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Cookie Policy

The General Access Point, administracion.gob.es, informs about the use of cookies on its web pages.

Cookies are files that can be downloaded to your computer through the web pages. They are tools that play an essential role in the provision of numerous services of the information society. Among others, they allow a website to store and retrieve information about the browsing habits of a user or his equipment and, depending on the information obtained, they can be used to recognize the user and improve the service offered.

Types of cookies

Depending on the entity that manages the domain from which the cookies are sent and processes the data obtained, two types can be distinguished: first-party cookies and third-party cookies.

There is also a second classification according to the length of time they remain stored in the client’s browser, which may be session cookies or persistent cookies.

Finally, there is another classification with five types of cookies according to the purpose for which the data obtained are processed: technical cookies, personalization cookies, analysis cookies, advertising cookies and behavioral advertising cookies.

For more information in this regard you can consult the Guide on the use of cookies by the Spanish Data Protection Agency.

Cookies used in the web portal

The following identifies the cookies that are being used in this portal as well as their typology and function:

The website administracion.gob.es uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service developed by Google, which allows the measurement and analysis of navigation on web pages. In your browser you can see 4 cookies of this service. According to the above typology, these are their own cookies, session cookies and analysis cookies. You can find more information about this and disable the use of these cookies at: www.google.es/intl/es/analytics/privacyoverview.html.

Through web analytics, information is obtained regarding the number of users accessing the website, the number of pages viewed, the frequency and repetition of visits, their duration, the browser used, the operator providing the service, the language, the terminal you use, or the city to which your IP address is assigned. Information that allows a better and more appropriate service by this portal.

Other cookies that are used are:

  • User information cookie USER_SESSION. This cookie stores information relating to the user registered on the portal. It is stored encoded in Base64 and associated with the domain of the portal. The information it stores is as follows:
    • User identifier
    • Name and surname
    • Roles of the user
  • LANGUAGE_SESSION language setting cookie. Esta cookie almacena información relativa al idioma de navegación seleccionado por el usuario. It is also stored associated with the domain even though it is not encoded in Base64. The possible values are:
    • is
    • ca
    • GL
    • EU
    • at

Acceptance of the cookie policy

administracion.gob.es assumes that you accept the use of cookies.

However, you can access the information on the Cookie Policy at the bottom of all our pages.

How to change the cookie settings

You can restrict, block or delete cookies from the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism or any other website, using your browser. In each browser the operation is different, the 'Help' function will show you how to do it.