blog.sosa.cat COOKIES POLICY
Last updated: 05/06/2024
1. Definitions
Cookies consist in information placed in a user’s device by the server of the website visited. They are used by the website to send information (such as a session identifier or choice of language) to the user’s internet browser which the browser can then send on to the originating website.
Only the issuer of a cookie can read or modify the information contained in the cookie.
Various types of cookie exist:
- Session cookies which disappear as soon as you leave the website;
Permanent cookies which remain on your device until the end of their lifetime or until such time as you delete them using your browser’s functionalities.
You are informed that when you visit a website, cookies may be installed on your terminal.
2. The purposes of cookies used
Certain cookies used by the Publisher are exclusively designed to allow or facilitate electronic communication (by detecting connection errors, identifying connection points etc.).
Other cookies are strictly necessary for the supply of online communication services (such as a shopping basket, screen display preferences etc.) expressly requested by the user.
Other cookies may also be designed to:
- Analyse website frequentation and use in order to improve your future browsing experience;
- Improve the relevancy of advertising diffused via the website;
Render the website more convivial and interactive.
3. What cookies do we use?
The cookies used on the website are:
- Cookies developed by the Publisher;
- A limited number of third party cookies chosen by the Publisher for specific purposes.
3.1 Cookies developed by the Publisher
The following cookies can be deposited by tools incorporated to the website:
| Name | Use | Lifetime | International transfer of data |
| PHPSESSID | General identifier of the user’s session variables, used, for example, to know in which language the user navigates | session | no |
| Cookihub | Identifier of the language in which you navigate | 4 months | no |
| cookieyes-consent | Cookie acceptance identifier | 1 year | no |
| pll_language | General identifier of the user’s session variables when browsing in the https protocol, it is used, for example, to know in which language the user is browsing | 1 year | no |
| wp_lang | General identifier of the user’s session variables, used, for example, to know in which language the user navigates | Session | no |
3.2 Third party cookies
The Publisher also uses services proposed by third parties.
3.2.1 Technical cookies
These cookies are mainly designed to facilitate user navigation and offer you website functionalities.
3.2.2 Audience measurement
The Publisher makes use of third parties for website audience measurement purposes.
In particular, the Publisher uses Google Analytics to record visitors and identify how they use the website. Google Analytics is a statistical tool which helps the Publisher to improve the website by responding to the needs of its visitors.
The data generated by these cookies relate to:
- Your use of the website, e.g. the pages you have visited;
Your IP address in order to determine the town or city of connection. This data is immediately anonymised after localisation and is not communicated to Google.
| Site | Name | Company | Use | Lifetime | International transfer of data |
| sosa.cat | _ga | Google Inc. | Unique user monitoring cookie | 2 years | yes, USA |
| sosa.cat | _ga_XXXXXXX | Google Inc. | User monitoring cookie | 2 years | yes, USA |
| youtube.com | YSC | YouTube | Counts visits to an embedded video Session | Sesión | yes, USA |
| youtube.com | YTC | YouTube | Manage the presentation of an embedded video | Sesión | yes, USA |
| youtube.com | _gid | Google Inc. | Session monitoring cookie | 1 día | yes, USA |
| youtube.com | _ga | Google Inc. | Unique user monitoring cookie | 2 años | yes, USA |
| youtube.com | _gat | Google Inc. | Cookie that limits data collection on high-traffic sites | 10 minutos | yes, USA |
3.2.3 Targeted advertising
To offer you advertising proposed by the Publisher, certain cookies such as the following may equally be placed on your device:
| Site | Name | Company | Use | Lifetime | International transfer of data |
| sosa.cat | _gcl_au | Google Inc. | Used by Google AdSense for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites using their services | 6 months | yes, USA |
| sosa.cat | _fbp | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers | 3 months | yes, USA | |
| youtube.com | __Secure-3PAPISID | Google Inc. | Builds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting. | 2 years | yes, USA |
| youtube.com | __Secure-3PSID | YouTube | Builds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting. | 1 year | yes, USA |
| youtube.com | __Secure-3PSIDCC | YouTube | Builds a profile of website visitor interests to show relevant and personalized ads through retargeting. | 2 years | yes, USA |
| youtube.com | CONSENT | Google Inc. | Collects information on how the user uses the website and advertisements prior to visiting said website | 15 months | yes, USA |
| youtube.com | CONSISTENCY | Google Inc. | Cookie for advertising purposes | 1 day | yes, USA |
3.2.4 Improvement of the website’s conviviality and interactivity
To provide you access to certain website functionalities, the Publisher uses certain third party services such as:
- Buttons to share with Facebook, Twitter;
Through these cookies:
No profiles of the users who browse the web are created and, therefore, no automated decisions are made based on this data.
Third party cookie policy
| Google/Youtube | https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=en |
| https://www.facebook.com/privacy/policies/cookies/?entry_point=cookie_policy_redirect&entry=0 | |
| https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-cookies | |
| Mailchimp | https://mailchimp.com/legal/cookies/ |
You can find out about the data transfers to third countries that, where appropriate, are carried out by the third parties identified in this cookie policy, as well as the risks involved in said data transfers in accordance with their own policies outside of this website, by accessing their corresponding policies of cookies provided in each case in the previous table.
4. Consent
When you first visit our website, we propose that you accept or refuse the use of certain cookies.
If you do not wish cookies to be deposited or read on your device, a refusal cookie will be deposited to enable the Publisher to record the fact of your refusal. If you delete the refusal cookie, it will no longer be possible to identify you as having refused.
If you accept the use of cookies, a consent cookie is installed in the same way.
Both consent and refusal cookies must remain on your device, but you may change your wishes at any time in accordance with the following section on cookies management.
5. Cookies management
You dispose of several options for deleting and managing cookies and other tracers.
5.1 Browser parameters
Albeit most browsers are configured by default to accept the installation of cookies, you may if you wish choose to accept all cookies, reject them systematically or select certain cookies depending on their issuer. You may also regularly delete cookies from your device via your browser.
Do not however forget to configure all the browsers of your various devices (tablets, smartphones, computers etc.).
Browser configuration of cookies and other choices varies from one browser to another, but is always described in your browser’s help menu. For example:
• For Internet Explorer™: https://support.microsoft.com/es-es/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
• For Safari™: https://support.apple.com/es-es/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
• For Chrome™: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=es&hlrm=en
• For Firefox™: https://support.mozilla.org/es/kb/proteccion-de-rastreo-mejorada-en-firefox-para-esc
• For Opera™: http://help.opera.com/Windows/10.20/es/cookies.html
However we draw your attention to the fact that by configuring your browser to refuse cookies, certain functionalities, pages and spaces of the website will not be available to you, for which we can accept no liability.
5.2 Opposal platforms
Several advertising platforms also offer you the possibility of refusing or accepting the cookies used by the companies using the platforms, via mechanisms which do not prevent any display of advertising but prevent the installation of cookies in such a way as to adapt the platforms’ advertising to your centres of interest.
You may, for example, use www.youronlinechoices.com to prohibit the installation of such cookies on your device. The website is offered by the digital advertising professionals of the European association EDAA (European Digital Advertising Alliance) and is managed in France by the Interactive Advertising Bureau France.
In that way, you can identify the companies registered with the platform which provide you the option of refusing or accepting their cookies to adapt their advertising to your browser data: https://www.youronlinechoices.com/es/preferencias/. This European platform is shared by hundreds of internet advertising professionals.