COOKIE POLICY

WHAT ARE COOKIES?
A cookie is a text file that a web server can save on your device's hard drive to store some type of information about you as a user. Cookies are used for various purposes such as storing data for future visits, recognizing the user and avoiding asking for authentication again, knowing which pages you visit, or to save your preferences in customizable areas...). Normally, websites use cookies to obtain statistical information about their web pages and analyze the behavior of their customers/users.
Exempt from compliance with the obligations established in Article 22.2 of the LSSI are cookies used for any of the following purposes:
- Allow only communication between the user's equipment and the network.
- Strictly provide a service expressly requested by the user.
Thus, among the exempt cookies would be those aimed at:
- “User input” cookies. These are stored on the device when the user enters information on a website. For example, when filling out a web form.
- User authentication or identification cookies (session only). Their function is to identify a user when they enter their credentials to log in.
- User security cookies. These are cookies that detect security problems or risks. For example, those that detect erroneous and repeated connection attempts.
- Multimedia player session cookies. Allow multimedia content to be played on the websites visited by the user. For example, videos that play automatically upon entering a website are authorized by this type of cookies.
- Load balancing session cookies. Connect the website server and the user's server so that information can be transmitted between them.
- User interface customization cookies. These are cookies that remember users' preferences during navigation on a website. For example, the language; the chosen browser; etc.
- Certain plug-in cookies for exchanging social content. They are used when the user visits social networks through a website. For example, when sharing on social networks the article of a website.
The specific uses we make of these technologies are described in the following sections.

TYPES OF COOKIES
Cookies can be classified according to the following criteria:
Depending on who installs the cookie, they can be:
First-party cookies: These are sent to the user's device 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 sent to the user's device from a computer or domain that is not managed by the publisher, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.
Depending on their conservation period, cookies can be:
Session cookies: These last as long as the user is browsing the Web page and are deleted at the end of the navigation.
Persistent cookies: They are stored in the user's terminal for a longer time, thus facilitating the control of the chosen preferences without having to repeat certain parameters each time the website is visited.
Depending on their purpose, cookies can be:
Technical cookies: Technical cookies are those essential and strictly necessary for the proper functioning of a website and the use of the various options and services it offers. For example, those that serve to maintain the session, those that allow the use of security elements, share content with social networks, etc.
Personalization cookies: Allow the user to choose or customize features of the website such as the language, regional settings, or browser type.
Analytical cookies: These are used by web portals, to create browsing profiles and to know the preferences of users in order to improve the offer of products and services. They allow controlling the geographical areas of greatest interest to a user, the web information of greatest acceptance, etc.
Advertising / marketing cookies: These are those that store information on the behavior of users obtained through the continuous observation of their browsing habits, allowing the development of a specific profile to display advertising based on it.

COOKIES USED ON OUR WEBSITE
www.w3act.com uses the following types of cookies on the website:
Technical cookies
Allow the user to navigate on the website.
Personalization cookies
Allow knowing the user's preferences: language, products visited...
Analytical cookies
We use Google Analytics cookies to quantify the number of users visiting the website. These cookies allow measuring and analyzing how users navigate the website. This information allows MULTICHAIN SOFTWARE HOUSE, S.L. to continually improve its services and the web user experience. For more information, you can consult the Google Analytics privacy page: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage
Advertising and behavioral advertising cookies
These cookies are used to display relevant ads to users based on their use of our website. Additionally, they limit the number of times each user views an ad and help MULTICHAIN SOFTWARE HOUSE, S.L. measure the effectiveness of its advertising campaigns. By browsing the website, the user agrees we install this type of cookies on their device and make queries when the user visits the MULTICHAIN SOFTWARE HOUSE, S.L. website in the future.

Cookies installed on our web domain:

Cookie Name	Purpose	Own/ Third party	Duration	When is it installed?
_gcl_au	This cookie is used to experiment with the advertising efficiency of websites using their services.	Third party	3 months	When cookies are accepted
_ga_*	This cookie is used to store and count page visits.	Third party	1 year	When cookies are accepted
_ga	This cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data and track site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors.	Third party	1 year	When cookies are accepted
li_sugr	This cookie is used to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data and track site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors.	Third party	3 months	When cookies are accepted
bcookie	This LinkedIn cookie shares buttons and ad tags to recognize browser IDs.	Third party	1 year	When cookies are accepted
lidc	This cookie is used to facilitate data center selection.	Third party	1 day	When cookies are accepted
UserMatchHistory	This cookie for LinkedIn ad ID synchronization.	Third party	1 month	When cookies are accepted
AnalyticsSyncHistory	This cookie is used to store information about the time a sync was performed with the lms_analytics cookie.	Third party	1 month	When cookies are accepted
li_gc	This cookie to store visitor consent regarding the use of cookies for non-essential purposes.	Third party	6 months	When cookies are accepted

This website, like most websites, includes features provided by third parties.
Our website is a living site and new designs or third-party services may be included. This may occasionally modify the cookie configuration and that cookies not detailed in detail in this policy may appear.

Third-party cookies used on our website installed by third-party domains are the following:

Holder	Name	When is it installed?	Description	Duration	More information
google.com	__ga _gcl_au _ga*	When cookies are accepted	Google Analytics used to distinguish users	According to Google's policy	Click here
linkedin.com	li_sugr lidc AnalyticsSyncHistory UserMatchHistory bcookie	When browsing the website and using the social plug-in	Social network cookies	Depends on the social network	Click here

Our site does not control the cookies used by these third parties. For more information on the cookies of social networks or other external websites, we advise reviewing their own cookie policies.

INFORMATION AND OBTAINING CONSENT FOR INSTALLATION
www.w3act.com has sought to establish adequate mechanisms for obtaining user consent in relation to non-strictly necessary cookies. This includes analytical or measurement cookies, which will not be installed without the user's explicit acceptance.
Upon accessing our website, a pop-up appears providing all the details about cookies; offering granular acceptance of them.
Users will not have to give their consent every time they visit the website. We will retain their consent and cookie preferences for a maximum period of 24 months. Before this period expires, we will ask for the renewal of their consent in relation to cookies.

HOW CAN I PREVENT THE INSTALLATION OF COOKIES?
The user can configure their browser to accept or not the cookies it receives or for the browser to warn when a server wants to save a cookie. If some technical cookies are disabled, the correct functioning of some of the utilities of the website is not guaranteed.
The user can exclude the storage on their terminal of "analytical and advertising" cookies from Google Analytics through the exclusion systems provided by Google Analytics.
Below, we also provide some examples of how to disable cookies:
1. Through the browser's own configuration:
  - Internet Explorer: https://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/block-or-allow-cookies
  - Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox
  - Safari: https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677
  - Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416
  - Opera: https://help.opera.com/Windows/11.50/en-US/cookies.html
  To expand this information go to the Spanish Data Protection Agency page that helps to configure privacy in social networks, browsers, and mobile operating systems. More information.
2. Through third-party tools:
  There are third-party tools, available online, that allow users to detect cookies on each website they visit and manage their deactivation, for example:
  https://www.ghostery.com
  https://www.youronlinechoices.com
In any case, the user can allow or block cookies, as well as delete their browsing data (including cookies) from the browser they use. Consult the options and instructions offered by your browser for this. Keep in mind that if you accept third-party cookies, you must delete them from the browser options.

LINKS TO OTHER WEBSITES
If you choose to leave our website through links to other websites not belonging to our entity, we will not be responsible for the privacy policies of those websites nor for the cookies that they may store on the user's computer.

HOW DO WE COLLECT AND USE IP ADDRESSES?
The website's servers can automatically detect the IP address and domain name used by users.
An IP address is a number automatically assigned to a computer when it connects to the Internet. This information allows the subsequent processing of the data in order to know if you have given your consent for the installation of cookies, carry out only statistical measurements that allow knowing the number of visits made to the Web, the order of visits, the access point, etc.

INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFER
Third-party cookies installed on our website by third-party domains may be subject to international data transfer. For more information on the possible international data transfers that these cookies may involve, we recommend clicking on the "more information" section of the cookie you want to consult.
You can find out about transfers to third countries (Article 49 GDPR) that, where applicable, may be carried out by the third parties identified in this Cookie Policy in their corresponding policies (see the following link: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies).

UPDATE OF OUR COOKIE POLICY
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.