This Cookies Policy is part of the INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO DE CANARIAS, S.A. (ITC) Legal Disclaimer and Privacy Policy. Access to or browsing this site or using any services herein mean acceptance of the General Conditions established in our Legal Disclaimer (and as such the Privacy and Cookies Policies). Please read them carefully.

We are delighted you have visited us, and would like you to have the best possible experience of the same, which is why we have drafted this Cookies Policy as transparently as possible.

What is a Cookie?

Cookies are files with tiny amounts of information downloaded to the user’s device used when visiting a web site. The main purpose is to recognise the user every time he/she visits ITC, furthermore they enable us to improve the quality and usability of our web.

Cookies are essential for Internet functioning; they cannot damage the user’s equipment/device; and if activated in your browser configuration they help us identify the user and resolve any possible malfunctioning of http://www.ITCcanarias.org

Types of Cookies

There are different types of cookies, which all work in the same way but with minor differences:

1. Session Cookies. Session cookies only last as long as your session and are deleted on closwing your browser. Their main purposes is to identify the device being used, backup the web site security or basic functioning. They contain no personal information enabling us to identify a user.
2. Persistent or Permanent Cookies: They are stored on the device hard disc and our web reads them with every new visit to http://www.ITCcanarias.org; they have an expiry data or specific expiry, which on compliance the cookie stops functioning. They allow us to identify your actions and preferences, besides helping us understand how users reach our page and improve our services.
3. Functional Cookies: They enable http://www.ITCcanarias.org to remember the decisions adopted by the user, such as their login or identifier. The cookies make the information collected anonymous (i.e. they do not contain your name, address or other data).
4. Third Party Cookies: Third party cookies are what a web site installs but which you are not visiting; e.g. those used by social networks (like Facebook) or complements of external contents (like Google Maps). Furthermore, some advertising companies use these files to follow your visits to every site where they advertise.
5. Analytical Cookies: Their purpose is periodical maintenance and ensuring the best functioning and service for the user; collecting data of their activity.

ITC use of Cookies

Via access to http://www.ITCcanarias.org, you expressly accept we can use these kinds of cookies on your devices. If you deactive the cookies you may be unable to browse http://www.ITCcanarias.org in optimum conditions or some of the http://www.ITCcanarias.org uses may not function correctly.

Own Cookies

To recognise and render you a better service this site uses its own cookies (small text files which your browser stores pequeños archivos de texto que tu navegador almacena). The advantages of accepting our cookies translates into time saving. Likewise they can be used to recognise you among successive visits and adapt the content it shows you, to obtain information about the date and time of your last visit, measure some traffic parameters within the site itself and estimate the number of visits made, so we can more effectively adjust and focus our promotions and services.

No cookie allows you to be contacted by telephone, your Email or any other contact means. No cookie can extract information from your hard disc or steal personal information.