Cookies policy

Cookie Policy

This website uses third-party and own cookies to ensure you have a better browsing experience, to share content on social networks and so that we can obtain user statistics.

You can prevent the downloading of cookies through your browser settings, preventing cookies from being stored on your device.

As the owner of this website, I would like to inform you that we do not use any personal information from cookies, we only use general statistics of visits that do not involve any personal information.

It is very important that you read this cookie policy and understand that, if you continue browsing, we will consider that you accept their use.

According to the terms included in article 22.2 of Law 34/2002 on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce, if you continue browsing, you will be giving your consent to the use of the aforementioned mechanisms.

Responsible Entity

The entity responsible for the collection, processing and use of your personal data, within the meaning of the Personal Data Protection Act, is the CBM-VET website, owned by ECOSISTEMAS VIRTUALES Y MODULARES SL, VAT number B38944864 and address at Calle Juan Ravina Méndez, 5A, floor 3, postal code 38009, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.

What are cookies?

Cookies are a set of data that a server deposits in the user’s browser to collect standard Internet log information and information on the behaviour of visitors to a website. In other words, they are small text files that are stored on the computer’s hard drive and are used to identify the user when he/she connects to the website again. Their purpose is to record the user’s visit and to store certain information. Their use is common and frequent on the web as they allow pages to function more efficiently and achieve greater personalisation and analysis of user behaviour.

What types of cookies are there?

The cookies used on our website are session and third-party cookies, and allow us to store and access information relating to language, the type of browser used, and other general characteristics predefined by the user, as well as to monitor and analyse the activity carried out, in order to introduce improvements and provide our services in a more efficient and personalised manner.

Cookies, depending on their permanence, can be divided into session or permanent cookies. Those that expire when the user closes the browser. Those that expire depending on when the purpose for which they are used is fulfilled (for example, so that the user remains identified in the services of CBM-VET) or when they are manually deleted.

Name Type Expiration Purpose Class
__utma From Third Parties (Google Analytics) 2 years Used to distinguish users and sessions. Non-Exempt
__utmb From Third Parties (Google Analytics) 30 minutes It is used to determine new sessions or visits. Non-Exempt
__utmc From Third Parties (Google Analytics) At the end of the session It is configured for use with Urchin. Non-Exempt
__utmz From Third Parties (Google Analytics) 6 months Stores the origin or campaign that explains how the user arrived at the website. Non-Exempt

In addition, depending on their purpose, cookies can be classified as follows:

Performance cookies

This type of Cookie remembers your preferences for the tools found in the services, so you do not have to reconfigure the service each time you visit. By way of example, this type of cookie includes: Volume settings for video or sound players. Video streaming speeds that are compatible with your browser. Items saved in the “shopping cart” in e-commerce services such as shops.

Geo-location cookies

These cookies are used to find out what country you are in when you request a service. This cookie is completely anonymous, and is only used to help target content to your location.

Register cookies 

Registration cookies are generated once the user has registered or subsequently logged in, and are used to identify the user in the services with the following objectives:

To keep the user identified so that, if he/she closes a service, the browser or the computer and at another time or another day re-enters said service, he/she will continue to be identified, thus facilitating his/her browsing without having to identify him/herself again. This functionality can be deleted if the user clicks on the [close session] functionality, so that this cookie is deleted and the next time the user enters the service he/she will have to log in to be identified.

Check whether the user is authorised to access certain services, for example, to participate in a competition.

Additionally, some services may use connectors with social networks such as Facebook or Twitter. When the user registers for a service with credentials from a social network, he/she authorises the social network to store a persistent Cookie that remembers his/her identity and grants access to the services until it expires. The user can delete this Cookie and revoke access to the services through social networks by updating their preferences on the specific social network.

Analytics cookies

Each time a user visits a service, a tool from an external provider generates an analytical cookie on the user’s computer. This cookie, which is only generated during the visit, will be used during future visits to the CBM-VET services to anonymously identify the visitor. The main objectives pursued are:

To allow the anonymous identification of the browsing users through the cookie (identifies browsers and devices, not people) and therefore the approximate counting of the number of visitors and their trend over time.
Identify anonymously the most visited content and therefore more attractive to users Know if the user is accessing is new or repeat visit.

Important: Unless the user decides to register for a CBM-VET service, the cookie will never be associated with any personal data that can identify the user. These cookies will only be used for statistical purposes to help optimise the user’s experience on the site.

Advertising cookies

This type of cookies allow to extend the information of the advertisements shown to each anonymous user in the services of CBM-VET. Among other things, they store the duration or frequency of viewing advertising positions, the interaction with them, or the user’s browsing patterns and/or behaviour, as they help to create a profile of advertising interest. In this way, they make it possible to offer advertising related to the user’s interests.

Third-party advertising cookies

In addition to the advertising managed by the CBM-VET website in their services, the CBM-VET website offers their advertisers the option to serve ads through third parties (“Ad-Servers”). In this way, these third parties can store cookies sent from the CBM-VET services from the users’ browsers, as well as access the data stored in them.

The companies that generate these cookies have their own privacy policies. CBM-VET website currently use the Doubleclick platform (Google) to manage these services. For more information, please visit http://www.google.es/policies/privacy/ads/#toc-doubleclick and http://www.google.es/policies/privacy/ads/.

How can I disable cookies in my browser?

The different browsers can be configured to warn the user of the reception of cookies and, if desired, prevent their installation on the computer. Likewise, the user can check in their browser which cookies they have installed and their expiry date, and can delete them.

For further information, please consult the instructions and manuals of your browser:

For more information on the management of cookies in Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=es

For more information on the management of cookies in Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/es-es/windows-vista/cookies-frequently-asked-questions

For more information on managing cookies in Mozilla Firefox: http://support.mozilla.org/es/kb/habilitar-y-deshabilitar-cookies-que-los-sitios-we

For more information on managing cookies in Safari: http://www.apple.com/es/privacy/use-of-cookies/

For more information about managing cookies in Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/11.50/es-ES/cookies.html

If you want to stop being tracked by Google Analytics visit: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout

Find out more about cookies

More information about online behavioural advertising and online privacy can be found at the following link: http://www.youronlinechoices.com/es/

Google Analytics Data Protection: http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html

How Google Analytics uses cookies: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage?hl=es#analyticsjs

Updates and changes to the privacy/cookie policy

The CBM-VET website may modify this Cookies Policy according to legislative or regulatory requirements, or with the aim of adapting said policy to the instructions dictated by the Spanish Data Protection Agency, for which reason users are advised to visit it periodically.

When significant changes are made to this Cookies Policy, these will be communicated to users either through the website or by email to registered users.