Cookies Policy

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small file that is stored on a user’s computer, cell phone, or tablet when they access certain websites, apps, or platforms, and that allows these sites, apps, or platforms to recognize their users.

Cookies are now essential to the functioning of the Internet, offering countless benefits in the provision of interactive services and enhancing your browsing experience and the site’s usability.

Cookies help tailor websites, apps, and platforms to your personal needs. Cookies cannot harm your device. In fact, having them enabled can help identify and resolve errors, as well as improve the user experience.

Cookies allow, among other things, the storage and retrieval of information about a user’s or a device’s browsing preferences.

This website, app, or platform uses cookies and/or similar technologies that store and retrieve information as you browse. In general, these technologies can serve a wide variety of purposes, such as recognizing you as a user, gathering information about your browsing habits, or customizing how content is displayed.

The specific ways in which we use these technologies are described below.

What cookies do we use?

At www.ihcantabria.com and its subdomains, we use cookies, logs, links, and other technologies to store user preferences in order to improve the quality of our services, ensure the technical functioning of our websites, applications, and platforms as well as the transactions carried out, measure website traffic, and develop new and improved features, products, and services.

Cookie owner:

  • We use first-party cookies that we send to the user’s device from a server or domain managed by us and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
  • We use third-party cookies provided by external companies, social media platforms, or external content providers. These cookies are sent to the user’s device from a server or domain belonging to a third party that processes the data collected through the cookies.

Use of Cookies:

  • We use technical cookies that are strictly necessary for users to access and browse ihcantabria.com and its subdomains.

These are cookies that allow the user to navigate a website, platform, or application and use the various options or services available on it, including those used to manage and operate the website and enable its features and services, such as controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted-access areas, remembering the items included in an order, completing the purchase process for an order, processing payment, detecting fraud related to service security, submitting a registration or participation request for an event, counting visits for the purpose of billing for software licenses used to operate the service (website, platform, or application), use security features while browsing, store content for the streaming of videos or audio, enable dynamic content (for example, loading animations for text or images), or share content via social media.

Also falling into this category, due to their technical nature, are cookies that enable the most efficient management of advertising spaces which, as another element of the design or “layout” of the service offered to the user, the publisher has included on a website, app, or platform based on criteria such as the published content, without collecting user information for other purposes, such as personalizing that advertising or other content.

These cookies do not require the user’s informed consent.

  • We use preference or personalization cookies, which—whether processed by us or by third parties—allow us to remember information so that users can access the service with specific features that may differentiate their experience from that of other users.

For example, the language, the number of results to display when a user performs a search, the appearance or content of the service depending on the type of browser the user uses to access the service or the region from which the user accesses the service, etc.

These cookies may require the user’s informed consent, unless the user chooses those features themselves (for example, by selecting a website’s language by clicking on the flag icon for the corresponding country).

  • We use analytics or measurement cookies, which—whether processed by us or by third parties—allow us to track and analyze the behavior of users on the websites to which they are linked, including measuring the impact of advertisements.

The information collected through these types of cookies is used to measure activity on websites, applications, or platforms, with the aim of improving the products or services offered based on an analysis of how users interact with the service.

These cookies require the user’s informed consent.

  • We use behavioral advertising cookies, which are cookies that—whether processed by us or by third parties—store information about user behavior obtained through the continuous monitoring of their browsing habits, allowing us to develop a specific browsing profile for each user in order to display advertisements tailored to that profile.

These cookies require the user’s informed consent.

Cookie retention period:

  • We use session cookies, which are cookies designed to collect and store data while the user is accessing a website. They are typically used to store information that is only relevant for providing the service requested by the user on a one-time basis (for example, a list of purchased products) and are deleted when the session ends.
  • We use persistent cookies, which are cookies in which the data remains stored on the user’s device and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the cookie controller, ranging from a few minutes to several years.

This type of information obtained through cookies will not be disclosed to third parties or used for unsolicited communications.

How can our users manage the cookies we use?

Users of www.ihcantabria.com and its subdomains can manage cookies and, therefore, reject them individually or in their entirety in the Settings Panel.

If cookies are disabled or rejected, some features and/or services may not function properly.

The portals, applications, or platforms have no control over the websites displayed as a result of your search, links, or access from our directory. These other websites may set their own cookies or request personal information from you.

How can our users disable cookies in the major browsers?

It is usually possible to disable cookies in your browser or to stop accepting cookies from a specific service.

All modern browsers allow you to change your cookie settings.

These settings are usually found under “Options” or “Preferences” in your browser’s menu.

Although it may vary slightly from one browser version to another, the cookie policy settings for the most commonly used browsers are as follows:

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

For more information, please refer to your browser’s support or help section, or visit the following links: Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Explorer, Opera.

Many browsers allow you to enable a private browsing mode that deletes cookies after each visit. Depending on the browser, this private browsing mode may have different names. Below is a list of the most common browsers and the different names for this “private browsing mode”:

  • Internet Explorer 8 and later – Private Browsing
  • Safari 2 and later – Private Browsing
  • Opera 10.5 and later – Private Browsing
  • Firefox 3.5 and later – Private Browsing
  • Google Chrome 10 and later –Incognito

How can I disable third-party cookies?

Please note that if you accept third-party cookies, you will need to delete them through your browser settings or through the system provided by the third party itself.

If you would like to learn about the privacy policies and the use of third-party cookies, you can access the cookie policies of:

What happens if I don’t accept cookies from the website?

If you do not allow cookies to be installed in your browser, you may not be able to access certain sections of our website.

Are my data transferred internationally?

According to Articles 44 et seq. of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), transfers are lawful if they are based on an adequacy decision by the European Commission or if there are appropriate safeguards in place through a legally binding and enforceable instrument between public authorities and bodies, or through binding corporate rules, standard contractual clauses adopted or approved by the Commission, or through codes of conduct or certification mechanisms. Otherwise, authorization from the competent supervisory authority will be required or, failing that, the explicit consent of the data subject or another of the grounds set forth in Article 49 of the GDPR.

Please be advised that www.ihcantabria.com and its subdomains do not transfer your data internationally.

With regard to third-party cookies, you can find out about any transfers to third countries made by the third parties identified in this cookie policy in their respective policies (see the links provided above).

Is a profile of my browsing activity created, and are automated decisions made that could affect me legally or in a significant way?

We would like to inform you that www.ihcantabria.com and its subdomains do not engage in profiling based on your browsing activity that leads to automated decision-making that could have legal or significant consequences for you.

Is my sensitive data being processed?

Le informamos que www.ihcantabria.com y sus subdominios no realizan tratamientos de datos sensibles.

More information

For more information about cookies and your rights as a user, please see the Guide on the Use of Cookies prepared by the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD)

For more information about the processing of your personal data, please visit the Privacy Policy of the CANTABRIA ENVIRONMENTAL HYDRAULICS INSTITUTE FOUNDATION (FIHAC).