At SMILICS TECHNOLOGIES, S.L. we use cookies or other files with similar functionality (hereinafter, “cookies”) in order to know how you use our services and to be able to improve them. SMILICS TECHNOLOGIES, S.L. is responsible for the cookies and the processing of the data obtained through them, whether they are its own or those of third parties, deciding on the purpose, content and use of the processing of the information collected.
The purpose of this policy is to provide you with clear and detailed information on what a cookie is, what its purpose is, what types of cookies we use and how to configure or disable them.
A cookie is a small text file that is stored in your browser when you visit our website and stores information about your browsing habits. Some cookies are essential to the proper functioning of websites, such as technical cookies or user interface customisation cookies, but others, such as analytical cookies or behavioural advertising cookies, require us to inform you and obtain your consent for their use.
To enable you to give your informed consent, we provide you with detailed information about what each type of cookie consists of and the purpose of each type of cookie.
TYPES OF COOKIES
ACCORDING TO THE PURPOSE
- Technical and functional cookies: these are the cookies that allow the user to browse around a website, platform or application and to use the various options or services that it offers.
- Analytical cookies: these cookies allow the party responsible to monitor and analyse the behaviour of the users of the websites to which they are linked. The information collected through these types of cookies is used to measure the activity of the websites, applications or platforms and to create profiles of the users of these websites, applications and platforms in order to make improvements based on the analysis of the data on the use of the service by the users. More information about third parties:
- Google Analytics: It stores cookies to compile statistics about the traffic and volume of visits to this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google. You may therefore exercise your rights by contacting Google directly.
Google Analytics cookies are stored on servers in the United States and Google undertakes not to share this information with third parties, unless this is necessary for the system to function or it is required to do so by law. According to Google, it does not store your IP address.
Google Inc. is a Privacy Shield company, which means that any data transferred to it will be treated with a level of protection that complies with European regulations. Detailed information can be found at the following link: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245. - Google Recaptcha: We use Google’s reCAPTCHA APIs as part of our services to protect our customers and our systems from cyber spam and abuse. You acknowledge and understand that the reCAPTCHA API works by collecting hardware and software information, such as device and application data, and sending these data to Google for analysis. Information collected in connection with your use of the service will be used to improve reCAPTCHA and for general security purposes. It will not be used by Google to provide you with targeted advertising. More details can be found at this link: https://support.google.com/recaptcha/?hl=en.
- Google Analytics: It stores cookies to compile statistics about the traffic and volume of visits to this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google. You may therefore exercise your rights by contacting Google directly.
- Advertising cookies: these are cookies that allow the most effective management of the advertising spaces that the publisher may have included in a web page, application or platform from which it provides the requested service, based on criteria such as the edited content or the frequency with which the ads are displayed.
- Behavioural advertising cookies: these collect information about the user’s personal preferences and choices (retargeting) in order to manage as effectively as possible any advertising spaces that the publisher may have included on a website, application or platform from which it provides the requested service.
- Social cookies: these are set by social media platforms on the services to allow you to share content with your friends and networks. Social media platforms have the ability to track your online activity outside the Services. This may affect the content and messages you see on other services you visit.
- Affiliate cookies: these allow us to track visits from other websites with which the website has an affiliation agreement (affiliate companies).
- Secure cookies: these store encrypted information to prevent the data saved there from being vulnerable to malware attacks by third parties.
ACCORDING TO OWNERSHIP
- Own cookies: these are those that are sent to the user’s terminal by a computer or domain managed by the publisher and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
- Third-party cookies: these are sent to the user’s terminal from a computer or domain not managed by the publisher, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.
ACCORDING TO THE DURATION OF STORAGE
- Session cookies: These are a type of cookie designed to collect and store data while the user is accessing a website.
- Persistent cookies: They are a type of cookie in which the data continue to be stored in the device and can be accessed and processed during a period defined by the person responsible for the cookie, which can range from a few minutes to several years.
PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA
SMILICS TECHNOLOGIES, S.L. is the Data Controller of the personal data of the Data Subject and informs you that these data will be processed in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, of 27 April 2016 (GDPR), for which you are provided with the following processing information:
Purposes of processing: as indicated in the section on cookies used on the website.
Legitimacy of processing: by consent of the data subject (Art. 6.1 GDPR).
Criteria for storing data: as indicated in the section on cookies used on the website.
Disclosure of data: no data will be disclosed to third parties, except in the case of cookies owned by third parties or by legal obligation.
Rights of the Data Subject:
- The right to withdraw consent at any time.
- The right to access, rectification, data portability and erasure of their data, and the right to restrict or object to data processing.
- The right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority (www.aepd.es) if they consider that the processing does not comply with the regulations in force.
Contact details for the exercise of these rights:
SMILICS TECHNOLOGIES, S.L. C/BALDRICH, 222-226, TERRASSA (08223) BARCELONA, SPAIN. rgpd@smilics.com.
COOKIES USED ON THIS WEBSITE
SMILICS TECHNOLOGIES, S.L. uses its own and third-party technical, personalisation and analytical cookies for the purposes set out in the following cookie statement:
For advertising cookies, we require your consent, which can be obtained by clicking on the “I accept” button in the information message that appears when you access our website.
If you disable cookies, you can still access the website, but browsing may not be optimal and some of the services offered may not function properly.
If, in the future, SMILICS TECHNOLOGIES, S.L. uses other types of cookies than those described in this policy in order to provide new services or to comply with new legal requirements, we will inform you.
You can authorise, block or delete the cookies installed on your device through the settings menu of your internet browser, which can be set to block cookies or alert the user when a server wants to store them. The following links provide information on how to configure and/or disable cookies for each of the major browsers on the market, allowing the user to decide whether or not to accept the use of cookies.
- Microsoft Internet Explorer: Tools menu > Internet Options > Privacy > Settings.
- Firefox: Tools menu > Options > Privacy > Cookies.
- Chrome: Options menu > Advanced options > Privacy.
- Safari: Preferences/Privacy menu.
- Safari for iOS: (iPhone and iPad): Settings option > Safari.
- Chrome for Android: Settings > Website settings > Cookies.