Cookies policy

1. What is a cookie?

The Web of CROSSPOINT S.A.L. (hereinafter the Web) uses Cookies. Cookies are files sent to a browser by means of a web server to record the User’s activities on a given website. The primary purpose of Cookies is to provide the user with faster access to selected services. In addition, the Cookies personalize the services offered by the Web, providing and offering each user information that is of interest or may be of interest, considering the use you make of the Services.

The Web uses Cookies to personalize and facilitate to the maximum the browsing of the user. Cookies are only associated with an anonymous user and his or her computer and do not provide references that allow the user’s personal data to be deduced. The users may configure their browser to notify and reject the installation of the Cookies sent by the Web, without this affecting the user’s ability to access the contents of that website. However, we would like to point out that, in any case, the quality of operation of the website may decrease.

Registered users, who register or who have logged in, may benefit from more personalized services and oriented to their profile, thanks to the combination of the data stored in the cookies with the personal data used at the time of registration. These users expressly authorize the use of this information for the indicated purpose, without prejudice to their right to reject or disable the use of cookies.

Also, the Web will be able to know all the services requested by the users, so that they will be able to facilitate or to offer information adapted to the tastes and preferences of each user.

2. What types of cookies are there?

Cookies, depending on their permanence, can be divided into:

• Session cookies: Expire when the user closes the browser.
• Persistent cookies: They expire depending on when the purpose for which they are used is fulfilled (for example, so that the user remains identified in the Services) or when they are deleted manually.

Additionally, depending on their Purpose, Cookies can be classified as follows:

• Performance Cookies:  This type of Cookie remembers your preferences for the tools found in the services, so you don’t have to reconfigure the service each time you visit. As an example, in this typology are included:
  • – Adjusting the volume of video or audio players.
  • – The video transmission speeds that are compatible with your browser.
• Location cookies: These Cookies are used to find out what country you are in when you request a service. This Cookie is completely anonymous and is only used to help direct content to your location.
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  Registration cookies: Registration Cookies are generated once the user has registered or has subsequently opened his session, and are used to identify him in the services for the following purposes:
  • – Keep the user identified so that, if you close a service, the browser or computer and at some other time or another day re-enter the service, will remain identified, thus facilitating navigation without having to re-identify. This functionality can be deleted if the user clicks the “close session” functionality, so that this Cookie is deleted and the next time you enter the service the user will have to log in to be identified.
  • – Check whether the user is authorized to access certain services, for example, to participate in a contest.
• Analytical cookies: Each time a User visits a service, a tool from an external provider generates an analytical Cookie on the user’s computer. This Cookie that is only generated in the visit, will serve in next visits to the Services of the Web to identify of anonymous form the visitor. The main objectives that are pursued are:
  • – To allow the anonymous identification of the navigating users through the “Cookie” (identifies navigators and devices, not people) and therefore the approximate counting of the number of visitors and their tendency in time.
  • – Know if the user who is accessing is new or repeats visit.
  • – Important: Unless the user decides to register for a Web service, the “Cookie” will never be associated with any personal data that can identify you. These cookies will only be used for statistical purposes that help to optimize the experience of users on the site.
• Targeting Cookies: This type of “Cookies” allows to extend the information of the advertisements shown to each anonymous user in the Web Services. Among others, it stores the duration or frequency of display of advertising positions, interaction with them, or browsing patterns and / or compartments of the user as they help to form a profile of advertising interest. In this way, they allow to offer advertising related to the interests of the user.
• Third-party advertising cookies:  In addition to the advertising managed by the Web in its Services, the Web offers its advertisers the option of serving ads through third parties (“Ad Servers”). In this way, these third parties can store Cookies sent from the Web Services from the Users’ browsers, as well as access the data stored in them.

3. What cookies do we use?

The cookies we use on our website are:

OWN COOKIES

THIRD PARTY COOKIES

4. How to disable Cookies?

It is normally possible to stop accepting browser Cookies, or to stop accepting Cookies from a Service.
All modern browsers allow you to change cookie settings. These settings are usually found at ¨options¨ or ¨preferences¨ in your browser’s menu. You can also configure your browser or email manager, as well as install free plug-ins to prevent Web Bugs from being downloaded when you open an email.
The Web offers guidance to the User on the steps to access the cookie configuration menu and, where appropriate, 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.
• Microsoft Edge: Settings and more > Settings > Clear browsing data.
• Firefox: Tools > Options > Privacy & Security > Historial > Configuración personalizada
• Chrome: Settings > Advanced > Privacy and security > Clear browsing data
• Safari: Settings > Security. For more information, see Apple Support or Browser Help.

5. Can the Cookie Policy be modified?

The Web can modify this Policy of Cookies in function of the legislative, regulatory requirements, or with the purpose of adapting this policy to the instructions dictated by the Spanish Agency of Protection of Information, for that reason it is advised to the users that they visit it periodically.

When significant changes are made to this Cookies Policy, registered users will be notified either via the website or by e-mail.