COOKIES POLICY

This website uses its own and third-party cookies to offer you a better experience and service. By browsing or using our services, the user accepts the use we make of cookies. However, the user has the option to prevent the generation of cookies and their deletion.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small piece of text that websites send to the browser and that is stored on the user’s terminal, which can be a personal computer, a mobile phone, tablet, etc. These files allow the website to remember information about your visit, such as language and preferred options, which can facilitate your next visit and make the site more useful by personalizing its content. Cookies play a very important role by improving the experience of using the Web.

Types of cookies

Depending on the entity that manages them, cookies can be:

  • First-party cookies: These are cookies that are sent to the interested party’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by the editor itself and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
  • Third-party cookies: These are cookies that are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain that is not managed by the editor, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.

Depending on the length of time they remain activated:

  • Session cookies: These are a type of cookie designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page. They are usually used to store information that is only interested in keeping for the provision of the service requested by the user on a single occasion.
  • Persistent cookies: These are a type of cookie in which the data remains stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed during a period defined by the person responsible for the cookie, which can range from a few minutes to several years.

Depending on the purpose for which the data obtained through cookies is processed, the website may use:

  • Technical cookies – These are those that allow the user to navigate through the web page or application and use the different options or services that exist in it. For example, controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted access web parts, remembering the elements that make up an order, making the request for registration or participation in an event, using security elements during navigation, and storing content for the dissemination of videos or sound.
  • Personalization cookies – These are those that allow the user to access the service with some predefined general characteristics based on a series of criteria in the user’s terminal or that the user defines themselves. For example, the language, the type of browser through which the service is accessed, the selected content design, geolocation of the terminal, and the regional configuration from where the service is accessed.
  • Advertising cookies – These are those that allow the effective management of the advertising spaces that have been included in the web page or application from which the service is provided. They allow the content of the advertising to be adapted so that it is relevant to the user and to avoid showing ads that the user has already seen.
  • Statistical analysis cookies – These are those that allow the monitoring and analysis of the behavior of users on the websites. The information collected through this type of cookie is used in the measurement of the activity of the websites, application, or platform and for the elaboration of browsing profiles of the users of said sites, in order to introduce improvements in the service based on the usage data made by the users.

The following provides detailed information about the cookies used:

CookieDomainDescriptionDurationType
pll_languageinstitutebcn.comThe pll _language cookie is used by Polylang to remember the language selected by the user when returning to the website, and also to get the language information when not available in another way.1 yearNecessary
sbjs_migrations.institutebcn.comSourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor experience on the website.sessionAnalytics
sbjs_current_add.institutebcn.comSourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor experience on the website.sessionAnalytics
sbjs_first_add.institutebcn.comSourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor experience on the website.sessionAnalytics
sbjs_current.institutebcn.comSourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor experience on the website.sessionAnalytics
sbjs_first.institutebcn.comSourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor experience on the website.sessionAnalytics
sbjs_udata.institutebcn.comSourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor experience on the website.sessionAnalytics
sbjs_session.institutebcn.comSourcebuster sets this cookie to identify the source of a visit and stores user action information in cookies. This analytical and behavioural cookie is used to enhance the visitor experience on the website.1 hourAnalytics
_ga_*.institutebcn.comGoogle Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views.1 year 1 month 4 daysAnalytics
_ga.institutebcn.comThe _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors.1 year 1 month 4 daysAnalytics
tk_aiinstitutebcn.comJetPack sets this cookie to store a randomly-generated anonymous ID which is used only within the admin area and for general analytics tracking.1 yearAnalytics
wc_cart_hash_7317545cc56e1b84fde8b35794e91edbinstitutebcn.com neverOther
wpEmojiSettingsSupportsinstitutebcn.comWordPress sets this cookie when a user interacts with emojis on a WordPress site. It helps determine if the user’s browser can display emojis properly.sessionNecessary
wc_fragments_7317545cc56e1b84fde8b35794e91edbinstitutebcn.com sessionOther