Cookie Policy

The Blas Cabrera Institute of Physical Chemistry (IQF) provides information on the use of cookies on its websites.

Cookies are files that can be downloaded to your computer via websites. They are tools that play an essential role in the provision of numerous information society services. Among other things, they allow a website to store and retrieve information about a user’s or their computer’s browsing habits and, depending on the information obtained, they can be used to recognise the user and improve the service offered.

Depending on which organisation 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 based on the length of time they remain stored in the user’s browser, which can be session cookies or persistent cookies.

Finally, there is another classification with five types of cookies depending on the purpose for which the data obtained is processed: technical cookies, personalisation cookies, analytics cookies, advertising cookies and behavioural advertising cookies.

Guide on the use of cookies by the Spanish Data Protection Agency.

For social media promotion, we use cookies from Twitter, Facebook and YouTube so that our visitors can follow us on these platforms; content from Twitter and YouTube is embedded on the homepage.

The following CSIC-specific cookies are used: _pk_ses111.6fed, _pk_id.111.6fed, has_js and cookie-agreed. Furthermore, cookies are used to maintain a user’s session status. This is set to 30 minutes from the moment the user stops interacting with the application. JSESSIONID, GUEST_LANGUAGE_ID and COOKIE_SUPPORT.

The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) assumes that you consent to the use of cookies. However, information regarding its Cookie Policy will be displayed at the top of every page on the website to ensure you are aware of it.

In light of this information, you may take the following actions:

• Accept cookies: if the user clicks the accept button, this notice will not be displayed again when accessing any page on the website.
• Review the cookie policy: The user may access this page, which details the use of cookies, as well as links to change browser settings.