Cookie Policy
Information about Cookies
In accordance with Law 34/2002, of 11 July, on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce (LSSI), in relation to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and Organic Law 3/2018, of 5 December, on Data Protection and Digital Rights Guarantee (LOPDGDD), it is mandatory to obtain the express consent of the user of all websites that use non-essential cookies before they browse them.
What are Cookies?
Cookies and other similar technologies such as local shared objects, flash cookies or pixels are tools used by web servers to store and retrieve information about their visitors, as well as to ensure the correct functioning of the site.
Through the use of these devices, the web server is able to remember certain data concerning the user, such as their preferences for viewing the pages on that server, username and password, products they are most interested in, etc.
Cookies Subject to Regulation and Exempt Cookies
According to the EU directive, cookies that require informed consent from the user are analytics cookies and advertising and affiliate cookies. Technical cookies and those necessary for the operation of the website or the provision of services expressly requested by the user are exempt.
Types of Cookies
By Purpose
- Technical and functional cookies: those that allow the user to navigate through a website, platform or application and use the different options or services available on it.
- Analytics cookies: those that allow the party responsible for them to monitor and analyse the behaviour of users on the websites to which they are linked. The information collected through this type of cookie is used to measure the activity of websites, applications or platforms and to draw up browsing profiles of users of those sites, applications and platforms, with the aim of making improvements based on the analysis of usage data.
- Advertising cookies: those that allow the most efficient management possible of the advertising spaces that the publisher has included on a website, application or platform from which the requested service is provided, based on criteria such as the content published or the frequency with which ads are shown.
- Behavioural advertising cookies: collect information about the user’s personal preferences and choices (retargeting) to allow the most efficient management possible of the advertising spaces that the publisher has included on a website, application or platform from which the requested service is provided.
- Social cookies: set by social media platforms on services to allow you to share content with your friends and networks. Social media platforms have the ability to track your online activity outside of the Services. This may affect the content and messages you see on other services you visit.
- Affiliate cookies: allow tracking of visits coming from other websites with which the website has an affiliate agreement (affiliate companies).
- Security cookies: store encrypted information to prevent the data stored in them from being vulnerable to malicious third-party attacks.
By Ownership
- First-party cookies: those sent to the user’s terminal device from a device or domain managed by the publisher itself and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
- Third-party cookies: those sent to the user’s terminal device from a device or domain that is not managed by the publisher, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.
By Retention Period
- Session cookies: a type of cookie designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a website.
- Persistent cookies: a type of cookie in which the data remains stored on the device and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the party responsible for the cookie, ranging from a few minutes to several years.
Personal Data Processing
Darío García Rodríguez is the Data Controller for the personal data of the Data Subject and informs them that this data will be processed in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 (GDPR). The following information about the processing is provided:
- Purposes of processing: as specified in the section on cookies used on this website.
- Legal basis for processing: except where necessary for browsing the website, based on the consent of the data subject (Art. 6.1.a GDPR).
- Data retention criteria: as specified in the section on cookies used on the website.
- Data disclosure: data will not be shared with third parties, except for third-party cookies or where required by law.
Rights of the Data Subject:
- Right to withdraw consent at any time.
- Right of access, rectification, portability and erasure of data, and the right to restrict or object to its processing.
- Right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority (www.aepd.es) if you consider that the processing does not comply with current regulations.
Contact details to exercise your rights: Darío García Rodríguez. Calle Ramón y Cajal, 4 – 38720 San Andrés y Sáuces (Santa Cruz De Tenerife). E-mail: dariogarcia@lapalmapsicologia.com.
Cookies Used on this Website
Technical and Functional Cookies
Do not require user consent.
| Name | Type | Ownership | Purpose | Duration | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | Technical | First-party | Contains the session identifier | When browser is closed | Session |
| _lang | Technical | First-party | Contains the session language | When browser is closed | Session |
| ac_cookies | Technical | First-party | Stores whether cookie installation has been accepted | 1 year | Persistent |
| contador | Technical | First-party | Used to count the number of page accesses per session | 1 year | Persistent |
| viewed_cookie_policy | Technical | First-party | Used to remember the user’s preferences regarding the Cookie Policy | 1 year | Persistent |
| _icl_current_language | Technical | First-party | Used to remember the language selected by the user and display content in that language throughout their browsing session | 1 year | Session |
Analytics Cookies
| Name | Type | Ownership | Purpose | Duration | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Analytics | Google Analytics | Enables the unique visit tracking function. The first time a user enters the website through a browser, this cookie is installed. When the user returns to the site with the same browser, the cookie considers it the same user. Only if the user changes browser will they be counted as a different user. | 2 years | Persistent |
| _gat | Analytics | Google Analytics | Used to throttle request rate — limiting data collection on high-traffic sites | 10 minutes | Session |
| _gid | Analytics | Google Analytics | Used to distinguish users | 24 hours | Session |
| _utma | Analytics | Google Analytics | Records the date of the first and last time the user visited the website | 2 years | Persistent |
| _utmb | Analytics | Google Analytics | Records the time of arrival on the website | 30 minutes | Session |
| _utmc | Analytics | Google Analytics | Used for interoperability with the urchin.js tracking code | 1 year | Session |
| _utmt | Analytics | Google Analytics | Processes the type of request made by the user | End of session | Session |
| _utmv | Analytics | Google Analytics | Segments demographic data | End of session | Session |
| _utmz | Analytics | Google Analytics | Stores the traffic source or campaign to explain how the user arrived at the website | 6 months | Persistent |
More information on how to disable Google Analytics cookies: Google Privacy Policy — Google Analytics Opt-out
Behavioural Advertising Cookies
| Name | Type | Ownership | Purpose | Duration | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| _gads | Advertising | Cookie associated with Google’s Doubleclick.net service, allowing the site owner to earn credit | 1 year | Persistent | |
| _sonar | Advertising | Doubleclick.net | Used to improve and target advertising based on content relevant to the user, improve campaign performance reports and avoid showing ads the user has already seen | 1 year | Persistent |
| _ncuid | Advertising | Used to measure ad performance and provide product recommendations based on statistical data | 6 months | Persistent | |
| IDE | Advertising | Doubleclick.net | Used for targeting, optimisation, reporting and attribution of online ads | 1 year | Persistent |
| _conv_v, bt2, di2, dt, loc, ssc, ssh, ssshs, uid, um, uvc, vc | Advertising | AddThis | Used to enable content sharing. AddThis is also used to collect information about how content from the website is shared | 2 years (except _conv_v: 1 year, bt2: 8 months, dt: 30 days) | Persistent |
You can also control ads and tracking technologies using the Ghostery app: http://www.ghostery.com/
Social Cookies
| Name | Type | Ownership | Purpose | Duration | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c_user, fr | Advertising | Required for the Facebook social plugin. Allows measuring ad performance and providing recommendations | 30 days | Persistent | |
| datr, sb | Technical | Required for the Facebook social plugin | 2 years | Persistent | |
| dpr | Technical | Required for the Facebook social plugin | 30 minutes | Persistent | |
| xs | Technical | Required for the Facebook social plugin | 90 days | Persistent | |
| wd | Technical | Required for the Facebook social plugin | 48 hours | Persistent | |
| XSRF-TOKEN | Technical | Required to verify that all form submissions are made by the user currently in session, preventing CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) attacks | 1 hour | Persistent | |
| _fbp | Advertising | Required to deliver a range of advertising products, such as real-time bids from third-party advertisers | 3 months | Persistent | |
| guest_id | Advertising | Twitter user identifier | 2 years | Persistent |
More info: https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/
Affiliate Cookies
| Name | Type | Ownership | Purpose | Duration | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| prli_click | Affiliate | Pretty Links | Required to store statistical information about clicks on affiliate links | 30 days | Persistent |
| prli_visitor | Affiliate | Pretty Links | Required to store statistical information about clicks on affiliate links | 1 year | Persistent |
Third-Party Cookies Controlled by the Publisher (Google, Youtube, Cloudflare, Bizible)
| Name | Type | Ownership | Purpose | Duration | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1P_JAR | Advertising | Transfers data to Google to make advertising more engaging | 1 week | Persistent | |
| ANID | Advertising | Contains a unique randomly generated value that allows the Platform to distinguish browsers and devices. This information is used to measure ad performance and provide product recommendations based on statistical data | 1 year | Persistent | |
| APISID | Technical | Used by Google to store user preferences and information when viewing pages that contain Google Maps | 2 years | Persistent | |
| CONSENT | Advertising | Contains a unique randomly generated value that allows the Platform to distinguish browsers and devices. Used to measure ad performance and provide product recommendations based on statistical data | 1 year | Persistent | |
| HSID | Technical | Stored when creating or signing into a Google account | 2 years | Persistent | |
| SID | — | Collects information for the Google search engine included on the website (Google CSE) | 2 years | Persistent | |
| NID | — | The «Google +1» button used on our website is hosted by Google. Your browser sends cookie information required by Google if you are signed into your account. This data is used by Google to associate it with your account. | 6 months | Persistent | |
| SIDCC | — | Used by Google to provide services and extract anonymous browsing information | 3 months | Persistent | |
| SSID | — | Collects information for the Google search engine included on the website (Google CSE) | 3 months | Persistent | |
| PREF | — | Stores configuration preferences such as preferred language, number of search results per page, or activation of Google’s SafeSearch filter | 10 years | Persistent | |
| DV | Technical | Used by Google to provide services and extract anonymous browsing information | 10 minutes | Session | |
| UULE | — | Cookie associated with the Google Maps service. Enables geolocation in the corresponding section of this website. | 24 hours | Persistent | |
| SAPISID | Technical | Youtube | Technical cookies used by Youtube | 3 months | Persistent |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | — | Youtube | Tracks visited videos embedded on the website | 240 days | Persistent |
| use_hitbox | Technical | Youtube | Increments the «views» counter on YouTube videos | End of session | Session |
| SID, SSID, HSID, APISID, LOGIN_INFO, PREF, SAPISID, SIDCC | Technical | Youtube | Technical cookies used by Youtube | 1 year (except PREF: 7 months, SIDCC: 3 months) | Persistent |
| YSC | Technical | Youtube | Measures video playbacks by the user and records «Like» or «Share video» events | End of session | Session |
| _cfduid | Technical | Cloudflare | Cloudflare cookie used to override security restrictions based on the visitor’s IP address | 1 year | Persistent |
| _biz_flagsA | — | Bizible | Tracks user status, such as whether the user has submitted a form or performed a cross-domain migration | 1 year | Persistent |
| _biz_nA | — | Bizible | A sequence number incremented and added to each request to the Bizible server for diagnostic purposes | 1 year | Persistent |
| _biz_pendingA | — | Bizible | Temporary cookie containing all pending requests to be sent to the Bizible server | 1 year | Persistent |
| _biz_sid | Technical | Bizible | Unique ID identifying each user’s session | 30 minutes | Session |
| _biz_uid | — | Bizible | Unique ID identifying each user | 1 year | Persistent |
| _BUID | — | Bizible | Universal user ID that identifies the same user across multiple client domains | 1 year | Persistent |
Third-Party Cookies Not Controlled by the Publisher
Third-party services are outside the publisher’s control. Providers may modify their terms of service, purposes and use of cookies at any time.
Some pages on this website display content from external providers such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.
To access third-party content, users must first accept the conditions applied by those providers (including their cookie policies, which are outside our control).
If users choose not to access such content, these third-party cookies will not be installed on their devices.
External providers on this website:
- YouTube
- Internet Archive
- Google Maps
- Vimeo
- Microsoft
- Livestream
- SoundCloud
How to Manage Cookies from your Browser
| Action | Description |
|---|---|
| Delete cookies from your device | Cookies already on a device can be deleted by clearing the browser history, which removes cookies from all visited websites. However, some saved information may also be lost (for example, login details or website preferences). |
| Manage site-specific cookies | For more precise control over site-specific cookies, users can adjust their privacy and cookie settings in their browser. |
| Block cookies | Although most modern browsers can be configured to prevent cookies from being installed on devices, this may require manually adjusting certain preferences each time a site or page is visited. Additionally, some services and features may not work correctly (for example, profile logins). |
How to Delete Cookies in the Most Common Browsers
- Chrome: http://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
- Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/delete-cookies-in-microsoft-edge
- Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/278835/how-to-delete-cookie-files-in-internet-explorer
- Firefox: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/privacy/websites/#cookies
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-us/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
- Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/security-and-privacy/#clearBrowsingData
