Cookies Policy

1. What are cookies?

A cookie is a text file that a web server can save on your computer’s hard drive to store certain information about you as a user. Cookies are used for various purposes, such as storing data for future visits, recognising the user and avoiding the need to request authentication again, finding out which pages you visit, or saving your preferences in customisable areas…). Websites normally use cookies to obtain statistical information about their web pages and to analyse the behaviour of their customers/users.

Cookies used for any of the following purposes are exempt from compliance with the obligations established in Article 22.2 of the LSSI:

  • To allow communication solely between the user’s equipment and the network.
  • To strictly provide a service expressly requested by the user.

Thus, the exempted cookies include those whose purpose is:

  • “User input” cookies. These are cookies stored on the user’s device when the user enters information on a website. For example, when filling in a web form.
  • User authentication or identification cookies (session cookies only). Their function is to identify a user when they enter their credentials when logging in.
  • User security cookies. These are cookies that detect security problems or risks. For example, those that detect repeated unsuccessful login attempts.
  • Media player session cookies. They allow multimedia content to be played on websites visited by the user. For example, videos that play automatically when entering a website are authorised by this type of cookie.
  • Load-balancing session cookies. They connect the website server and the user’s server so that information can be transmitted between them.
  • User interface customisation cookies. These are cookies that remember users’ preferences while browsing a website. For example, the language; the chosen browser; etc.
  • Certain plug-in cookies for sharing social content. They are used when the user visits social networks through a website. For example, when sharing a website article on social networks.

The specific uses we make of these technologies are described in the following sections.

2. Types of cookies

Cookies can be classified according to the following criteria:

Depending on who installs the cookie, they may be:

First-party cookies: These are cookies that are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from equipment or a domain managed by the publisher itself and from which the service requested by the user is provided.

Third-party cookies: These are cookies that are sent to the user’s terminal equipment either from equipment or a domain managed by us or by a third party, but the information collected from the cookies is managed by a third party other than the owner of the website.

Depending on their storage period, cookies may be:

Session cookies: These are cookies that last for the time the user is browsing the website and are deleted when browsing ends.

Persistent cookies: These remain stored on the user’s terminal for a longer period of time, thus making it easier to control the selected preferences without having to repeat certain parameters each time the website is visited.

Depending on their purpose, cookies may be:

Technical cookies: Technical cookies are those that are essential and strictly necessary for the proper functioning of a website and the use of the various options and services it offers. For example, session maintenance cookies, those that allow security elements to be used, content to be shared on social networks, etc.

Personalisation cookies: These allow the user to choose or customise website features such as language, regional settings or browser type.

Analytics cookies: These are used by web portals to create browsing profiles and learn about users’ preferences in order to improve the range of products and services offered. They make it possible to monitor the geographical areas of greatest interest to a user, the most popular information on the website, etc.

Advertising / advertising cookies: These are cookies that store information on user behaviour obtained through continuous observation of their browsing habits, which makes it possible to develop a specific profile in order to display advertising based on this.

3. Cookies used on our website

VSV English uses the following types of cookies on the website:

Technical cookies

They allow the user to browse the website, remember their passwords and use features such as the shopping cart.

Analytics cookies

We use Google Analytics cookies to quantify the number of users who visit the Website. These cookies allow us to measure and analyse how users browse the Website. This information allows VSV English to continuously improve its services and the experience of Website users. For more information, you can consult the Google Analytics privacy page: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage

Advertising and behavioural advertising cookies

These cookies are used to display relevant advertisements to users based on how they use our website. They also limit the number of times each user sees an advertisement and help VSV English measure the effectiveness of its advertising campaigns. By browsing the Website, the user accepts that we install this type of cookie on their device and carry out checks when the user visits the VSV English Website in the future.

Cookies installed on our web domain:

Cookie name Purpose First-party/third-party Duration When is it installed?
_ga GOOGLE Analytics cookie used to distinguish users Third-party 2 years When cookies are accepted
_ga_* GOOGLE Analytics cookie used to store and count page views Third-party 1 year When cookies are accepted
moove_gdpr_popup Controls the acceptance or blocking of non-functional third-party cookie scripts. Third-party 1 year When cookies are accepted

This website, like most websites, includes features provided by third parties.

Our website is a dynamic website and new designs or third-party services may be included. This may occasionally modify the cookie settings and cause cookies not described in detail in this policy to appear.

VSV English has sought to establish appropriate mechanisms for obtaining user consent in relation to cookies that are not strictly necessary. This includes analytics or measurement cookies, which will not be installed unless expressly accepted by the user.

When accessing our website, a pop-up appears providing information about all the details concerning cookies and offering granular acceptance of them.

Users will not have to give their consent every time they visit the website. We will retain their consent and cookie preferences for a maximum period of 24 months. Before this period expires, we will request that they renew their consent regarding cookies.

5. How can I prevent cookies from being installed?

The user may reject the installation of any cookies according to their preferences, except those that they expressly authorise or those that are technical and must be installed to guarantee the proper functioning of the website, by selecting those they wish to install or reject in the pop-up or cookie acceptance window that appears when entering the home page. However, there are other ways to prevent cookies from being installed on the device, as explained below.

The user can configure their browser to accept or reject the cookies they receive or to have the browser notify them when a server wants to save a cookie. If some technical cookies are disabled, the proper functioning of some of the website’s features cannot be guaranteed.

The user may prevent Google Analytics “analytics and advertising” cookies from being stored on their terminal by using the opt-out systems provided by Google Analytics.

Below, we also provide some examples of how to disable cookies:

    1. Through the browser’s own settings:

      For further information, please visit the Spanish Data Protection Agency website, which provides assistance with configuring privacy settings on social networks, browsers and mobile operating systems. More information.

    2. Through third-party tools:
      There are third-party tools available online that allow users to detect cookies on each website they visit and manage their deactivation, for example:http://www.ghostery.com
      http://www.youronlinechoices.com/es/

In any case, the user can allow or block cookies, as well as delete their browsing data (including cookies), from the browser they use. Consult the options and instructions provided by your browser for this purpose. Please note that if you accept third-party cookies, you must delete them from the browser options.

If you choose to leave our Website through links to other Websites that do not belong to our entity, we will not be responsible for the privacy policies of those Websites or for the cookies they may store on the user’s computer.

7. How do we collect and use IP addresses?

The Website servers may automatically detect the IP address and domain name used by users.

An IP address is a number automatically assigned to a computer when it connects to the Internet. This information allows subsequent processing of the data in order to determine whether consent has been given for the installation of cookies, to carry out statistical measurements only, allowing us to determine the number of visits made to the Website, the order of visits, the access point, etc.

8. International data transfer

The cookies installed on our web domain are installed on our server, so the data collected in them is not subject to international data transfers.

This policy is reviewed periodically to ensure that it remains up to date and may therefore be modified. We recommend that you visit the page regularly, where we will inform you of any updates in this regard.