COOKIES POLICY

What are Cookies?

Cookies ("Cookies”) are small text files that are sent to your device each time you visit a website. “Device” is understood to mean your personal computer, tablet, mobile phone or any other device used to access that website. Cookies are stored on your device’s hard drive and allow the website to recognise you and store certain information about your with the aim of enabling or improving the provision of service.

Types of Cookies

There are different types of Cookies, depending on the entity that manages them, the length of time for which they remain active and their purpose. Note that a given Cookie may fall into more than one category. Types:

  • Depending on the entity that manages the equipment from which the Cookies are sent and processes the data they generate, we can distinguish between “First-party cookies” (those sent to your device from a computer or domain managed by the publisher of the website from which the service you have requested is provided) and “Third-party cookies” (those sent to your device from a computer or domain that is not managed by the publisher of the website from which the service you have requested is provided).
  • Depending on the length of time for which they remain active on your device, we can distinguish between “Session cookies” (Cookies created to collect and store information while you are on a given website) and “Persistent cookies” (Cookies in which the data remain stored on your device and can be accessed and processed for a finite period of time, defined by the Cookie owner, which can be anything from a few minutes to several years).
  • According to the use given to the data obtained from the Cookies, we can distinguish between:
    • “Strictly necessary cookies”: Cookies needed to enable a user to browse a website, platform or application and use its essential features; they are enabled automatically;
    • “Functionality or technical cookies”: Cookies that permit additional features such as saving preferences, enabling social interaction and analysing usage for website optimisation purposes;
    • “Personalisation cookies”: Cookies that allow you to access the service used certain predefined criteria, such as language preferences;
    • “Analytical cookies”: Cookies that allow their owner track and analyse behaviour on the websites with which they are associated. The information collected using this type of Cookies is used to measure activity on the website, application or platform and to prepare browser profiles for the users of the site, platform or application with the aim of making improvements based on analysis of service user usage data. They are divided between: (i) “Advertising cookies” (which allow the management of advertising spaces which, if any, the publisher has included on its website); and (ii) “Behavioural advertising cookies” (which allow management of advertising spaces and store information about your behaviour obtained through the ongoing observation of your browsing habits, enabling profiling in order to display advertising based on such profile).

Who manage Cookies on this Website?

The owner: The Madrid Polytechnic University’s Foundation, (FGUPM, the "Owner”), a Spanish entity with registered office for current purposes in Madrid, at calle del Pastor, 3, postcode 28003, and tax identification number (NIF) G-28826055, uses different types of Cookies to allow the https://mastermdi.com/ website (the “Website”) to function:

he main purpose of these Cookies is to improve your browsing experience, as outlined below. The personal data that may be obtained through Cookies are processed in accordance with the corresponding Policy Privacy.

Third parties: The Owner has no access to and exercises no control over the Cookies and other tracking technologies used on third-party websites that may be accessed via the Website. Nor does it have access to or exercise any control whatsoever over the availability of any content and materials published on or obtained via such third-party websites and the related personal data processing methods. Accordingly, the Owner expressly disclaims liability for any such third-party processing. If you would like to lean about the terms and conditions applicable to the use of third-party Cookies encountered via the Website, you should consult those third-party websites’ Cookies policies, as this Cookies Policy only applies to the Website.

Which specific Cookies are used on this Website and what is their purpose?

Below is a list of the Cookies used by the Website and the purpose of each:

First-party cookies:

· cookie_consent_level

  • Origin: First-party
  • Type: Persistent and functionality
  • Duration: 2 months
  • Function: Used to store information about which types of Cookies have been authorised.

· XSRF-TOKEN

  • Origin: First-party
  • Type: Strictly necessary
  • Duration: 24 hours
  • Function: Used to check that all forms sent are submitted by the current session user so as to prevent cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attempts.

· PHPSESSID

  • Origin: Google
  • Type: Session and functionality
  • Function: Allows websites to store serialised state data.

· laravel_session

  • Origin: First-party
  • Type: Session and personalisation
  • Function: Used to save the current user session; its importance lies with being able to manage the registered user’s login.

Third-party cookies:

· __gid

  • Origin: Google Analytics
  • Type: Persistent and analytical
  • Duration: 24 hours

· __ga:

  • Origin: Google
  • Type: Persistent and analytical
  • Duration: 37 days
  • Function: Used to count how many times the Website has been visited by different visitors by assigning the visitor a random ID; all of the information stored is anonymous.

· CONSENT

  • Origin: Google
  • Type: Persistent and analytical
  • Duration: 37 days
  • Function: Used to customise how ads are seen outside of Google and to store information such as language preferences when displaying search results.

· DV

  • Origin: Google
  • Type: Session and analytical
  • Function: Used to identify a user if he or she is logged on to his or her Google account.

· __Secure-ENID

  • Origin: Google
  • Type: Persistent and personalisation
  • Duration: 1 year
  • Duration: 1 year

· SOCS

  • Origin: Google
  • ype: Persistent and functionality
  • Duration: 13 months
  • Function: Used to store a user’s state regarding their cookies choices.

· AEC

  • Origin: Google
  • Type: Persistent and functionality
  • Duration: 6 months
  • Function: Used to check that requests within a browsing session are made by the user, and not by other sites.

· ln_or

  • Origin: LinkedIn
  • Type: Persistent and analytical
  • Duration: 48 hours
  • Function: Used to register statistical data regarding Website usage by the user.

· _fbp

  • Origin: Facebook
  • Type: Persistent and analytical
  • Duration: 3 months
  • Function: Used to collect statistics about site visits and advertising campaign performance.

Note that in these instances, the third parties that operate the Cookies will access the information collected through them. For more information about the Cookies operated by third parties (Google), please visit their respective websites. This information about the Cookies used by the Website will be updated as quickly as possible in the event the services provided by the Website change. It is possible that during those updates, the odd Cookie could be omitted; however, any such Cookies will only be used for the exact same purposes as are itemised in the above list.

How to prevent the use of Cookies on the Website?

Once you access the Website, you will be expressly asked, via a banner, to accept or reject the Cookies that are not strictly necessary for the Website to function (which are disabled by default and, if you consent to their use, can be disabled again at any time). You can also disable the use of Cookies from your browser and, additionally, eliminate the Cookies associated with the Website and saved on your browser as indicated below. Lastly, you can allow, block or eliminate the Cookies installed on your device by reconfiguring your device’s browser options:

Internet Explorer: Tools -> Internet Options -> Privacy -> Settings. For further information, please refer to Microsoft support or your browser's help area. http://windows.microsoft.com/es-ES/windows/support

Firefox: Tools -> Options -> Privacy -> History -> Use Custom Settings. For further information, please refer to Mozilla support or your browser’s help area. http://support.mozilla.org/es/home

Chrome: Configuration -> Show advanced settings -> Privacy -> Content settings. For further information, please refer to Google support or your browser’s help area. http://support.google.com/chrome/?hl=es

Safari: Preferences -> Security. For further information, please refer to Apple support or your browser’s help area.http://www.apple.com/es/support/safari

Edge: Settings and more -> Settings -> Cookies and site permissions -> Manage and delete cookies and site data. For further information, please refer to Microsoft support or your browser's help area. http://windows.microsoft.com/es-es/windows-10/edge-privacy-faq

Blocking Cookies using the pathways described above could limit your ability to use the Website and prevent you from benefitting from all of the features and services offered through the Website.

Additional information

To learn more about Cookies, we recommend visiting the following websites: About Cookies, Your Online Choices, Network Advertising y Digital Advertising Alliance; there you will find detailed information about how to delete them from your device, along with other general information about how they work.

If you have any questions about this Cookies Policy, you can contact us at the following email address: mdi.arquitectura@upm.es.