What is a cookie?
A cookie is a file that is downloaded to your computer when the User accesses certain web pages. Cookies allow a web page, among other things, to store and retrieve information about the browsing habits of a user or their equipment and, depending on the information they contain and the way in which they use their equipment, they can be used to recognise the user.
What types of cookies exist?
There are several types of cookies depending on different criteria:
Depending on the time they remain activated:
- Session cookies. These are a type of cookies designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a website.
- Permanent cookies: These are a type of cookies in which the data remains stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the person responsible for the cookie.
Depending on ownership:
- Own cookies. These are those belonging to Hotel Condal Barcelona
- Third-party cookies. These are owned by a third party other than Hotel Condal Barcelona, which will process the information collected.
Depending on its purpose:
- Technical and/or personalization cookies. These are used to improve the service, locate incidents, recognize the user, etc.
- Analysis and/or advertising cookies. These are used to analyse information about browsing and offer advertising, either generic or personalised.
What types of cookies are most common?
- TECHNICAL: These are OWN cookies, session cookies, identification cookies, configuration cookies and registration cookies, strictly necessary for the identification of the user and for the provision of the services requested by the user. The information obtained through them is processed solely by Hotel Condal Barcelona
- ANALYSIS COOKIES: These are cookies that, whether processed by us or by third parties, allow us to quantify the number of users and thus perform statistical measurements and analyses of the use made by users of the service offered. To do this, we analyse your browsing on our website in order to improve the range of products or services we offer you.
- ADVERTISING COOKIES: These are cookies that, whether processed by us or by third parties, allow the most efficient management of advertising spaces that may be included on our website and/or store information on user behaviour obtained through continuous observation. Thanks to them, we can find out about your internet browsing habits and show you advertising related to your browsing profile.
What is a cookie used for?
Cookies are used to offer you personalized services and/or advertising, to analyze the functioning of the system, recognize you when you access the site as a user, locate incidents and problems that may arise and resolve them as quickly as possible, as well as analyze and measure the use and activity of the website.
Is my consent required to set a cookie?
Consent is not required for the installation of technical cookies or those that are strictly necessary for the provision of an information society service expressly requested by the recipient.
For the rest, the consent of the interested party is required, which can be requested through different means. In the case of Hotel Condal Barcelona, it will be understood as granted if you continue using the website, without prejudice to the fact that you can revoke it at any time and deactivate the cookies.
What types of cookies does this website use?
Technical cookies: These are created and managed solely by us and allow the user to navigate through our website and use the different options such as, for example, identifying the session, personalizing information or accessing restricted access areas.
The Hotel Condal Barcelona website uses (or may use) Google Analytics, a web analytics tool developed by Google, which helps website owners measure how users interact with website content. To provide these services, Google Analytics uses cookies that collect information, including the user's IP address, which will be transmitted, processed and stored by Google under the terms set out on the Google.com website.
For more information see: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage
How to disable cookies?
You can allow, block or delete cookies installed on your computer by configuring the options of the browser installed on your computer.
- Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/es/kb/habilitar-y-deshabilitar-cookies-sitios-web-rastrear-preferences?redirectlocale=es&redirectslug=habilitar-y-deshabilitar-cookies-que-los-sitios-web
- Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=es
- Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/es-es/products/windows?os=windows-10
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/ph5042?locale=es_ES
- Safari for iOS: https://support.apple.com/es-es/HT201265
- Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/11.50/es-ES/cookies.html