This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are that are installed on the devices of users of the website https://pawpalfriendship.com/, how and for what purposes those cookies are used, and how different browsers can be configured to block their use.
A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on the device that the user uses to browse (computer, tablet, smartphone, or similar), with information about how the site is used, or with a tag that identifies the device used.
Cookies are necessary to facilitate navigation and to understand how users interact with websites so that they can be improved. They are also useful for providing advertising based on the user’s preferences, as well as for other purposes that are detailed below. Cookies do not harm the user’s device.
The term cookies is also used to refer extensively to other similar technologies for installing and/or collecting information on or about the user’s device (such as flash cookies, web beacons, pixels, HTML5 local storage). It also applies to the use of fingerprinting techniques, which help to identify the device from which the user is browsing. Sometimes these technologies work together with cookies to collect and store information, either to provide certain functionalities or services on the website.
This explanation is a general overview of what cookies are understood to be, merely for informational purposes. The cookies used on this website are detailed in the following sections. If you want to know more about cookies, visit allaboutcookies.org.
This section provides an overview of the types of cookies that can be used on a website.
Depending on the owner, cookies can be classified into:
First-party cookies: those that are sent to the user’s device from equipment managed by the owner of the website that the user is accessing, and from which the requested service is provided.
Third-party cookies: those that are sent to the user’s device from equipment not managed by the owner of the visited website, but by another entity that processes the data obtained from the cookies.
Depending on their purpose, cookies can be classified into:
Strictly necessary (technical): they allow the user to navigate and use the services offered by the website they visit, and can be used, for example, to store session data (used tracks, completed tests, etc.). They are always downloaded.
Functionality or personalization: they allow remembering information so that the user accesses the service with certain characteristics that can differentiate their experience from that of other users, such as language, the type of browser used, etc.
Analytics: they allow quantifying the number of users, the pages visited, and the interaction with them, to measure and statistically analyze the use that users make of the website, to introduce improvements based on the analysis of the usage data made by users of the website.
Advertising: they allow the management of advertising spaces on the website.
Behavioral advertising: they store information about the behavior of users obtained through the continuous observation of their browsing habits, which allows the development of a specific profile to show advertising based on it. These cookies allow the most efficient management of the advertising spaces that, if applicable, the owner of the website has included directly or in collaboration with third parties.
External social networks: they are used so that visitors to a website can interact with the content of different platforms (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.) and are generated only for users of those platforms. The conditions of use of these cookies and the information they store are regulated in the privacy policy of the corresponding platform.
Finally, depending on the time they remain stored on the user’s device, cookies can be:
Session cookies: they store data while the user uses the website. They are usually used to store information that only needs to be kept for the provision of the service requested on a single occasion (for example, used tracks and completed tests throughout the development of a game).
Persistent cookies: they store data on the user’s device for a longer or shorter period (from several minutes to several years) so that they can be processed by the cookie’s responsible party.
The user has the option to block, delete, or allow the deletion of cookies installed on their device by configuring the options of the browser they use. By blocking or deleting cookies, some of the services offered may stop working. The way to configure the use of cookies depends on the browser. It can usually be done from the Tools or Options menu. The browser’s Help menu can also be consulted.
The following links explain how to configure the use of cookies in the most commonly used browsers:
Chrome: support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=”es”
Safari: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/es/cookies/
Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/es-es/topic/eliminar-y-administrar-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d
Firefox: http://support.mozilla.org/es/kb/impedir-que-los-sitios-web-guarden-sus-preferencia
Opera (in English): http://help.opera.com/Linux/10.60/es-ES/cookies.html
Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/es-es/topic/eliminar-y-administrar-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d#ie=
The cookie settings are specific to the browser and device used. Therefore, if the user chooses to configure cookies in one way on one device and wants that configuration to apply similarly on another device or browser, the process must be repeated.
Finally, regarding third-party cookies intended to provide advertising based on the interests of users, certain third parties may be members of self-regulatory online behavioral advertising programs that offer opt-out options:
Google Analytics – https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
The following table details the cookies used on this website:
The website https://pawpalfriendship.com assumes that the user accepts the use of cookies. However, when accessing any page of the website for the first time, a cookie notice is displayed, offering the possibility of accepting or rejecting cookies (all) and displaying a link to this cookie policy.
Currently, it is not technically possible to provide the user with the selection of cookies that can be stored (technical, analytical, or advertising), so all must be accepted or rejected.
If cookies are accepted, the notice will not be displayed again on the device and browser used for 1 month (the period established for the validity of the acceptance cookie).
Close: The cookie notice is hidden.