Cookie Policy
What happens when I click “accept cookies policy” when accessing a website?
We have been hearing about cookies /kukis/ for some time now, but over the past few months, we have noticed their presence more while browsing the internet. The regulations have been tightening until reaching the point where they are now. Currently, it is established that, in order to access any website, the user should previously accept the cookies used by that website (informed consent). Similarly, the user should be able to reject those cookies that they do not want to be activated on their device.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a piece of information sent by a website and stored in the user’s browser, which can be returned by the browser to the website on subsequent accesses. (Browsers: Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Explorer, etc.).
Cookies allow the website, among other things, to monitor, store, and retrieve information about the user’s browsing habits (e.g., preferences, profiles, etc.) as well as obtain technical information related to the navigability of web pages. Cookies also contribute to the functionality, usability, and accessibility of web pages.
Types of cookies according to the entity that manages them:
First-party: Those sent to your device from a device or domain managed by the website owner and from which the requested service is provided to the user.
Third-party: Sent to your device when you browse our website, but from a device or domain managed by a third party. If the third party processes or uses the data obtained for its own purposes, we will notify you.
Types of cookies according to the time they remain on the device:
Session: Active when accessing the website, disappear at the end of the session (e.g., list of purchased products).
Persistent: Data remains stored on the terminal and can be accessed and processed during the period defined in the cookie, even for years. If possible, we will minimize their duration, according to their purpose.
Types of cookies according to their purpose:
Functional and Technical: These are strictly necessary cookies for the functionality and navigability of a website. They allow the user to navigate through a page or application and use its different options or services. If these cookies are deactivated, the user will not receive the contents or services correctly.
If they only provide the requested service, they do not have to comply with the LSSI.
Example:
Traffic control and data communication, session identification, access to restricted parts, remembering the shopping cart order, making purchases, managing payments, preventing fraud, facilitating registrations or event participation, counting visits to bill the software based on usage, using security elements while browsing, saving data from videos or sounds, enabling dynamic contents (e.g., text or image loading animation), sharing contents through social networks; or managing advertising spaces based on criteria such as edited content, without collecting information from users for other purposes (e.g., Personalizing contents).
Preferences or customization: These are cookies that allow websites to retain certain preferences (e.g., language, country, regional settings, etc.) predefined by the user on their first and subsequent visits to the website. If characteristics are chosen (e.g., Marking the language flag of the website), they do not have to comply with the LSSI, as they are considered a service expressly requested.
User input: Excluded from the application of the LSSI. They track the user when filling out online forms on various pages, or as a shopping cart to track selected items when pressing a button.
Authentication or user identification (session-based). Excluded from the application of the LSSI.
Security: Excluded from the application of the LSSI. They detect erroneous or repeated attempts to connect to the website.
Media player, load balancing; or user interface customization. Excluded from the application of the LSSI.
Plug-in or social cookies: Excluded from the LSSI only for the user with the session open. They control interaction with social networks within the website. They are used on “youtube,” “facebook,” “google,” and “twitter,” among others.
Analysis or measurement cookies: We must obtain informed consent, although it is unlikely that they represent a risk to your privacy if they are first-party and process aggregated data for statistics.
Processed by us or by third parties, these cookies collect information in order to allow websites to evaluate how users use the website and their general activity, as well as collect statistical data. Analytical cookies measure and collect data from the Website (page views, visits, traffic parameters, clicks made, etc.) to understand and optimize the website.
Advertising cookies: Processed by us or third parties, these cookies collect information about the user’s browsing habits, as well as their behavior during browsing, in order to identify preferences, habits, and tastes within a specific Website. These cookies allow the content of advertising to be tailored based on the analysis of the user’s browsing habits and deduce some characteristics such as their location, age group, etc.
Other storage methods similar to cookies
HTML5 Local Storage and Session Storage: Space that the website can use on the user’s device. Normally, clearing the Browsing History can delete it.
Flash Local Shared Objects: They store more information than a cookie, are independent of the browser used, and are more difficult to locate, view, or delete. They can even regenerate standard cookies. An example is Silverlight’s Isolated storage, you have to enter the Microsoft folder of the user to delete it.
Web beacons or bugs: They are images of minimal size, camouflaged on the web and invisible to the naked eye. They are downloaded when visiting the website but are stored on a second site from which the visit is recorded by the information that the browser provides when downloading the image: IP address, operating system, browser, number of times and times when the image is downloaded.
What cookies does our website www.ti-bcn.com use?
The cookies used on our website are session and third-party cookies, which allow us to store and access information regarding the language, the type of browser used, and other general characteristics predefined by the user, as well as to track and analyze the activity carried out, in order to introduce improvements and provide our services in a more efficient and personalized manner. TOT IMPRESSIÓ’s website does not use advertising or behavioral advertising cookies.
The use of cookies offers advantages in providing services within what is known as the information society, as it facilitates user navigation and access to the different services offered by this website; it prevents the user from having to configure the predefined general characteristics every time they access the website; it promotes the improvement of the operation and services provided through this website, after the corresponding analysis of the information obtained through the installed cookies.
The user can change their preferences at any time by clicking on the following link configure cookies.
| Domain | Tool | Name | Expiration | Type and description | |
| google.com | Cookies | 1P_JAR | 1 month | Google cookie. Used to collect website statistics and track conversion rates. | |
| CONSENT | 17 years | Cookie that helps store the user’s cookie consent state for social media. | |||
| NID | 6 months | This cookie is used by Google to store user preferences and information when viewing Google maps pages. | |||
| _GRCAPTHCA | 6 months | Google sets this cookie. In addition to certain standard Google cookies, reCAPTCHA sets a necessary cookie (_GRECAPTCHA) when it runs to provide its risk analysis. | |||
| __Secure-3PAPISID | 2 years | Advertising. These cookies are used to deliver ads more relevant to you and your interests. | |||
| __Secure-3PISID | 2 years | Advertising. These cookies are used to deliver ads more relevant to you and your interests. | |||
| __Secure-3PISIDCC | 1 year | Advertising. These cookies are used to deliver ads more relevant to you and your interests. | |||
| www.google.com | Session storage | https://www.goolge.com | |||
| Local storage | https://www.goolge.com | ||||
| File systems | https://www.goolge.com | ||||
| ti-bcn.com | Local storage | https://ti-bcn.com | |||
| Cookies | catAccCookies | 1 month | Contains a code to verify that the cookie policy has been accepted | ||
| wp-settings-2 | 1 year | Used to customize the User Interface | |||
| wp-sttings-time-2 | 1 year | Used to customize the User Interface | |||