Cookie Policy

COOKIES POLICY

Our website www.merac.es (the "Website") uses a technology called "cookies" in order to be able to collect information about the use of the Website. We inform you that we may use cookies in order to facilitate your navigation through the Website, distinguish you from other users and analyse your browsing habits within the Website.

The purpose of this cookie policy is to inform you clearly and precisely about the cookies used on our Website (the "Cookie Policy").

I. INFORMATION

What is a cookie? 

A cookie is a small file that is downloaded to the user's computer/phone/tablet when accessing a website, online shop, intranet, online platform or similar, in order to store and retrieve information about the navigation carried out from said equipment.

The information collected through cookies may include IP address, date and time of visits to the Website, the pages viewed within the Website, the time spent on our Website and the sites visited just before and just after the Website and other browsing data. Cookies allow us to obtain information about your browsing habits. This information helps us to improve the quality of our website and the user experience on it.

II. TYPES, PURPOSE AND FUNCTIONING OF COOKIES

Cookies, on the basis of their permanenceThese can be divided into session or persistent cookies:

  • Session cookiesThese are those that store data only while the user accesses the website and once the user leaves the site they do not remain on the user's hard drive.
  • Persistent CookiesThese are those that store data on the user's hard disk so that they can be accessed and used each time they visit our website.

 

Depending on the entity that manages themwe can distinguish between:

  • Own cookiesThese are those that are sent to the user's terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by the publisher itself and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
  • Third party cookiesCookies: These are sent to the user's terminal equipment from a computer or domain that is not managed by the editor, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies. For example, Google Analytics or Comscore.

 

Depending on the purposeCookies can be classified as follows:

  • Technical cookiesThese are those that allow the user to browse through a website, platform or application and the use of the different options or services that exist on it, such as, for example, controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted access areas, remembering the elements that make up an order, carrying out the purchase process of an order, making the application for registration or participation in an event, using security elements during browsing, storing content for the broadcasting of videos or sound or sharing content through social networks.
  • Analytics cookiesCookies: These are those that allow the party responsible for them to monitor and analyse the behaviour of users of the websites to which they are linked. The information collected through this type of cookies is used to measure the activity of the websites, application or platform and for the elaboration of browsing profiles of the users of these sites, applications and platforms, in order to introduce improvements based on the analysis of the usage data of the users of the service.
  • Advertising CookiesThese are those that allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the publisher has included on a website, application or platform from which it provides the requested service based on criteria such as the edited content or the frequency at which the advertisements are displayed.

III. DETAILS OF THE COOKIES USED ON THIS WEBSITE

On the one hand, the owner of this Website will use its own technical cookies for which it is not necessary to obtain your consent as they are excluded from the scope of application of article 22.2 of Law 34/2002, of 11 July, on information society services and electronic commerce.

However, this Website installs cookies that require the consent of users. Information about these cookies can be found below.

On our Website we use the Google Analytics audience measurement system, a web analysis tool of Google LLC. ("Google"), located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043 (USA), which allows us to understand how users interact with our Site. By setting analytical cookies from this service in conjunction with our server log files, we are able to see the total number of visitors to our Web Site and which parts of our Web Site are most popular. These cookies provide us with information that can help us to improve navigation and provide a better service to users and customers. We inform you that the international transfer to Google is covered by the formalisation of the standard contractual clauses approved by the European Commission.

This website also uses Hotjar cookies, a tool for analysing user data and behaviour while browsing the website.

Below, you can see the detailed list of Cookies that we use on our Website:

 Name

Manager

Domain

Supplier

Duration

Purpose

Exempt

_ga

Third parties

.merac.co.uk

Google
Analytics


2 years

from
analysis

No

_gid

Third parties

.merac.co.uk

Google
Analytics


24 hours

from
analysis

No

_gat

Third parties

.merac.co.uk

Google
Analytics

1 minute

from
analysis

No

_hjClosedSurveyInvites

Third parties

.merac.co.uk

Hotjar

1 year

from
analysis

No

_hjDonePolls

Third parties

.merac.co.uk

Hotjar

1 year

from
analysis

No

_hjMinimizedPolls

Third parties

.merac.co.uk

Hotjar

1 year

from
analysis

No

_hjShownFeedbackMessage

Third parties

.merac.co.uk

Hotjar

1 year

from
analysis

No

_hjid

Third parties

.merac.co.uk

Hotjar

1 year

from
analysis

No

_hjRecordingLastActivity

Third parties

.merac.co.uk

Hotjar

Session

from
analysis

No

_hjTLDTest

Third parties

.merac.co.uk

Hotjar

Session

from
analysis

No

_hjUserAttributesHash

Third parties

.merac.co.uk

Hotjar

Session

from
analysis

No

_hjCachedUserAttributes

Third parties

.merac.co.uk

Hotjar

Session

from
analysis

No

_hjLocalStorageTest

Third parties

.merac.co.uk

Hotjar

Minus 1 second

from
analysis

No

_hjIncludedInPageviewSample

Third parties

.merac.co.uk

Hotjar

30 min.

from
analysis

No

_hjIncludedInSessionSample

Third parties

.merac.co.uk

Hotjar

30 min.

from
analysis

No

_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress

Third parties

.merac.co.uk

Hotjar

30 min.

from
analysis

No

_hjFirstSeen

Third parties

.merac.co.uk

Hotjar

Session

from
analysis

No

hjViewportId

Third parties

.merac.co.uk

Hotjar

Session

from
analysis

No

hjViewportId

Third parties

.merac.co.uk

Hotjar

Session

from
analysis

No

IV. HOW TO MANAGE / DISABLE COOKIES IN THE BROWSER

The user can allow, block or delete the cookies installed on their computer by configuring the options of the browser installed on their computer. Below, we explain how to access the configuration menu of the most popular browsers (Important: Disabling some of the above-mentioned cookies may make certain services or functionalities of the website unavailable).

  • Firefox: Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> History -> Custom Settings.
  • Chrome: Settings -> Show advanced options -> Privacy -> Content settings.
  • Safari: Preferences -> Security.
  • Opera: Options -> Privacy.
  • Internet Explorer: Tools -> Internet Options -> Privacy -> Settings.

 

V. CHANGES TO THE COOKIE POLICY

We may update the Cookie Policy of our Website. We therefore recommend that you review this policy each time you access our Website in order to be properly informed about how and for what purpose we use cookies.

VI. PRIVACY POLICY

You can read our privacy policy for further information on the processing of personal data

VII. CONTACT

If you have any questions, comments or suggestions about the Cookie Policy, please contact us via the following email address: administacion@merac.es