Cookies Policy

COOKIE POLICY OF sosa.cat
Date of last update: 06/05/2024

Definitions

Cookies consist of information placed on the user’s device by the server of the website being visited. They are used by the website to send information (such as a session identifier or preferred language) to the user’s Internet browser, which in turn may send it to the originating website.

Only the issuer of a cookie can read or modify the information contained in it.

There are several types of cookies:
or session cookies that disappear as soon as you leave the website;
or permanent cookies that remain on your device until the end of their lifetime or until you delete them using the functionalities of your browser.

You are informed that when you visit a website, cookies may be installed on your terminal.

2. The purposes of the cookies used

Some cookies used by the Publisher are exclusively designed to enable or facilitate electronic communication (detecting connection errors, identifying connection points, etc.).

Other cookies are strictly necessary for the provision of online communication services (such as browsing language, screen display preferences, etc.) expressly requested by the user.

Other cookies may also be designed to:
o Analyze the assiduity and use of websites to improve your future browsing experience;
o Improve the relevance of advertising disseminated through the website;
o Make the website more welcoming and interactive.

3. What cookies do we use?

The cookies used on the website are:
– Cookies developed by the Publisher;
– A limited number of third party cookies chosen by the Publisher for specific purposes.

3.1 Cookies developed by the publisher

The following cookies may be deposited by tools incorporated into the website:

Cookie Name	Usage	Duration	International transfers
PHPSESSID	General identifier of the user’s session variables, used, for example, to know in which language the user navigates.	session	no
cookiehub	Used by Cookiehub to store information about whether visitors have granted or refused the use of categories of cookies used on the site.	4 months	no
cookieyes-consent	Used by Cookieyes to store information about whether visitors have granted or refused the use of categories of cookies used on the site.	1 year	no
pll_language	Cookie that identifies and remembers the language selected to browse the web.	1 year	no
wp_lang	Cookie that identifies the language in which you are browsing the web.	session	no

3.2 Third-party cookies

The publisher also uses services offered by third parties.

3.2.1 Technical Cookies

These cookies are primarily designed to facilitate user navigation and provide website functionality.

3.2.2 Audience Measurement

The Publisher uses third parties to measure the website’s audience.

In particular, the Publisher uses Google Analytics to record visitors and identify how they use the website. Google Analytics is a statistical tool that helps the Publisher to improve the website by responding to the needs of its visitors.

The data generated by these cookies relate to:
– Your use of the website, e.g. the pages you have visited;
– Your IP address to determine the town or city of connection. This data is anonymized immediately after localization and is not communicated to Google.

Web site	Cookie name	Company	Usage	Duration	International transfers
sosa.cat	_ga	Google Inc.	Unique user monitoring cookie	2 years	yes, USA
sosa.cat	_ga_XXXXXXXXX	Google Inc.	User monitoring cookie	2 years	yes, USA
youtube.com	YSC	YouTube	Counts visits to an embedded video	Session	yes, USA
youtube.com	YTC	YouTube	Manages the presentation of an embedded video	Session	yes, USA
youtube.com	_gid	Google Inc.	Session monitoring cookie	1 day	yes, USA
youtube.com	_ga	Google Inc.	Unique user monitoring cookie	2 years	yes, USA
youtube.com	_gat	Google Inc.	Cookie limiting data collection on high traffic sites	10 minutes	yes, USA

3.2.3 Targeted advertising

In order to provide you with advertising proposed by the Publisher, cookies such as the following may also be placed on your device:

Web site	Cookie name	Company	Usage	Duration	International transfers
sosa.cat	_gcl_au	Google Inc.	Used by Google AdSense to experiment with the efficiency of advertising on websites using their services.	6 months	yes, USA
sosa.cat	_fbp	Facebook	Used by Facebook to offer a range of advertising products, such as real-time offers from external advertisers.	3 months	yes, USA
youtube.com	__Secure-3PAPISID	Google Inc.	It creates a profile of website visitors’ interests to display relevant and personalized ads.	2 years	yes, USA
youtube.com	__Secure-3PSID	YouTube	It creates a profile of website visitors’ interests to display relevant and personalized ads.	1 year	yes, USA
youtube.com	__Secure-3PSIDCC	YouTube	It creates a profile of website visitors’ interests to display relevant and personalized ads.	2 years	yes, USA
youtube.com	CONSENT	Google Inc.	Collects information on how the user uses the site and advertisements prior to visiting the site.	15 months	yes, USA
youtube.com	CONSISTENCY	Google Inc.	Cookie for advertising purposes	1 day	yes, USA

3.2.4 Improving website friendliness and interactivity

In order to provide you with access to certain functionalities of the website, the Publisher may use certain third party services, such as:
– Facebook and Twitter sharing buttons.

By means of these cookies:
No profiles of users browsing the website are created and, therefore, no automated decisions are made based on this data.

Third party cookies policy

Google/Youtube	https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=es
Facebook	https://es-es.facebook.com/privacy/policies/cookies/?entry_point=cookie_policy_redirect&entry=0
Twitter	https://help.twitter.com/es/rules-and-policies/twitter-cookies
Mailchimp	https://mailchimp.com/legal/cookies/?locale=es

You can find out about transfers to third countries, if any, made by the third parties identified in this cookie policy, as well as the risks involved in such transfers in accordance with their own policies outside this website, by accessing their corresponding cookie policies provided in each case in the table above.

4. Authorization

When you first visit our website, we suggest that you accept the use of cookies.

If you accept the use of cookies, a consent cookie will be set in the same way.

Consent cookies must remain on your device, but you can change your mind at any time, in accordance with the following section on cookie management.

5. Cookie management

You have several options for deleting and managing cookies and other trackers.

5.1 Browser parameters

Although most browsers are set by default to accept the installation of cookies, if you wish, you can choose to accept all cookies, to reject them systematically or to select certain cookies depending on their issuer. You can also regularly delete cookies from your device via your browser.

However, do not forget to configure all browsers on your different devices (tablets, smartphones, computers, etc.).

Cookie settings and other browser options vary from browser to browser, but are always described in your browser’s help menu. For example:
– For Internet Explorer™: https://support.microsoft.com/es-es/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
– For Safari™: https://support.apple.com/es-es/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
– For Chrome™: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=es&hlrm=en
– For Firefox™: https://support.mozilla.org/es/kb/proteccion-de-rastreo-mejorada-en-firefox-para-esc
– For Opera™: http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/es/cookies.html

However, we would like to point out that, by configuring your browser to reject cookies, certain functionalities, pages and areas of the website will not be available to you, for which we cannot accept any responsibility.

5.2 Opposing platforms

Several advertising platforms also offer you the possibility to reject or accept the cookies used by the companies that use the platforms, through mechanisms that do not prevent the display of advertising, but that prevent the installation of cookies to adapt the platforms’ advertising to your points of interest.

You can, for example, use www.youronlinechoices.com to prohibit the installation of such cookies on your device. The website is provided by the digital advertising professionals of the European association EDAA (European Digital Advertising Alliance) and is managed in France by the Interactive Advertising Bureau of France.

In this way, you will be able to identify the companies registered on the platform that offer you the possibility to refuse or accept their cookies in order to adapt their advertising to the data of your browser:
https://www.youronlinechoices.com/es/preferencias/. This European platform is shared by hundreds of Internet advertising professionals.