Cookies policy

On the LinkAlicante.com website we collect and use personal information as indicated in the “Privacy Policy” section. We also collect non-identifying (anonymous) information through the use of cookies .

What is a cookie?

A “cookie” is a small text file that is stored in your browser (such as Google’s Chrome or Apple’s Safari) when you browse most websites.

What is NOT a cookie?

It is not a malicious file, not malware, not a virus, not a Trojan horse, not a worm, not spam, not spyware, nor does it open pop-up windows.

What information does a cookie store?

Cookies do not typically store sensitive information about you, such as personal information. The data they store is technical, statistical, personal preferences, personalization of content, etc.

The web server does not associate you as a person but rather your web browser. In fact, if you regularly browse with the Chrome browser and try browsing the same website with the Firefox browser, you will see that the website does not realize that you are the same person because it is actually associating the information to the browser, not to person.

What kind of cookies exist?

  • Technical cookies: These are the most basic and allow, among other things, to know when a human or an automated application is browsing, when an anonymous user and a registered user are browsing, basic tasks for the operation of any dynamic website.
  • Analysis cookies: They collect information about the type of browsing you are doing, the sections you use the most, products consulted, time slot of use, language, etc.
  • Advertising cookies: They show advertising based on your browsing, your country of origin, language, etc.

What are own and third-party cookies?

Own cookies are those generated by the page you are visiting and third-party cookies are those generated by external services or providers such as Mailchimp, Facebook, Twitter, Google Adsense, etc.

What cookies does this website use?

This website uses its own and third-party cookies. The following cookies are used on this website, which are detailed below:

Own cookies:

  • Session cookies , to ensure that users who write comments on the blog are human and not automated applications. This way spam is combated.

Third party cookies

This website uses analysis services, specifically:

  • Advertising Cookies . Vendors, including Google, use cookies to display relevant ads based on a user’s previous visits to their website or other websites. The use of advertising cookies allows Google and its partners to display advertisements based on the visits made by users to their websites or to other websites on the Internet. Users can opt out of personalized advertising. To do this, they will need to access Ad Preferences . If you do not want other providers to use cookies for personalized advertising, you must access www.aboutads.info .
  • Google Analytics. To help the website analyze the use made by users of the website and improve its usability, but in no case are they associated with data that could identify the user. Google Analytics, is a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc., The user can consult here the type of cookies used by Google.
  • WordPress – Automattic . LinkAlicante.com is a user of the WordPress blog supply and hosting platform, owned by the North American company Automattic, Inc. For this purpose, the use of such cookies by the systems is never under the control or management of the person responsible for the web, they can change their function at any time, and enter new cookies. These cookies do not report any benefit to the person responsible for this website. Automattic, Inc., also uses other cookies in order to help identify and track visitors to the sites of WordPress , to know the use they make of the Automattic website, as well as their access preferences to it, as stated in the “Cookies” section of its privacy policy.

Social network cookies

Social network cookies can be stored in your browser while you browse LinkAlicante.com, for example, when you use the LinkAlicante.com content sharing button on a social network. Below you have information about the cookies of the social networks that this website uses in its own cookie policies:

  • Facebook cookies, see more information in its cookie policy
  • Twitter cookies, see more information in its cookie policy
  • Instagram cookies, see more information in its cookie policy
  • YouTube cookies, see more information in its cookie policy

Can cookies be deleted?

Yes, and not only delete, but also block, in a general or particular way for a specific domain.
To delete cookies from a website, you must go to your browser settings and there you can search for those associated with the domain in question and proceed to delete them.

More information about cookies

You can consult the regulations on cookies published by the Spanish Agency for Data Protection in its “Guide on the use of cookies” and obtain more information about cookies on the Internet, http://www.aboutcookies.org/

If you wish to have greater control over the installation of cookies, you can install programs or add-ons to your browser, known as “Do Not Track” tools, which will allow you to choose which cookies you wish to allow.

This cookie policy has been updated for the last time on May 2, 2020.

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