What is a cookie?

A cookie is a harmless file that is downloaded to your computer when accessing certain web pages. Cookies allow a web page, among other things, to store and retrieve information about the browsing habits of a user or their equipment and, depending on the information they contain and the way they use their equipment.

Thus, there are cookies that obtain information related to the number of pages visited, the city to which the IP address from which it is accessed is assigned, the number of new users, the frequency and recurrence of visits, the time of visit, the browser, the operator or the type of terminal from which the visit is made.

What is NOT a cookie?

It is not a virus, nor a Trojan, nor a worm, nor spam, nor spyware, nor does it open pop-up windows.

What information does a cookie store?

Cookies do not usually store sensitive information about you, such as credit cards or bank details, photographs, your ID or personal information, etc. The data they save is of a technical nature, personal preferences, personalisation of contents, etc.

The web server does not associate you as a person if not your web browser. In fact, if you regularly browse Internet Explorer and try to navigate the same website with Firefox or Chrome, you will see that the website does not realise that you are the same person because it is actually associating the browser, not the person.

What happens if I disable cookies?

So that you understand the scope that cookies may have to deactivate, we show you some examples:

  • You will not be able to share content from that website on Facebook, Twitter or any other social network.
  • The website will not be able to adapt the contents to your personal preferences, as usually happens in online stores.
  • You will not be able to access the personal area of ​​the web, such as My account, or My profile or My orders.
  • Online stores: You will be unable to make online purchases, they will have to be telephone or visiting the physical store if you have one.
  • It will not be possible to customize your geographical preferences such as time zone, currency or language.
  • The website will not be able to perform web analytics on visitors and web traffic, which will make it difficult for the website to be competitive.
  • You will not be able to write on the blog, you will not be able to upload photos, post comments, rate or rate content. The web will not be able to know if you are a human or an automated application that publishes spam.
  • Sectorised advertising cannot be displayed, which will reduce the advertising revenue of the web.
  • All social networks use cookies; if you deactivate them you will not be able to use any social network.

What types of cookies are there?

  1. Types of cookies according to the entity that manages the equipment or domain from which cookies are sent and treat the data obtained, we can distinguish:
  • Own cookies: These are those that are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by the editor itself and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
  • Third-party cookies: These are those that 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 cookies.

In the event that cookies are installed from a computer or domain managed by the editor itself but the information collected through them is managed by a third party, they cannot be considered as own cookies.

Third party cookies

In some cases, we share information about visitors to this site anonymously or aggregate with third parties such as advertisers, sponsors or auditors with the sole purpose of improving our services. All these processing tasks will be regulated according to legal norms and all your rights regarding data protection will be respected in accordance with current regulations.

This site measures traffic with different solutions that can use cookies or web beacons to analyze what happens on our pages. We currently use the following solutions for measuring the traffic of this site. You can see more information about the privacy policy of each of the solutions used for this purpose:

What types of cookies are used on this website?

When accessing the Indufex.com website, we inform you that if you continue browsing you will be installed several own and third-party cookies corresponding to the analytics of the web (as an example: Google Analytics or similar tools) to help the website analyse the Use that you make of the website and improve its usability, but in no case are they associated with data that could identify you. The data they save is of a technical nature, personal preferences, personalisation of contents, etc. The web server does not associate you as a person but with your web browser.

This website uses its own and third-party cookies to get you to have a better browsing experience, to share content on social networks, leave comments and to obtain statistics from our users.

As a user, you can refuse the processing of data or information by blocking these cookies through the appropriate configuration of your browser. However, you should know that if you do, this site may not work properly.

That is why it is important that you read this cookie policy and understand that if you continue browsing, we consider that you accept its use. You can change your browser settings to be notified of the reception of cookies on your device or disable if you wish the ability to store these cookies on your device.

You can even check your preferences on the cookies on this website right now at the following button:

The following table is included below, only as an example, with identification of the most relevant cookies used on this website, as well as whether they are their own or those of third parties (and identification of the contracted third party or whose services they have decided to use) and their purpose.

Own cookies
Cookies Information(*) Purpose
Strictly necessary C. user’s access

C. session authentication or user identification

C. user security

C. media player session

C. session to balance the load

C. Customization of the user interface

 They serve to offer services or remember configurations to improve your browsing experience on our website.

 

Third party cookies
Cookies Purpose Temporality
_ga, _gat, _gid, _gali Google Analytics. Analyse navigation behaviours and allow compiling traffic statistics. Persistent

_ga: 2 years

_gat: 10 min.

_gid: 1 day

Session

_gali

 

 

 

How are cookies managed?

Since cookies are normal text files, they can be scanned with most text editors or word processing programs. You can click on a cookie to open it. Below is a list of links on how to view cookies in different browsers. If you use another browser, check the information about cookies in the browser itself. If you use a mobile phone, check the device manual for more information.

Cookie settings for the most popular browsers

Here’s how to access a specific Chrome browser cookie. Note: these steps may vary depending on the browser version:

  1. Go to Settings or Preferences through the File menu or by clicking the customization icon that appears at the top right.
  2. You will see different sections, click on the option Show advanced options.
  3. Go to Privacy, Content Settings.
  4. Select All cookies and site data.
  5. A list will appear with all cookies ordered by domain. To make it easier for you to find cookies from a specific domain, enter the address partially or totally in the Search cookies field.
  6. After performing this filter, one or more lines will appear on the screen with the cookies of the requested website. Now you just have to select it and press the X to proceed to its elimination.

To access the cookie settings of the Internet Explorer browser follow these steps (may vary depending on the browser version):

  1. Go to Tools, Internet Options
  2. Click on Privacy.
  3. Move the slider to adjust the level of privacy you want.

To access the cookie settings of the Firefox browser follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):

  1. Go to Options or Preferences according to your operating system.
  2. Click on Privacy.
  3. In History choose Use a custom configuration for history.
  4. Now you will see the option Accept cookies, you can activate or deactivate it according to your preferences.

To access the cookie settings of the Safari browser for OSX follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):

  1. Go to Preferences, then Privacy.
  2. In this place you will see the option Block cookies to adjust the type of blocking you want to perform.

To access the cookie settings of the Safari browser for iOS follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):

  1. Go to Settings, then Safari.
  2. Go to Privacy and Security, you will see the option Block cookies to adjust the type of blocking you wish to perform.

To access the browser cookie settings for Android devices follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):

  1. Run the browser and press the Menu key, then Settings.
  2. Go to Security and Privacy, you will see the option Accept cookies to enable or disable the box.

To access the browser cookie setting for Windows Phone devices follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):

1.Open Internet Explorer, then More, then Setting.

2.Now you can enable or disable the Allow cookies box.

Additional notes

 

Neither this website nor its legal representatives are responsible for the content or the veracity of the privacy policies that third parties mentioned in this cookie policy may have.

Web browsers are the tools responsible for storing cookies and from this place you must exercise your right to delete or deactivate them. Neither this website nor its legal representatives can guarantee the correct or incorrect manipulation of cookies by the aforementioned browsers.

In some cases it is necessary to install cookies so that the browser does not forget your decision not to accept them.

In the case of Google Analytics cookies, this company stores cookies on servers located in the United States and undertakes not to share it with third parties, except in cases where it is necessary for the operation of the system or when the law requires such effect. According to Google, it does not save your IP address. Google Inc. is a company adhered to the Safe Harbor Agreement that guarantees that all transferred data will be treated with a level of protection according to European regulations.

For any questions or queries about this cookie policy, do not hesitate to contact us through the contact section.