What are cookies and why do we use them on our website?
A cookie is a file that is downloaded to the user’s device when accessing certain web pages in order to store and retrieve information about the browsing carried out from said device.
Cookies allow said website, among other things, to store and retrieve information about the user’s decisions and habits. At Marina Marbella, we use them to personalize the experience within our website 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 Marina Marbella.
The user can configure their browser to not accept the use of cookies, in which case the personalization of the experience would not be applied, although they can still access the contents of our websites normally.
On the Wikipedia page (http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cookie_(informática)) it is possible to obtain more information about what cookies are and how they work.
What type of cookies does the Marina Marbella website use?
Cookies, depending on their permanence, can be divided into session or permanent cookies. The former expire when the user closes the browser. The latter expire depending on when the objective for which they serve is met or when they are manually deleted.
Additionally, depending 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. As an example, this typology includes:
- Volume settings for video or sound players.
- Video transmission speeds that are compatible with your browser.
Geolocation cookies: These cookies are used to find out what country you are in 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 web and services with the following objectives:
- Keep the user identified so that, if they close a service or website, the browser or the computer, and at another time or another day they re-enter said service or website, they will continue to be identified, thus facilitating their navigation without having to re-identify themselves. This functionality can be suppressed if the user clicks the “Exit” functionality, so that this cookie is deleted and the next time they enter the web, the user will have to log in to be identified.
- Check 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 web until it expires. The user can delete this cookie and revoke access to the web through social networks or a third-party identification system by updating their preferences in the social network that specifies it.
Analytics cookies: Each time a User visits a Website or Service, a tool from an external provider (Google Analytics, comScore and similar) generates an analytical cookie on the user’s device. This cookie, which is only generated during the visit, will be used in future visits to Marina Marbella services to anonymously identify the visitor. The main objectives pursued are:
- Allow 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 identify the most visited and therefore most attractive content for users
- Know if the user who is accessing is new or repeats a visit.
Important: Unless the User decides to register on any Marina Marbella website, the cookie will never be associated with any personal data that can identify them. These cookies will only be used for statistical purposes that help optimize the user experience on the site.
More information on the privacy policy of these analytics tools at: Google Analytics and Comscore.
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 normally found in the ‘options’ or ‘Preferences’ of your browser menu.
These are the instructions to configure cookies in the main browsers:
- Chrome: Settings -> Show advanced options -> Privacy -> Content settings. For more information, you can consult Google support or the browser’s Help.
- Firefox: Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> History -> Custom Settings. For more information, you can consult Mozilla support or the browser’s Help.
- Internet Explorer: Tools -> Internet Options -> Privacy -> Settings. For more information, you can consult Microsoft support or the browser’s Help.
- Safari: Preferences -> Security. For more information, you can consult Apple support or the browser’s Help.
