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Cookie policy

About this Cookie policy

In this text I try to explain what are cookies and how so I use them here at uso en Anotado. Alberto’s notes.

The first part is something you should already know if you are browsing around, so even though you should read it, you should not learn anything new.

I will try to list here all cookies I use, the information I collect with them, and how to manage cookies in your browser. For more details, please read my Privacy Policy too. You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on this website.

Your consent obviously only applies to the following domain: www.gomezaparicio.com

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them. You should read this policy to understand what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used and how to control the cookie preferences. For further information on how we use, store and keep your personal data secure, see our Privacy Policy.

Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.

What are Cookies?

A cookie is a file that is downloaded to the browser that the visitor of a website is using, and it aims to store and retrieve information about navigation that occurs from that specific browser. Therefore, if you use several browsers, different cookies will be downloaded even if you visit the same page, so for all purposes that traffic will be considered that it is from different users.

If you would like to see in a graphic way how do cookies behave, check the video below. It lets you see the cookies and how do sites connect one to another. The video is dome using Lightbeam, a plugin for Firefox that you can install for free:  

Why Anotado. Alberto’s notes uses cookies?

As a general principle, I try to avoid as much as possible the installation of cookies. That is why you will not see buttons to share entries public, or code by inserting content from other pages if I can avoid it. I do so to prevent that sharing buttons or pages from which insert the content installed you cookies then used them to enrich their user profiles and customize advertising to serve you when you visit them.

As many other websites, I use first party and third party cookies.

  • First-party cookies are those created by my domain. Your web browser will save a cookie to your device under the gomezaparicio.com domain.
  • Therefore, third party cookies are those created by a domain that is not gomezaparicio.com.

Types of cookies

According to their duration, there are:

  • Session cookies: cookies are deleted when you close your browser ,
  • Persistent cookies: those that remain on your device until they expire or are manually deleted. They enable the system to remember things about your session as a returning visitor so I can have some statistics.

According to their function, cookies can be:

  • Essential: Those needed for you to be able to experience the full functionality of Anotado. Alberto’s notes. They allow me to maintain user sessions and prevent security threats. They do not collect or store any personal information.
  • Statistical: These cookies allow me to get some information like the number of visitors to Anotado. Alberto’s notes, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website have been visited, the source of the visit etc. These data feed my ego and help me understand and analyze what of what I write is being interesting.
  • MarketingAnotado. Alberto’s notes does NOT display advertisements. In case it would do it (and I incisa, it does not) these cookies would be used to personalize the advertisements shown to you so that they are meaningful to you. These cookies also help keep track of the efficiency of the ad campaigns. The information stored in these cookies could also be used by third-party ad providers to show you ads on other websites on the browser as well.
  • Functional: Cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our website like embedding content like videos or sharing contents on the website on social media platforms. I will do my best to avoid them whenever I can (or know how to do it). That is why you will not see in my posts those typical buttons to share the content in social platforms.
  • Preferences: These cookies help me store your settings and browsing preferences like language preferences so that you have a better and efficient experience on future visits to the website.

These are the cookies I use:

CookieDescription
_gat_gtag_UA_6126815_1Set by Google to distinguish users.
pll_languageThe pll _language cookie is used by Polylang to remember the language selected by the user when returning to the website, and also to get the language information when not available in another way.

I have tried to be thorough with the list of cookies that I use. I must confess that my limited technical knowledge does not allow me to control in detail all the cookies that the plugins that I use to help me manage this site. I do my best to keep it under control and, in fact, I have stopped using some plugins that was useful to me because it was using cookies that I did not like.

Any other cookie installed will be my mistake inserting a link or code or plugin that downloads it and, as soon as I find out that it is being installed, I will do my best to solve the situation and avoid it or, if I can’t, to list it above.

How can I control the cookie preferences?

Your browser allows you to both delete the cookies and set it up not to accept the use of cookies. In this case you will not help me feed my vanity nor my curiosity.

You can access this option from your browser via the “options”, “Preferences”, “settings” or whatever name the browser you are using will call it.

Please search information in the help option of your browser, because among the different options, their different versions and different devices, I am not able to list here all the options that are available now.

In case you decide to change your cookies preferences while visiting Anotado. Alberto’s notes you can do it using the tab at the bottom.

More details about how to manage cojines in your browser at wikipedia.org and www.allaboutcookies.org.