IBEC – FUNDACIÓ INSTITUT BIOENGINYERIA DE CATALUNYA
Carrer de Baldiri Reixac, 10-12 – 08028 Barcelona (España)
Fecha: 26-11-2025
Cookies Policy
The purpose of this cookies policy is to provide clear and precise information about the cookies used on our website.
We use our own and third-party cookies to improve our services, customise our website, make it easier for our users to browse, offer an improved experience when using the website, identify problems and thereby improve the website, carry out measurements and usage statistics and show you advertising related to your preferences by analysing use of the website.
We inform you that we can use cookies on your device provided you have given your consent, except in those cases where the cookies are necessary to browse our website. If you give your consent, we will be able to use cookies that will allow us to gather more information about your preferences and customise our website according to your individual interests.
What are cookies?
Cookies and other similar technologies, such as local shared objects, flash cookies or pixels, are tools used by web servers to store and recover information about website visitors, and also to ensure correct functioning of the website.
Types of cookies
Types of cookies depending on the organisation managing them
Own cookies:
These cookies are sent to the user’s terminal from a computer or domain managed by the owner of the website from which the service requested by the user is provided.
Third-party cookies:
These cookies are sent to the user’s terminal from a computer or domain not managed by the owner of the website from which the service requested by the user is provided, but by another organisation that processes the data obtained through the cookies. In addition, if the cookies are installed from a computer or domain managed by the website owner but the information collected by them is managed by a third party, they will also be considered third-party cookies.
Types of cookies according to their purpose
Technical cookies:
These are cookies that allow the user to browse a website, platform or application and to use the different options or services thereon, including those that the editor uses to allow management and operation of the website and enable its functions and services. These include, for example, monitoring traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted access areas, remembering the elements of an order, carrying out the purchase process, managing payment, monitoring fraud related to service security, dealing with registration requests, counting visits for software licence billing, using security elements during browsing, storing content for video or audio dissemination, enabling dynamic content, or sharing content on social networks.
This category also includes, due to their technical nature, cookies that allow the efficient management of advertising spaces included as part of the website design, without collecting user information for other purposes.
Preference or customisation cookies:
These cookies allow information to be remembered so that the user accesses the service with certain characteristics that differentiate their experience from that of other users, such as language, number of search results, appearance or content of the service depending on browser type or region of access.
Analytics or performance cookies:
These cookies allow the responsible party to monitor and analyse user behaviour on the websites to which they are linked, including quantifying advertising impacts. The information collected is used to measure activity and introduce improvements based on usage analysis.
Behavioural advertising cookies:
These cookies allow advertising spaces to be managed efficiently by storing information on user behaviour obtained through continuous observation of browsing habits, enabling the creation of a specific profile to display advertising adapted to that profile.
Geolocation cookies:
These cookies are used to determine the user’s location when requesting a service. They are anonymous and used, for example, to offer information relevant to the country from which the user accesses the website.
Types of cookies according to the length of time they remain active
Session cookies:
These cookies are designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a website. They are generally used to store information that only needs to be kept for the provision of a service requested on a single occasion and disappear when the session ends.
Persistent cookies:
These cookies store data on the user’s terminal for a period defined by the person or entity responsible for the cookie, which may range from a few minutes to several years.
COOKIES USED ON OUR WEBSITE
Disabled in browsers?
Users may at any time allow, block or delete cookies installed on their device by changing the browser settings:
- Chrome: Settings → Advanced → Privacy → Content settings
- Edge: Tools → Internet options → Privacy → Settings
- Firefox: Tools → Options → Privacy → History → Customised settings
- Safari: Preferences → Security
For more information, consult the official support or help section of each browser.
If cookies are disabled, this will not prevent browsing the website, but some services may be limited and the browsing experience may be less satisfactory.
Withdrawing consent
The user may withdraw their consent relating to the Cookies Policy at any time and may delete the cookies stored on their device by adjusting browser settings as described above, and also by accessing the website’s settings panel.
Settings panel
This Cookies Policy may be modified whenever required by current legislation or when changes occur in the type of cookies used on the website. For this reason, users are advised to review this policy each time they access the website in order to stay properly informed about how and why cookies are used.