Cookies policy

This Cookies Policy is an integral part of the Legal Notice and the Privacy Policy of ETHIC & TROPIC SL. The access and navigation on the site, or the use of its services, implies the acceptance of the General Conditions established in our Legal Notice (and therefore of the Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy). Please, read them carefully. We thank you for having decided to visit us. We want your experience on the site to be as good as possible, and for that reason we have written this Cookies Policy in the most transparent possible way.

What is a Cookie?

Cookies are files that contain small amounts of information that are downloaded to the user's device that is used when you visit a website. Its main purpose is to recognize the user each time it accesses the website, it also allows us to improve the quality and usability of our websites. Cookies are essential for the functioning of the Internet; they cannot damage the user's equipment / device and, if they are activated in the configuration of your browser, they help us identify and resolve possible errors in the operation of ethictropic.com.

Types of Cookies

There are different types of cookies. They all work in the same way, but they have small differences:

  • Session Cookies: Session cookies last only for the duration of your visit and are deleted when you close the browser. Its main purpose is to identify the type of device, support the website security or its basic functionality. They do not contain personal information that allows us to identify a person.
  • Persistent or Permanent Cookies: They are stored in the hard disk of the device and our webs read them every time you make a new visit to ethictropic.com; has a certain expiration or expiration date, when the cookie stops working. They allow us to identify your actions and preferences; Analyze visits and help us understand how users reach our page and improve our services.
  • Functionality Cookies: Allow ethictropic.com to remember decisions made by the user, such as their login or identifier. The information contained in these cookies is anonymized (that is, it does not contain your name, address, or other information).
  • Third Party Cookies: Third-party cookies are the cookies installed by a website that is not the one you are visiting; for example, those used by social networks (such as Facebook) or by external content supplements (such as Google Maps). In addition, some advertising companies use this type of files to track your visits in each place where they are advertised.
  • Analytical Cookies: They are cookies that are intended for periodic maintenance and ensure the best operation and service to the user; collecting data of your activity.

Use of Cookies by ethictropic.com

By accessing ethictropic.com, you expressly accept that we can use this type of cookies on your devices. If you deactivate cookies, your navigation through ethictropic.com may not be optimal and some of the utilities available on the website may not work correctly.

a) Own Cookies

In order to recognize you and give you a better service, our site uses its own cookies (small text files that your browser stores). The advantages of accepting our cookies translates into a time saving. They can also be used to recognize you between successive visits and thus adapt the content that is shown to you, to obtain information about the date and time of your last visit, measure some traffic parameters within the site, and estimate the number of visits made, so that we can focus and adjust services and promotions more effectively.
No cookie allows contact with your phone number, your email address or any other means of contact. No cookie can extract information from your hard drive or steal personal information.

PHPSESSID: This cookie is used by the PHP encryption language to allow the SESSION variables to be saved in the Web server. This cookie is essential for the operation of the web.

b) Third Party Cookies. Google Analytics Cookies

The site uses the Google Analytics service, which is provided by Google, Inc., entity whose main office is at 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View (California), CA 94043, United States ("Google").

Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the site (including your IP address) will be directly transmitted and filed by Google on its servers in the United States. Google will use this information on our behalf in order to keep track of your use of the site, compiling reports on the activity of the site and providing other services related to the activity of the site and the use of the Internet. Google may transmit such 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 held by Google. If you wish you can reject the treatment of data or information by rejecting the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate configuration of your browser. However, if you do, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this site. By using this site you consent to the processing of your information by Google in the manner and for the purposes indicated above.

User configuration to avoid Cookies.

From ethictropic.com and in compliance with current legal regulations, we put at your disposal the information that allows you to set up your browser / Internet browsers to maintain your privacy and security in relation to cookies. Therefore, we provide you with information and links to the official support sites of the main browsers so that you can decide whether or not to accept the use of cookies.

Thus, you can block cookies through the browser's configuration tools or you can set up your browser to notify you when a server wants to save a cookie:

  • If you use Microsoft Internet Explorer, in the menu option Tools> Internet Options> Privacy> Settings.
  • If you use Firefox, in the menu option Tools> Options> Privacy> Cookies.
  • If you use Chrome, in the Options> Advanced options> Privacy section.
  • If you use Opera, in the Security and Privacy option, you can set up the browser.