What are cookies?
A cookie is any kind of file downloaded onto a user’s web browser to store certain data that can be updated and retrieved by the entity that installed it.
Types of cookie
Depending on who installs them:
- First party cookies: These are cookies sent to the user’s browser from the server or domain managed by the publisher from which the service requested by the user is provided.
- Third party cookies: These are cookies sent to the user’s browser from a server or domain that is not managed by the publisher but by a separate entity that treats the data obtained by means of said cookies.
Depending on the duration
- Session cookies: A type of cookie designed to collect data while the user is accessing a website.
- Persistent cookies: A type of cookie in which the data remains stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed during a period, defined by the person responsible for the cookie, that can range from a few minutes to several years.
Depending on the purpose:
- Technical cookies: These are cookies that enable the user to browse a website, platform or application and use the options or services it provides such as controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted areas, memorising the items in an order, performing the order purchase process, performing application for registration or participation in an event, using security features during browsing, storing content for dissemination of videos or sound and sharing content through social networks.
- Customisation cookies: These are cookies that enable the user to access the service with certain general features predefined in the user’s terminal according to a series of criteria such as the language, the type of browser through which the user accesses the service, the regional configuration from which the service is accessed, etc.
- Analysis cookies: These are cookies that enable the entity responsible for the same to monitor and analyse the behaviour of the users of the websites to which they are connected. The information collected through this type of cookie is used to measure the activity of the website, application or platform and to build browsing profiles of the users of said websites, applications and platforms in order to improve the user’s experience on the basis of analysis of the data on the use the user makes of the service.
- Advertising cookies: These are cookies that enable management, in the most efficient way possible, of any advertising space that the publisher may have included on a website, application or platform from which it provides the requested service, on the basis of criteria such as edited content or the frequency at which the ads are displayed.
- Behavioural advertising cookies: These are cookies that enable management, in the most efficient way possible, of any advertising space that the publisher may have included on a website, application or platform from which it provides the requested service. These cookies store information on the behaviour of the users obtained through constant observation of their browsing habits, enabling the publisher to develop a specific profile on the basis of which to direct its advertising.
Cookies used on this website
The following table shows the cookies used on this website:
| Cookie |
Owner |
Expiration |
Purpose |
Further information |
| PHPSESSID |
ADEIT |
Session |
Technical |
Identifies with a session ID. |
| __utma |
Google Analytics |
2 years |
Analysis |
Assigns a unique identifier to the user and associates said user with first hit and end of session dates on the website. |
| __utmb |
Google Analytics |
30 minutes |
Analysis |
Records the time of access to the website. Creates a new session of the user has not quit the website after 30 minutes. |
| __utmc |
Google Analytics |
Session |
Analysis |
Works in conjunction with the __utmc cookie to identify new sessions of users who return to the website and to detect if the session is open or closed. |
| __utmc |
Google Analytics |
10 minutes |
Analysis |
Limits data harvest from websites with high traffic flows. |
| __utmc |
Google Analytics |
6 months |
Analysis |
Identifies the origin of website traffic. |
| qtrans_cookie_test |
ADEIT |
Session |
Technical |
Used by the WordPress qTranslate plugin to enable the website’s multilingual support. |
| wpfilebase |
ADEIT |
Session |
Technical |
Used by the WordPress qTranslate plugin to enable download of content by the website’s users. |
| __utma |
Google Analytics |
2 years |
Analysis |
Installed by the Vimeo video player embedded in the website by the IFrame player API. |
| __utmb |
Google Analytics |
30 minutes |
Analysis |
Installed by the Vimeo video player embedded in the website by the IFrame player API. |
| __utmc |
Google Analytics |
Session |
Analysis |
Installed by the Vimeo video player embedded in the website by the IFrame player API. |
| __utmt_player |
Google Analytics |
10 minutes |
Analysis |
Installed by the Vimeo video player embedded in the website by the IFrame player API. |
| __utmc |
Google Analytics |
6 months |
Analysis |
Installed by the Vimeo video player embedded in the website by the IFrame player API. |
| player |
Vimeo |
1 year |
Technical |
Stores the preferences of the Vimeo video player. |
| vuid |
Vimeo |
2 years |
Analysis |
Vimeo Analytics unique identifier. |
| PREF |
YouTube |
1 day |
Analysis |
Tracks the videos viewed to provide related content in the YouTube recommendation sidebar. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE |
YouTube |
1 day |
Analysis |
Tracks the videos viewed to provide related content in the YouTube recommendation sidebar. |
| YSC |
YouTube |
Session |
Analysis |
Tracks the videos viewed to provide related content in the YouTube recommendation sidebar. |
| _ga |
Google Analytics |
2 years |
Analysis |
Used to distinguish the users. Installed on clicking the “See more” button of each listed congress. It can also be installed on clicking the links to social networks on the website header bar |
| _gat |
Google Analytics |
10 minutes |
Analysis |
Used to limit the percentage of requests Installed on clicking the “See more” button of each listed congress. It can also be installed on clicking the links to social networks on the website header bar |
| __atuvc |
AddThis |
2 years |
Technical |
Enables the use of AddThis components to share content on social networks |
| __atuvs |
AddThis |
30 minutes |
Technical |
Enables the use of AddThis components to share content on social networks |
| NID |
Google+ |
6 months |
Technical |
Identifies a Google session to display related content on Google websites on the basis of the cookie and/or associated account. It is installed on pages displaying a Google+ “+1” button |
| _ga |
|
2 years |
Analysis |
Used to distinguish the users. It is installed on pages that display any Twitter button |
| _gat |
|
10 minutes |
Analysis |
Used to limit the percentage of requests It is installed on pages that display any Twitter button |
| guest_id |
|
2 years |
Technical |
Used by Twitter to manage a session if the users have not accessed their Twitter account. |
| bt2 |
AddThis |
9 months |
Technical |
Enables the use of AddThis components to share content on social networks |
| di2 |
AddThis |
2 years |
Technical |
Enables the use of AddThis components to share content on social networks |
| dt |
AddThis |
1 month |
Technical |
Enables the use of AddThis components to share content on social networks |
| loc |
AddThis |
2 years |
Technical |
Enables the use of AddThis components to share content on social networks |
| uid |
AddThis |
2 years |
Technical |
Enables the use of AddThis components to share content on social networks |
| um |
AddThis |
2 years |
Technical |
Enables the use of AddThis components to share content on social networks |
| uvc |
AddThis |
2 years |
Technical |
Enables the use of AddThis components to share content on social networks |
| vc |
AddThis |
2 years |
Technical |
Enables the use of AddThis components to share content on social networks |
| locale |
|
1 week |
Customisation |
Used by Facebook to select the language in which to display the content |
| bkdc |
BlueKai |
6 months |
Advertising |
Store and send user information for advertising purposes. |
| bku |
BlueKai |
6 months |
Advertising |
Store and send user information for advertising purposes. |
You can find further information on third party cookies on the following links:
Google Analytics: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage?hl=es
YouTube:http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/policies/privacy/key-terms/#toc-terms-cookie
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/about/basics/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/privacy?lang=es
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/cookie_policy
AddThis: http://www.addthis.com/privacy/privacy-policy
BlueKai: http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/acquisitions/bluekai/index.html
There are also other third party cookies (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) that may be installed on the user’s computer but which require a prior action performed intentionally by the user such as clicking on a link to the third party domain and the cookie is installed from the domain of said third party, not from ADEIT’s domain.
How to delete cookies from your browser
You can manage the use of cookies on your browser. The following links inform you of the type of cookies that have been installed and the procedure to block or delete them from your device. You can use one of the following links depending on the browser you employ:
- Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/es-es/windows7/how-to-manage-cookies-in-internet-explorer-9
- Firefox: http://support.mozilla.org/es/kb/Borrar%20cookies
- Chrome: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=es&answer=95647
- Safari: http://support.apple.com/kb/ph5042
- Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/11.50/es-ES/cookies.html
Please contact ADEIT on [email protected] for any queries about this cookies policy.