What are cookies?
Cookies are small files that are installed on the hard drive or browser of a computer, tablet, smartphone, or equivalent device with internet browsing capabilities. Among other purposes, they help personalize the services of the website owner, facilitate navigation and usability, collect aggregated information about site visitors, enable multimedia content playback and display, provide user interaction elements with the site, and enable security features.
Definitions used in this cookie policy
Web usability: defined as the experience a user has while browsing and interacting with a website.
Aggregated information: non-identifiable information, typically numerical and used for statistical purposes.
End device: the device (computer, smartphone, tablet, etc.) used by the user to browse the internet.
Publisher: the owner or operator of the website.
Third party: an external entity, collaborator, service provider, or entity associated with the publisher that participates in managing some cookies.
Cookie controller: the publisher, owner, or operator of the website, or a third party in some cases.
Browsing habits: user tendencies when navigating a website, such as time spent on the site, sections visited, most frequent pages, origin or destination of the visit, among others.
What types of cookies exist?
According to the entity managing them:
- First-party cookies: those sent to the user’s device from a server or domain managed by the publisher and used to provide the service requested by the user.
- Third-party cookies: those sent to the user’s device from a server or domain not managed by the publisher, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through cookies.
- According to the duration they remain active on the device:
- Session cookies: designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a website.
- Persistent cookies: data remains stored on the device and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the cookie controller, which may range from a few minutes to several years.
According to the purpose of the data collected through cookies:
- Technical cookies: allow navigation and the use of different options or services on a website, such as traffic control, session identification, access to restricted areas, remembering items in a shopping cart, completing a purchase process, registering or participating in events, using security elements, storing content for video or audio playback, or sharing content on social media.
- Personalization cookies: enable access to the service with predefined features based on criteria in the user’s device, such as language, browser type, regional settings, etc.
- Analytics cookies: allow monitoring and analyzing user behavior on linked websites. Information collected is used to measure website activity, build user browsing profiles, and improve services based on usage data.
- Advertising cookies: manage, in the most efficient way possible, advertising spaces that the publisher may have included on a website, application, or platform based on content or ad display frequency.
- Behavioral advertising cookies: manage advertising spaces in the most efficient way based on stored user behavior information gathered through continuous observation of browsing habits, allowing a specific user profile to be developed to display ads accordingly.
What cookies does PHILOFAI use?
Only the PAIxxxID cookie, which stores the session to avoid requiring repeated logins within the same browser session. It uses a unique “ID” that stores the current session identifier and lasts for one week.
How to disable cookies?
Blocking or disabling all cookies helps protect privacy but may limit your experience on some websites and could restrict functionality or even prevent proper browsing or use of certain services. If you wish to learn how to disable cookies in the most popular web browsers, access the following tutorials:
If you have any questions or concerns about this cookie policy, you may contact PHILOFAI at frontdesk@philofai.org