cookies.

What is a cookie.

A cookie is a small piece of text that websites send to the browser and that is stored on the user’s terminal, which may be a personal computer, a mobile phone, a tablet, etc. 

These files allow the website to remember information about your visit, such as your language and preferred options, which can make your next visit easier and make the website more useful by personalizing its content.

Cookies play a very important role in improving the user experience of the Web.

Why Hipatia uses cookies.

Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

 Cookies are used to improve your user experience and are therefore an important part of how our Website works. Among other purposes, they may be used to remember the language you use during navigation and on future visits. 

Information stored by a cookie.

The information that a cookie usually stores is not considered sensitive information, it does not store data such as banking data, ID, among others. The user is not identified as a person, but the web server associates him/her with his/her web browser. 

Types of cookies.

This Website uses both temporary session Cookies and permanent Cookies. Session Cookies store data only while the user accesses the Website and permanent Cookies store the data on the terminal so that they can be accessed and used in more than one session. Depending on the purpose for which the data obtained through the Cookies are processed, the Website may use:

  • Technical or necessary cookies : These are those that allow the user to navigate through the website or application and use the different options or services that exist therein. For example, controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted access web parts, remembering the elements that make up an order, making the request for registration or participation in an event, using security elements during navigation and storing content for the dissemination of videos or sound.
  • Personalization cookies : These allow the user to access the service with some general characteristics predefined in their terminal or defined by the user themselves. For example, the language, the type of browser through which the service is accessed, the selected content design, the geolocation of the terminal and the regional configuration from where the service is accessed.
  • Advertising cookies : These are those that allow the efficient management of advertising spaces that have been included in the website or application from which the service is provided. They allow the content of the advertising to be adapted so that it is relevant to the user and to avoid showing advertisements that the user has already seen.
  • Statistical analysis cookies : These are used to monitor and analyse user behaviour on websites. The information collected through this type of cookies is used to measure the activity of websites, applications or platforms and to create navigation profiles of users of said sites, in order to introduce improvements to the service based on the data on the use made by users.
  • Third-party cookies : Some websites may install third-party cookies that allow the management and improvement of the services offered. For example, statistical services from Google Analytics.

Use of cookies.

Own cookies : These are sent to the user from a computer or domain managed by us. The HIPATIA Website uses its own cookies and, specifically, technical session cookies, which collect and store data while the user accesses it.

Third-party cookies : These are generated by external services or providers such as Google Analytics. HIPATIA uses third-party cookies that collect information for statistical purposes regarding the use of the Website by the user and for the provision of other services related to the activity of this and other Internet services.

 

Social networks

HIPATIA incorporates social network plugins, which allow access to social networks from the Website. For this reason, social network cookies may be stored in the User’s browser. The owners of these social networks have their own data protection and cookie policies, and are themselves, in each case, responsible for their own files and their own privacy practices. The User must refer to them to obtain information about these cookies and, where applicable, the processing of their personal data. For information purposes only, the links where these privacy and/or cookie policies can be consulted are indicated below:

How can I delete cookies?

Cookies can be deleted or disabled using various tools offered by most browsers, and they can even be blocked by means of a previous configuration. Each browser must be configured separately, since each one offers different functionalities and options. If Cookies are disabled, it is very possible that you will not be able to fully benefit from the services offered by the browser (in some cases it may not work as expected).

For more information on how to delete or disable Cookies:

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