Cookies policy
Manufacturas Cortinsa S.L.
What are they and what do we use them for?
This website, like most websites on the Internet, uses cookies to improve the user experience. Below you will find information about what cookies are, what types of cookies this portal uses, how you can disable cookies in your browser, and how to specifically disable the installation of third-party cookies.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small files that some platforms, such as websites, can install on your computer, smartphone, tablet or connected television. Their functions can vary widely: storing your browsing preferences, collecting statistical information, enabling certain technical features, and so on. Sometimes, cookies are used to store basic information about the browsing habits of the user or their device, to the point where, in some cases, they can recognise them.
Why are they important?
Cookies are useful for a variety of reasons. From a technical point of view, they allow web pages to function more efficiently and in a way that is tailored to your preferences, such as storing your language or your country’s currency. They also help website managers improve the services they offer, thanks to the statistical information collected through them.
Types, Purpose and Operation of Cookies
Cookies, depending on their duration, can be divided into session cookies or persistent cookies. The former expire when the user closes the browser. The latter expire depending on when the purpose for which they serve has been fulfilled (for example, to keep the user identified on the pages of www.cortinsa.com) or when they are deleted manually.
Additionally, depending on their purpose, cookies can be classified as follows:
Performance Cookies: This type of cookie remembers your preferences for the tools found on the pages, so you do not need to reconfigure them each time you visit. Examples of this type include:
- Volume settings for video or audio players.
- Video streaming speeds supported by your browser.
Geolocation Cookies: These cookies are used to determine which country you are in when browsing the web. This cookie is completely anonymous and is only used to help direct content to your location.
Registration Cookies: Registration cookies are generated once the user has registered or subsequently logged in, and are used to identify them on pages for the following purposes:
- To keep the user identified so that, if they close a page, the browser or the computer and at another time or on another day they return to this page, they will remain identified, thus facilitating their browsing without having to log in again. This functionality can be disabled if the user clicks the “log out” function, in which case this cookie is deleted and the next time the user visits the page they will need to log in to be identified.
- To verify whether the user is authorised to access certain pages, for example, to participate in a competition.
- Additionally, some pages may use connectors with social networks such as Facebook, Instagram, Youtube or Twitter. When the user registers on a page using social network credentials, they authorise the social network to store a persistent cookie that remembers their identity and grants them access to the pages until it expires. The user can delete this cookie and revoke access to pages via social networks by updating their preferences on the specific social network.
Analytics Cookies: Each time a user visits a page, a tool from a third-party provider (in our case Google Analytics) generates an analytics cookie on the user’s computer. This cookie, which is only generated on the visit, will be used on future visits to the pages of www.cortinsa.com to anonymously identify the visitor. The main objectives pursued are:
- To allow the anonymous identification of browsing users through the “cookie” (identifying browsers and devices, not individuals) and therefore the approximate counting of the number of visitors and their trend over time.
- To anonymously identify the most visited content and therefore the content most attractive to users.
- To determine whether the user accessing the site is a new or returning visitor.
Important: Unless the user decides to register on the www.cortinsa.com website, the “cookie” will never be associated with any personal data that could identify them. These cookies will only be used for statistical purposes that help to optimise the user experience on the site.
Other third-party cookies
On some of our pages, third-party cookies may be installed that allow the management and improvement of the services they offer. An example of this use is links to social networks that allow our content to be shared.
How can I configure my preferences?
You can allow, block or delete cookies installed on your device by configuring the settings of your internet browser. If you block them, it is possible that certain services that require their use will not be available to you.
Use of Cookies
Cookies are files sent to a browser by a web server to record the user’s activities on a given website. The primary purpose of cookies is to provide the user with faster access to selected pages.
The website www.cortinsa.com uses cookies to personalise and facilitate the user’s browsing experience as much as possible. Cookies are associated solely with an anonymous user and their computer and do not provide references that allow personal data of the user to be inferred. The user may configure their browser to notify and reject the installation of cookies sent by the www.cortinsa.com website, without this affecting the user’s ability to access the content. However, we note that, in any case, the quality of the website’s performance may decrease.
Likewise, the www.cortinsa.com website will be able to identify all pages visited by users, and will therefore be able to provide or offer information suited to the tastes and preferences of each user.
How to disable cookies in the main browsers
It is normally possible to stop accepting cookies from the browser, or to stop accepting cookies from a particular page.
All modern browsers allow cookie settings to be changed. This setting is normally found in the “Options” or “Preferences” menu of your browser.
The www.cortinsa.com website offers guidance to users on the steps to access the cookie settings menu and, where applicable, private browsing in each of the main browsers:
Internet Explorer: Tools -> Internet Options -> Privacy -> Settings.
For more information, you can consult Microsoft Support or the browser’s Help.
Firefox: Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> History -> Settings
For more information, you can consult Mozilla Support or the browser’s Help.
Chrome: Settings -> Advanced options -> Privacy -> Content settings.
For more information, you can consult Google Support or the browser’s Help.
Safari: Preferences -> Security.
For more information, you can consult Windows 10 Pro Support or the browser’s Help.
What happens if cookies are disabled
Some page functionalities will be disabled, such as, for example, remaining identified, receiving information targeted to your location, or the playback of certain videos.
Updates and changes to the Cookie Policy
The www.cortinsa.com website may modify this Cookie Policy in accordance with legislative or regulatory requirements, or in order to adapt this policy to the instructions issued by the Spanish Data Protection Agency; users are therefore advised to visit it periodically.
When significant changes are made to this Cookie Policy, users will be informed via the website.
With regard to third-party cookies, that is, those that are external to our website, we cannot be held responsible for the content and accuracy of the privacy policies they include, and therefore the information we provide is always given with reference to the source.