HERBALINEA , either on its own behalf or on behalf of a third party contracted to provide measurement and monitoring services, uses automatic collection procedures (cookies) to gather personal information such as browser type or operating system, referring page, path, ISP (Internet Service Provider) domain, etc., all with the aim of improving the services provided. Cookies help us to tailor this website to your personal needs.

A "cookie" is a small file that is stored on the user's computer and allows us to recognize them. Cookies help us improve the quality of our website, allowing us to personalize each user's browsing experience on our website to a certain extent. Cookies are currently essential for the functioning of the internet, providing countless advantages in the provision of interactive services, facilitating the navigation and usability of our website.

Please note that cookies cannot damage your computer and that, in return, having them enabled helps us to identify and resolve errors and improve the navigability of our site.

Types of cookies:

For more information about the types and use of cookies, we inform you that:

  1. From the point of view of the cookie's "lifetime"(the time the cookie remains active on our computer), we can differentiate between:

     

  2. Session cookies: these are temporary cookies that remain in your browser's cookie file until you leave the website, so none are stored on the user's hard drive. The information obtained through these cookies is used to analyze traffic patterns on the website. Ultimately, this allows us to provide a better experience by improving the content and making it easier to use.
  3. Permanent cookies:these are stored on your hard drive and our website reads them every time you visit. A permanent cookie has a specific expiration date. The cookie will stop working after that date. We generally use them to facilitate purchasing and registration services.
  4. From the point of view of the use of each cookie, we can differentiate between:

     

  5. Required cookies: these are cookies that are strictly necessary, such as those that enable proper navigation or those that allow payment for goods or services requested by the user, or cookies that ensure that the content of the website is loaded efficiently.

Within the category of Required cookies, you can also find cookies with the following purposes:

  • To allow communication between the user's computer and the network.
  • Strictly providing a service expressly requested by the user.

In these two cases, we inform you that the user's information and consent are not required for the installation of these cookies. Specifically, according to the EU Expert Working Group, in Article 29 of its Opinion 4/20123, it has interpreted that among the exempted cookies would be those that have the following purposes:

  • "User input" cookies
  • User authentication or identification cookies (session only)
  • User security cookies
  • Media player session cookies
  • Load balancing session cookies
  • User interface customization cookies
  • Plug-in cookies for sharing social content

All other required cookies not included in the above cases will require prior information and user consent.

  1. Functional cookies:These are cookies that help the user have a better browsing experience on the site. An example of the use of this type of cookie is those used to store browsing data for a specific language.
  2. Analytical cookies: These are cookies that allow us to analyze the use of the website so that we can measure and improve its performance.
  3. Advertising and third-party cookies: These are cookies used by social networks or external content add-ons such as Google Maps, as well as cookies from advertising companies to publish ads relevant to your interests.

HERBALINEA stores all information collected through cookies in a non-personalized format (IP address). This type of information obtained through cookies will not be disclosed outside HERBALINEA, nor used for unsolicited communications.

Adequate privacy – Cookie management:

If the user so wishes, the registration of cookies may be subject to their acceptance during the installation or updating of the browser used. The user may revoke their acceptance at any time through the content and privacy settings available in each browser. However, if the user does not allow the installation of cookies in their browser, they may not be able to access some sections of our website.

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

  • More information on how to block the use of cookies in Google Chrome
  • More information on how to block the use of cookies in Firefox
  • More information on how to block the use of cookies in Internet Explorer
  • More information on how to block the use of cookies in Safari
  • More information on how to block the use of cookies in Blackberry
  • More information on how to block the use of cookies in Windows Phone

Many browsers allow you to activate a private mode whereby cookies are always deleted after your visit. Depending on each browser, this private mode may have different names. Below you will find a list of the most common browsers and the different names for this "private mode":

  • Internet Explorer 8 and above; InPrivate
  • Safari 2 and above; Private Browsing
  • Opera 10.5 and above; Private Browsing
  • FireFox 3.5 and above; Private Browsing
  • Google Chrome 10 and above; Incognito

List and description of cookies:

Cookie name

Cookie domain

Expires (session, permanent)

Cookie use

(Required-Functional-Analytical-Third Party/Advertising)

_ga

 

2 years

Analytical cookies (Google Analytics): Uses an anonymous identifier to distinguish anonymous users and perform analysis on user interactions in the application in order to optimize the services offered.

_gat

 

10 minutes from creation or modification

Analytical cookies (Google Analytics): Used to differentiate between the different tracking objects created in the session. The cookie is created when the JavaScript library is loaded and there is no previous version of the _gat cookie. The cookie is updated each time data is sent to Google Analytics.

_gid

 

1 day

Analytical cookies (Google Analytics): These cookies are used to collect information about how our visitors use these web pages. All information is collected anonymously and may include data such as the browser being used and the number of pages viewed.

The tables below provide an overview of the cookies described above and used on the HERBALINEA website:

https://www.agpd.es/portalwebAGPD/canaldocumentacion/publicaciones/common/Guias/Guia_Cookies.pdf