Cookies – En

a) WHAT ARE COOKIES?

A cookie is a file that is downloaded to your computer when accessing certain web pages. Cookies allow a website, among other things, to store and retrieve information about the browsing habits of a user or their device and, depending on the information they contain and the way the device is used, they can be used to recognize the user.

b) USE OF COOKIES:

EPIDISEASE, S.L. uses so-called cookies and other similar mechanisms to improve your user experience. The main purpose of these small files is to facilitate faster access to selected services. Additionally, Cookies help personalize services by offering each user information tailored to their preferences and interests based on their usage of the services.

We personalize and facilitate navigation through our pages thanks to the use of cookies. These cookies are associated with anonymous users and their computers and do not provide any personal data about them. You can configure your browser to notify and reject the use of cookies if you prefer, without affecting your ability to access the page, although the quality of the service may be affected.

Thanks to cookies, registered users, or those who have logged in, benefit from more personalized services tailored to their profile based on the data stored at the time of registration. These users expressly authorize the use of this information for the aforementioned purpose, without prejudice to their right to refuse or disable the use of cookies.

c) TYPES, PURPOSE AND OPERATION OF COOKIES:

Cookies can be divided into session cookies or persistent cookies depending on the time they remain on your computer. Session cookies stop working when you close your browser. The latter expire when the objective for which they were created is fulfilled or are deleted manually.

Additionally, depending on their purpose, Cookies can be classified as follows:

NAVIGATION COOKIES: These cookies help us to allow you to navigate comfortably through the website and are responsible for enabling you to subscribe to any of our paid plans.

PERFORMANCE COOKIES: These remember your preferences for tools in the Services, so you do not have to reconfigure the service every time you visit. Examples include:

Volume settings for video or audio players.

Video streaming speeds compatible with your browser.

Items stored in the shopping cart in E-commerce Services.

GEO-LOCATION COOKIES: These are used to determine what country you are in when a Service is requested. This cookie is completely anonymous and is only used to help target content to your location and choose the appropriate language.

LOGIN COOKIES: Generated once the User has registered or subsequently logged in, and used to identify the user in the Services with the following objectives:

Keep the User identified so that, if they close a Service, the browser, or the computer and later return to the Service, they will still be identified, facilitating navigation without needing to log in again. This functionality can be removed if the User clicks the log out function, thus eliminating the cookie.

Check if the User is authorized to access certain Services, for example, to participate in a contest.

Additionally, some Services may use social media connectors such as Facebook or Twitter. When a User registers in a Service with social network credentials, they authorize the social network to save a persistent cookie that remembers their identity and grants them access to the Services until they log out. Users can delete this cookie and revoke access by updating their preferences on the social network in question.

ANALYTICS COOKIES: To ensure a good service, these cookies provide anonymous data about your browsing and collect statistical data on user activity. We use Google Analytics cookies provided by Google INC.

Each time a user visits a service, a third-party tool generates an analytical cookie on the User’s computer. This cookie, generated only during the visit, is used on future visits to identify the visitor anonymously. The main objectives are:

Allow anonymous identification of browsing Users through cookies (identifying browsers and devices, not people) and therefore approximate visitor counts and trends over time.

Identify anonymously the most visited content and therefore the most attractive to Users.

Determine whether the user accessing the service is new or returning.

Important: Unless the User registers in a Service, the cookie will never be associated with any personal data that could identify them. These cookies are used solely for statistical purposes to optimize the user experience on the site.

ZOPIM CHAT COOKIES: We aim to offer excellent customer service and facilitate communication through our chat (Provider: Zopim Technologies LTD.). The chat collects user activity with information about visited pages, location, browser, platform, device, and IP address.

THIRD-PARTY COOKIES:

From third parties: These are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a domain not managed by the editor but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.

d) HOW TO DISABLE COOKIES IN MAJOR BROWSERS:

You can allow, block, or delete cookies installed on your device via your browser settings.

Below are links to configure cookies in common web browsers:

Configure cookies in Google Chrome

Configure cookies in Microsoft Internet Explorer

Configure cookies in Mozilla Firefox

Configure cookies in Safari (Apple)

e) WHAT HAPPENS IF COOKIES ARE DISABLED:

To help you understand the impact of disabling cookies, here are some examples:

  • You won’t be able to share content from this website on Facebook, Twitter, or other social networks.
  • The website won’t be able to adapt content to your personal preferences.
  • You won’t be able to access personal areas of the site, such as My Account or My Profile.
  • You won’t be able to make online purchases.
  • Geographic preferences (timezone, currency, language) won’t be saved.
  • The website won’t be able to perform web analytics, affecting competitiveness.
  • You won’t be able to post comments, upload photos, or rate content.
  • Targeted advertising won’t be shown.
  • All social networks use cookies; if disabled, you won’t be able to use them.

UPDATES AND CHANGES TO THE PRIVACY / COOKIES POLICY:

EPIDISEASE, S.L. may update this Cookies Policy based on legal or regulatory requirements, or to adapt it to guidelines from the Spanish Data Protection Agency. Users are advised to visit it periodically.

Significant changes will be communicated to Users either via the website or by email to registered users.