A cookie is a small text file that is stored in your browser when you visit almost any website. Its purpose is to allow the website to remember your visit when you browse that page again. Cookies often store technical information, personal preferences, content personalization, usage statistics, links to social media, access to user accounts, and more. The goal of the cookie is to adapt the website content to your profile and needs, without cookies the services offered by any website would be noticeably diminished.
The information we provide below will help you understand the different types of cookies:
TYPES OF COOKIES
ACCORDING TO THE ENTITY THAT MANAGES THEM:
First-party cookies: These are collected by the website publisher to provide the service requested by the user.
Third-party cookies: These are collected and managed by a third party and cannot be considered first-party cookies.
ACCORDING TO THE LENGTH OF TIME THEY REMAIN ACTIVE:
Session cookies: Collect data while the user is browsing the web in order to provide the requested service.
Persistent cookies: They are stored in the terminal and the information obtained will be used by the cookie controller to provide the requested service.
ACCORDING TO THEIR PURPOSE:
Technical cookies: They are necessary for proper web browsing.
Analytics cookies: They allow the provider to analyze the user’s browsing behavior, in order to track website usage and statistics such as most visited content, number of visitors, etc.
Marketing cookies: They allow the publisher to include advertising spaces on the website, based on the content of the website itself.
Behavioral marketing cookies: They allow the publisher to include advertising spaces on the website based on the information obtained through the user’s browsing habits.
In accordance with article 22.2 of Law 34/2002, of July 11, on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce (LSSI-CE), Protechno informs you of the cookies used on our website:
Protechno uses its own cookies (technical and session cookies) necessary for browsing its website. It may use third-party cookies necessary for the operation of some non-essential services such as statistics.
COOKIES USED ON THIS WEBSITE
Following the guidelines of the Spanish Data Protection Agency, we proceed to detail the use of cookies made by this website in order to inform you as accurately as possible.
This website uses the following own cookies:
_ga: It is an analytical cookie – Google Analytics. By default, analytics.js uses its own cookie called _ga to store the client ID. It is used to distinguish users. Expiration of 2 years.
Google Adsense
_gcl_au: Marketing cookie. Function: Used by Google AdSense to experiment with the effectiveness of ads on websites that use their services. Retention: 3 months.
Hotjar
_hjid: Statistics cookie. Function: Hotjar cookie that is set when a customer first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the Hotjar User ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behavior on subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID. Retention: 1 year.
_hjClosedSurveyInvites: Tracking cookie. Function: Hotjar cookie that is set once a visitor interacts with an External Link Survey invitation modal. It is used to ensure that the same invite does not reappear if it has already been shown. Retention: 1 year.
_hjDonePolls: Tracking cookie. Function: Hotjar cookie that is set once a visitor completes a survey using the On-site Survey widget. It is used to ensure that the same survey does not reappear if it has already been filled in. Retention: 1 year.
_hjShownFeedbackMessage: Tracking cookie. Function: Hotjar cookie that is set once a visitor minimizes a Feedback Poll widget. It is used to ensure that the widget stays minimized when the visitor navigates through your site. Retention: 1 year.
_hjRecordingLastActivity: Tracking cookie. Function: This should be found in the Session storage (as opposed to cookies). This gets updated when a visitor recording starts and when data is sent through the WebSocket (the visitor performs an action that Hotjar records). Retention: Session.
_hjTLDTest: Tracking cookie. Function: When the Hotjar script executes, we try to determine the most generic cookie path we should use, instead of the page host name. This is done so that cookies can be shared across subdomains (where applicable). To determine this, we try to store the _hjTLDTest cookie for different URL substring alternatives until it fails. After this check, the cookie is removed. Retention: Session.
_hjUserAttributesHash: Tracking cookie. Function: User attributes sent through the Hotjar Identify API are cached for the duration of the session in order to know when an attribute has changed and needs to be updated. Retention: Session.
_hjLocalStorageTest: Tracking cookie. Function: This cookie is used to check if the Hotjar Tracking Script can use local storage. If it can, a value of 1 is set in this cookie. The data stored in _hjLocalStorageTest has no expiration time but it is deleted almost immediately after it is created. Retention: 100ms.
_hjIncludedInPageviewSample: Tracking cookie. Function: This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your site’s pageview limit. Retention: 30 minutes.
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress: Tracking cookie. Function: This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your site’s daily session limit. Retention: 30 minutes.
_hjFirstSeen: Tracking cookie. Function: Set to identify a new user’s first session. It stores a true/false value, indicating whether this was the first time Hotjar saw this user. It is used by Recording filters to identify new user sessions. Retention: Session.
hjViewportId: Tracking cookie. Function: This stores information about the user’s viewport such as size and dimensions. Retention: Session.
_hjRecordingEnabled: Tracking cookie. Function: This is added when a Recording starts and is read when the recording module is initialized to see if the user is already
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complianz_config: Statistical cookie: Provide a responsive website. Retention: 1 year.
complianz_policy_id: Functional cookie. Function: to store the accepted cookie policy ID. 1 year.
cmplz_marketing: Functional cookie. Function: to store cookie consent preferences. 1 year.
complianz_consent_status: Functional cookie. Function: to store cookie consent preferences. 1 year.
This website uses the following third-party cookies:
_fbp: Marketing cookie. Function: Save visits across multiple sites. Retention: 3 months.
PHPSESSID: This cookie is used by the PHP encryption language to allow SESSION variables to be saved on the web server. This cookie is essential for the website to function. Technical cookie. It has a session permanence.
_ZLCMID: These cookies are used by the ZOPIM tool to allow live chat with customer support. Technical cookie. It has a session permanence.1
P_JAR: These cookies have an advertising purpose. Anonymous information is used to measure the performance of ads and provide product recommendations based on statistical data. They have a lifespan of 1 week.
APISID: These cookies have an advertising purpose. They contain a randomly generated unique value that allows the Platform to distinguish browsers and devices. This information is used to measure the performance of ads and provide product recommendations based on statistical data. They expire at the end of the session.
CONSENT: This cookie has an analytical purpose. A new cookie that indicates whether the user has given their consent. The cookie will be created if the user interacts with the page. Third-party type. Expires in 20.
HSID: These cookies have an advertising purpose. They contain a randomly generated unique value that allows the Platform to distinguish browsers and devices. This information is used to measure the performance of ads and provide product recommendations based on statistical data. They expire at the end of the session.
NID: This cookie has a functional purpose. A unique identifier used by Google applications to store information preferred by you. Expiration time of 1 year.
OGP: This cookie is used to display geographical locations. These cookies are entirely managed by Google. They have a lifespan of 1 month.
OGPC: These cookies are used by Google to store user preferences and information during the viewing of pages with Google maps. They have a lifespan of 1 month.
OTZ: They allow for optimization and customization of ads displayed while browsing. Used to analyze traffic patterns to the website, browser session duration. It is related to Google Adwords personalized advertising system. They have a lifespan of 1 month.
SAPISID: Collects information for the Google search engine included on the website (Google CSE). Measures ad performance and provides recommendations (Advertising). They have a lifespan of 2 years.
SEARCH_SAMESITE: These cookies have an advertising purpose. Anonymous information is used to measure the performance of ads and provide product recommendations based on statistical data. The aim is to mitigate the risk of cross-site information leakage. It also provides some protection against cross-site request forgery attacks. They have a lifespan of 6 months.
_Secure-3PAPISID: Used for targeting purposes to create a profile of the visitor’s website interests in order to display relevant and personalized Google advertising. These cookies are used to deliver more relevant ads for you and your interests (Advertising). They have a lifespan of 2 years.
_Secure-3PSID: Used for targeting purposes to create a profile of the visitor’s website interests in order to display relevant and personalized Google advertising. These cookies are used to deliver more relevant ads for you and your interests (Advertising). They have a lifespan of 2 years.
_Secure-APISID: Used for targeting purposes to create a profile of the visitor’s website interests in order to display relevant and personalized Google advertising. They have a lifespan of 5 months.
_Secure-HSID: This is used for security purposes to store digitally signed and encrypted records of a user’s Google account ID and most recent login time, allowing Google to authenticate users, prevent fraudulent use of login credentials, and protect user data from unauthorized third parties. It may also be used for targeting purposes to display relevant and personalized advertising content. It has a duration of 5 months.
_Secure-SSID: This is used to store information about how you use the website and any advertising you have seen before visiting this website, as well as to help personalize advertising on Google properties by remembering your most recent searches, your previous interactions with ads or search results from an advertiser, and your visits to an advertiser’s website. It has a duration of 5 months.
SID: These cookies are used for advertising purposes. They contain a randomly generated unique value that allows the Platform to distinguish browsers and devices. This information is used to measure the performance of ads and provide recommendations for products based on statistical data. It has a duration of 2 years.
SIDCC: These cookies are used to collect information about visitors’ use of our website. We use this information to compile reports and improve the site. These cookies are associated only with an anonymous user and their computer/device without providing references that allow personal data to be known. They collect the number of visitors to the site, how long they stay, the browser, the type of device, the location of the visitors, and the pages visited. It has a duration of 2 months.
_GRECAPTCHA: Google sets this cookie. In addition to certain standard Google cookies, reCAPTCHA sets a necessary cookie (_GRECAPTCHA) when it is executed in order to provide its risk analysis. Retention: 5 months 27 days.
Google MAPS
“1P_JAR, ANID, DV, HSID, OGP, OGPC, OTZ, _Secure-3PAPISID, _Secure-3PSID, _Secure-APISID, _Secure-HSID, _Secure-SSID, SAPISID, PREF, SIDCC, SSID” These cookies are used by Google to store user preferences and information while viewing pages with Google maps on them. For more information.
fbp: Marketing Cookie. Function: Saves visits across multiple sites. Retention: 3 months.
js_datr: (Administrator cookie, will be ignored) Preferences cookie Function: save user preferences. Retention: 2 years.
xs: Marketing cookie. Function: to store a unique session ID. Retention 2 years.
fr: Marketing cookie. Function: Enable ad serving or retargeting. Retention: 2 years.
datr: Marketing cookie. Function: fraud prevention. Retention: 90 days.
c_user: Functional cookie. Function: to store a unique ID. Retention: 2 years.
guest_id: This cookie is recorded by Twitter when you visit a page on our website that includes social counters. Its use is intended to control its advertising on its website. Twitter cookie policy.
personalization_id: This cookie is set due to Twitter’s integration and sharing capabilities for social networks. Retention of 2 years.
Google Analytics
Type: Statistics Cookies (Anonymous). Function: To count and track page visits. Retention: 2 years.
gid: Statistics cookies (Anonymous). Function: count and track page visits. Retention: 1 day.
Google reCAPTCHA
rc::c: Marketing Cookie Function: bot filter request. Retention: session.
rc::b: Marketing cookie Function: bot filter request. Retention: session.
rc::a: Marketing Cookie Function: bot filter request. Retention: persistent.
DISABLING OR DELETING COOKIES:
You can accept or reject the use of cookies through the cookie settings center that Protechno makes available to you, which you can access both through the basic information message about cookies that appears when you first visit the Website.
In Protechno’s cookie settings center, you can consent to the use of cookies, as well as withdraw any previously given consent for their use, at any time and as many times as you wish through the tab that appears at the bottom left of our website.
Please note that if you accept third-party cookies, you will need to delete them, if you wish, directly through your browser’s cookie management options, as explained in the following section.
DISABLING COOKIES FROM THE BROWSER
At any time, you can exercise your right to disable or delete cookies from this website. These actions are carried out differently depending on the browser you are using. Here is a quick guide for the most popular browsers.
Likewise, Protechno provides you with links to various browsers, through which you can make such settings:
Firefox | Chrome | Explorer | Safari | Opera
ADDITIONAL NOTES:
Neither this website nor its legal representatives are responsible for the content or accuracy of the privacy policies of third parties mentioned in this cookie policy.
Web browsers are the tools responsible for storing cookies and it is from there that you must exercise your right to delete or disable them. Neither this website nor its legal representatives can guarantee the correct or incorrect manipulation of cookies by said browsers.
In some cases, it is necessary to install cookies so that the browser does not forget your decision not to accept them.
In the case of Google Analytics cookies, this company stores cookies on servers located in the United States and agrees not to share them with third parties, except when necessary for the functioning of the system or when the law requires it. According to Google, it does not store your IP address. Google Inc. is a company adhering to the Safe Harbor Agreement, which ensures that all data transferred will be treated with a level of protection in accordance with European regulations. You can find detailed information on this at this link. If you would like information on how Google uses cookies, please see this link.
For any questions or inquiries regarding this cookie policy, please do not hesitate to contact us through the contact section.
Web analytics does not obtain information about your personal data, guaranteeing the protection of the privacy of people who navigate the web. The information obtained relates to the number of users accessing the website, the number of pages viewed, the frequency and repetition of visits, their duration, the browser used, the service provider, the language, the device used, or the city assigned to your IP address. This information enables better and more appropriate service by this portal.