What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small file that is stored on the user’s computer or device when visiting certain websites. Its function is to allow these sites to remember certain actions that you have carried out in the past to offer a better browsing experience.
Cookies are essential for the functioning of the internet and in no case can they damage your computer. In return, the fact that they are activated helps us to identify and resolve possible errors.
Cookies that we use on our website
The following table shows the cookies we use on our website:
| name | purpose | Description | provider | duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHPSESSID | necessary | This cookie is used to store and identify the unique session ID of users in order to manage the user’s session on the website. It is removed when all browser windows are closed. | Fundació Salut Empordà | session |
| cookie_notice_accepted | necessary | Cookie that identifies whether the user has accepted the use of cookiesCookie that identifies whether the user has accepted the use of cookies | Fundació Salut Empordà | 1 hour |
| _GRECAPTCHA | necessary | With reCAPTCHA it is checked whether it is a person or a computer that makes the entries in our contact forms. The increase in registrations through machines in user accounts is counteracted. It offers protection against this class of attacks (attacks from robots). | 5 months | |
| pll_language | personalization | It is a persistent and personalization cookie. Allows you to save the language in which the site will be displayed to the user. | Fundació Salut Empordà | 6 hours |
Other third party cookies
Some of our pages may display content from external providers, for example. YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.
To view this third-party content, you must agree to their specific terms and conditions. This includes their cookie policies, over which we have no control.
But if you don’t see this content, third-party cookies will not be installed on your device.
External providers that this site may have:
These third party services are outside the control of our organization. Suppliers can, at any time, change their conditions of service, purpose and use of cookies, etc.
To better understand the different types of cookies, we provide you with a definition of the various types of cookies that exist:
- Necessary cookies: are those that exist only while the user browses the web and that disappear when the user leaves the web page. They serve to maintain basic information about navigation and thus be able to offer a better user experience.
- Personalization cookies: they are kept between visits to the same website and are used to save user personalizations, such as the language in which they have browsed.
- Analytical cookies: they store in order to compile statistics on the traffic and volume of visits to this website.
- Advertising cookies: they show advertising based on your browsing, your country of origin, language and other factors.
- Social networks: sometimes in some sections of the website content can be shared on social networks and they can use their own cookies.
How to control and delete cookies
At any time you can exercise your right to deactivate or delete cookies from this website. These actions are performed differently depending on the browser you use. Blocking the use of cookies in your browsing may make some services or features of the website unavailable.
To change the configuration, follow the instructions provided by each browser:
Internet Explorer: Tools> Internet Options> Privacy
Or click here for more information.
Firefox: Tools> Options> Privacy> History> Custom parameters.
Or click here for more information.
Chrome: Settings> Show advanced settings> Privacy> Content settings.
Or click here for more information.
Safari: Preferences> Security.
Or click here for more information.
Opera: Configuration.
Or click here for more information.
