Cookies policy - English-Spanish False Friends Dictionary

False Friends English-Spanish Dictionary cookies policy

Hello! Just like other websites, we would like to inform you that we also collect information by using our own and third-party cookies.

Should you have any doubts about this, please contact the person in charge of processing the data collected through our website: https://www.falsefriends.org/contact. You will receive a reply as soon as possible.

Why do we use cookies?

We do it to comply with the following piece of legislation: Act 34/2002, of 11 July, on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce.

We are therefore informing you about the use of cookies on the English-Spanish False Friends Dictionary website and application which help us to facilitate and improve browsing, remembering what you visited on the website, preferences and view configurations, and to offer individual users information that may be of interest.

Please find below some relevant technical information:

What is a cookie? A cookie is a small file sent by the website server to the browser of the connected terminal equipment (computer, smartphone, tablet, etc.) with the objective of storing information on user browsing from such device which can subsequently be recovered.
What are the different types of cookies? There are different categories of cookies, but the same cookie can be included in more than one category:
1. Types of cookies depending on the controller: the following cookies are used depending on who is controlling the computer or domain from which the cookies are sent and processing the data obtained:
  1. Own cookies: these are cookies sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain controlled by the website owner/publisher and which provides the service requested by the user.
  2. Third-party cookies: these are cookies sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain controlled not by the website owner/publisher but by another company that processes the information obtained through the cookies.
    Cookies installed from a computer or domain controlled by the website owner/publisher but from which the information collected is controlled by a third party shall be considered third-party cookies.
2. Types of cookies depending on how long they remain active for:
  1. Session cookies: these are cookies designed to collect and store information while a user is accessing a web page. They tend to be used to collect information to be stored only to provide the service requested by the user on a single occasion.
  2. Persistent cookies: with these cookies, data continue to be stored on the device and can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the cookie owner which can range from several minutes to several years.
3. Types of cookies depending on the purpose: the following cookies are used depending on what the data obtained through the cookies are being used for:
  1. Technical cookies: these are cookies that enable users to browse a web page, platform or application and use the different options or services available therein. Among other things, they are used for controlling data traffic and communication, session identification, accessing restricted access parts, recalling the elements that make up an order, carrying out a purchase order process, making a request to register or participate in an event, using security elements whilst browsing, storing content for the broadcasting of videos or sound and sharing content via social networks.
  2. Personalisation cookies: these enable users to access the service with some general predefined characteristics based on a series of criteria on the user’s device, such as language, type of browser used to access the service, regional configuration used to access the service, etc.
  3. Analytics cookies: these enable website owners to track and analyse user behaviour on websites. The information collected through these cookies is used to measure the activity of the websites, application or platform and to create browser profiles for the users of such websites, applications and platforms with a view to making improvements based on user data analysis.
  4. Advertising cookies: these allow for the most effective management of advertising spaces that publishers may have inserted on a web page, application or platform providing the requested service based on criteria such as edited content or advertising frequency.
    Advertising cookies include behavioural advertising cookies, which allow for the most effective management of advertising spaces that publishers may have inserted on a web page, application or platform providing the requested service. These cookies store information on user behaviour obtained through the continued observation of browsing habits, making it possible to develop a specific profile to show targeted advertising.

What cookies do we use on our website?

Technical and functional
Analytics

Can you deactivate and/or block the cookies?

Of course. When you access the website, the cookies will be installed only if you consent to what is outlined in the first layer of information.

You should also recall that, as a user, you can manage the use of cookies at any time through the browser installed on your device. The following links provide information about which cookies users have installed on their browsers, allowing them to install, block or delete cookies from their device:

Chrome, from here
Explorer, from here
Firefox, from here
Safari, from here
Opera, from here

We would also like to inform you that there are third-party tools available online, such as uBlock Origin, which will enable you to detect the cookies on each website you visit and deactivate them.

Web browsers are the tools used to store cookies. As a user, you can exercise your right to delete them from your browser or deactivate them.

Please note that www.falsefriends.org and its legal representative cannot guarantee the correct or incorrect use of cookies by the aforementioned browsers.

In some cases, it is necessary to install cookies so that browsers do not forget the user’s decision not to accept them.

Purpose of personal data processing

Please refer to the information contained in the cookies table on the website.

Retention period

The information obtained through the cookies is stored for a period of two years.

Legitimate interest

Your data are processed on the legal basis of freely given, specific, informed and unambiguous consent.

Recipients

The data obtained through the use of cookies are not transferred to any third party unrelated to the False Friends English-Spanish Dictionary unless there is a legal obligation to do so or your consent is expressly requested.

Nevertheless, because of the use of plugins and third-party tools on the website, data may be disclosed to the third parties set out in the cookies table on the website.

Rights

As an individual, you may exercise the following rights:

Right of ACCESS to your personal data.
Right to request the CORRECTION of incorrect data.
Right to request the ERASURE of your data when such data are no longer necessary for the purpose for which they were collected, among other things.
In certain circumstances, you may request the RESTRICTION OF PROCESSING of your data, in which case we will store them only for the exercise or defence of legal claims.
In certain circumstances and for reasons related to your specific circumstances, you may exercise your right to OBJECT TO the processing of your data. We will no longer process your data, except on compelling legitimate grounds, or for the exercise or defence of possible legal claims.
In certain circumstances and for reasons related to your specific circumstances, you may exercise your right to data PORTABILITY. This right is supplementary to the right of access, as it gives individuals the right to obtain data that they have provided in a structured, commonly used and machine readable format so that it can be sent directly to another controller upon the request of the individual.

You may exercise the aforementioned rights upon request by any means that leaves a record of sending and receipt, setting out clearly your wish to do so and, where appropriate, attaching a copy of your identity document and/or any other proof of identity and sending it to the e-mail address provided above or the postal address of the person responsible for processing the data, also indicated above.

Furthermore, should you consider that any of your rights as an individual has been breached, you may lodge a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD), at C/ Jorge Juan, 6, 28001 Madrid, Agencia Española de Protección de Datos or via the AEPD website.

Accepting cookies

After the whole technical and legal description above, here comes the important part: will you accept cookies from www.falsefriends.org?

When you first access our website, you will see a window informing you about the use of cookies and where you can consult our cookie policy.

If you agree to the use of cookies, continue browsing or click on the link; in this way, you will be deemed to have consented to our cookie policy and therefore to the installation of cookies on your computer or device.

Remember, if you wish, you can change the cookies configuration at any time by configuring your browser to accept or reject cookies that you receive or to notify you when a server wants to save a cookie.

What happens if you don’t accept the cookies?

Unfortunately, if you block or don’t accept the cookies, some services may not be available or you might not be able to access certain services or take full advantage of everything our website has to offer.

Before you go!

The False Friends English-Spanish Dictionary would appreciate it if you accept cookies, as this helps us to obtain more precise data to improve the content and design of our website and also adapt it to your preferences.