1. What are cookies?
The website of MG Abogados Europa S.L.P. (hereinafter the Website) uses Cookies. Cookies are files sent to a browser by a web server to record the User’s activities on a specific website. The primary purpose of Cookies is to provide the user with quicker access to selected services. Additionally, Cookies personalize the services offered by the Website, providing each user with information of interest based on their use of the services.
The Website uses Cookies to customize and facilitate user navigation to the maximum. Cookies are associated only with an anonymous user and their computer and do not provide references that allow deducing personal data of the user. The user can configure their browser to notify and reject the installation of Cookies sent by the Website, without affecting the user’s ability to access the contents of the website. However, it should be noted that the quality of the website’s operation may decrease.
Registered users, those who register, or those who have logged in, may benefit from more personalized services tailored to their profile, thanks to the combination of data stored in cookies with the personal data used at the time of registration. Such users expressly authorize the use of this information for the indicated purpose, without prejudice to their right to reject or disable the use of cookies.
Also, the Website may be aware of all services requested by users, allowing them to provide or offer information suitable to the tastes and preferences of each user.
2. What types of cookies are there?
Cookies, based on their Persistence, can be divided into:
Session Cookies | Expire when the user closes the browser. |
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Persistent Cookies | Expire based on when they fulfill their purpose (e.g., to keep the user identified in the Services) or when manually deleted. |
Based on their Owner, they can be divided into:
First-party Cookies | These are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a machine or domain managed by the publisher itself and from which the requested service is provided. |
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Third-party Cookies | These are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a machine or domain that is not managed by the editor but by another entity that processes data obtained through cookies. |
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 don’t have to configure the service each time you visit. For example, this typology includes:
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Geo-location Cookies | These Cookies are used to determine the country in which you are located when a service is requested. This Cookie is completely anonymous and is only used to help tailor content to your location. |
Log Cookies | Log Cookies are generated once the user has registered or subsequently opened their session and are used to identify them in the services with the following objectives:
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Analytical Cookies | Each time a User visits a service, a tool from an external provider generates an analytical Cookie on the user’s computer. This Cookie, which is only generated on the visit, will serve on subsequent visits to the Website’s Services to anonymously identify the visitor. The main objectives pursued are:
Important: Unless the user decides to register for a Website service, the “Cookie” will never be associated with any personal data that can identify them. Such Cookies will only be used for statistical purposes to help optimize Users’ experience on the site. |
Behavioral Advertising Cookies | This type of “Cookies” allows for expanding the information of the ads shown to each anonymous user in the Website’s Services. Among other things, it stores the duration or frequency of viewing advertising positions, the interaction with them, or the user’s browsing patterns and/or behaviors, as they help shape an advertising interest profile. Thus, they allow offering advertising related to the user’s interests. |
Third-party Advertising Cookies | In addition to the advertising managed by the Website in its Services, the Website offers its advertisers the option to serve ads through third parties (“AdServers”). In this way, these third parties can store Cookies sent from the Website’s Services from Users’ browsers, as well as access the data stored in them. |
3. What cookies do we use?
The cookies we use on our website are:
Cookies | Type | Purpose | Owner | Duration | Domain |
_gid | Analytical | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. The cookie is used to store information on how visitors use a website and helps create an analytical report on how the website is performing. The collected data, including the number of visitors, the source from which they come, and the pages, are displayed anonymously. | google.com | 1 day | mgabogados.com |
_ga | Analytical | This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request on a site and is used to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data for site analysis reports. By default, it is set to expire after 2 years, although this is customizable by the website owners. | google.com | 730 days | mgabogados.com |
4. Are there international transfers?
You can find information on transfers to third countries, if any, made by the third parties identified in this cookie policy in their respective policies (see the links provided in the “Third-party Cookies” section). Different mechanisms for regulating international transfers, if they exist, will be informed by these third parties.
5. How to disable Cookies?
Normally, it is possible to stop accepting browser Cookies or stop accepting Cookies from a particular Service.
All modern browsers allow you to change Cookie settings. These settings are usually found in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser. You can also configure your browser or email manager and install free add-ons to prevent Web Bugs from being downloaded when opening an email.
The Website provides guidance to the User on the steps to access the cookie settings menu and, if applicable, private browsing in each of the main browsers:
Internet Explorer | Tools -> Internet Options -> Privacy -> Settings. For more information, you can consult Microsoft’s support or the browser’s Help. |
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Microsoft Edge | Settings and more -> Settings -> Clear browsing data. |
Firefox | Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> History -> Custom Settings. |
Chrome | Settings -> Advanced settings -> Privacy and security -> Clear browsing data. |
Safari | Preferences -> Security. For more information, you can consult Apple’s support or the browser’s Help. |
6. Can modifications to the Cookie Policy be made?
The website may modify this Cookie Policy based on legislative or regulatory requirements, or with the aim of adapting the policy to the instructions issued by the Spanish Data Protection Agency. Therefore, users are advised to visit it periodically.
When significant changes occur in this Cookie Policy, they will be communicated to users either through the website or via email to registered users.