Information about cookies

What is a 'cookie'?

It is a file which is downloaded into your computer or other device when accessing certain web pages. These files gather information about your navigation within said website. In some cases, cookies are needed to ease browsing and to allow the saving and retrieving of information about navigation habits of a user or their machine, among other things, and, depending on the information they contain and the way you use your device, they can be used to recognise the user.

Identification of cookies used

According to the guidelines established by the Spanish Data Protection Agency, the cookies used in this website are classified as follows:

  • Own cookies: Those sent to the user device from a machine or domain managed by the editor and from which the service demanded by the user is provided.
  • Third-party cookies: Those sent to the user device from a machine or domain not managed by the editor, but by a different organisation that deals with the data obtained via these cookies.
  • Session cookies: They gather and store data while the user is accessing a webpage.
  • Persistent cookies: They store the data in the device so that they can be accessed and treated during a period defined by the cookie owner (from several minutes to several years).
  • Technical cookies: They allow the user to navigate a web page, platform or application, and to use the different options or services provided in it.
  • Analytical cookies: They allow their owner to track and analyse user behaviour within a website. The information gathered by these cookies is used in the measurement of activity in websites, applications or platforms and for the creation of browsing profiles of their users, in order to improve the services after analysing the usage data.

 

Disablement of all or some of these cookies may impair the right or better user experience, but the website will still be usable.

The following table shows the cookies installed when a user is navigating the website opensource.tarsis.eu and the purpose to which each one is used.

 

OWN COOKIES

COOKIE PURPOSE DURATION SAVES PERSONAL INFO OWNER
acepta_cookies Allows for the cookie notice not to be shown to the same user more than once a day once it has been closed. 24 hours NO Tarsis.net, S.L.

 

THIRD-PARTY COOKIES

COOKIE PURPOSE DURATION SAVES PERSONAL INFO OWNER
_first_pageview Google Analytics: Session cookie created in the first page view of any visit. Allows for some parts of the code only to be shown in the first visited web page, thus making the load faster and more efficient. 10 minutes NO Google, Inc.
[disable Google Analytics]
_jsuid Google Analytics: This cookie stores a random number generated the first time someone visits the web site. It is used to better identify new and unique visitors. 10 years NO Google, Inc.
[disable Google Analytics]
__utma Google Analytics: This cookie stores a random number generated the first time someone visits the web site. It is used to identify unique visitors. 2 years NO Google, Inc.
[disable Google Analytics]
__utmb Google Analytics: This cookie stores a random number and works with _utmc to calculate the average lenght of a visit. 30 minutes NO Google, Inc.
[disable Google Analytics]
__utmc Google Analytics: This cookie stores a random number and works with _utmb to know when the user closes the browser. Session NO Google, Inc.
[disable Google Analytics]
__utmz Google Analytics: This cookie stores a random number and information about how the web site was reached (through a direct link, an organic search or a paid search). 6 months NO Google, Inc.
[disable Google Analytics]
PREF Google Sites: This cookie stores user preferences when they visit a Google site or a web page with a Google Map embedded. Session NO Google, Inc.
guest_id Twitter.com: This cookie is used to identify you to twitter, if you do not have a twitter account or never accessed the twitter.com website directly then twitter will assign you a unique code to track your visit to the Twitter feed. 2 years NO if not logged in your Twitter account; user name if logged in. Twitter, Inc.

 

Cookie Control

You can allow, block or delete the cookies installed in your device via the browser options. Please read the help section of your browser to know more about how to enable a "private mode" or unblock certain cookies.

For more information about the browser Explorer click here.

For more information about the browser Firefox click here.

For more information about the browser Opera click here.

For more information about the browser Google Chrome click here.

For more information about the browser Safari click here.

 

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