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  1. Introduction

Our website, https://www.foment.com/es/ (hereinafter: “the website”) uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience, all such technologies are referred to as “cookies”).
Below, we provide the relevant information regarding the use of cookies employed on this website, in accordance with the provisions of Law 34/2002, of July 11, on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 27, 2016, Organic Law 3/2018, of December 5, on the Protection of Personal Data and guarantee of digital rights, as well as the guidelines issued by the European Data Protection Board (EDPB).

2. What are cookies?

A cookie is a small file that is sent along with the pages of this website and that your browser stores on the hard drive of your computer or other device. The information stored may be returned to our servers or to the servers of relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.

3. What are scripts?

A script is a piece of program code used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed either on our server or on your device.

4. What is a web beacon?

A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small and invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on the website. To do this, various data about you is stored by these web beacons.

  1. Cookies

5.1 Types of cookies according to the entity that manages them

a) First-party cookies

These are cookies for which the website editor is responsible and that are generally sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by the editor itself and from which the service requested by the user is provided.

b) Third-party cookies

These are cookies managed by an entity other than the website editor and that are generally sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain that is not managed by the editor, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.

5.2 Types of cookies according to their purpose

a) Technical or functional cookies

These are cookies that allow the user to navigate through a website, platform, or application and to use the different options or services that exist on it, including those used by the editor to allow the management and operation of the website and to enable its functions and services. These cookies may be activated without the user’s consent.

b) Preference or personalization cookies

These cookies allow information to be remembered so that the user accesses the service with certain features that can differentiate their experience from that of other users, such as the language, the number of results to display when the user performs a search, the appearance or content of the service depending on the type of browser through which the user accesses the service, or the region from which they access the service, etc.

c) Analysis or measurement cookies

These cookies allow the party responsible for them to monitor and analyze the behavior of users of the websites to which they are linked, including the quantification of the impacts of advertisements. The information collected through this type of cookie is used to measure the activity of websites, applications, or platforms in order to introduce improvements based on the analysis of the usage data of the service users.

d) Behavioral advertising cookies

These are cookies that store information on users’ behavior obtained through continuous observation of their browsing habits, which allows a specific profile to be developed to display advertising based on it.

5.3 Social media

On our website, we have included content to promote web pages (e.g., “Like,” “Pin”) or share (e.g., “Tweet”) on social media. This content is embedded with code derived from third parties and stores cookies. This content may process certain information for personalized advertising purposes.

Please read the privacy policy of these social networks (which may change frequently) to understand what they do with your (personal) data they process using these cookies. The data they receive is anonymized as much as possible.

6. Cookies used on our website

  1. Consent

When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up window with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click on “Save preferences,” you consent to our use of the categories of cookies and plugins you selected in the pop-up, as described in this cookie policy. You can disable the use of cookies through your browser, but please note that our website may no longer function properly.

7.1 Manage your consent settings

  1. Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies

You can use your Internet browser to delete cookies automatically or manually. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change your Internet browser settings so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to the instructions in the “Help” section of your browser. Below, we include links to the configuration information of the most common browsers:

Please note that our website may not function properly if all cookies are disabled. If you delete cookies from your browser, they will be reinstalled after your consent when you revisit our websites.

9. Your rights regarding personal data

For information on how we process your personal data and to exercise your rights recognized by applicable regulations, please visit our “Privacy Policy.”

Regarding the retention period of personal data obtained through the cookies used by this website, we inform you that you can obtain such information through the drop-down panel inserted in section “6. Cookies used on our website” of this Policy.

10. Modifications / updates

This Cookie Policy may be modified/updated according to legal requirements or changes made to the portal. Therefore, we recommend that you periodically visit our Cookie Policy. Likewise, if you have any questions about this Policy, you may request additional information from the Website Owner by email at: rgpd@foment.com.

LAST UPDATED: Barcelona, March 2025.

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