1. What are Cookies?
According to art. 22.2 of Law 34/2002, of July 11, on information society services and electronic commerce, cookies are any type of data storage and retrieval device used on a user’s terminal equipment for the purpose of storing information and retrieving already stored information.
Cookies allow a website to recognize a user’s device, facilitating their navigation, remembering their preferences, and, in general, improving the user experience by helping to provide information and services related to their interests. Cookies do not store sensitive information about the user, such as credit cards or banking details, photographs, ID cards, or personal information, etc.
Current law allows us to store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. For all other types of cookies, we need your permission.
2. What types of cookies are there?
Below, we inform our users that this website uses different types of cookies that can be classified as follows:
a) Types of cookies according to the entity that manages them:
- First-party cookies: these are cookies generated by the website that is being visited.
- Third-party cookies: these are cookies generated by third-party services and hosted on our website.
b) Types of cookies according to their duration:
- Session cookies: these are designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a website, and they are not stored on the user’s disk.
- Persistent cookies: these store data on the user’s terminal and can be accessed and processed for a defined period by the cookie’s controller.
c) Types of cookies according to their purpose:
- Technical cookies: these allow the user to navigate through our website and use the different options or services available, hence they are also called “strictly necessary” cookies.
- Personalization cookies: these enable us to remember information so that each user can access the service according to their preferences (language, region from which they access the website, or the number of search results displayed, for example).
- Analytics or performance cookies: these allow us to track and analyze user behavior on the website anonymously (number of visits or navigation criteria, for example).
- Behavioral advertising cookies: these store information about user behavior to implement parameters for efficient advertising on web pages.
3. Specific Information
3.1. Who is responsible for this service?
This service is the responsibility of DigiPen Institute of Technology Europe-Bilbao S.L., hereinafter DigiPen, registered in the Mercantile Registry of Bizkaia, volume 5042, folio 97, entry 1, with VAT number B95570339 and registered office at Ribera de Zorrotzaurre, 2. 48014 Bilbao.
3.2. What cookies does this site use?
DigiPen uses first-party cookies in website navigation to customize user interfaces and enhance user experience.
It also uses third-party cookies to analyze browsing information so that we can measure and improve the performance of our site. This website also uses Google Adwords remarketing tool, which allows us to publish ads on the Google Content Network based on users’ previous visits to our website. To achieve this, our website includes a remarketing code or tag that sets cookies to determine the type of advertising that will be displayed to the user based on their browsing activity. Remarketing lists are stored in a database on Google’s servers, where all cookie IDs associated with each interest category or list are stored. If you wish, you can disable the use of cookies by third-party providers through the Network Advertising Initiative page of Google Marketing Platform or control the use of device identifiers in your device settings. Additionally, we inform you that we use the following cookies for advertising campaigns and user statistics:
- Facebook cookie, according to the provisions of its Cookies Policy
- HubSpot cookie, according to the provisions of its Cookies Policy
List of first party cookies
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| cookiesjsr | Used to record which cookies the web user has consented to. | 1 year |
| Cookie Name | Provider | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| _ga | 2 years | |
| _gid | 24 hours | |
| _gat | 1 minute | |
| _gcl_au | 90 days | |
| fr | 90 days | |
| hubspotutk | HubSpot | 6 months |
| _cfuvid | HubSpot | Session |
| _cf_bm | HubSpot | 30 minutes |
| _hstc | HubSpot | 6 months |
| _hssc | HubSpot | 30 minutes |
| _hssrc | HubSpot | Session |
| Provider | Purpose | More Information |
|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics cookies. They generate anonymous user ID that is used to count the number of times that a user visits the website. They also register the first and the last time the user visited the website. Furthermore, they calculate when a session is over, track users’ locations, and establish keywords. | https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/ analyticsjs/cookie-usage | |
| YouTube | YouTube cookies. DigiPen embeds videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may involve the use of cookies. To find out more please visit YouTube’s embedding videos information page. | https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/171780 |
| HubSpot | HubSpot cookies | https://legal.hubspot.com/cookie-policy |
3.3. How can I uninstall cookies?
Upon their first visit to the website, users can configure and accept or reject cookies on this Website. Subsequently, users may, at any time, change or withdraw their consent through this Cookie Policy or configure their browser.
Major browsers offer options to block and delete cookies, but the procedure may vary from one browser to another. To uninstall cookies, we recommend referring to the instructions provided by the user’s Internet browser manufacturer. Below are links for the main browsers and devices:
In the case of mobile devices, it is common for the browser to have these options in the Settings section.
However, it should be noted that configuring the browser to reject cookies may not allow user preferences to be maintained, and some pages may not be available.
4. Modifications to the Cookie Policy
The Website reserves the right to modify this Cookie Policy, always within the terms permitted by current Spanish legislation. Therefore, we recommend reviewing this policy each time you access our website for timely updates and information.
5. Protection of Personal Data
The cookies used on the website allow us to collect information about the user, their preferences, or their device, enabling the website to function properly without collecting sensitive information. For more information on how we handle your personal data, please visit our Privacy Policy.