Cookies policy

THE INSTITUT CATALÀ DE FINANCES (hereinafter, the ICF) is aware of the importance of data protection for the users of its website services. By means of this Cookies Policy, the ICF informs the users of its website www.icf.cat how we use their personal data collected on the website, so they may opt out of the cookies or change their settings in regard to the cookies on the website.

This website, like most sites on the Internet, uses cookies to improve and optimize user experience.

Below you will find detailed information on Cookies, the types of cookies this website uses, how you can disable them in your browser and how to specifically block the installation of third-party cookies.

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer (or on other devices with Internet access, such as a smartphone, tablet or connected television) when you visit the website. These text files measure how users interact with website content.

Our website uses cookies, as almost all websites do, to:

Make our website work as you would expect.
Store your preferences, such as the language or the font size.
Analyse how you use the site.
Collect anonymous statistical information, such as the web pages the user visits and how long they spend on the website.

Cookies help us to optimise your browsing experience. They enable the website to remember your actions and preferences and thus provide an enhanced user experience every time you visit the website.

This website uses cookies to operate, adapt and facilitate browsing as much as possible for users.

Based on their duration, Cookies can be divided into two types, session and persistent cookies. Session cookies expire when the user closes the browser. Persistent cookies remain until the objective is completed (for example, because the user remains unidentified on the website) or until you delete them manually.

Based on their purpose, there are basically two types of Cookies:

Strictly necessary (technical cookies): These cookies are essential for you to browse the website and use its features. They are usually generated when the user accesses or logs into the website and they are used to identify them on the website for the following reasons:
- To recognize the user in future visits, so that, if you leave the website, or turn off the browser or the device and access the website again, you will still be logged in, thus facilitating your navigation without having to re-identify yourself.
- To check if the user is authorized to access certain services or areas of the website.

Performance cookies: These cookies are used to enhance browsing experience and the performance of a website, for instance, they store service settings and allow web shops to hold your items in your cart while you are shopping online.
Advertising cookies: These cookies collect information on adverts shown to the website users. There are two types:
- Anonymous cookies: These cookies only gather information on advertising spaces displayed on the website. They don’t collect information that identifies a visitor.
- Customised cookies: These cookies collect personal information on the website user on behalf of a third party, in order to customise advertising.
Tracking cookies: These cookies are used to track a user's country or region, when they access a website service, with the aim of offering content and services appropriate for their location.
Analytical cookies: These are used to analyse track visitors on the website, usually anonymously. They sometimes identify users with a view to obtaining information on their interest in the services offered on the website.

Below you will find a list of the most used Cookies on this website:

Chart of cookies used
Cookie	Duration	Type	Purpose	Own or Third Party cookies	Supplier Cookies Policy
Cookies associated with Google Analytics (_ga,_gat, _gid, _gat_UA-88115817-7, _gat_UA102255756-1, _gat_UA-102255756-5, _gat_UA_102255756-5 y _gat_UA-88115817-1)	Session cookies minus the _gat cookie, with a duration of 2 years.	Analytical cookies	These track the number of visits and traffic sources, in order to analyse the performance of our web portal and improve it. They report site usage statistics and user browsing habits. All the information collected by these cookies is aggregated, and therefore, anonymous. If you do not accept these cookies, we will not know when you visited our web portal and it may affect the performance of the website.	Google, Inc.	You can find out about transfers to third countries that may be made by third parties identified in this Cookies Policy and their policies (see the following link: policies.google.com/technologies/cookies)
JSESSIONID	Web session duration	Technical cookies	Technical cookies used by Java application servers, such as Tomcat, to maintain and identify the user's session.	Own cookies	The stored information will not be an international transfer of information.
CHECK-COOKIE	Web session duration	Technical cookies	Technical cookie that manages the pop-up on the cookie policy that contains the accept and reject buttons.	Own cookies	The stored information will not be an international transfer of information.

To accept or refuse Cookies, go to the settings panel on this link: Link

If you wish to revoke your consent or delete Cookies, you can do so from your browser.

All modern browsers allow you to change cookie settings. These settings are normally found in "Options" or "Preferences" in the browser menu.

Users may, at any time, disable Cookies in this website with:

GoogleChrome: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=es&answer=95647

InternetExplorer: https://support.microsoft.com/es-es/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

MozillaFirefox: http://support.mozilla.org/es/kb/habilitar-y-deshabilitar-cookies-que-los-sitios-we

AppleSafari: https://support.apple.com/es-es/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac

Other third-party tools are available online, which allow users to detect Cookies on each website they visit and to disable them: For example, Ghostery.

Some features and services available on our website may not work properly. For example, you may not be identified, or may not be able to keep your shopping in your shopping card at an online store, or receive information directed specifically at your location.

If you disable Cookies on this website, you may lose access to certain areas of the website or your browsing experience may be significantly degraded.

The ICF may modify this Cookies Policy based on legal requirements, regulations, or adapt the policy to the instructions issued by the Spanish Data Protection Agency, the Catalan Data Protection Authority or other control bodies, so users are advised to visit it periodically.

When significant changes occur in our Cookies Policy, registered users will be notified either through the website or by email.

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc., a Delaware company with head offices at 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View (California), CA 94043, United States ("Google").

Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity and providing other services related to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with other data held by Google.

You can refuse the processing of personal data by refusing Cookies. To do so, select the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use all the features of this website. By using this website, you agree to the processing of your personal data by Google, in the manner and for the purposes set out above.

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