GenPORT is funded by the European Union FP7-SCIENCE-IN-SOCIETY-2012-1 programme.

Cookie Policy

1. Introduction

This Cookie Policy will give you clear and explicit information about the technologies we use on our website, as well as your rights to restrict this use. This Cookie Policy is part of our Privacy Policy.

By "checking the box" in our Cookies Policy pop-up window or by continuing to browse our site, you hereby accept our use of cookies as defined in this Cookies Policy. If you do not accept the use of cookies, you can block or disable them by using your browser settings through the opt-out links set forth in this Cookie Policy. However, blocking all or part of cookies may have a negative impact on the use of this website. 

2. What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small text file which is stored on your computer or other device such as mobile phones or tablet devices by a website. Cookies allow a website to remember your preferences whilst visiting the site to provide you with a more personalised experience. They help to make websites work efficiently and can allow site owners to track how a site is used to provide useful data for making improvements.

3. Own cookies

They allow the Site to track your movement from page to page to ensure that you are not required to provide the same information as you have previously provided. Cookies allow you to proceed through the Site quickly and easily without having to authenticate or reprocess each new area you visit. We may use cookies to analyze user behavior, such as which pages have been visited during the session, to enhance and customize your overall experience, for example, allowing us to determine and display more relevant content.

There are two types of cookies: 

  • Persistent cookies: remain on your computer and remain valid until you delete them or on their expiration date.
  • Session cookies: are deleted when you close your web browser. 

Cookies may be used for technical reasons of the website, for analysis and to connect to third party sites or advertising.

4. Third-party cookies

 

We use the following third-party cookies:

  • Twitter: we use Twitter for showing ACT Twitter content or activity on our website. Twitter provides us the following cookies: 

 

Cookie

Purpose

Retention period

_ga

Twitter service plugin. Its purpose is to obtain information from users who have used this service.

2 years

ads_prefs

Twitter service plugin. Its purpose is to obtain information from users who have used this service.

10 years

csrf_same_site_set

Twitter service plugin. Its purpose is to obtain information from users who have used this service.

9 months

dnt

Twitter service plugin. Its purpose is to obtain information from users who have used this service.

2 years

eu_cn

This cookie is set due to Twitter integration and sharing capabilities for the social media.

1 year

external_referer

Twitter service plugin. Its purpose is to obtain information from users who have used this service.

1 week

guest_id

Twitter service plugin. Its purpose is to obtain information from users who have used this service.

2 years

kdt

Twitter service plugin. Its purpose is to obtain information from users who have used this service.

2 years

personalization_id

This cookie is set due to Twitter integration and sharing capabilities for the social media.

2 years

remember_checked_on

This cookie is set due to Twitter integration and sharing capabilities for the social media.

2 years

tfw_exp

This cookie is set due to Twitter integration and sharing capabilities for the social media.

14 days

 

To learn more about Twitter and your privacy visit: https://twitter.com/es/privacy

  • Google Analytics: we use a Google tool called Google Analytics to help us understand how users use our website. These Google Analytics cookies files do not provide us with any personally identifiable information. They can tell us how you reached this site, if you has visited the site before, how long it uses the site and which pages is has visited in the site. This information helps us understand how people use the site and provides information on the type of experience that people have on it, ultimately to help understand how to further improve the experience on the site. Google provides the following cookies: 

     

Cookie

Purpose

Retention period

_ga

Used to distinguish users.

2 years

_gid

Used to distinguish users.

24 hours

_gat

Use it to differentiate between the different tracking objects created in the session. The cookie is created by loading the javascript library

The cookie is updated each time data is sent to Google Analytics

 

To learn more about Google Analytics and your privacy, visit http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html    

To opt out of Google Analytics tracking through other web sites, visit: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout 

 

To learn more about PagePeeker and your privacy visit: https://pagepeeker.com/privacy/

 

5. TO REMOVE COOKIES

If you want to delete your browser’s cookies, go to the Preferences menu of the Browser or Browser settings and find the Privacy section. As an example, you can follow the instructions below:

 

Internet Explorer:

http://windows.microsoft.com/es-es/internet-explorer/delete-manage-cookies  

 

Google Chrome:

https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647

 

Firefox:

http://support.mozilla.org/kb/delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored

 

Safari:

http://support.apple.com/kb/ph11920

 

 

 

 

 

6. MODIFICATIONS

The website responsibility of Fundación per la Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain (FUOC) may modify this cookie policy in accordance with legal requirements, or in order to adapt this policy to the instructions issued by the Spanish Data Protection Agency.

For this reason, we advise users to visit it periodically. When significant changes occur in this policy, users will be notified either through the website or by email to registered users.