What are cookies?
A cookie is a file downloaded to your computer of mobile device when you visit certain web pages. Cookies can allow a web page, for instance, to identify a user session, remember your preferences and gather information about the pages you look up amongst others.
Cookies used in this site
The cookies used in this site belong to EINA and third parties. Their implementation corresponds to analytical and technical purposes. In the following section a reference to each of the cookies implemented, their function and expiry date can be found, including those used in other services like the institutional email or the intranet.
Technical Cookies
The technical cookies are useful to validate your profile at our site. We also use them for you to access the Intranet (Moodle), the Webmail (Microsoft Outlook) and to visualize videos and other embedded content of the third party webs that we post in our site and our blog (Vimeo). These cookies can be deleted and avoid their installation although if you do, the services depending on them may have an unexpected behavior or may not be available.
| Name | Description | Expiry | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|
| user.authentication.cookie | Cookie allowing the site administrators and alumni users to authenticate in the Drupal to access with their user profile. | Once the session is closed. | Additional information about the Drupal cookies.. |
| cookie-agreed | Indicates that the user has accepted the use of cookies and prevents the pop up to show. | 3 months from its installation. | |
| __cfduid | Allows tracking of the shared pages and social buttons. | 1 year from its installation. | |
| MoodleSession | Cookie of the EINA teaching Intranet session. | Once session is closed. | |
| MUID, omkt, MSCC, MSFPC i AjaxSessionKey | Cookies allowing the EINA comunity members to acces the services of Microsoft Online (email. One Drive, Office, etc.) and through which this company gathers information about the users that access the site to improve their service. | Once session is closed. | Additional information about the Microsoft cookies. |
Analytical Cookies
Analytical Cookies are useful to collect anonymous navigation data and behavior of the users that visit our site. The analysis of such data allows us to improve our site, blog and the services that we offer. If deleted, normal navigation is still possible.
Google Analytics allows such analysis. The information collected by this app is transferred to Google, Inc. a company from Delaware with its headquarters at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View (California), CA 94043, to its American servers and according to its privacy policy.
| Name | Description | Expiry | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Used to differentiate users. | 2 years after installation | More informationa bout Google Analytic' cookies. |
| _gid | Used to differentiate users. | 24 hours after installation | |
| __utma | Used to distinguish users and sessions. | 2 years after installation. | |
| __utmt | Used to limit the number of requests. | 10 minutes after installation. | |
| __utmb | Used to determine new sessions of visits. | 30 minutes after intallation or update. | |
| __utmz | Used to store the user’s customized variable data. | 6 months after installation or update. |
Social network cookies
In our site links to EINA’s profile in several social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Vimeo, YouTube, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Flickr can be found. These other sites, property of their own companies will also install in your browser if you accept. These cookies are of two types:
- Technical cookies necessary to access the posts we share in social networks.
- Analytical cookies, as the great majority of social networks use analytical tools to gather information about the use users make of their channels. These are similar to the ones previously mentioned, but their origin is at each social network and they don’t necessarily use Google Analytics.
The following links will allow the consultation of the cookie policy of the social networks in which EINA has a profile:
- Facebook data policy.
- Twitter data policy.
- Política de privacitat de Vimeo (en anglès).
- Vimeo data policy.
- Pinterest data policy.
- LinkedIn data policy.
- Flickr data policy (en anglès).
- Google cookie policy.
Social buttons
Besides the links to the EINA social networks, our web and blog we also use AddToAny, a social widget that allows to share our contents directly in your social networks or send them via email.
If you delete the cookies of this service you won’t be able to share content with third parties or on the social networks but you will be able to navigate.
Els botons d'AddToAny són gestionats per l'empresa AddToAny de San Francisco, Califòrnia, Estats Units. Per saber quin ús fan de les vostres dades, podeu consultar la política de privacitat d'AddToAny AddToAny privacy policy.
When this tool is used a direct link to AddToAny and to the selected social network is generated. The data collected through this tool could also be used by AddToAny to show adds based on the user behavior.
How to delete cookies
If you delete technical cookies you won’t be able to use some functionalites of the site and this could show unexpected behavior. If you delete analytical cookies you will be able to keep navigating normally.
Cookies can be deleted by setting your browser so that its installation is prevented as specified hereunder. According to your browser, follow these instructions:
- Microsoft Explorer
- Microsoft Edge
- Google Chrome
- Google Chrome per a Android
- Mozilla Firefox
- Mozilla Firefox per a Android
- Safari
- Safari per a iPad, iPhone i iPod.
- Opera
In relation to the analytical cookies the Google Analytics browser inhabilitation complement or by the setting of your browser, preventing its installation as mentioned previously.
Regarding Facebook cookies the user must log out the Facebook session before visiting our site and must block the social connectors of their browser as specified previously or using a complement such as 'facebook blocker'.
Additional information
In case of doubt or if you need additional information about our cookies policy, please contact us through: privacitat@eina.cat