This Cookie Policy is an integral part of the Legal Notice and Privacy Policy of ASOCIACIÓN CANARIAS EXCELENCIA TECNOLÓGICA.
Accessing and browsing the site, or using its services, imply agreement to the General Conditions established in our Legal Notice (and therefore to the Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy).
Please read them carefully.
Thank you for choosing to visit us.
We want you to have the best possible user experience on this site and for this reason we have written this Cookie Policy so as to make it as transparent as possible.
What is a cookie?
Cookies are files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded onto the user’s device when visiting a website.
Their main purpose is to recognise the user every time he or she visits ASOCIACIÓN CANARIAS EXCELENCIA TECNOLÓGICA and they also enable us to improve the quality and usability of our website.
Cookies are essential to the operation of the Internet; they cannot damage the user’s device/computer and if they are activated in your browser settings they help us to identify and resolve possible operating errors in https://itislands.com.
Types of cookies
There are different types of cookies.
They all work the same way, but with small differences:
a) Session cookies. Session cookies only last for the duration of your visit and are erased when you close your browser.
Their main purpose is to identify the type of device and to support the security or basic functionality of the website.
They do not contain any personal information that enables us to identify a specific person.
b) Persistent or permanent cookies: These are stored on the hard drive of your device and our site reads them every time you revisit https://itislands.com; they have an expiry date, after which they stop working.
They enable us to identify your activities and preferences and to analyse visits and they help us to understand how users reach our site and to improve our services.
c) Functional cookies: They enable https://itislands.com to remember decisions made by users, such as their login or identifier.
The information obtained by these cookies is anonymised (in other words, it does not contain your name, address or other details).
d) Third-party cookies: Third-party cookies are cookies which are installed by a website other than the one you are visiting; for example, they are used by social media (such as Facebook) or by external content add-ons (such as Google Maps).
Furthermore, some advertising companies use this type of file to monitor your visits to every site on which they advertise.
e) Analytical cookies: The purpose of these cookies is periodic maintenance and ensuring optimum functioning and service for users, by collecting data on their activity.
Use of cookies by https://itislands.com
Mediante el acceso a https://itislands.com, acepta de manera expresa que podamos usar este tipo de cookies en sus dispositivos. Si desactiva las cookies, puede que su navegación por https://itislands.com no sea óptima y algunas de las utilidades que dispone https://itislands.com no funcionen correctamente.
A) COOKIES PROPIAS
In order to recognise you and provide you with a better service, our site uses first-party cookies (small text files stored by your browser).
The advantage of accepting our cookies is that it saves time.
They can also be used to recognise you from one visit to the next, enabling us to adapt the content we show you, obtain information about the date and time of your last visit, measure certain traffic parameters within the site itself, and estimate the number of visits made, so that we can focus and adjust our services and promotions more effectively.
No cookie can be used to contact you via your phone number, your email address or any other means of contact.
No cookie can extract information from your hard drive or steal personal information.
| ANALYTICAL COOKIES | |
|---|---|
| Name | Purpose |
| 4e88a59ca9e62fbc667faceb911fe8f2 | Session cookie for unambiguous visitor identification |
| 337c4215110a8b19b9af85b041ebbd8b | Session cookie for unambiguous visitor identification |
B) THIRD-PARTY COOKIES. GOOGLE ANALYTICS COOKIES
This website uses the Google Analytics service, provided by Google, Inc., a company whose main office is at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View (California), CA 94043, United States of America (“Google”).
Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyse how users use our website.
The information generated by the cookie about the use of the site (including your IP address) is directly transmitted to and stored by Google on its servers in the United States.
Google uses this information on our behalf to track your use of the site by compiling reports on activity on the site and providing other services related to site activity and use of the Internet.
Google may transmit information to third parties if required to do so by law or if those third parties process the information on behalf of Google.
Google does not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.
If you wish you can refuse to allow processing of data or information by refusing the use of cookies. You can do this by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, if you do so, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this site. By using this site you consent to your information being processed by Google in the way and for the purposes indicated above.
| ANALYTICAL COOKIES | |
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| Name | Purpose |
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These Google Analytics cookies generate an anonymous user ID, which is used to keep a count of how many times the user visits https://itislands.com. It also records when the user first and last visited the site. It also calculates when a session ended, the user’s location and keywords. |
User settings to prevent cookies.
At https://islands.com, in compliance with current legislation, we hereby present you with the information that will enable you to configure your Internet browser settings so as to maintain your privacy and security with regard to cookies.
We are therefore providing you with this information and with links to the official support sites of the main browsers, so that you can choose whether or not to accept the use of cookies.
This will enable you to block cookies through your browser’s configuration options, or you can set your browser to notify you when a server wants to save a cookie.
- If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer, go to the menu option Tools > Internet Options > Privacy > Settings. For further information, visit https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
- If you use Firefox, go to Options > Opciones > Privacy & Security > Cookies. For further information, visit https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookies-information-websites-store-on-your-computer#w_cookie-settings.
- If you use Chrome, go to the Settings section > Show advanced settings > Privacy > Content settings > Cookies. For further information, visit https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
- If you use Opera, you can configure your browser in the Privacy and Security settings. For further information, visit http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/