Cookie policy

Welcome to the COOKIES POLICY of the website of the entity Rómulo Royo San Martín, where we will explain in a clear and simple language all the necessary issues so that you can have control over them based on your personal decisions.

• • WHAT ARE COOKIES AND WHAT DO WE USE THEM FOR?

A cookie is a small file of information that is stored on your computer, smartphone or tablet every time you visit our website.

In principle, a cookie is harmless: it does not contain viruses, Trojans, worms, etc. that could damage your device, but it does have a certain impact on your right to the protection of your personal data, as it collects certain information about you (browsing habits, identity, preferences, etc.).

That is why, in accordance with the provisions of the applicable regulations (LSSI and current personal data protection regulations), the activation of certain types of cookies will require your prior consent.

Before doing so, we will provide you with some additional information to help you make a more informed decision on the matter:

1. 1. Cookies can be of various types depending on their purpose:
      
      
      • • Technical cookies are necessary for our website to function; they do not require your consent and are the only ones enabled by default.
      • • The other cookies are used to improve our website, to personalise it based on your preferences, or to show you adverts tailored to your searches, tastes and personal interests. You can accept all these cookies by clicking the ACCEPT button, or configure them or refuse their use by clicking on the COOKIE SETTINGS section.

1. 1. Some cookies are our own (we’ll refer to these as ‘first-party cookies’) and others belong to external companies that provide services for our website (we’ll refer to these as ‘third-party cookies’: an example might be cookies from external providers such as Google). In this regard, it is important for you to know that some of these external providers may be based outside Spain. Globally, not all countries have the same level of data protection, with some countries being more secure than others (for example, the European Union is a secure environment for your data). Our policy is to use reliable providers who, regardless of whether or not they are based in the European Union, have adopted appropriate safeguards to protect your personal information. However, in the section entitled
      WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES ARE CURRENTLY USED ON OUR WEBSITE?, you can consult the various privacy and data protection policies of each of the aforementioned third-party providers, so that you can make an informed decision about whether or not to enable the third-party cookies used by our website.

3. 3. Finally, please note that, depending on how long they remain active, cookies can be divided into two types:
      
      
      • • Session cookies: these expire automatically when you log out of your computer, smartphone or tablet. They are usually used to retain the necessary information whilst providing a one-off service.
      • • Persistent cookies: these remain stored on your computer, smartphone or tablet for a specific period, which can range from a few minutes to several years.

WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES DO WE USE ON OUR WEBSITE?

• • Technical Cookies:

Technical cookies are strictly necessary for our website to function and for you to be able to browse it. These types of cookies are the ones that, for example, allow us to identify you, grant you access to certain restricted parts of the site if necessary, or remember different options or services you have already selected, such as your privacy preferences. For this reason, they are enabled by default, and your consent is not required.

Through your browser settings, you can block or be alerted to the presence of these types of cookies, although blocking them will affect the proper functioning of various features on our website.

• • Analytics Cookies:

Analytics cookies allow us to analyse how users navigate our website in general (for example, which sections of the site are most visited, which services are used most frequently and whether they are working correctly, etc.).

Using statistical information about browsing on our website, we can improve both the website’s performance and the various services it offers. Therefore, these cookies are not used for advertising purposes, but solely to help our website function better, adapting to our users in general. By enabling them, you will contribute to this continuous improvement.

You can enable or disable these cookies by ticking the relevant box; they are disabled by default.

• • Functionality and Personalisation Cookies:

Functionality cookies allow us to remember your preferences, so that we can tailor certain features and general options on our website to your needs each time you visit (for example, the language in which information is displayed, sections marked as favourites, your browser type, etc.).

Therefore, these types of cookies are not used for advertising purposes; rather, by enabling them, you will improve the website’s functionality (for example, by adapting it to your browser type) and its personalisation based on your preferences (for example, by displaying information in the language you have previously selected), which will enhance the ease of use, usability and convenience of our website whilst you browse.

You can enable or disable these cookies by ticking the relevant box; they are disabled by default.

• • Advertising cookies:

Advertising cookies enable us to manage the advertising spaces on our website based on criteria such as the content displayed or the frequency with which adverts are shown.

For example, if you have been shown the same advert several times on our website and have not shown any personal interest by clicking on it, it will not appear again. In short, by enabling this type of cookie, the advertising displayed on our website will be more useful and varied, and less repetitive.

You can enable or disable these cookies by ticking the relevant box; they are disabled by default.

• • Behavioural Advertising Cookies:

Behavioural advertising cookies allow us to gather information based on observing your browsing habits and behaviour on the web, so that we can show you advertising content that better suits your personal tastes and interests.

To put it simply, here is a hypothetical example: if your recent web searches were related to crime fiction, we would show you adverts for crime novels.

Therefore, by enabling this type of cookie, the adverts we show you on our website will not be generic, but will be tailored to your searches, tastes and interests, and will therefore be tailored exclusively to you.

You can enable or disable these cookies by ticking the relevant box; they are disabled by default.

• • WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES ARE CURRENTLY USED ON OUR WEBSITE?

Below, we provide information on all the types of cookies currently used on our website and the purpose of each one.