What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files received by the terminal from the website visited and are used to record certain browsing interactions on a website by storing data that can be updated and recovered. These files are stored on the user's computer and contain anonymous data which are not harmful to the system. They are used to remember user preferences, such as the selected language, access details or page personalisation.
Cookies can also be used to record anonymous information about how a visitor uses a site. For example, via which webpage a user has arrived or if an advertising banner was used.
Why does Santa Cecília of Montserrat use cookies?
We use those cookies that are strictly essential for you to use our Website and browse freely, use secure areas, personalised options, etc. We also use cookies to gather data for analysis of website use. These are used to enhance the user service, measuring the use and performance of the page to optimise and personalise it.
Our websites may also have links to social networks such as Facebook or Twitter. Museum of Montserrat has no control of the cookies used by these external websites. For further details on social network cookies or those of unrelated websites, we recommend reviewing their own cookie policies.
Types of cookies
• According to the entity that manages:
Own Cookies
Own cookies are those generated by the page you're visiting.
Third party Cookies
Third party cookies are those generated by external services or providers such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc..
• According to their purpose:
Technical Cookies
Technical cookies are essential and strictly necessary for the web portal to operate correctly and to use the various options and services it offers.
For example, those that maintain the sessions, management of response times, performance or validation of options, the use of security elements, sharing contents with social networks, etc.
Personalisation Cookies
These cookies enable the user to specify or personalise various characteristics of the general options of the webpage, for example, defining the language, regional configuration or type of browser.
Analytical Cookies
Analytical cookies are used by our web portals to create browsing profiles and discover user preferences so as to enhance the offering of products and services.
For example, an analytical cookie controls the geographic areas the user is most interested in, their favourite products, etc.
Advertisement / Advertising Cookies
Advertisement cookies help to manage advertising spaces based on specific criteria.For example, visiting frequency, edited content, etc.
Advertising cookies, via advert management, make it possible to store information on behaviour by observing habits, studying visits and creating a profile of user preferences to offer them advertising in keeping with the interests.
• According to duration:
Session Cookies
Session cookies are those that exist the time the user is browsing the webpage and are deleted at the end.
Persistent Cookies
These cookies are stored on the user's terminal for a longer period, simplifying the control of the preferences chosen without having to repeat certain parameters on every visit to the website.
Identification of cookies on this site
Cookies used on this site can be treated by us and by third parties which are listed below, with whom we have contracted to provide services for which the use of cookies is required:
-Analytics
-Youtube
-Vimeo
How to disable or delete cookies?
To comply with the law, we must ask for your permission to manage the cookies. Should you decide not to authorise the processing by expressing your disagreement, we will only use the technical cookies, as they are essential for browsing our website.In this case, we will not store any cookies. If you continue to browse our website without withholding your authorisation, this implies acceptance of their use.
Please bear in mind that if you reject or delete the browsing cookies on the Museum of Montserrat's website we cannot store your preferences, some characteristics of the pages will not be operational, we cannot offer you personalised services and every time you browse our website we will have to ask you again for your authorisation to use cookies.
If you still decide to modify the configuration of your access to the webpage, you should know that it is possible to delete the cookies or prevent this information being recorded on your system at any time by modifying the configuration parameters of your browser:
Configuration of Internet Explorer cookies
Configuration of Firefox cookies
Configuration of Google Chrome cookies
Configuration of Safari cookies
These browsers are subject to upgrades or modifications so we cannot guarantee they will adapt fully to your browser version. To avoid this, you can directly access your browser options which are usually to be found in the Options menu, in the "privacy" section. (Please see the help section of your browser for further details).
What does it mean to accept cookies?
If you accept our cookies, we can improve the websites of the Museum of Montserrat to offer you optimal access and a more efficient, personalised service.
And you can configure your browser to establish that only trusted websites or the pages being browsed at the time can manage cookies, enabling you to select your preferences.
By publishing this policy, Museum of Montserrat demonstrates its commitment to current law on the use of cookies, providing you with information so you can understand what type of cookies we use and why we do so. In this way, we aim to act transparently as regards the data processed in browsing our website from your system.
This policy is regularly reviewed to ensure it is up to date, and is therefore subject to modifications. We recommend you visit this page regularly and we will inform you of any related update.