analyze browsing information is:
Google Analytics: www.google.com/analytics/ and www.google.es/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.php.
This application has been developed by Google, which provides us with audience analysis services for our website. This company may use these data to improve its own services and offer services to other companies. You can learn more about their other uses from the links provided.
This tool does not obtain information about users’ names, surnames, or postal addresses from which they connect. The information collected includes, for example, the number of pages visited, the language, the social network where our news is published, the city assigned to the IP address from which users access, the number of visitors, the frequency and recurrence of visits, visit duration, the browser used, the operator, or the type of terminal used to access the website.
We use this information to improve our website, detect new needs, and assess improvements to provide a better service to visitors.
How to Manage Cookies:
The user has the option to configure their browser to be notified of the receipt of cookies and to prevent their installation on their device.
Martin Elias Barasoain cannot guarantee the proper functioning of this website if the Cookie Policy is modified.
Most browsers support the use of cookies. However, as a user, you can choose whether to accept cookies or not.
The most common options offered by browsers are:
- Never accept cookies.
- The browser asks the user whether to accept each cookie individually.
- Always accept cookies.
Your browser may also provide options to specify which cookies should be accepted and which should not. Additionally, you may have the option to view and delete cookies individually. If you are unsure how to manage cookies or your browser’s privacy policy, you can find this information in the browser’s help section.
Managing Cookies in Different Browsers:
We recommend consulting your browser’s help section or accessing the help pages of the main browsers:
Google Chrome: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647
Firefox: http://support.mozilla.org/en/home
Internet Explorer: http://support.microsoft.com/ph/807/en-us
Safari: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677?viewlocale=en_US
Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/8.54/en/index.html