This Cookie Policy is part of the General Conditions and the Privacy Policy. The access and navigation on the Website, or the use of its services, implies acceptance of the General Conditions (and therefore of the Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy). Please read them carefully.

We are happy to have you here visiting us. In order for you to have the best experience possible in our website we have put together this Cookie Policy, trying to make it simple and transparent.

Definition of cookies

Cookies are files that contain small amounts of information that are downloaded to the user’s computer when visiting a website. Their main purpose is to recognize the user each time he/she accesses, and they also allow us to improve the quality and usability of our website. Cookies are essential for the correct functioning of the Internet; they cannot damage the user’s equipment or device and, if they are activated in the configuration of your browser, they help us identify and resolve possible operating errors on www.hc-technologies.com.

Types of cookies used in this website

There are different types of cookies. They all work in the same way, but they have small differences:

1) Session cookies: session cookies are designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page and are deleted when you close the browser. Their main purpose is to identify the type of device, support the website’s security, or its basic functionality. They do not contain personal information that allows us to identify a person.

2) Persistent or Permanent Cookies: they are stored in the device’s hard drive and our web reads them every time you visit; they have an expiration date, after which the cookie stops working. They allow us to identify your actions and preferences, analyze visits, help us understand how users reach our page, and improve our services.

3) Functionality Cookies: they enable remembering choices made by the user, such as his login or identifier. The information these cookies collect become anonymous (that is, it does not save your name, address, or other information).

4) Third Party Cookies: third-party cookies are the cookies installed by a website that is not the one you are visiting; for example, those used by social networks (such as Facebook) or by external content supplements (such as Google Maps). In addition, some advertising companies use these types of files to track your visits at each site where they are advertised.

5) Analytical Cookies: they are cookies that are intended for periodic maintenance and ensure the best operation and service to the user; collecting data of your activity.

How cookies are used by HC Technologies

By accessing www.hc-technologies.com, you expressly agree that we can use these types of cookies on your devices. If you deactivate the cookies, your navigation may not be optimal and some of the utilities available may not work correctly.

1) Own cookies

In order to recognize you and give you a better service, our site uses its own cookies (small text files that your browser stores). The advantages of accepting our cookies translates into time saving. They can also be used to recognize you in further visits and thus adapt the content that is shown to you, obtain information about the date and time of your last visit, measure some traffic parameters within the site, and estimate the number of visits made so that we can focus and adjust services and promotions more effectively.

No cookie allows us to contact you through your phone number, your email address, or any other means. No cookie can extract information from your hard drive or steal personal information.

2) Google Analytics cookies

The site uses the Google Analytics service, which is provided by Google, Inc., entity whose main office is at 1600 Amphitheater Parkway, Mountain View (California), CA 94043, United States (“Google”).

Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the site (including your IP address) will be directly transmitted and filled by Google on its servers in the United States. Google will use this information on our behalf in order to keep track of your use of the site, compiling reports on the activity of the site and providing other services related to the activity of the site and the use of the Internet. Google may forward such information to third parties when required by law, or when such third parties process the information on behalf of Google. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

If you wish you can reject the processing of data or information by rejecting the use of cookies selecting the appropriate configuration of your browser. However, if you do, you may not be able to use the full functionality of this site. By using this site you consent to the processing of your information by Google in the manner and for the purposes indicated above.

(i) Google Analytics: information about web traffic and page sessions web http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
(ii) GA Audiences: information about web traffic and page sessions web http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/
(iii) DoubleClick: Information about web traffic and page sessions webhttp://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/

Configuration that you can implement to avoid cookies

In compliance with current legal regulations, Hercal Acustec S.L. (HC Technologies) puts at your service information that allows you to configure your Internet browser to maintain your privacy and security in relation to cookies. Therefore, we provide you with information and links to the official support sites of the main browsers so that you can decide whether or not to accept the use of cookies.

Thus, you can block cookies through the browser’s configuration tools or you can configure your browser to notify you when a server wants to save a cookie:

- Microsoft Internet Explorer: if you use Microsoft Internet Explorer, in the menu option Tools> Internet Options> Privacy> Configuration.
To know more visit: http://windows.microsoft.com/es-es/windows-vista/block-or-allow-cookies y http://windows.microsoft.com/es-es/windows7/how-to-manage-cookies-in-internet-explorer-9.

- Firefox: if you use Firefox, in the menu option Tools> Options> Privacy> Cookies.
To learn more visit http://support.mozilla.org/es/products/firefox/privacy-and-security

- Chrome: if you use Chrome, in the Options> Advanced options> Privacy section.
Find out more http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=es&answer=95647

- Opera: if you use Opera, in the Security and Privacy option, you can configure the browser.
To learn more visithttp://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/


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