Cookies Policy - STAMS 2023 / SEMTA-MECAMAT COLLOQUIUM

Last update: September 19, 2022

 

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies and other similar techniques are text or image files that the website visited installs in the user’s device (PC, smartphone, tablet, etc.) to register their search activity on the different pages and sections of websites.

The cookies are solely associated with an ID that identifies the device and the browser used in each visit, and as such does not provide references which would allow other personal user data to be extracted.

WHAT ARE WEBSITE COOKIES USED FOR?

This website uses cookies to:

1. Offer the user content and information customized to their interests and to facilitate browsing on our web pages.
2. Register user preferences and provide the fastest access possible.
3. Personalize services offered by the websites, facilitating and providing each user with information that could be of interest, based on their use of these web pages.
4. Determine the services searched for by the users, so as to facilitate and provide suitable information adapted to user likes and preferences.

Additionally, those users who log in or who initiate sessions and carry out authenticated website searches, can benefit from services that are customized according to their profile. These users expressly authorize the use of the information registry for this purpose, without affecting their right to opt out of or disable the use of Cookies.  All information will be treated according to the privacy policy or privacy clause that the user accepts upon registration, and in accordance with what is set out in this Cookie Policy.

WHAT TYPE OF COOKIES ARE AND WHAT ARE THEY USED FOR?

Depending on their duration, the cookies can be divided into:

• Session cookies: These expire when the user closes the browser and are erased from that PC or device at that moment.
• Persistent cookies: These expire depending on when their purpose is met (for example, so that the user stays identified in website services) or when they are manually erased.

Depending on who creates the cookie, they are classified into:

• Own cookies: These are what Web Services place on your PC or device and they are exclusively administered by website. These Cookies remain in your browser, allowing identification as a regular user on the website and the user content to be personalized and customized according to the user’s preferences.
• Third-party cookies: These are placed by entities outside website

According to the purpose that data obtained is used for:

• Technical cookies: These allow the user to browse a webpage, platform or app and use their existing options and services, such as for example, managing data traffic and communication, identifying the session, visiting restricted access sections, remembering the elements on an order, placing an order, signing up for or participating in an event, using security elements during a search, storing content for video or sound streaming or sharing content in social networks.
• Personalization of cookies. These allow the user to access the service with some pre-defined characteristics of a general nature according to a series of criteria in the user terminal, such as for example, language, the type of browser through which the service is accessed, the regional setting the service is accessed from, etc.
• Cookies for analysis and advertising purposes: These allow those the responsible parties to monitor and analyse user behaviour on the webpages they are linked to information gathered through these types of cookies is used to measure website, app or platform activity and to construct user search profiles on said sites, apps or platforms, aimed at improvements according to analysis of user data for the service. These cookies are likewise used to display relevant advertising from third party webpages according to the user’s browsing profile on website.

WHAT TYPE OF COOKIES CAN BE USED BY OUR WEBSITES?

The user can reject the use of cookies through the mechanisms discussed in the following section. However, in that case, this site may not be able to be used in its full functionality.

HOW CAN YOU OPT OUT OF COOKIES?

If the user wishes to reject the use of cookies on our website, he has different mechanisms:

• By means of the 'CONFIGURE' button that appears at the bottom of the page when you first enter our website or when its validity has expired.
• Through the Cookies configuration image, located in the lower left corner of the screen, which is displayed once cookies have been accepted or rejected.
• By selecting the appropriate configuration of your browser according to the indications indicated below.

The user can opt out of installation of third-party cookies by accessing the privacy policy or opt-out systems for each third party via the link in the table above. This website is not responsible for the privacy policies of third parties included in this Cookies Policy.

At the same time, the User may at any time, manage of Cookies configuration through their browser setting:

• Internet Explorer: Tools -> Internet Options -> Privacy -> Settings. For more information, contact Microsoft support or Help on your browser.
• Firefox: Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> Browsing History-> Personalized Settings. For more information, contact Mozilla Support or Help on your browser.
• Chrome: Settings -> Show advanced options-> Privacy -> Content settings. For more information, contact Google Support or Help on your browser.
• Safari: Preferences -> Security. For more information, contact Apple Support or Help on your browser.

WHAT HAPPENS IF COOKIES ARE DISABLED?

Some of the functionalities of this websites could be disabled, such as for example, reception of content that is locally relevant or ability to view certain videos.

DOES THE USE OF COOKIES AFFECT THE PROTECTION OF MY PERSONAL DATA?

Despite the fact that the majority of cookies are anonymous and do not allow user identity to be obtained, some of the codes they include serve to single out or personalize the device’s browser, and as such, in these cases, the personal data protection regulation would apply.

As such, we inform you that information obtained through cookies will be incorporated into data treated by this website with the purposes and terms indicated in this present Policy.

Accordingly, this data will also be incorporated into the files of the provider companies of the Third-Party Cookies stated in this document and treated with the purposes indicated on their respective privacy policies, which are linked to this document. 

The legal basis governing these treatments is the user consent, given at some point during use of any search on our website. Nevertheless, the user can opt out of the use of cookies through the mechanisms indicated on this present policy.

However, bearing in mind that these codes do not permit User identification, the rights to access, retraction, suppression, opposition, limitation and portability recognized in the data protection regulation will not be applicable, unless the user is able provide additional information that allows their identity to be linked to the Cookies.  

In the case where the user considers that their data protection rights have been violated, an official complaint with the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos (www.agpd.es) (the Spanish Data Protection Agency) or by our contact email.

UPDATES AND CHANGES IN THE PRIVACY/COOKIES POLICY

We can modify this Cookie Policy according to the legislative and regulatory requirements, or with the purpose of adapting said policy to the instructions of the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos, which the User is advised to periodically visit.

INFORMED CONSENT

Use of this page hereby implies that you give your express and unequivocal consent to the use of cookies, under the terms and conditions set out in this Cookie Policy, without forfeiting the measures to disable and eliminate Cookies that you can adopt, and which appear in the above section.