In accordance with Spanish regulations governing the use of cookies in relation to the provision of electronic communications services, we hereby inform you about the cookies used on the website of Telefónica Factoring España clientestfe.telefonicafactoring.com (hereinafter, the Website) and the reason for their use. Telefónica Factoring España also informs the users of the website about the uses to which it puts the personal data collected on the website, so that they can decide, freely and voluntarily, whether they wish to provide the information requested.
What are cookies and what are they used for?
A cookie is a file that is downloaded onto your computer, tablet, smart phone or any other device when you access certain websites. Cookies allow the website, amongst other things, to store and recover information regarding a user’s browsing habits from his/her device and, depending on the information they contain and how they are used in the device, they may be used to recognise the user. In no event may cookies harm the user’s device. On the contrary, active cookies allow us to identify and resolve possible errors.
Cookie identification
Cookies are then classified according to a number of categories. However, it is necessary to bear in mind that the same cookie may be included in more than one category.
Types of cookies based on the entity that manages them:
Depending on who is the entity that manages the equipment or domain from which the cookies are sent and process the data obtained, we can distinguish:
- Proprietary cookies: Cookies that are sent to the user’s device from equipment or a domain managed by the editor itself, from which the service requested by the user is provided.
- Third-party cookies: Cookies that are sent to the user’s device from from equipment or a domain that is not managed by the editor, but by another entity that processes the data obtained the cookies. If the cookies are installed from equipment or a domain managed by the editor itself, but the information collected by the cookies is managed by third party, they may not be considered proprietary cookies.
Types of cookies based on the period during which they remain activated:
On the basis of the period during which they remain activated in the device, we can distinguish between:
- Session cookies: Type of cookie designed to collect and store data while the user accesses the website. They are usually used only to store to provide the service requested by the user on a one-time basis (e.g. a list of products acquired).
- Persistent cookies: Type of cookie where data remain stored in a terminal, and can be accessed and processed by the controller of the cookie during a defined period, which may range from several minutes to several years.
Types of cookies based on their purpose:
On the basis of the purpose for which the data obtained via the cookies are processed, we can distinguish between:
Cookies used on our Website include both proprietary and third-party cookies, and allow us to access information regarding language, type of browser used and other general characteristics predefined by the user, and to follow and analyse the user’s activity, in order to make improvements and provide our services in a more efficient and personalised manner. Telefónica Factoring España, S.A. does not use advertising or behavioural advertising cookies.
- Technical cookies: Cookies that allow the user to browse a website, platform or application and use the different options or services existing therein, such as, for example, to control data traffic and communications, identify the session, access parts of the website that are subject to restricted access, remember the elements comprising an order, go through the purchase process of an order, make a registration application or an application to participate in an event, use browsing safety elements, store content to broadcast videos or sound, or share content in social networks.
- Personalisation cookie: Cookies that allow the user to access the service with certain general predefined characteristics, based on a series of criteria in the user’s device such as, for example, language, type of browser through which the user accesses the service, regional configuration, etc.
- Analysis cookies: Cookies that allow the controller to follow and analyse users’ behaviour in the websites to which they are linked. The information collected by these kinds of cookies is used to measure activity in the website, application or platform, and to create browsing profiles for the users of such websites, applications or platforms, in order to make improvements based on the analysis of the data relating to the users’ use of the service.
- Advertising cookies: Cookies that allow the most effective management of advertising spaces included, as the case may be, by the editor in the website, application or platform from which the service is provided based on criteria such as edited content or advertisement frequency.
- Behavioural advertising cookies: Cookies that allow the most effective management of advertising spaces included, as the case may be, by the editor in the website, application or platform from which the service is provided. These cookies store information regarding users’ behaviour by means of an ongoing observation of their browsing habits, allowing to develop a specific profile and to show advertisements on the basis thereof.
Cookies used on our Website are proprietary cookies, and allow us to access information regarding language, type of browser used and other general characteristics predefined by the user. Telefónica Factoring España, S.A. does not use advertising or behavioural advertising cookies.
The use of cookies offers many advantages in providing Information Society services, as, inter-alia: (i) it facilitates browsing in the Website and access to the different services offered to the user; (ii) it avoids the need for the user to configure general predefined characteristics whenever he/she accesses Website; (iii) it fosters the improvement of the Website’s operation and services provided therein, after analysing the information obtained through the cookies.
At Telefónica Factoring España we do not collect or store your personal information in cookies (for example, your name or your IP address), and therefore this information cannot be used to identify you.
However, you may configure your browser to accept or reject all cookies, or select which cookies you admit and which do not, following one of the following procedures, depending on your browser:
In its Website, Telefónica Factoring España uses the following cookies:
Session cookies:
Session cookies are memorised and are only valid for a short time, i.e., until the user finishes browsing the website. These cookies do not permanently store any information in your computer’s hard drive.
| # |
cookie |
Tittleholder |
Duration |
Purpose |
Level |
| 1 |
ASP.NET_SessionId |
telefonicafactoring.com |
Expires with the session |
This technical cookie is a session identifier provided by the server. It is used to identify the user who has initiated a session in our Website, to offer the user any content required. |
Level 1 |
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Levels of intrusion associated to the cookies we use
The cookies mentioned above include “intrusion level” criteria, based on a scale of 1 to 3, where:
- Level 1: Corresponds to cookies for internal use which are indispensable to provide the service requested by the user.
- Level 2: Corresponds to anonymous cookies for internal use necessary to maintain content and browsing, and cookies managed by third parties within the framework of services expressly requested by the user in third-party websites (e.g. Facebook or Twitter social plug-ins, embedded videos, embedded maps).
- Level 3: Corresponds to cookies managed by third parties within the framework of services not expressly requested by the user, allowing to monitor the user through websites of which Telefónica S.A. is not the titleholder (e.g., graphic advertising management platforms). The specification of this level must mention the titleholder. The use of level 3 cookies is subject to the user’s prior authorisation, by express confirmation of acceptance.
Review
These lists will be updated as quickly as possible whenever there is a change in the services offered in the website. However, it may be that, during this update, the list occasionally fails to include a cookie, although it will always refer to cookies with identical purposes to those registered in these lists.