COOKIES POLICY
What are they and what do we use them for?
This website, like most websites on the Internet, uses cookies to improve user experience. Below you will find information about what cookies are, what type of cookies this portal uses, how you can disable cookies in your browser and how to specifically disable the installation of third-party cookies.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small files that some platforms, such as websites, can install on your computer, smartphone, tablet or connected television. Its functions can be very varied: storing your browsing preferences, collecting statistical information, allowing certain technical functionalities, etc. Sometimes, cookies are used to store basic information about the browsing habits of the user or their equipment, to the point, depending on the case, of being able to recognize it.
Because they are important?
Cookies are useful for various reasons. From a technical point of view, they allow web pages to function more agilely and adapted to your preferences, such as storing your language or the currency of your country. In addition, they help those responsible for the websites to improve the services they offer, thanks to the statistical information they collect through them.
Type, Purpose and Functioning of Cookies Cookies
, depending on their permanence, can be divided into session or permanent cookies. The first ones expire when the user closes the browser. The latter expire depending on when the purpose for which they serve is fulfilled (for example, so that the user remains identified on the pages of www.aquafuture.solutions) or when they are manually deleted.
Additionally, depending on their objective, cookies can be classified as follows:
Performance Cookies: This type of cookie remembers your preferences for the tools found on the pages, so you do not have to reconfigure them each time you visit. As an example, this typology includes:
– Volume adjustments for video or sound players.
– The video transmission speeds supported by your browser.
Geolocation Cookies: These cookies are used to find out which country you are in when browsing the website. This cookie is completely anonymous, and is only used to help target content to your location.
Registration Cookies: Registration cookies are generated once the user has registered or subsequently started the session, and are used to identify the user on the pages with the following objectives: –
Keep the user identified so that, if they close a page , the browser or the computer and at another time or another day you return to this page, you will remain identified, thus facilitating your navigation without having to identify yourself again. This functionality can be deleted if the user clicks on the «log out» functionality, so this cookie is deleted and the next time the user enters the page they must log in to be identified.
– Check if the user is authorized to access certain pages, for example, to participate in a contest.
– Additionally, some pages may use connectors with social networks such as Facebook, Instagram, YouTube or Twitter. When the user registers on a page with credentials from a social network, they authorize the social network to save a persistent cookie that remembers their identity and guarantees access to the pages until it expires. The user can delete this cookie and revoke access to the pages through social networks by updating their preferences on the specific social network.
Analytical Cookies: Every time a user visits a page, a tool from an external provider (in our case Google Analytics) generates an analytical cookie on the user’s computer. This cookie, which is only generated during the visit, will be used in future visits to the pages of www.aquafuture.solutions to anonymously identify the visitor. The main objectives pursued are:
– Allow the anonymous identification of browsing users through the «cookie» (identifies browsers and devices, not people) and therefore the approximate accounting of the number of visitors and their trend over time.
– Anonymously identify the most visited content and therefore the most attractive to users.
– Know if the user who is accessing is new or a repeat visit.
Important: Unless the user decides to register on the www.aquafuture.solutions website, the «cookie» will never be associated with any personal data that may identify the user. These cookies will only be used for statistical purposes that help optimize the user experience on the site.
Other third-party cookies
On some of our pages, third-party cookies may be installed that allow us to manage and improve the services they offer. An example of this use is the links to social networks that allow us to share our content.
How can I set my preferences?
You can allow, block or delete cookies installed on your computer by configuring your internet browser options. If you block them, certain services that require your use may not be available to you.
Use of Cookies
Cookies are files sent to a browser through a web server to record the user’s activities on a specific website. The first purpose of cookies is to provide the user with faster access to the selected pages.
The website www.aquafuture.solutions uses cookies to personalize and make user navigation as easy as possible. Cookies are only associated with an anonymous user and their computer and do not provide references that allow the user’s personal data to be deduced. The user may configure their browser to notify and reject the installation of cookies sent by the www.aquafuture.solutions website, without affecting the user’s ability to access the content. However, we point out that, in any case, the quality of the website’s operation may decrease.
Likewise, the www.aquafuture.solutions website will be able to know all the pages visited by users, so it will be able to provide or offer information appropriate to the tastes and preferences of each user.
How to disable Cookies in the main browsers
Normally it is possible to stop accepting cookies from the browser, or stop accepting cookies from a particular page.
All modern browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. This setting is usually found in the “Options” or “Preferences” menu of your browser.
The www.aquafuture.solutions website offers guidance to the user on the steps to access the cookie configuration menu and, if applicable, private browsing in each of the main browsers:
Internet Explorer
Tools -> Internet Options -> Privacy -> Settings.
For more information, you can consult Microsoft support or browser Help.
Firefox
Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> History -> Custom Settings.
For more information, you can consult Mozilla support or browser Help.
Chrome
Settings -> Show advanced options -> Privacy -> Content settings.
For more information, you can consult Google support or browser Help.
Safari
Preferences -> Security.
For more information, you can consult Apple support or browser Help.
What happens if cookies are deactivated
Some functionalities of the pages will be deactivated, such as, for example, remaining identified, receiving information directed to your location or viewing some videos.
Update and changes to the Cookies policy
The www.aquafuture.solutions website may modify this Cookies Policy based on legislative and regulatory requirements, or in order to adapt this policy to the instructions issued by the Spanish Data Protection Agency. , therefore users are advised to visit it periodically.
When significant changes occur in this Cookies Policy, they will be communicated to users through the website.
Regarding third-party cookies, that is, those that are unrelated to our website, we cannot be responsible for the content and veracity of the privacy policies that they include, so the information we offer is always with reference to the source.