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Cookies policy

1. WHAT ARE COOKIES?

A cookie is a text file that a web server can store on your computer's hard drive to store some information about you as a user. Cookies are used for various purposes such as storing data for future visits, to recognize the user and avoid asking for authentication again, to know which pages you visit, or to save your preferences in customizable areas...). Websites usually use cookies to obtain statistical information about their web pages, and to analyse the behaviour of their customers/users.

Cookies used for any of the following purposes are exempt from compliance with the obligations established in article 22.2 of the LSSI:

  • Allow only communication between the user's computer and the network.
  • Strictly to provide a service expressly requested by the user.

Thus, among the excepted cookies are those whose purpose is:

  • "User input" cookies. These are those that are stored on the computer when the user enters information on a website. For example, when filling out a web form.
  • Authentication or user identification cookies (session only). Its function is to identify a user when they enter their credentials when logging in.
  • User security cookies. These are cookies that detect security issues or risks. For example, those that detect erroneous and repeated connection attempts.
  • Media player session cookies. They allow multimedia content to be played on the websites visited by the user. For example, videos that play automatically when you enter a website are authorised by this type of cookie.
  • Session cookies to balance the load. They connect the website server and the user's server so that information can be transmitted between them.
  • User interface personalization cookies. These are cookies that remember users' preferences while browsing a website. For example, language; the browser chosen; etc.
  • Certain plug-in cookies for sharing social content. They are used when the user visits social networks through a website. For example, when sharing a website article on social networks.

The specific uses we make of these technologies are described in the following sections.


2. TYPES OF COOKIES

Cookies can be classified according to the following criteria: Depending on who installs the cookie, they can be:
First-party cookies:These 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 cookies:These are those that are sent to the user's terminal equipment either from a computer or domain managed by us or by a third party, but the information collected from the cookies is managed by a third party other than the owner of the website.

Depending on their storage period, cookies can be:
Session cookies: These are those that last for the time that the user is browsing the website and are deleted when navigation is complete.
Persistent cookies:They are stored on the user's terminal for a longer time, thus facilitating the control of the chosen preferences without having to repeat certain parameters each time the website is visited.

Depending on their purpose, cookies can be:
Technical cookies:Technical cookies are those that are essential and strictly necessary for the proper functioning of a website and the use of the various options and services it offers. For example, those for session maintenance, those that allow you to use security elements, share content with social networks, etc.
Personalisation cookies:They allow the user to choose or personalise characteristics of the website such as language, regional configuration or browser type.
Analytical cookies:These are used by web portals to create browsing profiles and to be able to know the preferences of users in order to improve the offer of products and services. They allow you to control geographical areas of greatest interest to a user, the most accepted information on the website, etc.
Advertising/advertising cookies:these are those that store information on the behaviour of users obtained through the continuous observation of their browsing habits, which allows the development of a specific profile to display advertising based on this.


3. COOKIES USED ON OUR WEBSITE

www.home2book.com uses the following types of cookies on the website:

Technical cookies
They allow the user to browse the Web, remember their passwords, and use web functionalities.

Analytics cookies
We use Google Analytics cookies to quantify the number of users who visit the Website. These cookies allow us to measure and analyse the way in which users browse the Web. This information allows Utronia, S.L. to continuously improve its services and the experience of users of the Website. For more information, you can refer to the Google Analytics privacy page: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage

Advertising and behavioural advertising cookies
These cookies are used to display relevant advertisements to users based on their use of our website. In addition, they limit the number of times each user views an ad and help Utronia, S.L. to measure the effectiveness of its advertising campaigns. By browsing the Website, the user agrees to install this type of cookie on their device and to make queries when the user visits the Website of Utronia, S.L. in the future.

View and configure cookies installed on our web domain:

Cookies Settings


This website, like most websites, includes functionalities provided by third parties.
Our website is a living website and new designs or services from third parties may be included. This may occasionally change your cookie settings and may result in cookies not detailed in this policy.



4. INFORMATION AND OBTAINING CONSENT FOR INSTALLATION 

www.home2book.com has sought to establish appropriate mechanisms for obtaining user consent in relation to non-strictly necessary cookies. This includes analytical or measurement cookies, which will not be installed unless expressly accepted by the user.
When you access our website, a pop-up appears informing you of all the details about cookies; offering granular acceptance of these.
Users will not have to give their consent every time they visit the website. We will retain your cookie consent and preferences for a maximum period of 24 months. Before this period has elapsed, we will ask you to renew your consent in relation to cookies.



5. HOW CAN I PREVENT THE INSTALLATION OF COOKIES? 

The user can refuse the installation of all cookies, according to their preferences, except for those that they expressly authorise or those that are of a technical profile and must be installed to ensure the correct functioning of the website, indicating those that they wish to install or reject in the pop-up or
Cookie acceptance window that appears when entering the Home. However, there are other ways to prevent cookies from being installed on your computer, as indicated below.
The user can configure their browser to accept, or not, the cookies they receive or for the browser to warn them when a server wants to save a cookie. If some technical cookies are disabled, the correct functioning of some of the website's utilities is not guaranteed.
The user may opt out of the storage of Google Analytics "analytical and advertising" cookies on their terminal by means of the opt-out systems provided by Google Analytics.

Here are also some examples of how to disable cookies:

  1. By configuring the browser itself:
    • Internet Explorer: http://windows.microsoft.com/es-es/windows-vista/block-or-allow-cookies
    • Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/es/kb/Borrar%20cookies
    • Safari: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677?viewlocale=es_ES.
    • Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=es.
    • Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/11.50/es-ES/cookies.html
      For more information, go to the Spanish Data Protection Agency's website, which helps you configure privacy on social networks, browsers and mobile operating systems.
  2. Using third-party tools:
    There are third-party tools, available online, that allow users to detect cookies on each website they visit and manage their deactivation, for example:
    http://www.ghostery.com
    http://www.youronlinechoices.com/es/

In any case, the user can allow or block cookies, as well as delete their browsing data (including cookies) from the browser they use. Please refer to the options and instructions provided by your browser for this. Please note that if you accept third-party cookies, you will need to delete them from your browser options.



6. LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES

If you choose to leave our website through links to other websites that do not belong to our entity, we are not responsible for the privacy policies of those websites or for any cookies that they may store on your computer.



7. HOW DO WE COLLECT AND USE IP ADDRESSES? 

Web servers will be able to automatically detect the IP address and domain name used by users.
An IP address is a number automatically assigned to a computer when it connects to the Internet. This information allows the subsequent processing of the data in order to know if you have given your consent for the installation of cookies, to carry out statistical measurements that allow us to know the number of visits made to the Website, the order of visits, the access point, etc.



8. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFER 

The cookies installed on our web domain are installed on our server so that the data collected in them are not subject to international data transfers.



9. UPDATING OUR COOKIE POLICY

This policy is reviewed periodically to ensure its validity, so it may be modified. We recommend that you visit the page regularly where we will inform you of any updates in this regard.




Date: 21 February 2024 Version: V.2.0