1. Use of Cookies
The BIOMONT website uses cookies, which are a tool used by web servers to store and retrieve information about their users.
“Cookies” are messages sent by the server to the user’s computer. These consist of text files stored in the computer’s memory and which collect information relating to the pages visited, the time of connection to the Internet, etc. “Cookies” are sent back to the server each time the user enters that page.
The purpose of BIOMONT’s “cookies” is to personalize the services we offer you, providing you with information that may be of interest to you.
Cookies can be deleted from the hard drive if the user so wishes. Most browsers accept cookies automatically, but allow the User to change the configuration of their browser to reject the installation of cookies, without affecting their access and navigation.
2. Types of Cookies
Below you will find a classification of the cookies used, taking into account that the same cookie may be included in more than one category.
- Excepted cookies: The so-called excepted cookies are those that do not require the user’s prior consent in order to be used and which correspond to technical cookies and personalization cookies.
- Non-exempt cookies: The rest of the cookies are non-exempt cookies and all require the express and prior consent of users in order to be used.
- First-party cookies: First-party cookies are set by the website visited by the user. Data collected using first-party cookies is used for purposes such as calculating page views, sessions and number of users.
- Third-party cookies: Third-party cookies are set by domains that are not directly visited by the user. This happens when publishers add third-party elements (such as chatbots, social plugins, or ads) to their website.
Once set, these types of cookies also track users and store their information for ad targeting and behavioral advertising.
- Session Cookies: Session cookies expire immediately or a few seconds after the user leaves the web browser. Among other uses, these cookies are used by e-commerce websites to remember the product placed in the cart by the user, to keep users logged in and to calculate each user session for analytical purposes.
- Persistent Cookies: As the name suggests, persistent cookies remain on the user’s browser for a long time. Persistent cookies are usually required to have an expiration date that can range from one second to ten years.
- Technical cookies: Technical cookies are those that allow the user to navigate through a website, online site or application and use its services or functions, such as accessing restricted areas, remembering items in a shopping cart, completing the registration process, storing content for the distribution of videos, etc.
- Personalization cookies: These cookies store user experience preferences. For example, whether a user has selected a preferred language.
- Analytics Cookies: Analytics cookies are used to determine the use of a site, they may track an individual user, but only to the extent that they enable users to travel through the site. They are not used to target ads, as the following type of cookies do.
- Advertising Cookies: These are cookies specifically designed to collect information from you on your ad-viewing device to send you advertising based on the relevant topics that interest you (marketing cookies).
- Plugin cookies: Plugin cookies are those generated by using plugins from third-party content providers and that allow users to access content or services provided by third parties, such as, for example, locations on Google Maps, connection to social networks or access to YouTube.
Media player cookies: Content player cookies allow the playback of audio or video
3. Cookies used by BIOMONT
The BIOMONT website contains 10 cookies:
- ga*: This is a Google Analytics cookie. It is used to distinguish users and track the performance of visits on the website. The cookie collects information anonymously and is mostly used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data.
- _ga: Similar to the previous cookie, this is another Google Analytics cookie. Its main function is to differentiate unique users by assigning them a unique identifier (ID). This cookie is key in measuring how users interact with the website and allows for reporting on the website’s performance.
- sbjs_migrations: This cookie is used to manage and record user migrations on the website. It can help track when a user moves from one traffic source to another, such as from an advertising campaign to direct browsing.
- sbjs_current_add: This cookie stores information about the current source of traffic that brought the user to the website, such as the name of the advertising campaign or the search engine used. It is useful for understanding which channels are driving traffic to the website.
- sbjs_first_add: Like the previous cookie, this one is responsible for storing the traffic source, but specifically the first source that brought the user to the website on their first visit. This is useful for first interaction attribution analysis.
- sbjs_current: This cookie stores information about the user’s current visit, including the traffic source and the time of the visit. It is useful for keeping track of the ongoing session.
- sbjs_first: Stores data about the user’s first visit to the website, including the traffic source and time. This allows for an analysis of where visitors initially came from and their behavior over time.
- sbjs_udata: This cookie collects anonymous user data such as visit history and associated traffic sources. It is used for internal analysis and to improve the user experience on the website.
- sbjs_session: Similar to standard session cookies, this one is responsible for maintaining the user’s session while browsing the site. It helps retain temporary data that improves the user experience.
- wpEmojiSettingsSupports: This cookie is specific to WordPress and is used to check if the user’s browser supports emojis. It does not collect personal data and is purely functional, to ensure that emojis are displayed correctly on the website.