Fira de Barcelona (“Fira”) has developed this policy to inform you what a cookie is and what it is for, what cookies we use on this website (the “Website”) and explain how to configure them according to your interests, as as required by article 22.1 of Law 34/2002, of July 11, on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce (“LSSI”).
When you visit our Website for the first time, we inform you of the existence of both our own and third-party cookies, where applicable, through the informative notice (banner) on the Website itself and this Cookies Policy, in which We provide greater detail about the different types of cookies. Likewise, we inform you how you can configure the cookies you want to install among the different categories we use.
By configuring, accepting or rejecting cookies, you are either consenting to the installation of all or selected cookies, or rejecting them.
However, you must bear in mind that there are certain cookies that are exempt from consent as they are essential for the proper functioning of the Website. Included in this exception are those cookies of a technical nature intended to allow the user to navigate through this Website, to enable the use of the different services included in this Website, to control traffic and the communication of data, among others. , as described below.
Our policy will be available to you at all times at the bottom of our website under the link "Cookie Policy".
WHAT ARE COOKIES?
A cookie is a small text file that a website stores in the user's browser. Cookies facilitate the use and navigation of a website and are essential for the functioning of the Internet, providing countless advantages in the provision of interactive services.
Cookies are used, for example, to manage the user's session (reducing the number of times they have to enter their password) or to adapt the contents of a web page to their preferences and therefore improve the user experience of the website.
Cookies are classified according to the following categories:
Depending on their duration, we distinguish between “session” or “persistent” cookies. Session cookies will be deleted once the user leaves the website that generated them and persistent cookies will remain on your computer for a certain period of time.
Likewise, depending on who is the entity that manages the computer or domain from which the cookies are sent and processes the data obtained, we can distinguish between “own” or “third-party” cookies. The first are those that are sent to the user's computer from a computer or domain managed by Fira and from which the service requested by the user is provided, while "third party" cookies are those that are sent to the user's terminal equipment. from a computer or domain that is not managed by Fira or that, although managed by Fira, is another entity that processes the data obtained through cookies for its own purposes (in many cases, by contracted suppliers, for example, the web analytics, which is offered by Google).
You can find more information about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org/es.
Other similar technologies
In addition to the information collected through cookies, we may use other similar technologies such as tracking pixels or web beacons.
Pixels are small graphic files that include a code managed through the URL of a third party and that allow the information collected about the use of the website to be used for analytical and advertising purposes.
Pixels collect information about the browser used, the IP address, the frequency of visits and the time of visits and are also used to track the actions that users carry out through the website (such as, for example, purchases added to the cart, products purchased, redirections to other web pages, opening of newsletters, actions that generate more visits and purchases, type of interested audience), among others.
In addition to the use of tracking pixels or web beacons, it is possible that we use another user identification and tracking technique known as “fingerprinting” or digital footprint and that allows us to verify certain technical parameters of the equipment used by the user. such as, for example, the browser used, the operating system, the screen resolution, the plug-ins and add-ons installed, the font, the IP address, the language or the time zone and which, once combined, allow them to be unique.The information collected will be used to track the activity carried out and the user's navigation and profile the user.
WHAT COOKIES DO WE USE
On our website we may use technical, functional and advertising cookies.
You will be duly informed depending on the type of cookies through the cookie manager about whether the information collected through them can be treated by third parties as co-responsible for the ownership of the information collected.
- ESSENTIAL TECHNICAL COOKIES
They are those that allow the user to navigate through a web page, platform or application and use the different options or services that exist therein, including those that Fira uses to allow the management and operation of the website and enable its functions and services such as, for example, controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted access parts, remembering the elements that make up an order ( shopping cart), carry out the purchase process of an order, manage payment, control fraud linked to the security of the service, make the request for registration or participation in an event, count visits for the purposes of billing licenses of the software with which the service works (website, platform or application), use security elements during navigation, store content for the dissemination of videos or sound, enable dynamic content (for example, animation of loading a text or image) or share content through social networks.
Technical cookies will be exempt from compliance with the obligations established in article 22.2 of the LSSI when they allow the service requested by the user to be provided, as is the case with the listed cookies. in the previous paragraphs. However, if these cookies are also used for non-exempt purposes (for example, for behavioral advertising purposes), they will be subject to these obligations.
These cookies are necessary and therefore cannot be disabled by the user, being exempt from consent by article 22.2 of the LSSI.
We inform you that if you block the use of this type of cookies through your browser settings (see section “How to manage cookies” below), it is possible that the Web does not work correctly.
- FUNCTIONAL COOKIES
They are those that allow the user to remember information so that the user can access the service with certain characteristics that can differentiate their experience from that of other users, such as, for example, language, number of results to be displayed when the user performs a search, the appearance or content of the service depending on the type of browser through which the user accesses the service or the region from which the service is accessed.
As a general rule, these cookies are installed when the user performs certain actions on the website (such as, for example, selecting a language) and will be exempt from the consent required by the LSSI as it is considered a service expressly requested by the user (and provided that they are not processed for another purpose).
- ANALYTICAL COOKIES - MARKETING
Analytical cookies are those that allow the person responsible for them to monitor and analyze the behavior of the users of the web pages to which they are linked, including the number of pages visited, the language used, the frequency and recurrence of visits, the length of visits and permanence in each section of our Website, the quantification of the impacts of the advertisements or the browser used, among others.
The information collected through this type of cookies, whether by us or by third parties, allows us to quantify the number of users and thus carry out the measurement and statistical analysis of the use made by the users. users of our website. To do this, your navigation through our Website is analyzed in order to improve the offering of the products or services we offer. Among others, you can analyze the origin of the visits, the sections and content displayed and the general browsing time and each section visited.
- ADVERTISING COOKIES - MARKETING
They are cookies that store information on user behavior, obtained through continuous observation of their browsing habits, which allows the development of a specific profile to display publicity based on it.
They are normally managed by third parties that manage the advertising spaces that users see when accessing our Website, or our advertising on third-party websites. These cookies allow, among others, to measure the effectiveness of our online campaigns, provide the user with information of interest and offer them advertising content of interest related to their browsing profile, as well as limit the amount of advertising impacts that we make to each user.
In accordance with their own policies, some advertising managers may use anonymous cookies to show advertisements of interest to you when you visit other websites, cross-referencing the user information they may have collected. of your browsing on our Website or others managed by third parties.
For more information about the cookies that may be used on this Website, please go to Cookie Manager.
WHO USES COOKIE DATA?
As we have indicated in the previous sections, on our Website we may use our own and/or third-party cookies.
Third party cookies are managed directly by them and they usually use the data for their own purposes. All the information can be found in the cookie manager itself, as well as in the policies of the third parties identified in each section.
WHERE IS YOUR INFORMATION PROCESSED?
By using third-party cookies, it is possible that your data may be transferred outside the European Economic Area or to countries with an adequate level of protection according to applicable regulations.
Depending on the destination country, this transfer may involve an international transfer of data to countries that do not offer adequate guarantees. All the information related to this section can be found in the Cookie Manager.
HOW LONG DO WE KEEP THE INFORMATION?
You can check the retention periods of the information obtained by the different cookies through the Cookie Manager. All the information related to this section can be found in the cookie manager itself.HOW TO MANAGE COOKIES
When visiting our Website for the first time, we offer you the possibility of configuring the cookies you wish to install or reject. You may reject the installation of any category of cookie except technical ones, which are necessary for the correct functioning of the Website.
If through the cookie manager you have agreed to install certain cookies that you later want to reject and the cookie manager itself allows you to do so (for example, through the cookie widget with a fingerprint symbol that you will find on this website) , you can modify your initial selection or reconfigure them.
You can also modify your selection on cookie preferences through the cookie manager by clicking here: Cookie managerOn the contrary, if for any reason the cookie manager does not allow you to reconfigure them, you will have, at any time, the possibility of accepting or rejecting the installation of cookies or rejecting the installation of a certain type of cookie, modifying the settings. preferences of your web browser.
Through their web browser the user can:- activate private browsing, whereby your browser stops saving your browsing history, website passwords, cookies and other information about the pages you visit; or
- activate the do not track function, by which the browser asks the websites you visit not to track your browsing habits to, for example, serve you advertising of interest on the sites you visit
Please note that blocking cookies may affect all or some of the functionalities of our Website. For your convenience, below we provide help links for configuring cookies for the main browsers:
The above links can be updated by the companies that develop these browsers. Fira will use all reasonable efforts to keep the above list duly updated. However, if any link does not work properly or is not updated, you should know that you can always go to the “Help” menu of your browser to obtain this information. Likewise, heWe note that some cookie providers have a direct system so that the user can object to the installation of their cookies. Please note that if you ever delete cookies from your browser, your opt-out preferences from the previous providers may be deleted, so you will need to object to their installation again.
Additionally, we inform you that if you wish to have greater control over the installation of cookies, you can install programs or add-ons to your browser, known as “Do Not Track” or “DNT” tools, which will allow you to choose those cookies you want to enable.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For more information about the way in which you can exercise your rights of access, rectification, deletion, limitation of processing and portability or any other issue related to the processing of data that we carry out through the use of cookies, you can consult the Privacy policy of our website.
You will find the link to our Privacy Policy at the bottom of our website pages.
COOKIE POLICY UPDATE
This Cookies Policy may be modified or updated at any time. Therefore, we recommend that you review it every time you access this Website.
Last updated: March 22, 2024
