What are cookies and why do we use them on the O Marisquiño website?

A cookie is a file that is downloaded to the user's device when accessing certain web pages to store and retrieve information about the navigation that is carried out from said device.

Cookies allow the website, among other things, to store and retrieve information about the user's decisions and habits. At O Marisquiño, we use them to personalize the experience within our websites, identify and remember the registered user, and facilitate navigation.

It is important to note that the use of cookies does not provide personal data of the user, who remains anonymous to O Marisquiño.

The user can configure their browser to not accept the use of cookies, in which case the personalization of the experience would not apply, although they can still access the content of our websites normally.

On the Wikipedia page (http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookie_(informática)), you can obtain more information about what cookies are and how they work.

What type of cookies do we use on the O Marisquiño websites?

Cookies, depending on their permanence, can be divided into session cookies or permanent cookies. The former expire when the user closes the browser. The latter expire depending on when they achieve the purpose for which they serve (for example, to keep the user identified on O Marisquiño's websites and services) or when they are manually deleted.

Additionally, based on their purpose, cookies can be classified as follows:

• Performance cookies: This type of cookie remembers your preferences for the tools found in the services, so you do not have to reconfigure the service each time you visit. For example, this typology includes volume settings for video or sound players.
• Geolocation cookies: These cookies are used to find out in which country you are located when a website or service is requested. This cookie is completely anonymous and is only used to help target content to your location.
• Registration cookies: Registration cookies are generated once the User has registered or subsequently opened their session, and are used to identify them on the websites and services for the following purposes: Keeping the user identified so that, if they close a service or website, the browser or computer, and at another time or another day re-enters said service or website, they will remain identified, thus facilitating their navigation without having to identify themselves again. This functionality can be suppressed if the user clicks the "Logout" feature, so this cookie is deleted and the next time the user enters the website, they will have to log in to be identified.
• Checking if the user is authorized to access certain services, for example, to participate in a contest.
• Additionally, some services may use third-party connectors such as Facebook, Twitter, or Google. When the user registers for a service with credentials from a social network or third-party identification system, they authorize it to save a persistent cookie that remembers their identity and guarantees access to the website until it expires. The user can delete this cookie and revoke access to the website through social networks or third-party identification systems by updating their preferences on the specific social network.
• Analytics cookies: Every time a User visits a Website or Service, an external provider tool (such as Google Analytics, comScore, and similar) generates an analytical cookie on the user's device. This cookie, which is only generated during the visit, will serve on future visits to O Marisquiño's services to anonymously identify the visitor. The main objectives pursued are:
• Allowing the anonymous identification of browsing users through the "Cookie" (identifies browsers and devices, not people) and therefore the approximate counting of the number of visitors and their trend over time.
• Anonymously identifying the most visited content and therefore the most attractive to users
• Knowing if the user accessing is new or a repeat visitor.
• You can find more information about the privacy policy of these analytics tools at: Google Analytics

How to disable cookies in the browser?

Most browsers currently allow the user to configure whether they want to accept cookies and which ones. These settings are usually found in the 'options' or 'Preferences' menu of your browser.

Here are the instructions for configuring cookies in the main browsers:

• Chrome:

Settings -> Show advanced options -> Privacy -> Content settings.

For more information, you can consult Google's support or the browser's Help.

• Firefox:

Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> History -> Custom Settings.

For more information, you can consult Mozilla's support or the browser's Help.

• Internet Explorer:

Tools -> Internet Options -> Privacy -> Settings.

For more information, you can consult Microsoft's support or the browser's Help.

• Safari:

Preferences -> Privacy.

For more information, you can consult Apple's support or the browser's Help.