Cookie Policy

General introduction to the use of cookies

Accessing and browsing the web pages accessible via the URLs: https://fundacion-biodiversidad.es/ (hereinafter collectively referred to as the ‘Websites’), owned by Fundación Biodiversidad, with Tax ID Number: G-82207671 and registered address at C/ de las Peñuelas, 10, 28005, Madrid, involves the use and downloading of first-party cookies and, where applicable, third-party cookies, on the device used by the user to access and browse the websites.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a file that is downloaded to your computer when you access certain websites. Cookies allow a website, among other things, to store and retrieve information about the browsing habits of a user or their computer and, depending on the information they contain and how your computer is used, they can be used to recognise you.

However, these means only obtain information related to the number of pages visited, the city to which the IP address from which access is made is assigned, the number of new users, the frequency and recurrence of visits, the time of visit, the browser or operator or type of terminal from which the visit is made. Under no circumstances is data obtained on the name, surname, postal address or other similar data of the user who has connected.

What types of cookies are there?

Cookies can be first-party or third-party. First-party cookies are those sent to the user's terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by the website publisher itself, from which the service requested by the user is provided. Third-party cookies are those sent to the user's terminal equipment from a computer or domain that is not managed by the publisher, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through cookies.

Furthermore, cookies can be session cookies or persistent cookies. Session cookies are designed to collect and store data while the user is accessing a website. Persistent cookies are a type of cookie that keeps data stored on the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the cookie manager, which can range from a few minutes to several years.

What cookies does this website use and what are they used for?

This website uses the following third-party cookies:

  • Analytics cookies: The Fundación Biodiversidad website uses Google Analytics. This is an analytics tool that helps websites and app owners understand how their visitors interact with their properties. A set of cookies (_utma, _utmb, _utmc and _utmz) are used to collect information and report website usage statistics without personally identifying visitors to Google. More information about Google Analytics cookies and privacy information
  • Social media cookies: Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube cookies are used for social media promotion so that our visitors can follow us on these networks, and Twitter and YouTube content is embedded on the home page.
  • Personalisation cookies: Finally, a technical cookie called cookie-compliance is downloaded. This is a technical, session cookie. It manages user consent to the use of cookies on the website, in order to remember which users have accepted them and which have not, so that the former are not shown information about them at the top of the page.

The applications used by these third parties are as follows:

In addition, these companies may use the data they obtain to improve their own services and to offer services to other companies. You can click on the link provided in each case to obtain more information about these applications.

How long are cookies stored?

Cookies will be stored:

UTMA (Google): Expires 2 years after the last update. This cookie is used to count how many times a unique user visits the site, generating a unique user ID that records the date, the first and last time the user visited the website.
UTMB (Google): Expires 1 month after the last update. This cookie is used to calculate how long a user stays on a page.
UTMC (Google): Expires at the end of the browser session. The current JavaScript code used by Google Analytics does not require this cookie. Previously, this cookie was used in conjunction with the _utmb cookie to determine whether or not to establish a new session for the user after more than 30 minutes on the same page. This cookie is still written to ensure compatibility with websites where the old urchi tracking code is installed.
UTMZ (Google): Expires 6 months after the last update. This cookie is used to store the origin of the visitor, the path they have taken to access the website, whether it be direct access, from a link on another website, from an email link, using certain keywords in a search engine, through a display campaign, or through an AdWords ad.
UTMT (Google): Expires 6 months after the last update, although it is renewed each time the user visits the website. This cookie records the user's origin and demographic data such as the visitor's gender or age obtained from the registration data.
has_js (Fundación Biodiversidad): Expires at the end of the browser session. This cookie informs the content manager whether or not the browser has JavaScript enabled. In this way, it will display the information adapted to the browser's own settings.
cookie-agreed-es (Fundación Biodiversidad): Expires at the end of the browser session. This technical cookie is used to control the acceptance of cookies.

What is the legal basis for the use of cookies?

In the case of technical cookies, i.e., those that are essential for browsing this website and receiving the service offered through it, the legal basis for their use is the agreement through which you decide to use this website and its services.

The legal basis for the use of other cookies is the user's consent, which is requested when accessing this website and can be revoked at any time. Withdrawing this consent will not affect the ability to browse this website and use its services, but the data processing carried out previously will not lose its legality due to the fact that consent has been revoked.

Who will the cookies be communicated to or who will be able to access them?

When third-party cookies exist, as indicated above, those third parties may access the cookies and use them in the manner described above.

How can I manage cookies?

You can allow, block, or delete cookies installed on your computer by clicking on the “COOKIE OPTIONS” button that appears when you access this website, and also by configuring your browser settings. You can find information on how to do this for the most common browsers at the following links: