What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are received on the terminal from the Web site visited and are used to record certain browsing interactions on a Web site by storing data that can be updated and retrieved. These files are stored on the user's computer and contain anonymous data that are not harmful to your computer. They are used to remember the user's preferences, such as the selected language, access data or personalization of the page. They are covered by Article 22 of Law 34/2002 of Services of the Information Society and Electronic Commerce.
Cookies can also be used to record anonymous information about how a visitor uses a site. For example, from which Web page you have accessed, or if you have used an advertising "banner" to get there.
Why does
MEGABLOK S.A.U. use cookies?
MEGABLOK,
S.A.U. uses cookies that are strictly necessary and essential for you to use
our Web sites and allow you to move freely, use secure areas, personalized
options, etc. In addition, MEGABLOK, S.A.U., uses cookies that collect data
related to Web usage analysis. These are used to help improve customer service,
measuring the use and performance of the site, to optimize and customize it.
Our sites
may also have links to other websites. MEGABLOK, S.A.U. does not control the
cookies used by these external websites.
For more
information about cookies from social networks or other external websites, we
advise you to review their own cookie policies.
What
use do we make of the different types of cookies?
Technical
cookies: Technical cookies are those essential and strictly necessary for the
proper functioning of a Web portal and the use of the different options and
services it offers. For example, those that serve for session maintenance,
response time management, performance or validation of options, use security
features, share content with social networks, and so on.
Personalization
cookies: These cookies allow the user to specify or customize some features of
the general options of the Web page, For example, define the language, regional
settings or browser type.
Analytical
cookies: Analytical cookies are those used by our Web portals to create
browsing profiles and to know the preferences of the users in order to improve
the services offered.
Advertising
Cookies: Advertising cookies allow the management of advertising spaces based
on specific criteria. For example, the frequency of access, the edited content,
and so on.
Advertising
Cookies: Advertising cookies allow through the management of advertising to
store behavioral information through the observation of habits, studying the
accesses and forming a profile of user preferences, to offer advertising
related to the interests of your profile.
Depending
on the time they remain activated we can differentiate between:
Session
Cookies: these are a type of cookies designed to collect and store data while
the user accesses a web page.
Persistent
cookies: These are a type of cookie in which the data remains stored in the
terminal and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the person
responsible for the cookie, which can range from a few minutes to several
years.
And
finally, according to the entity that manages them, we can distinguish between:
Own
Cookies: These are those that are sent to the user's terminal equipment from a
computer or domain managed by the editor itself and from which the service
requested by the user is provided.
Third-party
cookies: These are those that are sent to the user's terminal equipment from a
computer or domain that is not managed by the editor, but by another entity
that processes the data obtained through the cookies.
What if I
don't want to have these cookies or I don't do anything about it?
To comply
with current legislation, we have to ask your permission to manage cookies. If
you decide not to authorize the treatment by indicating your non-conformity, we
would only use technical cookies, since they are essential for browsing our
website. In this case, we would not store any cookies. If you continue browsing
our website without refusing your authorization, this implies that you accept
their use.
Please note
that if you reject or delete cookies browsing www.megablok.com we can not keep
your preferences, some features of the pages will not be operational, we can
not offer personalized services and every time you go to browse our website we
will have to ask for your permission again for the use of cookies.
If you
still decide to modify the configuration of your access to the Web page, you
should know that it is possible to delete cookies or prevent this information
from being recorded on your computer at any time by modifying the configuration
parameters of your browser:
Internet
Explorer cookie settings.
Firefox
cookie settings.
Google
Chrome cookie settings.
Safari cookie
settings.
These
browsers are subject to updates or modifications, so we cannot guarantee that
they will be completely adjusted to the version of your browser. You may also
be using another browser not covered by these links, such as Konqueror, Arora,
Flock, etc. To avoid these mismatches, you can access them directly from your
browser's options usually found in the Options menu, in the "Privacy"
section. (Please consult your browser's help for more information).
If you agree with the MEGABLOK, S.A.U. cookie
policy, click [ accept].
So
what does the above information mean?
If you
accept our cookies, it allows us to improve the MEGABLOK, S.A.U. Websites, to
offer you optimal access and to provide you with a more efficient and
personalized service. In addition, you can configure your browser to set only
trusted Web sites or pages that you are currently browsing to manage cookies,
allowing you to select your preferences.
By
providing this policy, MEGABLOK, S.A.U., demonstrates its commitment to the
current legislation on the use of cookies, providing you with information so
that you can understand what type of cookies we use and why we do so. With
this, we intend to provide transparency regarding the data processed about the
navigation made from your computer on our website.
This policy is reviewed periodically to ensure
its validity, so it may be modified. We recommend that you visit the page
regularly where we will inform you of any updates.
Where can I get more information?
If you have
any questions about how we use cookies, and they are not answered in this
policy, please send us your comments to gestion@megablok.com.
If you need
more information about the cookies directive, please consult the Official State
Gazette published on March 31, 2012 (for Spain) where the directives on
electronic communications are transposed. You can also consult the directive at
the Information Commissioner Office (in English).
Additionally,
you can access some educational videos published by the Spanish Data Protection
Agency explaining, step by step, how to configure the privacy options of the
most common browsers, social networks and mobile operating systems, at Videos
AEPD.