At Clínica Cervera, we use cookies to provide a better service and ensure a better browsing experience on www.clinicacervera.cat. To this end, we will inform you clearly and precisely about what a cookie is, what it is for, its purpose, and how to configure or disable them if you wish.
1. What is a cookie?
A cookie is a file stored on the user’s computer, smartphone, or any other device with browsing information.
The set of cookies helps improve website quality, allowing us to control which pages are useful, which are not, and which can be improved.
Cookies are essential for the functioning of the internet, providing countless advantages in the provision of interactive services, facilitating navigation and usability of our website.
In no case are cookies harmful to devices; rather, they help, among other purposes, to identify and resolve errors.
2. What types of cookies are there?
According to the entity that manages them:
- First-party cookies: These are cookies sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by Clínica Cervera and from which the service is provided or the information requested by the user is facilitated.
- Third-party cookies: These are cookies sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain not managed by Clínica Cervera, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through cookies (social networks, search engines, etc.). If cookies are installed from a computer or domain managed by Clínica Cervera itself, but the information collected through them is managed by a third party, they cannot be considered first-party cookies.
According to the length of time they remain active:
- Session cookies: These are a type of cookie designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page. They are typically used to store information that is only relevant to retain for the provision of the service requested by the user on a single occasion. In the long run, they help provide a better experience by improving content and facilitating its use.
- Persistent cookies: These are a type of cookie where data remains stored on the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the cookie’s controller.
According to their purpose:
- Technical cookies: These allow the user to navigate through a website, platform, or application and use the different options or services that exist therein, such as controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted areas.
- Personalization cookies: These allow the user to access the service with some general characteristics predefined based on a series of criteria on the user’s terminal, such as the language, the type of browser through which they access the service, the regional configuration from which they access the service, etc.
- Analysis cookies: These allow their controller to monitor and analyze the behavior 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 create browsing profiles of the users of these sites, applications, and platforms, with the aim of introducing improvements based on the analysis of the usage data made by users of the service.
- Advertising cookies: These allow for the most effective management possible of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, Clínica Cervera may have included on the 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 shown.
- Behavioral advertising cookies: These allow for the most effective management possible of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, Clínica Cervera may have included on a website, application, or platform from which the requested service is provided. These cookies store information on user behavior obtained through continuous observation of their browsing habits, which allows for the development of a specific profile to display advertising based on it.
3. List of cookies used on our website
4. How can you configure or disable your cookies?
You can allow, block, or delete cookies installed on your device by configuring your internet browser options. If you do not allow the installation of cookies in your browser, you may not be able to access some of the services, and your experience on our website may be less satisfactory.
You can also manage them from here: