Cookies are automatic procedures for collecting information on an Internet user’s preferences while visiting a particular website in order to recognise the individual as a returning user and personalise use and make faster browsing possible.
Users can configure their browsers to accept or reject all cookies by default or to be notified each time they receive a cookie and decide at that time whether or not it should be loaded on their hard drive. Procedures for blocking and removing cookies may differ from one Internet browser to another, so users must refer to the instructions provided by the Internet browser. If the user decides to refuse the use of cookies, this may result in a limitation in the use of some features.
Cookies have been classified based on a number of categories below.
I — According to the entity that manages them:
First party: the cookies are sent to the user’s computer from a computer or domain managed by the actual website and from where the service requested by the user is provided.
Third party: the cookies are sent to the user’s computer from a computer or domain that is not managed by the website but by another company that deals with the data obtained through cookies.
II – According to the length of time they remain active:
Temporary: these collect and store data at the time that the user accesses a website.
Persistent: data are stored in the computer and can be accessed and processed for a defined period by the party responsible for the cookie.
III – According to their purpose:
Technical: these cookies allow the user to browse a website, platform or application and permit the use of different options or services available in it, for example, controlling traffic and data communication, logging in, accessing restricted parts, remembering the items making up an order, carrying out an order’s purchasing process, making the request to register or participate in an event, using security features while browsing, storing content for broadcasting videos or audio or sharing content through social networks.
For customisation: these allow the user to access the service with some general characteristics based on a predefined set of criteria on the user’s client browser, e.g. language, browser type used to access the service, the regional configuration from where the service is accessed, etc.
Testing cookies: these make it possible to track and analyse the behaviour of users of the websites linked to them (for example, measuring website activity, profiling how the users of these sites browse to introduce improvements based on the analysis of the data on the use made by service users).
Advertising: these allow for the advertising space included in a website to be managed based on criteria such as the published content or frequency in which the ads are displayed.
Behavioural advertising: these allow for the advertising space included in a website to be managed and store information on user behaviour obtained through continually observing their browsing habits, making it possible to develop a specific profile to display ads based on the data obtained.
The following types of cookies are used on the www.plagiocefalia.com website:
First party: the cookies are sent to the user’s computer from a computer or domain managed by the actual website and from where the service requested by the user is provided.
Third party: the cookies are sent to the user’s computer from a computer or domain that is not managed by the website but by another company that deals with the data obtained through cookies.
Temporary: these collect and store data at the time that the user accesses a website.
Persistent: data are stored in the computer and can be accessed and processed for a defined period by the party responsible for the cookie.
Technical: these cookies allow the user to browse a website, platform or application and permit the use of different options or services available in it, for example, controlling traffic and data communication, logging in, accessing restricted parts, remembering the items making up an order, carrying out an order’s purchasing process, making the request to register or participate in an event, using security features while browsing, storing content for broadcasting videos or audio or sharing content through social networks.
Testing cookies: these make it possible to track and analyse the behaviour of users of the websites linked to them (for example, measuring website activity, profiling how the users of these sites browse to introduce improvements based on the analysis of the data on the use made by service users).
