What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files received on the terminal from the visited website and are used to record certain navigation interactions on a website by storing data that can be updated and retrieved. These files are stored on the user’s computer and contain anonymous data that is not harmful to your equipment. They are used to remember user preferences, such as the selected language, login details, or page customization. They are covered under Article 22 of Law 34/2002 on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce.
Cookies can also be used to record anonymous information about how a visitor uses a site. For example, which website they accessed from, or if they used an advertising banner to arrive.
Why does MEGABLOK, S.A.U. use cookies?
MEGABLOK, S.A.U., uses strictly necessary and essential cookies for you to use our websites and allow you to move freely, use secure areas, personalized options, etc. In addition, MEGABLOK, S.A.U., uses cookies that collect data related to website usage analysis. These are used to help improve customer service by measuring the usage and performance of the page in order to optimize and personalize it.
Our sites may also contain links to other third-party websites. MEGABLOK, S.A.U., does not control the cookies used by these external websites.
For more information about cookies from social media or other external websites, we advise reviewing their own cookie policies.
What use do we make of the different types of cookies?
Technical cookies: Technical cookies are those that are essential and strictly necessary for the proper functioning of a website and the use of the different options and services it offers. For example, those used for session maintenance, response time management, performance or validation of options, using security elements, sharing content with social networks, and so on.
Customization cookies: These cookies allow the user to specify or personalize certain characteristics of the general options of the website. For example, defining the language, regional configuration, or browser type.
Analytical cookies: Analytical cookies are those used by our websites to create navigation profiles and understand user preferences in order to improve the range of services offered.
Advertising cookies: Advertising cookies allow the management of advertising spaces based on specific criteria. For example, access frequency, edited content, and so on.
Advertising cookies: Advertising cookies allow, through the management of advertising, the storage of behavioral information through the observation of habits, studying accesses, and forming a profile of the user’s preferences, in order to offer advertising related to their profile’s interests.
Depending on the length of time they remain active, we can differentiate between:
Session cookies: A type of cookie designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page.
Persistent cookies: A type of cookie in which the data remains stored on the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the cookie controller, which can range from a few minutes to several years.
And finally, depending on the entity that manages them, we can distinguish between:
First-party cookies: Those 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: Those sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain not managed by the publisher, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.
What if I don’t want to have these cookies or I do nothing about it?
To comply with current legislation, we must ask for your permission to manage cookies. If you decide not to authorize the processing by indicating your non-conformity, we would only use technical cookies, since they are essential for browsing our website. In this case, we would not store any cookies. Continuing to browse our website without denying your authorization implies that you accept their use.
Keep in mind that if you reject or delete browsing cookies from www.megablok.com, we will not be able to maintain your preferences, some page features will not be operational, we will not be able to offer you personalized services, and every time you browse our website we will have to request your authorization again for the use of cookies.
If you still decide to modify your website access settings, you should know that it is possible to delete cookies or prevent this information from being saved on your device at any time by modifying your browser’s configuration parameters:
Internet Explorer cookie settings.
Firefox cookie settings.
Google Chrome cookie settings.
Safari cookie settings.
These browsers are subject to updates or modifications, so we cannot guarantee that they will completely match your browser version. You may also use another browser not covered by these links, such as Konqueror, Arora, Flock, etc. To avoid these mismatches, you can access them directly from your browser’s options, which are generally found in the “Options” menu under the “Privacy” section. (Please consult your browser’s help for more information.)
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So, what does the information above mean?
If you accept our cookies, you allow us to improve the websites of MEGABLOK, S.A.U., to offer you optimal access and provide you with a more efficient and personalized service. In addition, you can configure your browser to establish that only trusted websites or the pages you are currently browsing can manage cookies, allowing you to select your preferences.
By providing this policy, MEGABLOK, S.A.U., demonstrates its commitment to current legislation on the use of cookies, providing you with information so that you can understand what type of cookies we use and why we do so. With this, we aim to provide transparency regarding the data processed concerning the browsing carried out from your device on our website.
This policy is periodically reviewed to ensure its validity, so it may be modified. We recommend that you visit the page regularly where we will inform you of any updates in this regard.
Where can I get more information?
If you have any questions about how we use cookies and they are not answered in this policy, please send your comments to gestion@megablok.com. If you need more information about the cookies directive, please consult the Official State Gazette published on March 31, 2012 (for Spain) where the directives on electronic communications are transposed. You can also consult the directive at the Information Commissioner Office (in English). Additionally, you can access educational videos published by the Spanish Data Protection Agency which explain, step by step, how to configure the privacy options of the most common browsers, social networks, and mobile operating systems, at AEPD Videos.
