Cookie Law

The domain medcities.org uses automatic procedures for collecting “Cookies” to gather personal information such as the type of browser or operating system, reference page, route, ISSP domain, etc. All this in order to improve the services provided. Cookies help us to adapt this website to your personal needs.

What are cookies?

A “Cookie” is a small file that is stored on the user’s computer and allows us to recognize it. The set of “Cookies” helps us to improve the quality of our website, thus allowing us to personalize to a certain extent the navigation of each user through our website. Cookies are now essential to the operation of the Internet, providing innumerable advantages in the provision of interactive services, facilitating the navigation and use of our website.

Remember that “Cookies” cannot harm your computer and that, in turn, the fact that they are activated helps us to identify and resolve errors and improve the navigability of our website by providing a better experience.

Cookies are used for:

  • Ensure that web pages work properly.
  • Store preferences, such as language or font size.
  • Learn about the user’s browsing experience.
  • Collect anonymous statistical information, such as which pages the user has visited or how long they have been on the website.

Typology, purpose and operation

Cookies, depending on their permanence, can be divided into session or permanent cookies. The first ones expire when the user closes the browser. The latter expire when the purpose for which they are used is met or when they are manually deleted.

In addition, depending on their purpose, Cookies can be classified as follows:

  • Required: are those strictly necessary and essential for the proper functioning of the website. They are usually generated when the user accesses or logs in to the website and is used to identify the website for the following purposes:
  • They keep the user identified so that if they leave the website, browser or device and at another time access the same page, they will remain identified, thus facilitating their navigation without having to re-identify.
  • Check if the user is authorized to access certain services or areas of the website.
  • Preferably: They allow you to register on the website all the information related to the way the website behaves or how it looks, such as the language or region in which it is located.
  • Statistics / analytics: They are used to analyze and improve the browsing experience, optimize the operation of the website, and see how visitors interact, by collecting and notifying information usually anonymously, although sometimes also allow to identify unique and unequivocal to the user to obtain reports on the interests of users in the services offered by the website.
  • Marketing:  These are those that collect information about the ads shown to users of the website. They can be of two types:
  • Anonymous: They only collect information about the advertising space displayed on the website, regardless of the user who accesses it without expressly identifying themselves.
  • Personalized: They collect personal information from the user of the website by a third party, for the personalization of these advertising spaces.
  • Geolocation: These cookies are used to find out in which country or region the user is accessing a service from the website, in order to offer content or services appropriate to their location.

Adequate privacy / Cookie management:

For more information on the appropriate configuration of cookies and the options for activation, restriction and / or disabling, please go to the help section of your browser to find out more:

Google Chromehttp://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=es&answer=95647
Internet Explorerhttp://support.microsoft.com/es-es/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
Mozilla Firefoxhttp://support.mozilla.org/es/kb/habilitar-y-deshabilitar-cookies-que-los-sitios-we
Apple Safarihttp://support.apple.com/kb/ph5042

The user must know that by disabling cookies, some of the features and services may be disabled or behave differently than expected, such as staying logged in, keeping purchases in the cart, their location, etc. . among others, and that its navigation is significantly degraded.

Updates on the Cookies Policy

The data controller may modify this Cookie Policy in accordance with legislative and regulatory requirements, or in order to adapt this policy to the instructions issued.