Cookies policy

In this web I gather and use information as described in the section Privacy Policy. One of the methods I use to gather information is with the technology known as ‘cookies’. In Discovering Menorca, I use these cookies in various ways.

What are cookies?

Cookies are inoffensive files that are uploaded to your computer when you access certain pages on my website. They enable a webpage, amongst other things, to store and recover information about a user’s or computer’s navigation habits depending on the information they contain and the way in which the user uses his/her computer.

Thus, there are cookies that obtain information related to the number of pages visited, the place in which the user’s IP addressed is located, the number of new users, the frequency, incidence and duration of visits, the web browser used, the service provider and/or the type of computer the user uses to access the website.

What is not a cookie?

Cookies are not viruses, spam or spyware, and do not open pop-up windows.

What information do cookies store?

Cookies do not generally store sensitive information about users such as credit card or bank details, photographs, identity card numbers or information of a personal nature. The data they store are technical and include, for example, personal navigating preferences and data regarding the personalization of content.

A service provider does not recognise you as a person; rather, it recognises your web browser. Indeed, if you normally navigate with Internet Explorer but try, instead, to navigate with Firefox or Chrome, you will see that the web does not recognise you because it is trying to identify the browser and not the person.

What types of cookies are there?

• Technical cookies: These are the simplest type of cookies and detect, amongst other things, whether a person or an automatic application is navigating the website, and whether the user is registered or anonymous, two basic tasks that any dynamic website needs to know.
• Analytical cookies: These cookies gather information, for example, about the type of navigation being conducted, the sections of the website that are most visited, the products being viewed, what time of day visits take place and the chosen language.
• Advertising cookies: These cookies show advertisements that vary, for example, in terms of the type of navigation being conducted and the user’s country of origin and language.

What is the difference first-party and third-party cookies?

First-party cookies are generated by the page you are visiting, while third-party ones are generated by external service providers such as Mailchimp, Mailrelay, Facebook, Twitter and Google Adsense.

Which cookies does this web use?

When you enter the Discovering Menorca website a message will inform you that if you continue navigating various first-party cookies and third-party web-analysis cookies such Google Analytics will be automatically installed in your computer. These cookies helps the website analyse the use you make of the site and improve its usability. However, these cookies will never be associated with data that might reveal the identity of the user.

The data that are stored are technical in nature and refer, for example, to personal navigating preferences and the personalization of content. The web server does not recognise you as a person; rather, it recognises the web browser you use.

This web uses first-party and third-party cookies that make it easier to navigate the site, to share information on the social networks, to leave comments and to obtain statistics regarding user choices.

As a user, you can opt out of the use of your data and information and block cookies by configuring your browser.

Nevertheless, if you block the use of cookies, the site may not work as well. Thus, it is important that you read our cookies policy and appreciate that, if you continue navigating, you agree to accept the cookies we use.

You can configure your browser to be notified when your computer receives a cookie, and you can disable the storage of cookies on your computer.

First-party cookies

Log-in: The cookies used when you log in enable you to enter and leave your Discovering Menorca account.

Personalization: Cookies help remind me with which people or websites you have interacted, thereby allowing me to offer you more information of interest.

Preferences: Cookies help me remember your settings and preferences such as your chosen language and your privacy choices.

Security: I use cookies to avoid security risks and, above all, to detect when someone is trying to access illegally your Discovering Menorca Menorca account.

Third-party cookies

This website uses analytic services (Google Analytics) to improve the way in which it analyses how users use it, and to improve its usability. However, it never associates data that could reveal the identity of users. Google Analytics is a service developed by Google, Inc., whose headquarters are at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043 (USA). To guarantee these services, the cookies gather information included in the user’s IP address that is transmitted, analysed and stored by Google according to the terms fixed in the website Web Google.com. This information may be transmitted to third parties for legal reasons or when these third parties process information on behalf of Google. Users can consult here the type of cookies used by Google.

We currently use the following means of calculating the traffic on our site. For more information on the privacy policy of each of the methods used, go to:

• How Google uses the data it gathers from websites
• Google (Analytics):  Google Analytics Privacy Policy (If you want to disable Google Analytics, install this plug-in for browsers provided by Google).

I, Lluc Julià Fàbregues, am user of the blog hosting platform WordPress, developed by the North-American company Automattic, Inc. As such, the use of their cookies can never be controlled or managed by myself; their function may change at any time and new cookies may be employed. These cookies do not provide me or my web with any benefits. Automattic, Inc. also uses other cookies to help detect and identify visitors to the site WordPress, to analyse how they use the Automattic website, and to detect user preferences, as is described in the section ‘Cookies’ in their privacy policy statement.

Cookies installed by social networks are stored in your browser whilst you browse https://www.descobreixmenorca.com/en and when, for example, you click on the button to share content with social networks at https://www.descobreixmenorca.com/en.
The following is information from the respective ‘Cookie policy’ statements from the social networks that this website uses:

• For more information on Facebook cookies, go to Cookie policy
• For more information on Twitter cookies, go to Cookie policy
• For more information on Google+ cookies, go to Cookie policy

I use Facebook ads for remarketing, and its cookies help me provide specific online advertisements chosen on the basis of users’ previous visits to my website.

I use affiliate tracking platforms that use browser cookies to monitor the sales that originate from my website in affiliate programmes with which my web collaborates.

Can I remove cookies?

Yes, and not only remove, but also block in cookies general or from specific sites. To eliminate cookies from a website, go to your navigator’s set up and search for and then remove the cookies associated with the website in question.

• Cookies set up for Google Chrome
• Cookies set up for Apple Safari
• Cookies set up for Internet Explorer
• Cookies set up for Mozilla Firefox

Do Not Track

I have set up Discovering Menorca using the standard Do Not Track options that ensure greater privacy for users that have activated this option in their browsers.

This website excludes automatically from monitoring by Google Analytics users who send Do Not Track as the subject matter of a mail, which is compatible with the express acceptance of the terms.

If your browser is compatible with this protocol, it can be activated to prevent monitoring by websites. In Google Chrome, for example, go to Settings > Advanced settings > Privacy > Send a ‘Do Not Track’ request with your browsing traffic.

More information on cookies

You can consult the regulations regarding cookies published by the Spanish Agency of Data Protection in its Guide for using Cookies or obtain more information on cookies and the Internet at http://www.aboutcookies.org/

If you want to have greater control over the installation of cookies, you can install ‘Do Not Track’ programs or plug-ins that allow you to choose which cookies are installed on your computer.

This Cookies policy was updated most recently on 11 June 2018.