Cookie Policy
Subject matter
This Cookie Policy is intended to comply with Law 34/2002 of 11 July on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce (hereinafter, LSSICE), the General Data Protection Regulation (Regulation EU 2016/679, hereinafter, GDPR), and Organic Law 3/2018 on the Protection of Personal Data and Guarantee of Digital Rights (hereinafter, LOPDGDD).
Identification of the Data Controllers / Providers of Information Society Services
- Entity: AINIA
- Tax Identification Number: G46421988
- Address: Calle Benjamín Franklin, 5 a 11, CP 46980 Paterna (Valencia)
- Telephone: 96 136 60 90
- E-mail: privacy@ainia.es
- Website: https://www.ainia.com/
- Registration data: Registered in the National Register of Associations under number 78125.
- Entity: AIMPLAS – Plastics Technology Centre (Asociación de Investigación de Materiales Plásticos y Conexas)
- Tax Identification Number: G46714853
- Adress: Parque Tecnológico de Valencia. Calle Gustave Eiffel 4, Paterna 46980, Valencia. España
- Phone: 96 136 60 40
- E-mail: dpo@aimplas.com
- Website: https://www.aimplas.es/
- Registration data: Registered in the National Registry of Associations under number 97210.
Identification of the Data Protection Officer (DPO)
AINIA y AIMPLAS appointed a Data Protection Officer (DPO) to whom you may address any queries or complaints regarding the processing of your personal data, indicating the name of our organisation or trade name. You may contact the DPO through the following means:
- BUSINESS ADAPTER, S.L.
- Ronda Guglielmo Marconi, 11, 26, (Technology Park) 46980 Paterna (Valencia).
- E-mail: info@businessadapter.es (ref. AINIA, AIMPLAS) or via Data Subject Contact Form
Definitions
In order to comply with paragraph two of Article 22 of the LSSICE, the information provided in this policy must be clear and comprehensive regarding the use of data storage and retrieval devices and, in particular, the purposes of the data processing, ensuring that users’ data is processed in a transparent manner.
To that end, we provide the following basic definitions, which will be used throughout this policy, to facilitate a clearer and better understanding for the user:
- User: The natural person who accesses our website.
- Editor: In the case of this website, it refers to the entity (natural or legal person) that owns the website. Also referred to as the data controller or provider of information society services.
- Cookies: Cookies and/or similar technologies (hereinafter, cookies) store and retrieve information when you browse. In general, these technologies may serve a wide range of purposes, such as recognising users, obtaining information about their browsing habits, or customising the way content is displayed.
- Data: This refers to the information obtained from the user through cookies. Such data may qualify as personal data when it relates to identified or identifiable natural persons, in accordance with the terms set out in Article 4 of the GDPR.
- Information society service: Any service provided at the individual request of a user, whether for remuneration or not, at a distance and by electronic means, provided that it constitutes an economic activity for the publisher whose service delivery gives rise to the use of cookies.
Types of cookies
Below is a classification of cookies based on a series of categories. However, the same cookie may fall under more than one category.
Types of cookies according to the managing entity
Depending on the entity that manages the equipment or domain from which the cookies are sent and processes the data obtained, we can distinguish between:
First-party cookies
These are cookies for which our entity is responsible and which are generally sent to the user’s device from equipment or a domain managed by our entity and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
Third-party cookies:
These are cookies for which an entity other than our own is responsible, and which are generally sent to the user’s device from equipment or a domain not managed by our entity, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.
In cases where cookies are served from equipment or a domain managed by our entity, but the information collected through them is processed by a third party, they will also be considered third-party cookies (for example, when used to improve the services provided or to deliver advertising services on behalf of other entities).
Please note that if you accept third-party cookies and later wish to withdraw your consent, you must delete them using your browser settings or through the system provided by the third party itself.
Below, we provide links to websites where you can find more information about third-party cookies (deactivation, possible data transfers to third countries, etc.):
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
- Microsoft Edge
- Chrome para Android
- Safari (Apple)
- Opera
- And also Google AdWords
If other browsers are used, we recommend reviewing their respective cookie use and management policies.
The users may find this tool https://www.youronlinechoices.com/es/ very useful to manage the use of cookies and for protecting their privacy online.
Types of cookies according to their purpose
There are many purposes for the use of cookies. Depending on the purpose for which the data obtained through cookies is processed, some of the possible purposes include:
Technical cookies
Technical cookies may be used without the users content
These are cookies that allow the user to navigate through our website and use the different options or services available, including those used by our entity to manage and operate the website and enable its functions and services. Examples include: controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted areas, remembering the items in a shopping cart, processing an order, managing payment, preventing fraud related to service security, handling event registration or participation requests, counting visits for software licensing billing purposes (website, platform or application), using security features during browsing, storing content for the distribution of videos or audio, enabling dynamic content (e.g. loading animations for text or images), or sharing content via social media.
Also included in this category: those cookies that enable the most efficient possible management of advertising spaces which, as part of the design or layout of the service offered to the user, the publisher has included on a website, application or platform based on criteria such as the published content, without collecting information from users for other purposes, such as personalising that advertising content or other content.
Preference or Personalisation Cookies
These are cookies that allow information to be remembered so that the user can access the service with certain features that may differentiate their experience from that of other users. Examples include language preference, the number of search results to display, the appearance or content of the service depending on the type of browser used to access the service, or the region from which the service is accessed, among others.
For these cookies to be considered exempt from the obligation to inform and obtain the user’s consent, their use must be limited to what is strictly necessary for their purpose, and any information derived from the user’s selection must not be used for other purposes (e.g. personalising advertising content) or to create a user profile.
Analytics or Measurement Cookies
These are cookies which, whether managed by our entity or by third parties, allow us to quantify the number of users and thus carry out the measurement and statistical analysis of how users interact with the service provided.
To this end, your browsing behaviour on our website is analysed in order to improve the products or services we offer you.
The use of these cookies is unlikely to pose a risk to users’ privacy.
Behavioural Advertising Cookies
These are cookies which, whether managed by us or by third parties, allow us to analyse the user’s browsing habits on the internet in order to display advertising tailored to their browsing profile.
Types of cookies according
Depending on the length of time they remain active on the user’s device, we can distinguish between:
Session Cookies:
These are cookies designed to collect and store data while the user is browsing a website.
They are typically used to store information that is only relevant for providing the service requested by the user on a single occasion (e.g. a list of purchased products) and are deleted once the browsing session ends.
Persistent Cookies:
These are cookies in which the data remain stored on the user’s device and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the cookie controller, which may range from a few minutes to several years.
This type of cookie may pose risks to the user’s privacy. In any case, when persistent cookies are installed, we will minimise their duration as much as possible, in accordance with the purpose for which they are used.
Types of cookies exempt from consent:
The following cookies are excluded from the scope of Article 22.2 of the LSSICE and, therefore, do not require user information or consent for their use:
- User input cookies
- User authentication or identification cookies (session-only).
- User security cookies
- Multimedia player session cookies
- Load balancing session cookies
- User interface customisation cookies
- Certain plug-in cookies for sharing social content
- Cookies that solely enable communication between the user’s device and the network
- Cookies used to provide a service expressly requested by the user
- Audience measurement cookies, when they meet the following conditions: when their purpose is strictly limited to audience measurement; when the data obtained through such measurement is anonymised; when the data is not transmitted to third parties; when the data is not used to cross-reference with other processing activities; when the lifespan of these cookies is strictly necessary, but in any case does not exceed 13 months; and when the information collected through these cookies is retained only for the time strictly necessary, not exceeding 25 months.
Types of Cookies Used on This Website
| Technical Cookies | |||
| Cookie | Owner | Duration | Type of cookie / Purpose |
| cmplz_banner-status | First-party | 1 year | Technical / Used to remember the user’s acceptance of the cookie policy. |
| cmplz_consented_services | First-party | 1 year | Technical / Used to remember the user´s acceptance or rejectment of certains types of cookies. |
| cmplz_functional | First-party | 1 year | Technical / Used to remember the user´s acceptance or rejectment of certains types of cookies. |
| cmplz_marketing | First-party | 1 year | Technical / Used to remember the user´s acceptance or rejectment of certains types of cookies. |
| cmplz_preferences | First-party | 1 year | Technical / Used to remember the user´s acceptance or rejectment of certains types of cookies. |
| cmplz_statistics | First-party | 1 year | Technical / Used to remember the user´s acceptance or rejectment of certains types of cookies. |
| cmplz_policy_id | First-party | 1 year | Technical / Used to record which button the user clicked in the cookie consent banner (Accept or Reject). |
| Analysis | |||
| Cookie | Owner | Duration | Type of cookie / Purpose |
| _ga | First Party | 13 months | Análisis / Generates a unique user identifier, which is used to count how many times a user visits the site, as well as the date of the first and last visit. Records the date and time of access to any page on the Site. Checks whether it is necessary to keep a user session open or create a new one. Identifies the user’s session in order to collect the approximate geographic location of the device accessing the Site for statistical purposes. |
| _ga_EN99WD06HM | First-party | 13 months | |
| Customization | |||
| Cookie | Owner | Duration | Type of cookie / Purpose |
| wp-wpml_current_language | First-party | Session | Customization / recognising the language required by the user |
The user may withdraw the consent initially granted at any time by reopening the cookie consent banner from which consent was given. This banner can be accessed from the homepage of our website.
We recommend reviewing our cookie policy each time you access our website to stay informed of any changes regarding the use of our cookies. Our entity reserves the right to modify this Policy without prior notice.
Profiling
As part of the information duty established in Article 13.2(f) of the GDPR, we inform you that, should we create profiles about you, we will request your prior consent. However, you should be aware that you have the right to object to being subject to an automated decision based on your data, where personal aspects are evaluated, such as the analysis or prediction of your work performance, economic situation, health, personal preferences or interests, reliability, or behaviour—that may produce legal effects concerning you or significantly affect you in a similar way.
Our entity will adopt appropriate security measures to protect your rights and freedoms, as well as your legitimate interests, including the right to obtain human intervention on our part, to express your point of view, and to contest the decision.
Data transfer
Your personal data will not be transferred to other countries or third parties. In the event of any transfers to other entities or to countries outside the European Union, we will inform you and request your prior and explicit consent.
Our entity will adopt appropriate security measures to protect your rights and freedoms, as well as your legitimate interests, including the right to obtain human intervention on our part, to express your point of view, and to contest the decision.
Legal Basis for the Use of Cookies
If the user clicks the “ACCEPT cookies” button included in the cookie consent banner displayed upon accessing our website, this shall be understood as the user freely giving their express consent to the use of all cookies, thereby allowing our entity to use the user’s information.
If the user freely clicks the button intended to customise or configure the use of cookies, they will be provided with a space to select the cookies they wish to allow.
The user may change their mind at any time and withdraw the consent initially granted for the use of cookies.
Reject the use of cookies
If the user freely clicks the “REJECT cookies” button included in the cookie consent banner displayed upon accessing our website, they are choosing not to allow the use of cookies.
The cookie consent banner includes a button that allows the user to customise or configure the use of cookies, providing a space where they can deselect any cookies they may have previously consented to.
The user may easily withdraw the consent given, as a clearly visible system is available on the website to reopen the cookie consent and management banner, allowing them to configure their preferences as desired.
Conservation period
The retention period for personal data shall be as short as possible, in accordance with the purpose for which the data were collected and in line with the principle of data minimisation.
For more information on the processing of personal data, please refer to our Privacy Policy.
Your Rights
You have the right to know whether our entity is processing your personal data. Therefore, you have the right to access such data, rectify it if it is inaccurate, or request its erasure when the data is no longer necessary, provided it is legally permissible.
You may also exercise your right to object, restrict processing, or request data portability if you consider it appropriate. You may also withdraw your consent at any time. To exercise any of these rights, you must do so in writing to privacy@ainia.es and dpo@aimplas.com. If there are reasonable doubts regarding the identity of the person making the request, we may ask you to provide the additional information necessary to verify your identity.
If you wish to submit any suggestions or queries regarding the processing of your personal data, you may contact the Data Protection Officer:
- BUSINESS ADAPTER, S.L.
- Ronda Guglielmo Marconi, 11, 26, (Technology Park) 46980 Paterna (Valencia).
- Data Subject Contact Form
We inform you that if you believe Lyour rights have been disregarded, you have the right to file a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency at: C/ Jorge Juan, 6, 28001 Madrid, or via www.aepd.es.
Policy updates
Our entity reserves the right to modify this Policy without prior notice. For this reason, we recommend reviewing it each time you visit our website.
