Cookies Policy

Information about cookies

Due to the entry into force of the corresponding amendment to the “Information Society Services Law” (LSSICE) established by Royal Decree 13/2012, it is mandatory to obtain the user’s express consent for all websites that use non-essential cookies, before the user browses 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 proper functioning of the website.
Through the use of these devices, the web server is able to remember certain data relating to the user, such as their preferences for displaying the pages of that server, username and password, products of greatest interest, etc.

Cookies affected by regulations and exempt cookies

According to the EU directive, cookies that require the user’s informed consent are analytical cookies and advertising and affiliate cookies, while technical cookies and those necessary for the operation of the website or for providing services expressly requested by the user are exempt.

Types of cookies

According to their purpose

Technical and functional cookies: these are cookies that allow the user to browse through a website, platform or application and use the different options or services available therein.
Analytical cookies: these allow the party responsible for them to monitor and analyse the behaviour of users of the websites to which they are linked. The information collected through this type of cookies is used to measure the activity of websites, applications or platforms and to create browsing profiles of users of such sites, applications and platforms, in order to introduce improvements based on the analysis of usage data.
Advertising cookies: these allow the most efficient possible management of advertising spaces that, where applicable, the publisher has included on a website, application or platform from which the requested service is provided, based on criteria such as edited content or the frequency with which ads are displayed.
Behavioural advertising cookies: these collect information on the user’s preferences and personal choices (retargeting) in order to enable the most efficient possible management of advertising spaces that, where applicable, the publisher has included on a website, application or platform from which the requested service is provided.
Social cookies: these are cookies installed by social media platforms on services to allow users to share content with their friends and networks. Social media platforms have the ability to track users’ online activity outside the Services. This may affect the content and messages users see on other services they visit.
Affiliate cookies: these allow tracking of visits coming from other websites with which the website has an affiliate agreement (affiliate companies).
Security cookies: these store encrypted information to prevent stored data from being vulnerable to malicious attacks by third parties.

According to ownership

First-party cookies: these are cookies sent to the user’s terminal from a device or domain managed by the publisher itself and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
Third-party cookies: these are cookies sent to the user’s terminal from a device or domain that is not managed by the publisher, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.

According to storage duration

Session cookies: these are a type of cookies designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a website.
Persistent cookies: these are a type of cookies in which data remains stored on the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the cookie controller, which may range from a few minutes to several years.

Processing of personal data

AVANZA MATRIX, S.L. is the Controller of the processing of the personal data of the Data Subject and informs you that such data will be processed in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 (GDPR), and therefore the following information regarding the processing is provided:
Purposes of processing: as specified in the section on cookies used on this website.
Legal basis for processing: consent of the data subject (Art. 6.1 GDPR).
Data retention criteria: as specified in the section on cookies used on the website.
Data disclosure: data will not be disclosed to 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 restriction of or objection to processing.
- Right to lodge a complaint with the Supervisory Authority (www.aepd.es) if the data subject considers that the processing does not comply with current regulations.
Contact details to exercise your rights:
AVANZA MATRIX, S.L., C/ Avet, 32, 08211 Castellar del Vallès (Barcelona). Email: web@avanzamatrix.com