Cookie Policy

A cookie is a text file that is stored on the computer or mobile device by a web server, and only that server will be able to retrieve or read the contents of the cookie. Cookies allow the website to remember browsing preferences and navigate efficiently. Cookies make the interaction between the user and the website faster and easier.

General Information

This website uses cookies. Cookies are small text files generated by the web pages you visit, which contain session data that may be useful later on the web page. In this way, this website remembers information about your visit, which can facilitate your next visit and make the website more useful to you.

How do Cookies Work?

Cookies can only store text, and they are usually anonymous and encrypted. No personal information will be stored in a cookie, nor can it be associated with an identified or identifiable person.

The data allows this website to maintain information between pages and also to analyze how to interact with the website. Cookies are secure because they can only store information that is placed by the browser, which is information that the user has entered into the browser or included in the page request. They cannot execute code and cannot be used to access your computer. If a website encrypts cookie information, only the website can read the information.

What Types of Cookies Exist?

The cookies used on this website can be distinguished according to the following criteria:

1. Types of cookies based on the entity that manages them

Based on the entity that manages the equipment or domain from which cookies are sent and the data obtained is processed, we can distinguish:

First-party cookies

These are cookies sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a device or domain managed by the publisher itself and from which the requested service is provided.

Third-party cookies

These are cookies sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a device or domain that is not managed by the publisher, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.

In the event that cookies are installed from a device or domain managed by the publisher itself, but the information collected through them is managed by a third party, they cannot be considered first-party cookies.

2. Types of cookies based on the length of time they remain active

Based on the length of time they remain active on the user’s terminal equipment, we can distinguish:

Session cookies

These are cookies designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a website. They are usually used to store information that is only relevant to provide the requested service to the user on a single occasion (e.g., a list of purchased products).

Persistent cookies

These are cookies in which the data remains stored on the device and can be accessed and processed during a period defined by the cookie’s owner, ranging from a few minutes to several years.

3. Types of cookies based on their purpose

Based on the purpose for which the data obtained through cookies is processed, we can distinguish:

Technical cookies

These are cookies that allow the user to navigate through a website, platform, or application and use the different options or services available, such as controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted access parts, remembering the items that make up an order, carrying out the process of purchasing an order, requesting registration or participation in an event, using security elements during navigation, storing content for video or audio streaming, or sharing content through social media.

Personalization cookies

These are cookies that allow the user to access the service with certain predefined general characteristics based on a series of criteria on the user’s terminal, such as language, type of browser used to access the service, regional configuration from which the service is accessed, etc.

Analytics cookies

These are cookies that allow the owner of the cookies to track and analyze the behavior of users on the websites to which they are linked. The information collected through this type of cookies is used to measure the activity of the websites, applications, or platforms and to create navigation profiles of users, with the purpose of introducing improvements based on the analysis of usage data by the users of the service.

What Cookies Do We Use?

The online website of Universidad Rey Juan Carlos and its domains use cookies (small information files that the server sends to the computer of those who access the page) for the proper functioning and display of the websites by the user, as well as for collecting statistics. Specifically, the following types of cookies are used:

[1] – Google Analytics Privacy Policy:  http://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html

[2] – Google Cookie Policy:  http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/types/

[3] – Twitter Privacy Policy:  https://twitter.com/privacy
[4] – Facebook Privacy Policy:  https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/your-info-on-other

Third-Party Services

In addition, the URJCx portal of Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Online has a presence on third-party portals and services. To learn about their privacy conditions and use of cookies, please refer to their respective policies:

Instagram

https://help.instagram.com/1896641480634370/

How to Manage Cookies on Your Device: Disabling and Deleting Cookies

All internet browsers allow you to limit the behavior of a cookie or disable cookies through the browser settings or options. The steps to do this are different for each browser, and you can find instructions in your browser’s help menu.

If you do not accept the use of cookies, you can reject them through the preferences or settings menus of your browser. This website will continue to function properly without the use of cookies.

You can allow, block, or delete the cookies installed on your device by configuring the options of the browser installed on your computer:

For more information on Internet Explorer, click here or to block, enable, or allow cookies, click here.
For more information on Chrome, click here.
For more information on Safari, click here.
For more information on Firefox, click here.

Through your browser, you can also view the cookies on your computer and delete them as desired. Cookies are text files that can be opened and read. The data inside them is usually encrypted with a numerical key corresponding to an internet session, so it often doesn’t make sense beyond the website that wrote it.

Informed Consent

Your use of this website implies your express and unequivocal consent to the use of cookies in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Cookie Policy, without prejudice to the deactivation and deletion measures of cookies that you may adopt, as mentioned in the previous section.