COOKIE POLICY
Updated on: 2 April 2025.
1. OWNERSHIP:
The website: www.bioinspiredmaterials.com (hereinafter, the “WEBSITE”), owned by BIOINSPIRED MATERIALS, S.L. (hereinafter “BIOM”) uses technology known as “cookies”.
2. READING THE COOKIE POLICY:
We recommend that you read this policy carefully to understand what cookies are and how they are used, the types of cookies used by the BIOM WEBSITE, what information is collected, what it is used for and how to manage your preferences regarding cookies.
Further information about BIOM is available in the Legal Notice on the website. You can also consult the information on the processing of the personal data we collect and your rights in our Privacy Policy.
3. DEFINITION AND FUNCTION OF COOKIES:
Cookies are small files that are sent by the browser and stored on the hard drive of the user’s computer through their browser when they connect and access a website. Cookies allow a website, among other things, to store and retrieve information about the browsing habits of a user or their computer and, depending on the information they contain and the way they are used by the computer, they can be used to recognise the user. Cookies may have a unique identifier, but they do not contain personally identifiable information, such as your name or email address.
4. CLASSIFICATION OF COOKIES:
Cookies can be classified according to different parameters:
- Depending on who manages them: There are first-party cookies (which are managed by the publisher and sent from the user’s terminal equipment from the computer or domain from which the service requested by the user is provided); and there are third-party cookies (which are managed by an entity other than the publisher and are generally sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer that is not managed by the publisher, but by another entity).
- Depending on their duration: There are session cookies (designed to collect and store data while the user visits a website. When the session ends, they are not stored on the user’s computer device); and there are persistent cookies (they remain installed on the user’s computer device and the information provided can be processed when the user leaves the website and when they reconnect).
- Depending on the purpose: There are technical cookies, personalisation cookies, analysis cookies, advertising cookies, behavioural advertising cookies, depending on the purpose for which the data obtained is processed.
Depending on their purpose, the following types of cookies can be defined:
- Technical cookies: these allow the user to browse the website or mobile application and use the various options or services available on it (access to the user profile, audio or video playback, filling in forms, managing orders or payments, etc.).
- Preference or personalisation cookies: these allow information to be remembered so that the user can access the service with some general characteristics predefined according to their preferences, which may differentiate their experience from that of other users (language, browser type, configuration, content design, geolocation).
- Analysis or measurement cookies: these allow the controller to monitor and analyse user behaviour and the website, and enable user activity to be measured and browsing profiles to be created in order to improve the functionality of the
- Advertising cookies: these allow the management of advertising spaces on the website and the statistical analysis of the performance of advertisements on a
- Behavioural advertising cookies: these allow the management of advertising spaces on the website based on the user’s behaviour and browsing habits, from which their profile is obtained, allowing the content displayed in the user’s browser to be personalised. They collect information about the user in order to send them advertising based on relevant topics and their interests.
The specific uses and purposes of BIOM’s use of cookies on the website are described below.
5. COOKIES USED ON THE WEBSITE AND PURPOSES:
The BIOM website uses technology known as cookies to enable users to access and view content properly and to access the website more quickly.
Cookies are also used to collect anonymous statistical information about the use of the website, which allows us to understand how the website is used and to identify personalisation preferences that make it easier for users to use the website. Cookies also allow us to track user activity, the number of visits to the website and the time spent on the website, and to analyse user preferences and browsing behaviour.
No personal data about the user is collected or processed through the website’s cookies.
6. OWNERSHIP OF COOKIES:
The BIOM website uses the following own and third-party cookies:
Own cookies:
| NAME | PURPOSE | DURATION |
| PHPSESSID | It is used to store a user’s session ID in the browser and identify them during their visit to the website, so that the server can “remember” the user between the different pages they visit. It does not store personal information. | Session |
| 3-50-cookie-23 | This is a technical cookie that ensures the proper functioning of the website. | 1 month |
| 3-50-HASH | This is a technical cookie that ensures the proper functioning of the website. | Persistent |
Third-party cookies:
| NAME | OWNER | PURPOSE | DURATION |
| _ga. | Google Analytics | Used to record a unique anonymous identifier that is used to generate statistical data about how visitors use the website and to count and track pages visited. |
2 years |
| _gid. | Google Analytics | Used to record a unique anonymous identifier that is used to generate statistical data about how visitors use the website. | 3 hours |
| _gat | Google Analytics | Used to distinguish users. | 2 hours |
| gtm_auth | Google Tag Manager | Used to tag interactions and events. | Session |
| gtm_preview | Google Tag Manager | Used to tag interactions and events | Session |
| gtm_debug | Google Tag Manager | Used to tag interactions and events | Session |
| _fbp | Allows the user to share content on Facebook | 3 months | |
| atuvs | Addthis | Used to set up social bookmarks on Facebook, Twitter and Google+ for sharing content. | 1 month |
| atuvc | Addthis | Used to set up social bookmarks for Facebook, Twitter and Google+ to share content. | 1 month |
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Doubleclick.net | Used to improve advertising and target advertising based on content that is relevant to a user, improve advertising campaign performance reports, and avoid showing ads that the user has already seen. |
1 year |
Cookies are activated each time a new user accesses the website or if the browser’s cookies have been deleted.
Likewise, if you would like more information about the purpose and scope of data processing by the Facebook social network, as well as your options for protecting your privacy, please consult the privacy policy on the corresponding social network website. For your convenience, below is a link to Facebook’s cookie policy: https://www.facebook.com/policies/cookies/
7. COOKIE SETTINGS ACCORDING TO THE BROWSER:
Users have the option to allow, block or delete cookies installed on their computer by configuring the options of their browser. By disabling cookies, some services or features may no longer be available, especially in the case of technical cookies.
The way to disable cookies is different in each browser, although they can usually be configured from the “tools” or “options” menu. Users can also consult the browser’s “Help” menu for further instructions. Users can choose which cookies they want to work on the website at any time.
Below, users can access links where they will find information on how to configure and manage cookies in the main browsers:
Internet Explorer Safari
8. COOKIE CONSENT AND WEBSITE FUNCTIONING:
Users may revoke their consent to the use of cookies at any time. To do so, they must disable cookies on the WEBSITE by going to: “Configure cookies” or following the instructions in the previous section depending on the browser they use.
Withdrawing consent and, therefore, deactivating cookies may prevent certain features and services on the website from functioning properly.
9. UPDATES AND MODIFICATIONS:
BIOM may modify or update the operation of cookies, as well as the information about them contained on the WEBSITE, when necessary due to operational requirements or to adapt to guidelines issued by the competent authorities in this area. For this reason, we recommend that you review this Cookie Policy periodically. Likewise, when significant changes are made to the Cookie Policy, BIOM will promptly communicate this on the WEBSITE.
Para más información sobre como tratamos sus datos personales, tiene a su disposición la Política de Privacidad.