Cookies Policy

This website uses its own and third-party cookies to collect information about your visits to and how you use our website, and to show advertising that is relevant to you. By browsing the website or using our services, you accept our usage of cookies. However, you may stop cookies being generated or delete them by selecting the corresponding option in your browser. If the use of cookies is blocked by the browser, some of the website’s services or functionalities may be unavailable.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small text file sent to the browser by websites and stored on your device, which may be a computer, mobile phone, tablet, etc. These files enable the website to remember information about your visit, such as preferred language and other options, which can make your next visit easier and render the website more useful as its content is personalised. Cookies play an important role in improving user experience on the website.

How do you use cookies?

By browsing this website, you agree to cookies being installed on your device, which can inform us of the following details:

• Statistical information on use of the website

• The user’s login to keep the session on the website active

• The preferred website format when browsing on a mobile device

• Recent searches made in the website’s services and personalisation data for these services

• Information on the advertisements shown

• Social network login details for users accessing via their Facebook or Twitter login

Types of cookie used

This website uses both temporary session cookies and permanent cookies. Session cookies store data while the user is on the website, while permanent cookies store data on the device, so that they can be accessed and used in more than one session.

Depending on the purpose for which data obtained through cookies is processed, the website may use:

Technical cookies

These are cookies that enable you to browse the website or application and make use of the various options and services available on the website or application. For example, they may monitor data traffic and communication, identify the session, access restricted parts of the website, record the constituent elements of an order, make a request to register for or take part in an event, use security elements during browsing, and store content so that videos or sounds may be played.

Personalisation cookies

These cookies enable you to access the service with some general characteristics predefined on your device or defined by you. These may include preferred language, type of browser through which the service is accessed, preferred content design, location of device and regional configuration from which the service is accessed.

In this case, language personalisation cookies allow you to access our website and enable us to remember the language you chose on your first visit. These cookies are permanent and do not disappear when you close your browser.

Analytical cookies

Analytical cookies are used to collect information on how users interact with our website, so that we can analyse this aggregate data on user behaviour and make improvements. You cannot be identified through these cookies.

Social media cookies

Social media cookies, used to exchange social content, are managed fully by Facebook, Twitter, Google+, YouTube, Pinterest and Instagram. We use social content modules on our website, so that users of social networks can exchange content.

Third-party cookies: The website httpd://confederaciodepenyes.fcbarcelona.cat may use services from third parties, which, on behalf of the Confederation, will collect information on your use of the website fot statistical purposes and to offer services relating to the website’s activites and other online services. 

In particular, this website uses Google Analytics, a website analysis service by Google. With registered office at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway. Mountain View, CA 94043. United States of America.  To provide these services, cookies are used to collect information, including your IP address, which will be transferred, processed and stored by Google for the time specified on the website https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage?hl=en. This information may be transferred to third parties when required by law or in the event that such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf.

How can I configure my browser’s cookie Settings?

You may enable, block or delete cookies installed on your device by changing the configuration of your browser.

To modify cookie permissions in Google Chrome:

• Click on the menu in the toolbar.

• Select ‘Settings’.

• Click ‘Advanced’.

• Under ‘Privacy and security’, click ‘Content settings’.

• The options can be configured in the ‘Cookies’ section.

More information on Chrome.

To modify cookie permissions in Mozilla Firefox:

• At the top of the Firefox window, click on the ‘Tools’ menu.

• Select ‘Options’.

• Select the ‘Privacy Settings’ panel.

• In Firefox, you can select ‘Use custom settings for history’ to configure the options.

More information on Mozilla Firefox.

To modify cookie permissions in Internet Explorer 9:

• At the top of the Internet Explorer window, click on the ‘Tools’ menu.

• Select the ‘Security’ tab then go to the option ‘Clear browsing history’ to delete the cookies.

• Click on the ‘Cookies’ box, then ‘Delete’.

• Select the ‘Security’ tab, and under ‘Settings’, move the slider to the top to block all cookies or to the bottom to allow all cookies.

Then click ‘OK’.

More information on Internet Explorer 9.

How to stop cookies being installed

At any time, any user can block certain cookies (e.g. advertising cookies) from being installed.

If the use of cookies is blocked by the browser, some of the website’s services or functionalities may be unavailable.

On some browsers, specific rules can be configured to manage cookies for each website. This allows for more precise privacy control. In this case, cookies may be deactivated everywhere except for trusted websites.

Some of our providers have a system for you to block the installation of their cookies, as indicated in the table below:

Alternatively, you may use “Do Not Track” services such as Ghostery (https://www.ghostery.com) or Disconnect (https://disconnect.me), among others.

Please remember that if the cookies are already installed, you may have to delete them beforehand, in accordance with the previous point. However, when you delete them, your preference to block their installation may also be lost.

If you have any queries about our Cookies Policy, please write to us at: penyes@confederaciopenyes.cat