COOKIES POLICY

​This website navegacostaballena.com uses its own and third-party cookies and similar technologies to ensure the proper functioning of the portal, remember user preferences, analyze web traffic on an aggregate basis, and optimize the services offered by the owner in his capacity as an independent professional.

Below, you will find clear and transparent information on what cookies are, which ones we use, and how to configure or disable them in strict compliance with the guidelines of the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) and European regulations.

Data Controller (Owner): Mr. José David García Guerra (Independent Professional)

NIF (Tax ID): 45937563P

Contact Email: info@navegacostaballena.com

Applicable Regulations: Article 22.2 of the LSSI-CE (Law 34/2002), GDPR (EU 2016/679), and LOPDGDD 3/2018.

1. WHAT ARE COOKIES?

A cookie is a small text file that is downloaded and stored on the browser of your computer, smartphone, or tablet when accessing certain web pages. Cookies allow a website, among other things, to store and retrieve information about the browsing habits of a user or their equipment and, depending on the information they contain and the way you use your equipment, they can be used to recognize the user.

Cookies do not harm your device, and their activation helps identify and resolve potential website malfunctions.

2. TYPES OF COOKIES USED

According to current regulations, cookies can be classified into various categories based on their purpose, the entity that manages them (ownership), and the length of time they remain active (duration).

A) Based on the entity that manages them:

• First-party cookies: These are sent to the user's terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by the website owner themselves (Mr. José David García Guerra, acting as an independent professional) and from which the service requested by the user is provided.

• Third-party cookies: These are sent to the user's terminal equipment from a computer or domain that is not managed by the website owner, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies (for example, Google Analytics, map plugins, etc.).

B) Based on the purpose of the processing:

• Technical or necessary cookies: These are essential to allow the user to navigate through the website and use the different options or services that exist on it (identifying the session, controlling traffic, using security elements, etc.). Since they are strictly necessary for the operation of the website, they do not require user consent.

• Preference or personalization cookies: These allow information to be remembered so that the user can access the service with certain characteristics that may differentiate their experience from that of other users (for example, the language).

• Analytics or measurement cookies: These are treated by us or by third parties and allow us to quantify the number of users and perform the measurement and statistical analysis of the use made by users of the website, in order to introduce improvements to the services offered.

• Behavioral advertising cookies: These store information on user behavior obtained through continuous observation of their browsing habits, allowing a specific profile to be developed to display advertising.

C) Based on the length of time they remain active:

• Session cookies: Designed to collect and store data while the user accesses the web page. They disappear when the session ends.

• Persistent cookies: These are cookies in which the data remains stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed during a period defined by the party responsible for the cookie.

3. DETAILS OF THE COOKIES USED ON THIS WEBSITE

Below is the inventory of cookies used on navegacostaballena.com:

• moove_gdpr_popup (or similar): Managed internally (First-party). Its purpose is to save the user's configuration preferences regarding the acceptance or rejection of cookies through the legal banner. It is a technical (necessary) cookie and has a duration of 1 year.

• _ga: Managed by Google Analytics (Third-party). Enables the unique visits control function and is used to record anonymous statistical data on how the visitor navigates the site. It is an analytics cookie and has a duration of 2 years.

• _gid: Managed by Google Analytics (Third-party). Used to differentiate users anonymously by assigning an identifier. It is an analytics cookie and has a duration of 24 hours.

• _gat: Managed by Google Analytics (Third-party). Used to limit the request rate, optimizing the data transfer rate on the server. It is an analytics cookie and has a duration of 1 minute.

4. CONFIGURATION, REVOCATION, AND DELETION OF COOKIES

In accordance with applicable regulations, the user can give their consent, refuse it completely, or customize the installation permissions for non-essential cookies at any time. Upon accessing the website for the first time, an informative banner is displayed allowing you to expressly accept, reject, or configure these preferences.

Likewise, the user can allow, block, or delete the cookies installed on their equipment by configuring the options of the browser installed on their device. Below, we provide the paths for the main browsers:

• Google Chrome: Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data.

• Mozilla Firefox: Settings > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data.

• Apple Safari (Mac): Preferences > Privacy > Block all cookies.

• Microsoft Edge: Settings > Privacy, search, and services > Cookies and site permissions.

Please note that if you accept third-party cookies and later wish to delete them, you must do so from your browser options.

5. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS

The third-party cookies used on this website (specifically Google Analytics) belong to the entity Google Inc., based in the United States. Google adheres to the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, which guarantees that transferred data has a level of protection equivalent to the European standard regarding data protection.

6. INFORMATION RETENTION PERIODS

The data obtained through the use of cookies will be retained only for the time necessary to fulfill the purposes indicated for each of them, as detailed in the list in section 3. Subsequently, the information will be completely deleted or anonymized.

7. UPDATES AND CHANGES

The owner (independent professional) reserves the right to modify this Cookies Policy to adapt it to legislative developments, interpretations by the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD), or due to technical changes in the structure of the navegacostaballena.com website. Users are advised to review this section periodically.

8. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND EXERCISE OF RIGHTS

For more details on the processing of your personal data and how you can exercise your rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, or data portability, you can consult our Privacy Policy or contact the owner directly by sending an email to: info@navegacostaballena.com.