Cookie policy

What are cookies?

A cookie is a file that is downloaded to the terminal with which you are browsing when you access our website. Cookies allow the website, among other things, to store and retrieve information about your visit and your browsing habits, and, depending on the information they contain and the way you use your terminal, they can be used to recognise the user; all in order to facilitate your next visit and make more efficient use of our website. Cookies play a very important role and help create a better browsing experience for the user.

For more information about cookies visit www.allaboutcookies.org.

Purpose of cookies

Cookies are used to gather information about the User's browsing habits in order to analyse how the User interacts with ignator.com, and so optimise the browsing experience.

Types of cookies

Cookies are classified according to a number of categories. However, it should be noted that one cookie may fit into more than one category.

1. Types of cookies, depending on the entity managing them:

Depending on the entity is that is managing the machine or domain from which the cookies are sent and which processes the data that are obtained, the following types may be identified:

Own Cookies: These are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain that is managed by the editor itself and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
Third-party Cookies: These are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain which is not managed by the editor, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.

If the cookies are installed from a machine or domain managed by the publisher itself but the information collected by them is managed by a third party, they cannot be considered own cookies.

2. Types of cookies according to the length of time they remain active

According to the length of time that cookies remain active on a computer, we can categorise them as follows:

Session Cookies: These are a type of cookie designed to collect and store data when a user is accessing a web page.
They are often used to store information that is only useful for the provision of a service requested by the user on a single occasion (e.g., the purchase of a product).
Persistent Cookies: These are cookies in which the data persists in the terminal and can be accessed and processed during a period defined by the person responsible for the cookie, which can range from a few minutes to several years.

Types of cookies according to their purpose

Depending on the purpose for which the data obtained via the cookies has been processed, we can categorise them as follows:

Technical cookies: These allow a user to navigate through a web page, platform or application and use the different options or services available, such as, for example, controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session and accessing restricted-access areas, remembering the elements that make up an order, carrying out the purchase process for an order, carrying out the application for registration or participation in an event, using security elements during browsing, storing content for the broadcast of videos or sound or sharing content through social networks.
Personalisation cookies: These allow the user to access the service with some predefined general characteristics based on a series of criteria in the user’s computer such as, for example, the language, the type of browser through which the service is accessed, and the regional settings through which the service is accessed, etc.
Analytical cookies: These cookies are used to monitor and analyse the behaviour of the users of websites on which they are linked. The information collected by this type of cookie is used to measure the activity of websites, applications or platforms and to create navigation profiles of the users of these sites, applications and platforms. This is done in order for improvements to be made relating to the analysis of the usage data from the users of the service.
Advertising cookies: These allow for the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising space that, where appropriate, the editor has included on a webpage, application, or platform from which it provides the requested service based on criteria such as edited content or the frequency at which ads are displayed.
Behavioural Advertising Cookies: These facilitate the most efficient management of any advertising space that the publisher has included on a website, application, or platform from which it provides the requested service. These cookies store information on user behaviour, obtained through the continuous observation of their browsing habits, which allows the development of a specific profile to display advertising accordingly.

Cookies used on the Ignator® website

The cookies in use, as well as their type and function, are identified below:

The Ignator website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service developed by Google, which allows website browsing to be measured and analysed. Cookies from this service can be observed on your terminal. According to the above typology, these are own cookies, session cookies and analytical cookies.

Web analytics provides information on the number of users accessing the website, the number of pages viewed, the frequency and repetition of visits, their duration, the browser used, the operator providing the service, the language, the terminal used and the city to which their IP address is assigned. Information that enables a better and more appropriate service from this site.

To ensure anonymity, Google will anonymise your information by truncating the IP address before storing it, so that Google Analytics is not used to locate or collect personally identifiable information on site visitors. Google may only send the information collected by Google Analytics to third parties when it is legally obliged to do so. In accordance with the Google Analytics terms of service, Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

The cookies we use are:

Analysis cookies (Google Analytics): These allow the monitoring and analysis of the User's behaviour in order to make improvements according to the use made by the User of the Website and the services. According to Google, Google Analytics is a free website analytics tool from Google that primarily allows website owners to understand how Users interact with their website. It also enables cookies on the domain of the site you are on and uses a set of cookies called "__utma" and "__utmz" to collect information anonymously and report website trends without identifying individual users.
Analysis cookies (Scorecardresearch): These allow User monitoring and analysis in order to add improvements according to how the User uses the Website and the services. They collect anonymous information about browsing habits.
Technical cookies: These allow the user to browse the website and use its various options or services.

In addition, we use Google Data Studio, a visualisation tool that does not install cookies or collect personal user data, which is launched via the web and does not require local applications, to present the data collected by Google Analytics in graphs.

Third Party cookies

The cookies we use are:

Analysis cookies (Google Analytics): Specifically, the cookies used are: _atuvc, _utmz, _utmb, _utma, _utmc.
More information on Google Analytics can be found at: Google: cookies usage
General cookies: the following cookies are used: AUTH_KEY, SECURE_AUTH_KEY, LOGGED_IN_KEY, NONCE_KEY
Temporary cookies: the following cookies are used: comment_author, comment_author_email, comment_author_url

Disabling cookies

Users may decline the use of cookies on their computer by configuring their browser settings, but this will result in a less satisfactory browsing experience, which may even be defective.

You can configure your browser to decline or accept cookies, or to automatically delete these cookies once you close your browser, computer or device. Cookies settings in browsers can be found as follows:

When you access this Website for the first time, without having cookies from this Website, you will see a window informing you of the use of cookies and where you can view "Cookies information.". By browsing this Website, you agree to this Cookies Policy.

In addition to the use of Ignator® cookies, we allow third parties on the website to set cookies and access them from your computer. The use of third-party cookies is subject to their own privacy policies, but not to the privacy policy of Ignator®.

If you do not want your session data to be collected by this website, please change the security and privacy options of your browser, as indicated at the beginning of section 5 of this cookies policy.