1. What are cookies?
The website owned and operated by Port Software Solutions, S.L. (hereinafter “the website”) uses cookies and/or similar technologies that store and retrieve information as you browse. In general, these technologies can serve a wide variety of purposes, such as recognizing you as a user, obtaining information about your browsing habits, or customizing how content is displayed.
Users may configure their browser to notify them of and block cookies sent by the website; doing so will not prevent them from accessing the website’s content, but it may affect the website’s performance.
The specific ways in which we use these technologies are described below.
2. What types of cookies are there?
Cookies can be classified based on their duration as follows:
| Session cookies | These are cookies designed to collect and store data while the user is visiting a website. They are typically used to store information that is necessary solely for the provision of the requested service. They expire when the user closes the browser. |
| Cookies persistent | These are cookies in which the data remains stored on the device and can be accessed and processed for a specified period of time, depending on when the purpose for which they are used is fulfilled (for example, to keep the user logged in to the Services) or until they are manually deleted. |
Depending on their owner, they can be classified as follows:
| First-party cookies | These are cookies that are sent to the user’s device from a server or domain managed by the publisher itself, from which the service requested by the user is provided. |
| Cookies from third parties | These are cookies sent to the user’s device from a server or domain that is not managed by the publisher, but by another entity that processes the data collected through the cookies. |
In addition, depending on their purpose, cookies can be classified as follows:
| Technical cookies | These are cookies that allow users to navigate a website, platform, or application and use the various options or services available on it, including those that the publisher uses to manage and operate the website and enable its features and services, such as identifying the session or monitoring traffic and data communication. |
| Cookies from preferences or customization | This type of cookie remembers your preferences for the tools available within the services, so you don't have to reconfigure the service every time you visit. For example, this category includes: – Volume controls for video or audio players. – Video streaming speeds that are compatible with your browser. |
| Geolocation Cookies | These cookies are used to determine which country you are in when you request a service. This cookie is completely anonymous and is used solely to help tailor the content to your location. |
| Session cookies | Login cookies are generated once a user has registered or subsequently logged in, and are used to identify the user within the services for the following purposes: – To keep the user logged in so that, if they close a service, their browser, or their computer and then return to that service at a later time or on another day, they will remain logged in, thereby making it easier for them to navigate without having to log in again. This functionality can be disabled if the user clicks the “log out” button, which deletes this cookie; the next time the user accesses the service, they will need to log in to remain logged in. – Verify whether the user is authorized to access certain services, such as entering a contest. |
| Analytics or tracking cookies | Every time a user visits a service, a tool provided by a third-party vendor generates an analytics cookie on the user’s computer. This cookie, which is generated only during that visit, will be used during future visits to the website’s services to anonymously identify the visitor. The main objectives are: – To enable the anonymous identification of website users through cookies (which identify browsers and devices, not individuals) and, consequently, to estimate the number of visitors and track trends over time. – Anonymously identify the most viewed content and, therefore, the content that is most appealing to users. – Determine whether the user accessing the site is a new visitor or a returning visitor. Important: Unless the user chooses to register for a service on the website, the “cookie” will never be linked to any personally identifiable information. These cookies will only be used for statistical purposes to help optimize the user experience on the site. |
| Behavioral advertising cookies | These types of “cookies” allow us to gather additional information about the ads displayed to each anonymous user on the Website. Among other things, they store the duration or frequency of ad views, user interaction with the ads, and the user’s browsing and/or sharing patterns, as these help build a profile of advertising interests. In this way, they enable the delivery of advertising tailored to the user’s interests. |
| Third-party advertising cookies | In addition to the advertising managed by the Website on its Services, the Website offers its advertisers the option to serve ads through third parties (“AdServers”). In this way, these third parties may store Cookies sent from the Website’s Services via Users’ browsers, as well as access the data stored therein. |
3. How do I disable cookies?
You can usually disable cookies in your browser or opt out of cookies from a specific service.
All modern browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. These settings are usually found under "Options" or "Preferences" in your browser's menu. You can also configure your browser or email client, as well as install free add-ons, to prevent web bugs from being downloaded when you open an email.
The website provides users with instructions on how to access the cookie settings menu and, where applicable, the private browsing settings in each of the major browsers:
- Microsoft Edge / Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/es-es/windows/eliminar-y-administrar-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-
- Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=es&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop
- Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/block-websites-storing-cookies-site-data-firefox
Users may also modify, configure, and, if necessary, revoke the consent they have given for the installation of cookies by using the modal window located on every tab of the website.
4. Data transfers to third countries.
The use of cookies described in Section 3 of this Cookie Policy may involve the transfer of data to third countries. In this regard, international data transfers involve the flow of personal data from Spanish territory to recipients located in countries outside the European Economic Area (the countries of the European Union plus Liechtenstein, Iceland, and Norway).
For all of the above reasons, the international data transfers we carry out on our website are:
| International data transfers |
| Name | Typology | Organization | Country | GDPR Article | Learn more |
| _gad, _gid, _ga | Analytics | Google Inc. | U.S. | Adequacy Decision (Article 45(1) of the GDPR) | Access to Google Inc.'s commitment to the Data Privacy Framework: here. |
You can find out about any transfers to third countries made by the third parties identified in this cookie policy by consulting their respective policies (links provided in the “Third-Party Cookies” section).
5. Rights of data subjects.
We remind you that data protection regulations, as set forth in Articles 15 through 22 of the GDPR, allow data subjects to exercise their rights of access, rectification, erasure (“right to be forgotten”), objection, data portability, restriction of processing, and the right to object to automated decision-making (including profiling).
You may exercise these rights at our physical address at C/ Marques De Sotelo 137, 21 46003 – Valencia (Valencia), or by emailing protecciondatos@ports.tech. For more information, please see our privacy policy.
6. Retention periods.
In accordance with Article 13.2.a) of the GDPR, we inform you that cookies will be stored for a specific period of time. In this regard, if you wish to check the retention periods and obtain more information on this point, please refer to the “Expiration” column in the section “3. What cookies do we use?”.
7. Can changes be made to the cookie policy?
Port Software Solutions, S.L. may modify this Cookie Policy in accordance with legislative or regulatory requirements, or in order to bring the policy into line with the guidelines issued by European and/or national supervisory authorities (in our case, the Spanish Data Protection Agency), therefore, users are advised to review it periodically.
If there are any significant changes to this Cookie Policy, users will be notified either through the website or via email to registered users.
Finally, you may review our privacy policy for additional information (Article 13 of the GDPR) regarding the processing of your personal data by Port Software Solutions, S.L.