What are cookies and why do we use them in the websites of Fundación Novia Salcedo

A cookie is a file that is downloaded to the user’s device when accessing certain web pages to store and retrieve information about the navigation that is performed from said computer.

Cookies allow said website, among other things, to store and retrieve information about the user’s decisions and habits. In Fundación Novia Salcedo we use them to personalize the experience within our websites, identify and remember the registered user and facilitate navigation.

It is important to point out that the use of cookies does not provide personal data of the user, which in the face of Fundación Novia Salcedo remains anonymous.

The user can configure his browser to not accept the use of cookies, in which case the personalization of the experience would not apply although he can still access the contents of our websites normally.

On the Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie) it is possible to obtain more information about what with cookies and how they work.

 

What kind of cookies do the websites of Fundación Novia Salcedo use?
Cookies, depending on their permanence, can be divided into session or permanent cookies. The first ones expire when the user closes the browser. The second ones expire in function when the objective for which they serve is fulfilled (for example, so that the user remains identified in the websites and services of Fundación Novia Salcedo) or when they are manually deleted.

Additionally, depending on its purpose, Cookies can be classified as follows:

Performance Cookies: This type of Cookie remembers your preferences for the tools found in the services, so you do not have to reconfigure the service each time you visit. As an example, this typology includes:

Volume settings of video or sound players.
The video transmission speeds that are compatible with your browser.
Geolocation cookies: these Cookies are used to find out what country you are in when a web or service is requested. This Cookie is completely anonymous, and is only used to help guide the content to your location.

Registration cookies: Registration cookies are generated once the User has registered or subsequently opened their session, and are used to identify you on the web and services with the following objectives:

Keep the user identified so that, if a service or web closes, the browser or the computer and at another time or another day re-enters that service or web, it will remain identified, thus facilitating navigation without having to re-identify. This functionality can be deleted if the user presses the “Log out” functionality, so that this Cookie is deleted and the next time it enters the web the user will have to log in to be identified.

Check if the user is authorized to access certain services, for example, sign up for an offer, a training, or participate in a contest.
Additionally, some services may use third-party connectors such as Facebook, Twitter or Google. When the user registers in a service with credentials of a social network or identification system of third parties, authorizes the same to keep a persistent cookie that remembers his identity and guarantees access to the web until it expires. The user can delete this cookie and revoke access to the website through social networks or third party identification system updating their preferences in the social network that specific.

Analytics Cookies: each time a User visits a Web or Service, a tool from an external provider (Google Analytics, comScore and similar) generates an analytical cookie on the user’s device. This cookie that is only generated during the visit, will serve in future visits to the services of Novia Salcedo Foundation to anonymously identify the visitor. The main objectives that are pursued are:

Allow the anonymous identification of navigating users through the “Cookie” (identifies browsers and devices, not people) and therefore the approximate count of the number of visitors and their trend over time.
Identify anonymously the most visited contents and therefore more attractive for users
Know if the user who is accessing is new or repeat visit.
Important: Unless the User decides to register on any website of Fundación Novia Salcedo, the cookie will never be associated with any personal data that can identify him. These cookies will only be used for statistical purposes that help optimize the experience of users on the site.

More information about the privacy policy of these analytics tools in: Google Analytics.

 

How to disable cookies in the browser
Most browsers currently allow the user to configure if they wish to accept cookies and which ones. These settings are usually found in the ‘options’ or ‘Preferences’ menu of your browser.
You can consult it in the help of your browser.

These are the instructions to configure cookies in the main browsers:

Chrome: Settings -> Show advanced options -> Privacy -> Content settings. For more information, you can check Google support or browser Help.
Firefox: Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> History -> Custom Settings. For more information, you can check Mozilla support or browser Help.
Internet Explorer: Tools -> Internet Options -> Privacy -> Configuration. For more information, you can consult Microsoft support or browser Help.
Safari: Preferences -> Security. For more information, you can check Apple support or browser Help.