The website of Lex forward innovation SL uses first-party and third-party cookies. A cookie is a file that is downloaded to your computer when you access certain web pages in order to, among other things, ensure the correct operation of the site, allow the User quicker access to the selected services, store and retrieve information about users’ browsing habits or their device, and depending on the information it contains and how your device is used, it can be used to recognize the user. Cookies are associated only with an anonymous user and their computer or device, and do not provide references that make it possible to obtain personal data, unless the user gives their express permission.
The EU directive indicates that cookies requiring informed consent are analytics cookies, advertising cookies and affiliate cookies. Technical cookies and those necessary for the functioning of the website or for the provision of services expressly requested by the user are excluded.
Types of cookies
Cookies can be classified in several categories depending on their characteristics:
A) According to the entity that manages them:
- First-party cookies: those sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by the publisher itself and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
- Third-party cookies: those sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain not managed by the publisher, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through cookies.
B) According to the length of time they remain activated:
- Session cookies: designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a website. They are usually used to store information that is only interesting to keep for the provision of the service requested by the user on a single occasion (for example, a list of products purchased) and disappear when the session ends.
- Persistent cookies: those in which the data continue to be stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the person responsible for the cookie, which can range from a few minutes to several years.
C) According to their purpose:
- Technical cookies: allow the user to browse through a website, platform or application and use different options or services, such as controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted access areas, remembering the elements of an order, carrying out the purchase process of an order, requesting registration or participation in an event, using security elements during browsing, storing content for the broadcasting of videos or sound, or sharing content through social networks.
- Preference or customization cookies: allow the user to access the service with some predefined general characteristics based on a series of criteria in the user’s terminal, such as language, the type of browser through which the user accesses the service, the regional configuration from where the user accesses the service, etc.
- Analysis cookies: allow the person responsible 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 users in order to make improvements based on the analysis of data on users’ use of the service.
- Advertising cookies: allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the publisher may have included in a website, application or platform from which the requested service is provided, based on criteria such as the edited content or the frequency in which the ads are shown.
- Behavioral advertising cookies: store information on the behavior of users obtained through continuous observation of their browsing habits, which allows the development of a specific profile to display advertising based on it.
Cookie deactivation
The user can, at any time, accept or reject cookies that are not strictly necessary for the correct functioning of the website and the user’s access to its services, through the cookie settings panel provided on our website. In addition, the user can configure their browser at any time without this affecting their ability to access the content of the website. Information on how to do so in the main browsers can be found below:
- Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
- Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookies-information-websites-store-on-your-computer
- Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
- Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/view-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-47f4d9c6-0053-9918-92b8-9a44bca7a06a
- Safari: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
- Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies
If the user disables cookies, some functionalities and services may be limited and performance may not be optimal.