This Cookie Policy is an integral part of the General Terms & Conditions and the Privacy Policy. The access and navigation of the site, or the use of its services, imply the acceptance of the General Terms & Conditions (and thus the Privacy Policy and the Cookie Policy). Please, read carefully.
Thank you for visiting us. We want your experience on the site to be the best possible. Therefore, we have written this Cookie Policy as clearly as possible.
What is a cookie?
Cookies are files that contain small amounts of information that are downloaded on the user’s device, that are used when you visit a website. Their main purpose is to recognise the user each time they access www.gaviotagroup.com. It allows us to improve the quality and usability of our website.
Cookies are essential for Internet to work; they cannot damage your computer/device and, if activated in the browser configuration, they help us identify and solve possible running errors of www.gaviotagroup.com.
Types of cookies
There are different types of cookies. They all work in the same way, but they have small differences:
- a) Session cookie: Session cookies only last during your visit and are deleted when you close the browser. Their main goal is to identify the type of device, and support the website security or basic functionality. They do not contain personal information that allows us to identify the person.
- b) Persistent cookie: They are stored in the device’s hard disk drive and our website reads them each time you visit www.gaviotagroup.com; it has an expiration date or a specific expiration, after which the cookie stops working. It allows us to identify your actions and preferences; analyse visits and understand how our users land on our page, and improve our services.
- c) Functionality cookie: They allow www.gaviotagroup.com to remember decisions made by the user, such as login or ID.
The information of these gathered cookies is anonymised (that is, it does not contain your name, address or other information).
- d) Third-party cookie: Third-party cookies are those installed by a website other that the one you are visiting. E. g., those used by social media (such as Facebook) or by external content complements (such as Google Maps). Additionally, some advertisement companies use these types of files to monitor your visits to each site they advertise on.
- e) Analytical cookie: These are cookies that carry out periodical maintenance and guarantee a better functionality and service of the user by gathering activity information.
Use of cookies by www.gaviotagroup.com.
By accessing www.gaviotagroup.com, you expressly accept that we can use these types of cookies in your devices. If you deactivate the cookies, your browsing experience in www.gaviotagroup.com might not be optimal and some of the functions of www.gaviotagroup.com might not work correctly.
- a) First-party cookies
To recognise you and provide you with a better service, our site uses first-party cookies (small text files that your browser stores). The advantages of accepting our cookies translate into time saving. Additionally, they can be used to recognise you between visits and adapt the content you are shown, to obtain information about your last date and time of visit, to measure some traffic parameters in the own site, and to estimate the number of visits, so we can more effectively approach and adjust our services and promotions.
No cookie allows contact with your phone number, email address or any other means of contact. No cookie can extract information from your hard disk drive or steal personal information.
- b) Google Analytics Cookies
This site uses the service Google Analytics, provided by Google, Inc., company headquartered in 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View (California), CA 94043, USA (“Google”).
Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyse the user’s use of the site. The information generated by the cookie regarding your use of the site (including your IP address) will be directly submitted and filed by Google in its servers in the US. Google will use this information to track your use of the site, gathering site activity reports and providing other services related to the site’s activity and Internet use. Google may submit this information to third-parties when required by law or when those third-parties process the information on behalf of Google. Google will not associate your IP address with any other information it has.
If you wish, you can decline data or information processing by rejecting cookie use by selecting the appropriate configuration on your browser. However, if you do so, it is possible that you will not be able to use the full functionality of this site. By using this site, you consent to Google processing your information in the manner and for the purposes aforementioned.
Our site uses the service Google Analytics, provided by Google, Inc., company headquartered in 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View (California), CA 94043, USA (“Google”). Therefore, by visiting our site you expressly consent to the transfer of this information generated by the Google Analytics Cookies to Google Inc.’s servers, located in the USA; specifically, the information generated by the cookie regarding the use of your site, gathering site activity reports.
User configuration to avoid cookies
GAVIOTA SIMBAC, S.L., in compliance with current legislation, provides you with the information that allows you to configure your Internet browser to maintain your privacy and security regarding cookies. We therefore provide you with the information and links to the official support sites of the main browsers so that you may decide if you wish to accept the use of cookies or not.
You may block cookies with the browser’s configuration tools or you may configure your browser to warn you when a server wants to store a cookie:
- You can obtain more information on the Firefox browser here:
https://support.mozilla.org/es/kb/habilitar-y-deshabilitar-cookies-sitios-web-rastrearpreferencias?redirectlocale=es&redirectslug=habilitar-y-deshabilitar-cookies-que-los-sitios-we
- You can obtain more information on the Chrome browser here:
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
- You can obtain more information on the Internet Explorer browser here:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
- You can obtain more information on the Safari browser here:
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH19214?locale=es_ES&viewlocale=en_US
- You can obtain more information on the Opera browser here:
http://help.opera.com/Windows/11.50/en/cookies.html
What happens if cookies are disabled?
Some functions of the Services and areas in this website may not work properly if cookies are disabled.
Do we update our Cookie Policy?
We may update our website’s Cookie Policy. We recommend you review this policy each time your access our site so you are properly informed about how and what we use cookies for.