Cookie information

In accordance with Law 34/2002, of 11 July, on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce (LSSI), in relation to Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and Organic Law 3/2018, of 5 December, on the Protection of Personal Data and Guarantee of Digital Rights (LOPDGDD), it is mandatory to obtain the express consent of users of all websites that use non-essential cookies, before they browse them.

What are cookies?

Cookies and other similar technologies such as local shared objects, flash cookies or pixels, are tools used by web servers to store and retrieve information about their visitors, as well as to ensure the correct functioning of the site.

Through the use of these devices, the web server is able to remember certain data relating to the user, such as their preferences for viewing pages on that server, username and password, products of most interest to them, etc.

Cookies affected by regulations and exempted cookies

According to the EU directive, cookies that require informed consent from the user are analytics cookies and advertising and affiliate cookies, while technical cookies and those necessary for the functioning of the website or the provision of services expressly requested by the user are exempt.

Types of cookies

According to purpose

• Technical and functional cookies: those that allow the user to navigate through a website, platform or application and make use of the different options or services available on it.
• Analytics cookies: those that 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 through this type of cookie is used to measure the activity of websites, applications or platforms and to build browsing profiles of users of said sites, applications and platforms, with the aim of making improvements based on the analysis of usage data.
• Advertising cookies: those that allow the most efficient management possible of the advertising spaces that the publisher may have included on a website, application or platform from which the requested service is provided, based on criteria such as the edited content or the frequency with which advertisements are displayed.
• Behavioural advertising cookies: these collect information about the user's personal preferences and choices (retargeting) to allow the most efficient management possible of the advertising spaces that the publisher may have included on a website, application or platform from which the requested service is provided.
• Social cookies: these are set by social media platforms within services to allow you to share content with your friends and networks. Social media platforms have the ability to track your online activity outside of the Services. This may affect the content and messages you see on other services you visit.
• Affiliate cookies: these allow tracking of visits coming from other websites with which the site has established an affiliate agreement (affiliate companies).
• Security cookies: these store encrypted information to prevent the data stored in them from being vulnerable to malicious attacks by third parties.

By ownership

• First-party cookies: those that are sent to the user's terminal device from a computer or domain managed by the publisher itself, from which the service requested by the user is provided.
• Third-party cookies: those that are sent to the user's terminal 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.

By retention period

• Session cookies: a type of cookie designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a website.
• Persistent cookies: a type of cookie in which data remains stored on the device and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the party responsible for the cookie, which may range from a few minutes to several years.

Personal data processing

SYNERKOS TECHNICAL VALVE SOLUTIONS, SL is the Data Controller of the personal data of the Data Subject and informs them that such data will be processed in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of 27 April 2016 (GDPR), and therefore provides the following information regarding the processing:

Purposes of processing: as specified in the section on cookies used on this website.

Legal basis for processing: except where necessary for browsing the website, based on the consent of the data subject (Art. 6.1.a GDPR).

Data retention criteria: as specified in the section on cookies used on the website.

Disclosure of data: data will not be disclosed to third parties, except in the case of third-party cookies or where required by law.

Rights of the Data Subject:

• Right to withdraw consent at any time.
• Right of access, rectification, portability and erasure of their data, and the right to restriction of or objection to its processing.
• Right to lodge a complaint with the Supervisory Authority (www.aepd.es) if they consider that the processing does not comply with current regulations.

Contact details to exercise your rights: SYNERKOS TECHNICAL VALVE SOLUTIONS, SL. C/ Pollensa, 2, Floor 1, Door 14 – 28230 Las Rozas (Madrid). Email: rgpd@synerkos.com