Cookie policy

This website, like most websites, uses cookies and local and session storage elements for various purposes.

Below you will find detailed information about what cookies are, why we use them on this website, what types of cookies we use, how you can disable them in your browser and how to specifically block the installation of third-party cookies.

1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that most websites or applications install on the user’s browser or device (computer, smartphone, tablet or connected television) while they are browsing the site’s pages or using the application. They enable the website to function and be displayed correctly, remember preferences (e.g. the language in which you wish to view the website), enable various features (e.g. sending a message via a contact form), collect statistical data (number of visits, duration of visit, day, time, etc.) or display specific advertising tailored to your preferences.

2. Cookies used on this website and their purposes

Wearelikeyou.org uses cookies and local and session storage elements.

Some of these files remain in the user’s browser or device only for the duration of their browsing session (session cookies), while others are automatically deleted after a certain period of time or remain until they are deleted by the user (persistent cookies).

Some of these files are installed on the user’s browser or device from the Wearelikeyou.org domain (first-party cookies) and others from external domains (third-party cookies).

We use cookies that are strictly necessary to:

  • Ensure that the website can function properly.
  • Allow registered users with a username and password to access private areas of the website.

We use preference cookies to:

  • Remember the language in which you wish to view the content.

We also use other cookies to:

  • Collect anonymous statistical information, such as which pages have been visited or how long you have stayed on each page. For this purpose, we use our own cookies in combination with Google Analytics, a service provided by the US company Google LLC, which records user interactions on each page of the website. The IP address of devices accessing Wearelikeyou.org is anonymised, so Google Analytics does not have access to the full IP address and therefore cannot identify a specific internet connection or device as the source of these interactions. Please refer to Google’s privacy policy.
  • To allow people who visit the website to post links to content on various social networks or send them by email or WhatsApp.
  • Allow visitors to the website to play videos from platforms such as YouTube or Vimeo or from media outlets that appear on some pages. For this purpose, YouTube, Vimeo or the media outlets install cookies when you access a page that has a video hosted on one of these services or media outlets. YouTube and Vimeo are services owned by the US companies YouTube LLC and Vimeo LLC, respectively.
  • Allow visitors to the website to view Google Maps that may appear on some of the pages.

3. Disabling the use of cookies

If the user so wishes, it is 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.

Users may, at any time, disable the use of cookies on this website by changing their browser settings.

Other third-party tools, available online, allow users to detect cookies on each website they visit and manage their deactivation.

4. What happens when cookies are disabled?

If you disable the use of cookies on this website, some features and services may be disabled or behave differently than expected.

5. Additional guarantees and revocation of acceptance

Wearelikeyou.org is not responsible for the content and accuracy of the privacy policies of third-party components included on this website.

As an additional guarantee, the registration of cookies on this website may be subject to the ‘Acceptance of cookies’ by the user during their visit to the website, the installation or updating of the browser used, and this acceptance may be revoked at any time through the content and privacy settings options available, as mentioned in point 3 of this ‘Cookie Policy’.

6. Updating the cookie policy

Wearelikeyou.org may modify this Cookie Policy in accordance with legislative or regulatory requirements, or in order to adapt said policy to the instructions issued by the Spanish Data Protection Agency. Users are therefore advised to visit it periodically.

When significant changes are made to this Cookie Policy, users will be notified via the website.