01 What are cookies?

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information that are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises them. They are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user's device. They can perform various functions, such as letting you move between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences and generally improving your browsing experience.

As stated in Recital 30 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation), natural persons may be associated with online identifiers provided by their devices, applications, tools and protocols, such as internet protocol addresses, cookie identifiers or other identifiers such as radio frequency identification tags. This may leave traces which, in particular when combined with unique identifiers and other information received by servers, may be used to create profiles of natural persons and identify them. For this reason, the data controller, in this case LAFCARR PROJECT & DESIGN, S.L., has a Cookie Policy consistent with the applicable legislation.

02 Who uses the information in cookies?

The stored information is processed by LAFCARR PROJECT & DESIGN, S.L. (hereinafter, Lafcarr), tax ID B-63900898, with registered office at C/ Antoni Rovira i Virgili, 2-4, 17180 Vilablareix (Girona, Spain), and contact email address info@lafcarr.com.

Information stored in cookies managed by third parties is used by the external entities listed in this Cookie Policy.

03 User consent and cookies: general rule and exception

As a general rule, where the installation or use of cookies involves the processing of personal data, whether they are first- or third-party, session or persistent cookies, the respective controllers must obtain the user's prior informed consent before installing or using them. Both obligations must therefore be met: the duty to inform and obtaining the user's consent.

The only cookies exempt from such consent are those used solely to enable communication between the user's device and the network and, strictly, those needed to provide a service requested by the user. For example, so-called “technical cookies” —needed to browse the platform or application—, personalisation or configuration cookies —which allow the page to recognise the user's language, among other functions— and security cookies —for example, to detect repeated failed attempts to connect to a site— are exempt.

04 Related legal policies

Accordingly, this Cookie Policy complements and forms part of the Legal notice and the Privacy policy, both available on this website.

Cookies are used, that is, files or devices downloaded to the user's terminal equipment —personal computer, smartphone, tablet, etc.—, whatever their nature, in order to store data that may be updated and retrieved by the entity responsible for installing them. Cookies make it possible to browse the website and use certain features and services. Disabling or blocking them may therefore affect the use of the website and of those features and services.

05 Which cookies do we use?

First-party and third-party cookies

Cookies may be first-party or third-party. First-party cookies are sent to the user's device from this website and managed by it, whereas third-party cookies are sent to the user's device from other domains or servers not managed by our website but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.

Session and persistent cookies

These cookies may also be session or persistent cookies. Session cookies are designed to collect and store data while the user is on the website, mainly to store information that only needs to be kept to provide the service requested on a single occasion. With persistent cookies, the data remain stored on the user's device and may be accessed and processed for a period defined by Lafcarr.

Technical and personalisation cookies

Cookies may also be technical, allowing users to browse the website and use its various options or services; for example, controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted areas, remembering the items in an order, using security features while browsing, storing content for video or audio streaming, or sharing content through social networks. They may also be personalisation cookies, which allow users to access the service with certain predefined features based on criteria associated with their device, such as the type of browser used or the regional settings from which they access it.

Analytics cookies

Our cookies may be analytics cookies, which allow the party responsible for them to monitor and analyse the behaviour of users of the websites to which they are linked.

The information collected by these cookies is used to measure website activity and build browsing profiles of its users, in order to make improvements based on an analysis of service usage data. Information and consent for the use of cookies are managed separately for each Lafcarr website.

06 How can I control the use of cookies?

For more information on how to use, manage and delete cookies in each browser, visit the following links:

• Microsoft Edge / Explorer
• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Apple Safari