BIOFORIN – COOKIE POLICY

COOKIE INFORMATION

Due to the entry into force of the relevant amendment to the “Law on Information Society Services” (LSSICE) established by Royal Decree 13/2012, it is mandatory to obtain the express consent of users of all web pages that use non-essential cookies before they navigate these pages.

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 site.

By using these devices, the web server can remember certain data related to the user, such as their preferences for viewing the server’s pages, username and password, products of interest, etc.

COOKIES SUBJECT TO REGULATION AND EXEMPT COOKIES

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

TYPES OF COOKIES

BY PURPOSE

Technical and functional cookies: allow the user to navigate through a website, platform, or application and use the different options or services available.
Analytical cookies: allow the person responsible to monitor and analyze user behavior on the websites they are linked to. Information collected through these cookies is used to measure website, application, or platform activity and to create user navigation profiles to introduce improvements based on the analysis of usage data.
Advertising cookies: allow management of advertising spaces in the most effective way, considering factors such as the edited content or frequency of ads.
Behavioral advertising cookies: collect information about the user’s preferences and personal choices (retargeting) to allow effective management of advertising spaces on the relevant website, application, or platform.
Social cookies: installed by social media platforms to allow users to share content with their friends and networks. Social media platforms can track your online activity outside these services, potentially affecting content and messages seen elsewhere.
Affiliate cookies: allow tracking of visits coming from other websites with which the site has an affiliate agreement.
Security cookies: store encrypted information to prevent data stored from being vulnerable to malicious attacks by third parties.

BY OWNERSHIP

First-party cookies: sent to the user’s device from a domain managed by the site owner providing the requested service.
Third-party cookies: sent to the user’s device from a domain not managed by the site owner but by another entity processing the data obtained through the cookies.

BY RETENTION PERIOD

Session cookies: designed to obtain and store data while the user accesses a website.
Persistent cookies: data remains stored on the device and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the cookie owner, ranging from minutes to several years.

PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

Associació Clúster de la Bioenergia de Catalunya is the Data Controller of the personal data of the Data Subject and informs that such data will be processed in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 (GDPR), providing the following information:

Purpose of processing: as specified in the cookies section used on this website.
Legal basis of processing: consent of the data subject (art. 6.1 GDPR).
Data retention criteria: as specified in the cookies section of this website.
Data sharing: data will not be shared with third parties, except for third-party cookies or legal obligations.

RIGHTS OF THE DATA SUBJECT:

Right to withdraw consent at any time.
Right of access, rectification, portability, erasure, and restriction or objection to data processing.
Right to file a complaint with the supervisory authority (www.aepd.es) if processing is deemed non-compliant with applicable law.

CONTACT INFORMATION TO EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS:

Associació Clúster de la Bioenergia de Catalunya. EURECAT Building, Plaça de la Ciència, 2, 08242 Manresa, Barcelona. E-mail: info@clusterbioenergia.cat

COOKIES USED ON THIS WEBSITE

COOKIES CONTROLLED BY THE SITE OWNER: No cookies controlled by the site owner are installed.

THIRD-PARTY COOKIES: Third-party services are outside the site owner’s control. Providers may change their terms, purpose, and use of cookies at any time.

External providers of this website: No third-party cookies are installed.

COOKIE SETTINGS PANEL

From this panel, you can configure which cookies the website may install in your browser, except technical or functional cookies necessary for navigation and use of the various services offered.

Access the panel

HOW TO MANAGE COOKIES FROM THE BROWSER

Delete cookies from the device: Cookies already on a device can be deleted by clearing the browser history, removing cookies from all visited sites. However, some stored information may also be lost (e.g., login data or website preferences).
Manage site-specific cookies: To have more precise control, users can adjust privacy and cookie settings in their browser for each site.
Block cookies: Although most modern browsers can be set to prevent cookie installation, some preferences may need to be manually adjusted each time a page is visited. Some services and features may not function properly (e.g., profile logins).