Cookie Policy

What are cookies?

A cookie is a file that is downloaded to your computer when you access certain websites. Cookies allow a website, among other things, to store and retrieve information about the browsing habits of a user or their computer, and, depending on the information they contain and how you use your computer, they can be used to recognize the user.

The user’s browser memorizes cookies on the hard drive only during the current session, occupying minimal memory space and not harming the computer. Cookies do not contain any specific personal information, and most of them are deleted from the hard drive at the end of the browser session (session cookies).

Most browsers accept cookies as standard and, regardless of them, allow or prevent temporary or stored cookies in the security settings.

Without your express consent—by activating cookies in your browser—the website will not link the stored data with your personal data provided at the time of registration or purchase.

What types of cookies does this website use?

Session cookies: These are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you leave the website, so none are recorded on the user’s hard drive. The information obtained through these cookies is used to analyze traffic patterns on the website. In the long run, this allows us to provide a better experience to improve content and facilitate use.

Permanent cookies: These are stored on the hard drive, and our website reads them each time you make a new visit. A permanent cookie has a specific expiration date. The cookie will stop working after that date. We generally use them to facilitate purchasing and registration services.

Own cookies: These are cookies created by this website and can only be read by the website itself. For example: technical cookies for image loading, website parameter customization cookies, traffic analysis cookies, etc.

Third-party cookies: These are cookies created by third parties that we use for different services (e.g., website analysis or advertising, social networks, etc.). According to their purpose:

Technical cookies: Technical cookies 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, use of security elements, content sharing with social networks, etc.

Customization cookies: These cookies allow the user to specify or customize some features of the general options of the website, such as defining language, regional settings, or browser type.

Analytical cookies: Analytical cookies are used by the website to create browsing profiles and understand your preferences to improve the offer of products and services. For example, an analytical cookie would control the geographical areas of greatest interest to a user, the most accepted product, etc.

Advertising cookies: Advertising cookies allow the management of advertising spaces based on specific criteria. For example, access frequency, edited content, etc. Advertising cookies allow, through advertising management, to store information about user behavior by observing habits, studying access, and forming a user preference profile to offer advertising related to their profile interests.

Cookies on this website help to:

• Make this website work correctly.

• Save you from having to log in every time you visit this site.

• Remember your settings during and between visits.

• Allow you to view videos.

• Improve the speed/security of the website.

• Allow you to share content on social networks.

• Continuously improve this website.

• Show you ads based on your browsing habits.

I will never use cookies to:

• Collect personally identifiable information (without your express consent).

• Collect sensitive information (without your express permission).

• Share personally identifiable information with third parties.

Third-party cookies are used on this website.

In particular, this website uses:

• Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc., with its main office in the United States headquartered at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, California 94043. To provide these services, they use cookies that collect information, including the user’s IP address, which will be transmitted, processed, and stored by Google according to the terms set forth on the Google.com website. This may include the transmission of such information to third parties for legal reasons or when such third parties process the information on behalf of Google.

You can check them out at CookieBot.

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Google Analytics allows analyzing web traffic and obtaining navigation statistics. More information.

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2 years from the configuration or update

WordPress: It allows analyzing web traffic, and it inevitably installs a statistics cookie that tracks and stores the user’s IP in an American company (Automaticc) through a third party (Quantcast). It is generally associated with Quantcast, which provides website rankings, and the data they collect is also used for audience segmentation.

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Expires at the end of the session.

It is used by the WordPress content manager to check if the browser has cookies enabled. It is a third-party cookie from WordPress. More information.

Disabling cookies

You can allow, block, or delete the cookies installed on your computer by configuring the browser options installed on your computer.

Below, you can access the configuration of the most frequent web browsers to accept, install, or disable cookies:

• Chrome

• Explorer

• Firefox

• Safari

By deactivating or deleting cookies, some parts of the website may not work, or the quality of the page may be affected.

If you have any doubts about this cookie policy, you can contact Shanti Spa, info@shantispasitges.com