The Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) informs about the use of cookies on its web pages.
Cookies are files that can be downloaded to your computer through web pages. They are tools that play an essential role in the provision of numerous information society services. Among other things, they allow a website to store and retrieve information about the browsing habits of a user or their equipment and, depending on the information obtained, they can be used to recognise the user and improve the service offered.
Types of cookies
Depending on the entity that manages the domain from which the cookies are sent and processes the data obtained, two types can be distinguished: first-party cookies and third-party cookies.
There is also a second classification according to the length of time they remain stored in the client's browser, being session cookies or persistent cookies.
Finally, there is another classification with five types of cookies according to the purpose for which the data obtained is processed: technical cookies, personalisation cookies, analysis cookies, advertising cookies and behavioural advertising cookies.
For more information on this subject, please consult Guía sobre el uso de las cookies de la Agencia Española de Protección de Datos .
Cookies used on the website
The OceanNight project website uses Google Analytics, the analytics tool that helps websites and application owners understand how their visitors interact with their properties. A set of cookies are used to collect information and report website usage statistics without personally identifying visitors to Google. Learn more about Google Analytics cookies and privacy information.
Cookies from Twitter, Facebook and Youtube are being used to promote social networks, so that our visitors can follow us on these networks, and Twitter and Youtube content is embedded on the homepage.
On the other hand, cookies are used to preserve the session status of a user. This is set at 30 minutes after the user stops interacting with the application. JSESSIONID, GUEST_LANGUAGE_ID and COOKIE_SUPPORT.
Finally, a technical cookie called cookies_policy is downloaded, which is of a technical and session type. It manages the user's consent to the use of cookies on the website, with the aim of remembering those users who have accepted them and those who have not, so that the former are not shown information on the top of the page in this respect.
Acceptance of the Cookies Policy
CSIC assumes that you accept the use of cookies. However, at the top of any page of the portal, information about its Cookie Policy will be displayed so that you are aware of it.
In view of this information, the following actions can be taken:
- Accept cookies: if the user presses the acceptance button, this warning will no longer be displayed when accessing any page of the portal.
- Review the cookies policy: The user can access this page which details the use of cookies, as well as links to modify the browser settings.
