SINGULAR TRADEMARK S.L.U. COOKIES POLICY
COOKIES POLICY
Pursuant to Directive 2009/316/EC, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Law 3/2018 on Protection of Data (LOPDGDD), Law 34/2002 on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce (LSSI), and other applicable legislation, PONS IP, S.A. (hereinafter, “PONS IP”), operating under the brand SINGULAR TM, shall be responsible for the service and shall inform the User of the following Cookies Policy for the website operated under the domain www.singulartm.com (hereinafter, “the Website”).
1. WHAT COOKIES ARE AND HOW THEY WORK
Cookies are small informational text files that web pages can use to make the user’s experience and navigation more efficient. These cookies are installed on the computer of the person accessing the Website from any communication protocol (hereinafter, ‘the User’).
Under no circumstances, shall cookies be used for any purpose other than that stated in this Cookie Policy. The user also has the option of configuring their Internet browser to obtain a better knowledge and control of cookies, and even disable or deactivate them.
2. WHEN AND WHAT COOKIES ARE USED FOR
The Website uses cookies in its internal operating processes. These cookies enable the possibility of controlling the User’s navigation data in order to facilitate any subsequent communication. Under no circumstances, shall cookies be used to control the User’s access to or navigation of the Website for the purpose of analyzing their browsing or access habits or obtaining any type of personal information. No profiling is performed.
Specifically, the Website uses cookies (authentication and identification cookies) to identify the registered User who has contracted a service by PONS IP. These cookies allow said User to quickly access those contracted services when they end a session and start another one at a later time. These cookies are persistent cookies, and are not canceled unless the User decides to delete them.
3. AUTHORIZATION FOR THE USE OF COOKIES. WITHDRAWAL OF CONSENT
In accordance with the cookie notice that appears on the Website, and by simply navigating the Website, the User accepts the express consent to the use of cookies as described below, except when the browser configuration has modified to reject the use of cookies, as indicated above.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the User may withdraw their consent initially given, as well as exercise the rights of access, rectification, deletion, opposition, limitation of processing and portability of data, by sending an email to [email protected].
4. TYPES OF EXISTING COOKIES
Cookies are classified into different categories depending on several factors, which are explained below. However, the same cookie may be found in several categories:
| COOKIES RELATED TO THEIR DURATION | Session Cookies | They help the Website work by navigating the page and accessing its different sections. They are kept only for as long as the session remains active. |
|---|---|---|
| Persistent Cookies | They help recognize the User in order to facilitate navigation without having to log in or register again. As it is persistent, it shall remain in the User’s browser, and IT shall activate it each time they enter the Website. | |
| COOKIES RELATED TO THEIR ORIGIN | Proprietary Cookies | Those that are sent to the User’s device from the one managed by IT. |
| Third-Party Cookies | Browsing through the Website may lead to the User being offered links to other Websites, which may use their own cookies. | |
| COOKIES RELATED TO THEIR USAGE | Security Cookies | Security cookies help detect suspicious or fraudulent activity, and ensure and support the security and functionality of the Website. |
| Personalization or preference cookies | Preference cookies allow the website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or the way it looks, such as your preferred language or the region in which you are located. | |
| Analytical or statistical cookies | Analytical cookies, also known as performance or research cookies, determine the performance of the Website, and study the functionality of the services it offers. | |
| Advertising, behavioral advertising cookies | Marketing cookies are used to track website visitors. The purpose is to display ads that are ‘customized’ for the individual user and, therefore, more useful to publishers and third-party advertisers. |
5. TYPES OF COOKIES USED ON THE WEBSITE
As stated above, the Website uses cookies to facilitate and optimize the navigation of the User, as well as to authenticate or identify the User when accessing the requested services. In particular, the following are used:
5.1. PROPRIETARY COOKIES:
- Necessary Cookies: These are strictly necessary to facilitate your navigation in our Website, as well as to ensure that the content is efficiently uploaded to your device.
- Session cookies: As a User, you must accept this cookie to allow the service to operate from page to page. When you close your browser, the cookie shall be destroyed (in your browser and in the server).
- Identification cookies: This cookie is for your convenience as a User. It is limited to remember your User or Identification data within the browser, and, in case of requesting services, it remembers those you have requested. This means that when you return to the Website your name shall be automatically typed in the ‘user ID’ field; but if you want more security, do not use this option: You only need to type your name manually each time you want to enter.
5.2. THIRD-PARTY COOKIES
Please note that while navigating through the Website, the User may be offered a link to another website or to a social media application or website. Entities other than PONS IP that use cookies on the Website, as well as the purposes thereof, are described below by way of example:
- Social network cookies: These cookies are used so that the User can share content on social media such as LinkedIn or Twitter, or access the SINGULAR TM profile on the social network in question. As such, the fields of a registration form can be filled in directly with the data provided by users on these types of social platforms.
- Cookies for measuring traffic on Internet Portals: The Website’s owner uses Google Analytics and Hotjar cookies to collect statistical data on user activity on the website in question, thus being able to improve the services provided to users. These cookies allow for the analysis of user traffic by generating an anonymous user ID that is used to measure how many times a website is visited by a particular user. It also records when the website was first and last visited, when the user signed out, and the user’s territorial origin.
LIST OF COOKIES BY ISSUER
| Owner | Cookie | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| google.com | AEC | Cookie used to verify that the requests made during browsing come from the user and not from other websites. | 6 months |
| .google.com | __Secure-ENID | Google allows users to customise how ads are displayed or to store information about the preferred language when displaying search results. | 2 years |
| .google.com | OTZ | This cookie identifies the user’s preferences and collects (non-personal) data about preferences for advertising purposes. | 1 month |
| .singulartm.com | _ga_QSDZE1K2KG | Analytical cookie that is used to generate statistical data about how the user uses the Website. | 13 months |
| google.com | SOCS | Cookie used to store the user’s choice of cookies. | 13 months |
| singulartm.com | ln_or | Cookie used to guarantee that the content requested by the user is available immediately. | 1 day |
| singulartm.com | cookielawinfo-checkbox-non-necessary | Cookie used to remember the user’s consent for cookies categorised as “Non-necessary”. | 1 year |
| .singulartm.com | _gat_UA-48913615-5 | Analytical cookie used to perform statistical analyses on the use of the website, browsing paths and interactions on the website. | 1 day |
| .singulartm.com | _gid | Cookie used to identify and distinguish users, for analytical purposes. | 1 day |
| .singulartm.com | _gcl_au | Used by Google AdSense to experiment with advertising efficiency on websites that use their services. | 3 months |
| .singulartm.com | _ga | Cookie that distinguishes visitors for analytical purposes. | 14 months |
| .google.com | CONSENT | Cookie that stores a user’s consent regarding their choice of cookies. | 14 months |
| www.google.com | DV | They allow the number of users to be quantified and thus perform the measurement and statistical analysis of the use that users make of our services. | 1 day |
| .singulartm.com | pardot | Cookie that is set in your browser while you are connected to Pardot as a user or when a visitor accesses a form, a landing page, or a page with a Pardot tracking code. The cookie denotes an active session and is not used for tracking. | 1 year |
6. HOW CAN I CHANGE MY COOKIE SETTINGS OR DISABLE COOKIES?
When you visit our website for the first time, we will display a pop-up window that explains the cookies. As soon as you click “Accept”, you agree to our use of the cookie and plugin categories, as described in this Cookies Policy.
You can modify your cookie settings at any time here. This allows you to change your privacy preferences, enabling or disabling each type of cookie.
You can disable cookies and/or delete them through your browser settings. However, we must warn you that disabling some cookies may cause the connection between the Website and the user to slow down, or certain website functionalities may cease to be available.
The links below provide you with instructions on how to disable cookies in the main browsers:
7. MODIFICATIONS
SINGULAR TM may modify this Cookie Policy according to legal requirements or in order to adapt this policy to the instructions issued by the Spanish Data Protection Agency.
For this reason, Users are advised to visit it periodically. When significant changes are made to this Cookie Policy, they will be communicated to Users, either through the website or via e-mail to registered Users.
Latest version dated June 2023.