Cookies policy

Last Update: July 1, 2021

The Association for the Promotion and Promotion of Tourism of the Pedraforca Valleys (hereinafter, AVP ) is particularly sensitive to the protection of personal data of users of the website’s services. Through this Cookies Policy, the AVP informs the users of the website: https://www.visitpedraforca.com/ , of the uses to which the personal data collected on the website are subjected, with the purpose that they decide, freely and voluntarily, if they wish to provide the requested information.

This website, like most sites on the Internet, uses cookies to improve and optimize the user experience.

1. Definition and function of cookies

Cookies are files that websites or applications install on the user’s browser or device (smartphone, tablet or smart TV) during their journey through the site’s pages or through the application, and serve to store information about your visit.
Like most sites on the internet, this website uses cookies to, for example:

-Ensure that web pages can function properly.
-Store preferences, such as the language you have selected or the font size.
-Know the user’s browsing experience.
-Collect anonymous statistical information, such as which pages the user has visited or how long he has been on the website.

The use of Cookies allows navigation to be optimized, adapting the information and services offered to the user’s interests, to provide a better experience whenever he visits the website.

This website uses cookies to function, adapt and facilitate the user’s navigation as much as possible.

2. Types of cookies

Depending on the owner of the cookie:

-Own cookies: These are those that are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by the publisher itself and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
– Third-party cookies: These are those that are 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 .

Depending on the duration of the cookie:

– Session cookies: They are a type of cookie designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page. They expire when the purpose for which they serve is fulfilled (for example, for the user to remain identified on the website) or when they are manually deleted.
– Persistent cookies: They are a type of cookie in which the data is still stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed during a period defined by the person responsible for the cookie, which can range from a few minutes to several years.

Depending on the purpose of the cookie:

– Analysis or measurement cookies : these allow the person responsible for the same to monitor and analyze the behavior of the users of the websites to which they are linked, including the quantification of the impact of the advertisements. They allow the number of users to be quantified and thus the measurement and statistical analysis of the use made by users of the service offered. For this, your browsing on our website is analyzed in order to improve the range of products or services we offer you.

The information collected through this type of cookies is used to measure the activity of the websites in order to introduce improvements based on the analysis of the usage data made by the users of the service.

– Advertising cookies: They are those that allow the management, in the most effective way possible, of the advertising spaces that, in their case, the publisher has included in a web page, application or platform from which it provides the service requested on the basis of criteria such as the content edited or the frequency in which the ads are shown.
– Behavioral advertising cookies: These are those that allow the management, in the most effective way possible, of the advertising spaces that, in their case, the publisher has included in a web page, application or platform from which the service is provided requested These cookies store information on user behavior obtained through the continuous observation of their browsing habits, which allows the development of a specific profile to show advertising based on this. It is also possible that when you visit a web page or when you open an email where an advertisement or a promotion about our products or services is published, a cookie is installed in your browser that serves us to subsequently show you advertising related to the search you have made, develop a control of our ads in relation to, for example, the number of times they are seen, where they appear, what time they are seen, etc.
– Technical or strictly necessary cookies: These are those that allow the user to navigate through a web page, platform or application and use the different options or services that exist in it, such as, for example, controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, access restricted access parts, remember the elements that make up an order, perform the purchase process of an order, perform the registration request or participation in an event, use security elements during navigation , store content for the dissemination of video or sound or share content through social networks.
– Preference or personalization cookies: These are those that allow the user to access the service with some predefined general characteristics based on a series of criteria on the user’s terminal such as the language, the type of browser through which access the service, the locale from which you access the service, etc.

III. Cookies used on the AVP Website

1. Informed consent

The use of this website by you implies that You give your express and unequivocal consent to the use of cookies, under the terms and conditions provided for in this Cookies Policy, without prejudice to the deactivation and elimination of cookies that you may adopt, and which are mentioned in the following section.

Revocation and deletion of cookies

You can allow, block or delete cookies installed on your computer by configuring the options of the browser installed on your computer. If you do not allow the installation of cookies in your browser, you may not be able to access some of the functionalities of our websites.

All modern browsers allow you to change the Cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the “Options” or “Preferences” of the browser menu.

For more information on how to block or disable the use of cookies you can visit the following links:

– GoogleChrome :http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=es&answer=95647

Settings -> Show advanced options -> Privacy -> Content settings.

In the settings menu, select ‘show advanced settings’ at the bottom of the page. Select the ‘content settings’ button in the privacy section

The section at the top of the page that appears gives you information about cookies and allows you to set the cookies you want. It also allows you to delete any cookies you currently have stored.

For more information, you can consult Google support or browser Help.

– Internet Explorer : https://support.microsoft.com/es-es/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

Tools -> Internet Options -> Privacy -> Settings.

From the Tools menu, select ‘Internet Options’. Click on the privacy tab. You will see a slider to set privacy that has six positions that allow you to control the amount of cookies that will be installed: Block all cookies, High, Medium High, Medium (default level), Low, and Accept all cookies.

– MozillaFirefox : http://support.mozilla.org/es/kb/habilitar-y-deshabilitar-cookies-que-los-sitios-we

Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> History -> Custom Settings.

In the tools menu, select ‘options’. Select the privacy label in the options box. From the drop-down menu choose ‘use custom settings for history’. This will show the cookie options and you can choose to enable or disable them by checking the corresponding box.

For more information, you can consult Mozilla support or the browser’s Help.

– AppleSafari : https://support.apple.com/es-es/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac

Preferences -> Security.

In the settings menu, select the ‘preferences’ option. Open the privacy tab. Select the option you want from the ‘block cookies’ section. Remember that certain functions and the full functionality of this Site may not be available after disabling cookies.

For more information, you can consult Apple support or browser Help.

There are other third-party tools, available online, that allow users to detect Cookies on each website they visit and manage their deactivation: For example, Ghostery: ( https://www.ghostery.com ).

2. What happens when cookies are disabled?

Some features and services may be disabled or behave differently than expected such as, for example, remaining identified, keeping purchases in the “shopping basket” in an e-commerce service or receiving information directed to your location, among others.

If you disable the use of Cookies on this website, it is likely that you will no longer be able to access certain areas of it or that the browsing experience on this website will be significantly degraded.

3. Updates and changes in the Cookies Policy:

The AVP can modify this Cookies Policy based on legislative and regulatory requirements, or with the purpose of adapting this policy to the instructions given by La Agencia Española de Protección de Datos and the Catalan Data Protection Authority, for Users are advised to visit it periodically.

When significant changes occur in this Cookies Policy, they will be communicated to Users either via the web or via email to registered Users.

VII. Google Analytics cookie management tools, identification and tracking

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc., a Delaware company whose main office is at 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View (California), CA 94043, United States (“Google” ).

Google Analytics is a free web analytics tool from Google that primarily allows website owners to learn how users interact with their website. It also enables cookies in the domain of the site you are on and uses a set of cookies called “__utma” and “__utmz” to collect information anonymously and prepare website trend reports without identifying individual users .

The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be directly transmitted and archived by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information on our behalf for the purpose of tracking your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services related to website activity and internet use. Google may transmit this information to third parties when required by law, or when such third parties process the information on behalf of Google. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data available to Google.

You can reject the processing of data or information by rejecting the use of Cookies by selecting the appropriate configuration of your browser, however, you should know that if you do so you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of information about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes indicated above. [http://www.google.com/intl/es/policies/privacy/ ]

GOOGLE reCAPTCHA

We also use “Google reCAPTCHA” (hereinafter “reCAPTCHA”) on our website. This is a service provided by Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, EE. UU (“Google”). reCAPTCHA is used to check whether data entered on our website (for example in a contact form) has been entered by a person or by an automated program. For this purpose, reCAPTCHA analyzes the behavior of the website visitor based on various characteristics. This analysis is automatically started when the website visitor accesses it. For the analysis, reCAPTCHA evaluates various information (for example, the IP address, the time the visitor has been on the website or the mouse movements made by the user). The data collected during the analysis will be sent to Google. reCAPTCHA analyzes are performed entirely in the background. Website visitors are not informed that such an analysis is being carried out. The processing of data is based on article 6.1) f) of the RGPD. The website operator has a legitimate interest in protecting its site against spam and abusive automated tracking. For more information about Google reCAPTCHA and Google’s privacy policy, please use the following links: https://www.google.com/intl/es/policies/privacy/ and https://www.google.com/recaptcha /intro/android.html .

WEB BEACON

In some e-mails, the AVP may use a technology common on the internet called “web beacon”, which are small images invisible to users that are included in the e-mails. This technology allows us to know whether an email has been read or not, on what date, the IP address from which it was accessed, etc. With this information, we will carry out statistical and analytical studies on the sending and receiving of e-mails in order to improve the offer of the services to which the user is subscribed and offer him information that may be of interest to him.

VIII. Privacy policy

This Cookies Policy is complemented by the Privacy Policy , which you can access to find out the necessary additional information on personal data protection.