Cookies policy

1. What are cookies?

A cookie is a small file that is stored on your computer, mobile, tablet or any other similar device when accessing certain web pages, application or platform with information about your navigation.

Cookies are currently essential for the functioning of the Internet, providing countless advantages in the provision of interactive services, facilitating navigation and usability.

Cookies help tailor websites, applications or platforms to the user’s personal needs.

Cookies cannot harm your computer. On the other hand, the fact that they are activated can help to identify and resolve errors, as well as to improve the user’s navigability.

Cookies allow sites to store and retrieve information about the browsing preferences of a user or their computer, among other benefits.

This website uses cookies and/or similar technologies that store and retrieve information when you browse. In general, these technologies can be used for a variety of purposes such as recognizing you as a user, obtaining information about your browsing habits, or customizing the way content is displayed.

The specific uses we make of these technologies are described below.

2. What cookies do we use?

The FGD uses the following cookies, own and third party, to store user preferences in order to improve the quality of its services, ensure the technical operation of the web portal, measure the audience of the website and improve its content and information services:

1) Essential cookies (own): are those strictly necessary for the user to access and navigate the FGD website. They allow the user to navigate through a web page, platform or application and the use of the different options or services that exist in it, including those that are used to allow the management and operation of the website and enable its functions and services, such as, for example, control traffic and data communication, identify the session, access parts of restricted access, make the application for registration or participation in an event, count visits for the purpose of billing licenses of the software with which the service works (website, platform or application), use security features during navigation, store content for broadcasting videos or sound, enable dynamic content (for example, animation of loading a text or image) or share content through social networks.

2) Preferences cookies (own or third party): are those that, treated by the FGD or third parties, allow us to remember information for the user to access the service with certain characteristics that can differentiate your experience from that of other users. For example, the language, the number of results to be displayed when the user performs a search, the appearance or content of the service depending on the type of browser used or the region from which the user accesses the service, etc.

3) Analytics cookies (third party): are those that are treated by third parties allow us to monitor and analyze the behavior of users of the websites to which they are linked.

The information collected through these types of cookies is used to measure the activity of the websites, application or platform, in order to make improvements to the products or services offered based on the analysis of the usage data of the users of the service, and requires the informed consent of the user.

In addition, this website contains links and content of third party websites that may contain cookies outside the FGD. By viewing and accessing these links or content, the user accepts the cookies installed by third parties and their privacy and cookie policies. If you wish to know the conditions of privacy and use of third-party cookies used by the FGD (Vimeo, Matomo and Google) you can do so through the following addresses:

Finally, both the contact mailbox on the FGD website and the access to the “FGD-Payment to Depositors” website for any payment events are protected by reCAPTCHA, a Google system that makes it possible to identify whether these forms come from individuals or robots, in order to prevent the mass receipt of requests. For this purpose, Google processes the personal data of the users making the request.

3. How long are cookies kept?

The FGD uses session cookies and persistent cookies.

Session cookies are cookies designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page. They are usually used to store information that is only of interest to keep for the provision of the service requested by the user in a single session and disappear at the end of the session. For example, the language selection of the FGD web page is kept only during the user’s browsing session.

Persistent cookies are those in which the data remain stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the party responsible for the cookie, which can range from a few minutes to several years. This type of information, obtained through cookies, will not be communicated to third parties or used for unsolicited communications.

4. How can our users manage the cookies we use?

Users of this website can manage cookies and, therefore, accept them, reject them (except for technical ones) or configure them according to their preferences in the cookie settings panel.

If the user rejects the installation of some cookies, it is possible that he/she may not be able to access some of the sections of our website that depend on third-party resources that necessarily need cookies to operate.

The web portal has no control over the websites displayed as a result of your search, links or access from our directory. These other websites may place their own cookies or solicit personal information from you.

5. How can our users disable cookies in the main browsers?

It is usually possible to stop accepting browser cookies, or to stop accepting cookies from a particular service.

All modern browsers allow you to change your cookie settings.

These settings are usually found in the ‘Options’ or ‘Preferences’ menu of your browser.

Although it may vary slightly from one browser version to another, the cookie policy settings for the most commonly used browsers are as follows:

  • Internet Explorer: Tools -> Internet Options -> Privacy -> Settings.
  • Firefox: Preferences -> Privacy and Security
  • Chrome: Preferences -> Settings -> Show advanced options -> Privacy and Security.
  • Safari: Preferences -> Privacy.
  • Opera: Settings -> Privacy and Security.

For more information, you can consult the support or help of your browser or through the following links: Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera.

Many browsers allow you to activate a private mode whereby cookies are always deleted after your visit. Depending on each browser, this private mode may have different names. Below is a list of the most common browsers and the different names of this “private mode”:

  • Internet Explorer 8 and above – Private Browsing
  • Safari 2 and above – Private Browsing
  • Opera 10.5 and above – Private Browsing
  • FireFox 3.5 and above – Private Browsing
  • Google Chrome 10 and above – Incognito

6. Are there any international transfers of your data?

The FGD does not carry out international transfers of processed data.

As for third party cookies, you can find out about transfers to third countries, if any, made by third parties identified in this cookie policy in their corresponding policies (see the links provided above).

7. Is a profile of users’ browsing and are automated decisions made that may legally or significantly affect users?

We inform you that the FGD does not elaborate browsing profiles nor does it make automated decisions that may legally or significantly affect you.

8. Is there any processing of sensitive data?

Please be advised that the FGD does not process sensitive data.

9. More information about cookies and your rights

For more information about cookies and your rights as a user you can consult the Guide on the use of cookies developed by the Spanish Data Protection Agency.