What are Cookies and what are they used for?
Cookies are small text files created while browsing websites and are used to store information about your visits.
In some cases, cookies are essential to the working of the Internet. They provide many advantages and facilitate navigation and usability of the website. They allow us to optimise your browsing by tailoring the information and services offered to your interests in order to provide you with a better experience whenever you visit us. In turn, cookies are only associated with an anonymous user and allow us, among other things, to store and retrieve information about your browsing habits or your device and, depending on the information they contain and the way you use your device, they can be used to recognise and identify users in order to improve their navigation experience. From a technical point of view, they are important since they allow websites to work in a more agile way and to adapt to the preferences of users. They are used to generate statistical data and to optimise advertising by offering ads that best suit users' interests.
What type of cookies does this website use?:
Habitat uses its own and third-party cookies, both persistent and session, for technical and personalisation purposes.
If you so wish, you can disable and/or delete the cookies that we use as shown in the table below. You can also set up your internet browser to allow, prohibit or regulate the use of cookies. In any case, we inform you that in such cases, depending on the chosen setup, the ability to use some website features may be significantly impaired and may not be compatible with your needs.
We detail below the type of cookies we use, their purpose and ownership, and how to set them up.
Type of cookies used by Habitat:
When visiting our Website, we collect information through different types of cookies:
- Technical cookies: these are essential for the functioning of the website, such as identifying the user's browser connection, controlling data communication, and maintaining user security while browsing. These cookies are necessary for you to navigate the website.
- Analytical cookies: they collect information about the type of browsing being done, the sections most frequently used, products viewed, time of use, language, etc. You can always consent to their use as well as revoke authorization
Below is more information about the functioning of Google Analytics cookies:
The owner of the cookies used is Google, INC., a Delaware corporation, whose main office is located at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View (California), CA 94043, USA.
These cookies capture user interactions on the website (time of visit, previous visit, site that referred the website, IP address, device identifiers and descriptors, etc.).
Google Analytics does not provide Habitat with the user's actual IP address. It only provides statistical information consisting of:
The Google Analytics cookies used on the website allow for the collection of statistical information about how users interact with this site.
Based on the information obtained by the cookies, Google Analytics offers statistical and anonymous reports that help Habitat configure and adapt the website and improve its features.
Google Analytics is governed by Google's general terms and conditions, available at http://www.google.com/analytics/tos.html, and its privacy policies, available at http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/ and http://www.google.com/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html
Google Analytics cookies remain installed on the user's device for a set period and are not deleted when the browsing session ends.
- Advertising cookies: these are used to track visitors across websites. The purpose is to analyze their Internet browsing habits to display advertisements related to the user's browsing profile.
Below is more information about the functioning of Facebook cookies:
The owner of the cookies used is Facebook (Meta Platforms, Inc.), whose main office is in Menlo Park, California, United States.
These cookies capture user interactions on the website and are used to gather statistics on site visits and the performance of advertising campaigns (time of visit, previous visit, site that referred the website, IP address, device identifiers and descriptors, etc.).
They use cookies to display ads from companies and other organizations and to recommend people who might be interested in the products these companies promote.
Additionally, they are used to measure the performance of Habitat's advertising campaigns.
The Facebook cookies used on the website allow Habitat to show ads that may interest you. These cookies remain installed on the device for 3 months. You can get more information about Facebook cookies at: https://es-es.facebook.com/policies/cookies/
As for Microsoft's cookies:
The owner of the cookies used is Microsoft Bing Ads (Microsoft Advertising by Microsoft), whose main office is in Redmond, Washington, United States.
Information collected by Microsoft's cookies:
These are tracking cookies. They collect anonymous information about how visitors use Habitat's website to measure traffic and marketing performance.
Purpose and duration of cookie installation:
The Microsoft cookies used on the website allow user tracking. These cookies remain installed on the device for 30 minutes.
You can get more information about Microsoft's cookies at https://ads.microsoft.com/
- Functional cookies: these allow the storage of information to let the user access the service with certain features that can differentiate their experience from other users, such as language, live chats, and the use of social networks.
Below is information on the functioning of LinkedIn cookies:
The owner of the cookies used is LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company ("LinkedIn Ireland"), whose main office is in Ireland.
Information collected by LinkedIn cookies:
These cookies are used to store visitor consent regarding the use of cookies for non-essential purposes.
Purpose and duration of cookie installation:
The LinkedIn cookies used on the website allow the storage of granted consent. Their retention period is 5 months, 4 weeks, 1 day, 23 hours, 59 minutes, and 58 seconds.
Below is information about the functioning of YouTube cookies:
The owner of the cookies used is Google Ireland Limited, whose main office is in Ireland.
Information collected by YouTube cookies:
These cookies are used to check bandwidth usage, register unique IDs, and maintain statistics on which videos users have watched on YouTube.
Purpose and duration of cookie installation:
The YouTube cookies used on the website allow the storage of granted consent. Their retention period is 5 months, 4 weeks, 1 day, 23 hours, 59 minutes, 58 seconds, and for the session.
Information about the retention period of cookies:
- _ga: used for user tracking for 2 years.
- _gat: analytics cookie; lasts 10 minutes.
- _utma: used for user tracking for 2 years.
- _utmc: used for user tracking for 30 minutes.
- _utmt: analytics cookie; lasts 10 minutes.
- _utmz: used for user tracking for 6 months.
- Cuvid: used for user tracking for 2 years.
- Cusid: used for session reset for 30 minutes.
- Cuvon: indicates the last time a visitor viewed a page for 30 minutes.
- Cd_optout_accountkey: when a user opts out of tracking; lasts 6 months.
- _fbp: used by Facebook to deliver advertising products; lasts 1 day.
- _uetsid: analytics cookie; lasts 1 day.
- Utmvc: lasts 14 seconds.
- li_gc: 5 months, 4 weeks, 1 day, 23 hours, 59 minutes, 58 seconds.
- VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE: 5 months, 4 weeks, 1 day, 23 hours, 59 minutes, 58 seconds.
- utm_campaign: used to identify the campaign name, 1 year.
- utm_content: specific content to differentiate ads, 1 year.
- utm_medium: the medium through which the user accesses the website, 1 year.
- utm_source: the source through which the user accesses the website, 1 year.
Deleting cookies through the browser:
You can also automatically delete these cookies through your browser, computer, or device.
International data transfers
The third-party cookies used belong to Google, Facebook, and Microsoft, located in the U.S., meaning that their data processing involves an international data transfer to a country that does not have an equivalent level of protection as in Europe. However, according to the information provided by these entities, they comply with the appropriate safeguards outlined in the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Specifically:
Additionally, you can find more information on appropriate safeguards for international data transfers adopted by both companies in their respective privacy policies.
Exercise of rights and personal data processing
The data controller is Promociones Habitat, S.A.U., located at C/ Estébanez Calderón 3-5, 7th Floor, 28020 Madrid.
Promociones Habitat has a Data Protection Officer responsible for overseeing data protection measures. You can contact them for more information about our use of cookies at: proteccion.datos@habitat.es. In any case, the relevant supervisory authority is the Spanish Data Protection Agency, which you can approach in case of any claims.
For the exercise of rights regarding:
Additionally, you can find more information about how your data is processed, particularly regarding your rights (access, rectification, portability, objection, erasure, restriction, and withdrawal of consent) in the website's privacy policy.
Cookie Policy Update
The Cookie Policy may be updated, so we recommend reviewing it periodically to stay properly informed about how and why we use cookies.
You can contact the owner of this website regarding cookies at proteccion.datos@habitat.es.
