INFORMATION ABOUT COOKIES
In accordance with Law 34/2002, of July 11, on services of the information society and electronic commerce (LSSI), in relation to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of April 27, 2016, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Organic Law 3/2018, of December 5, on the Protection of Personal Data and Guarantee of Digital Rights (LOPDGDD), it is mandatory to obtain the express consent of the user of all web pages that use non-essential cookies before they browse them.

WHAT ARE COOKIES?
Cookies and other similar technologies such as local shared objects, flash cookies or pixels, are tools used by Web servers to store and retrieve information about their visitors, as well as to ensure the correct functioning of the site.
The use of these devices allows the Web server to remember some data concerning the user, such as their preferences for viewing the pages of that server, name and password, products that interest them most, etc.

COOKIES AFFECTED BY REGULATIONS AND EXEMPT COOKIES
According to the EU directive, the cookies that require informed consent by the user are analytical cookies and advertising and affiliation cookies, with technical cookies and those necessary for the operation of the website or the provision of services expressly requested by the user being exempt.

 
TYPES OF COOKIES
ACCORDING TO PURPOSE

• Technical and functional cookies: these are those that allow the user to navigate through a web page, platform or application and use the different options or services that exist therein.
• Analytical cookies: these are those that allow the person responsible for them to monitor and analyze the behavior of users of the websites to which they are linked. The information collected through this type of cookies is used to measure the activity of the websites, application or platform and for the elaboration of navigation profiles of the users of said sites, applications and platforms, in order to introduce improvements based on the analysis of the usage data made by the users of the service.
• Advertising cookies: these are those that allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the publisher has included in a web page, application or platform from which it provides the requested service based on criteria such as the edited content or the frequency at which the ads are shown.
• Behavioral advertising cookies: they collect information on the user’s personal preferences and choices (retargeting) to allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the publisher has included in a web page, application or platform from which the requested service is provided.
• Social cookies: these are set by social media platforms on the services to allow you to share content with your friends and networks. Social media platforms have the ability to track your online activity outside of the Services. This may affect the content and messages you see on other services you visit.
• Affiliate cookies: they allow tracking of visits from other websites, with which the website establishes an affiliation contract (affiliation companies).
• Security cookies: they store encrypted information to prevent the data stored in them from being vulnerable to malicious attacks from third parties.

ACCORDING TO OWNERSHIP

• First-party cookies: these are those that are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by the publisher itself and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
• Third-party cookies: these are those that are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain that is not managed by the publisher, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.

ACCORDING TO THE CONSERVATION PERIOD

• Session cookies: these are a type of cookies designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page.
• Persistent cookies: these are a type of cookies in which the data remains stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed during a period defined by the person responsible for the cookie, which can range from a few minutes to several years.

PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA
GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU is the Data Controller of the Interested Party’s personal data and informs you that these data will be processed in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of April 27, 2016 (GDPR), for which the following processing information is provided:

Purposes of processing: as specified in the section on cookies used on this website.
Legal basis for processing: except in cases where it is necessary for browsing the web, by consent of the interested party (art. 6.1.a GDPR).
Data retention criteria: as specified in the section on cookies used on the web.
Communication of data: data will not be communicated to third parties, except in cookies owned by third parties or by legal obligation.
Rights of the Interested Party:

• Right to withdraw consent at any time.
• Right of access, rectification, portability and erasure of your data, and the limitation or opposition to its processing.
• Right to file a claim with the supervisory authority (www.aepd.es) if you consider that the processing does not comply with current regulations.

Contact details to exercise your rights:
GASES RESEARCH INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY, SLU
Av. Diagonal, 403, 6º-3 08008- Barcelona
E-mail: grit@grit.es