COOKIES POLICY EMBRACE IDEAS, SL (hereinafter, “EMBRACE IDEAS, SL”) informs, through this Cookies Policy , about the use of data storage and retrieval devices on terminal equipment of users (hereinafter, the “Users”) who access the Website. The purpose of this Cookie Policy is to inform you clearly and precisely about what cookies are, what type of cookies this Website uses and how you can manage or configure them at any time. The use of cookies allows the Website to remember information about the User's browsing, such as their preferred language, configuration options or other features, with the aim of improving the browsing experience and offering more efficient and personalized services. Likewise, the use of certain cookies may involve the processing of personal data, so this processing is carried out in accordance with the provisions of Regulation (EU) 2016/679, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) , Organic Law 3/2018 on the Protection of Personal Data and Guarantee of Digital Rights (LOPDGDD) and Law 34/2002 on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce (LSSI-CE) . For more information on the processing of personal data, the User can consult the Privacy Policy of the Website.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on the User's device (computer, mobile phone, tablet or other device) when they visit certain web pages .
Cookies allow a website, among other things, to remember information about the User's visit , such as their browsing preferences, selected language or access data, which can facilitate their next visit and make the website more useful and efficient.
Cookies play a very important role in the functioning of the Internet, as they allow for an improved user browsing experience and the provision of services tailored to their needs.
Depending on the information they contain and how the User's device is used, cookies can be used to recognize the User, obtain information about their browsing habits, or improve the operation and security of the Website .
2. What do we use cookies for?
EMBRACE IDEAS, SL website uses cookies to improve the user's browsing experience, enable the website to function correctly, and analyze how users use the website. In particular, cookies can be used to:
- To ensure the proper functioning of the Website , allowing navigation through it and access to its different functionalities.
- Remembering user preferences , such as language or certain browsing options, in order to facilitate future visits.
- To obtain statistical information on the use of the Website , with the aim of analyzing User behavior and improving the quality of the services offered.
- Improve the security and performance of the Website by detecting potential technical problems and optimizing its operation.
- Measure the results of our advertising on Google and LinkedIn, if the User accepts advertising cookies.
Under no circumstances will the cookies used allow obtaining sensitive information from the User or accessing the content stored on their device without their consent.
3. Types of cookies used on the Website
The cookies used on the Website can be classified according to different criteria: According to the entity that manages them
- First-party cookies: These are those sent to the User's device from a computer or domain managed by EMBRACE IDEAS, SL and from which the service requested by the User is provided.
- Third-party cookies: These are those sent to the User's device from a computer or domain that is not managed by EMBRACE IDEAS, SL , but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies. Depending on the time they remain activated
- Session cookies: These are cookies designed to collect and store data while the User accesses the Website. These cookies disappear when the User ends the browsing session.
- Persistent cookies: These are cookies in which the data remains stored on the User's device for a certain period of time, which can range from a few minutes to several years. According to its purpose
- Technical or necessary cookies: allow the User to navigate through the Website and use the different options or services that exist on it, such as controlling traffic and data communication, identifying the session or accessing restricted access areas.
- Personalization cookies: allow us to remember information so that the User can access the service with certain characteristics that may differentiate their experience from that of other Users (for example, language or regional settings).
- Analytical cookies: These allow the website owner to track and analyze user behavior. The information collected through these cookies is used to measure website activity and make improvements based on usage data analysis.
- Advertising cookies: allow us to measure the results of our advertising, for example which ads led to a visit, a sign-up or a subscription.
4. What cookies do we use on this Website?
The cookies and similar browser storage (local storage, session storage and IndexedDB) that may be used on the Website are identified below, indicating their purpose, the owner of the cookies and the approximate retention period. Those in the Necessary category are always active. The others are only used if you accept the corresponding category in the cookie settings panel.
| Name | Provider | Purpose | Category | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| climate4buildings-cookie-consent (local storage) | EMBRACE IDEAS, SL | Remembers your cookie choices | Necessary | Until you change your choice or clear your browser storage. We ask you again when the list of cookies we use changes |
| climate4buildings_auth_state_v2 (local storage, or session storage if you do not tick "Remember me") | EMBRACE IDEAS, SL | Keeps you signed in to the platform | Necessary | Until you sign out or clear your browser storage. Without "Remember me", until you close the browser tab |
| c4b_active_account_id (session storage) | EMBRACE IDEAS, SL | Remembers which of your organizations this browser tab is working in | Necessary | Until you close the browser tab or sign out |
| c4b-reset-email (session storage) | EMBRACE IDEAS, SL | Passes the email address you typed on the "forgot password" page to the password reset page, without putting it in the page address | Necessary | Deleted as soon as the reset page reads it |
| climate4buildings_signup_survey_pending_account_v1, c4b_platform_rail_collapsed_v1, c4b:outdated-bar-skipped:<project> and keys starting with eb_ (local storage, session storage and IndexedDB) | EMBRACE IDEAS, SL | Make the platform work as you use it: the welcome survey after you sign up, whether you collapsed the side menu, a data update notice you dismissed, and your energy balance inputs, units, colours and calculated results | Necessary | Until you clear your browser storage. The survey key is deleted once you complete or skip the survey |
| __cf_bm | Cloudflare, via our hosting provider DigitalOcean | Bot protection | Necessary | 30 minutes of inactivity |
| c4b-attribution (local storage) | EMBRACE IDEAS, SL | Remembers which campaign or ad click brought you, to measure our advertising | Analytics (campaign) / Advertising (ad click) | 90 days |
| _ga, _ga_<id> | Google Ireland Limited (Google Analytics) | Distinguish visitors (_ga) and keep the state of each visit (_ga_<id>), for statistics | Analytics | 2 years |
| _gcl_au, _gcl_aw, _gcl_gb, _gcl_gs, _gcl_ag, _gac_gb_<id> | Google Ireland Limited (Google Ads) | Measure which ads lead to sign-ups and subscriptions | Advertising | 90 days |
| Cookies on Google's own domains, such as IDE, ar_debug and test_cookie (doubleclick.net) and the Google Ads conversion cookie (googleadservices.com) | Google Ireland Limited (Google Ads) | Ad measurement and security. Our tags ask Google not to use your visits to personalise ads | Advertising | IDE: 13 months in the EEA, Switzerland and the UK (24 months elsewhere). ar_debug and the conversion cookie: 90 days. test_cookie: 15 minutes |
| li_fat_id, li_giant | LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company | Measure the results of our LinkedIn ads, on our website and in the platform. Set on our domain | Advertising | li_fat_id: 30 days. li_giant: 7 days |
| bcookie, lidc, UserMatchHistory, AnalyticsSyncHistory | LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company | Set on linkedin.com when LinkedIn's tag loads: browser identification and security (bcookie), data centre selection (lidc), ad ID syncing (UserMatchHistory) and analytics syncing (AnalyticsSyncHistory) | Advertising | bcookie: 1 year. lidc: 24 hours. UserMatchHistory and AnalyticsSyncHistory: 30 days |
Measurement without cookies: until you make a choice, and if you reject analytical or advertising cookies, our pages still send Google limited signals that do not use cookies — the time, your browser type, the address of the page you are on (without personal details such as search terms or email addresses), the page that referred you, what you do on our site (for example viewing a page, signing up, signing in, starting a checkout, creating a project or running your first search, never what you type), whether you arrived from an ad, and your consent choice — so that Google can estimate results in aggregate. No cookies are stored or read for this.
Google and LinkedIn publish the full lists of their cookies at business.safety.google/adscookies , policies.google.com/technologies/cookies and linkedin.com/legal/l/cookie-table .
EMBRACE IDEAS, SL may update this information when changes occur to the cookies used on the Website.
5. How to disable cookies?
The User can allow, block or delete cookies installed on their device by configuring the options of the browser used to access the Website. However, please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the proper functioning of the Website or prevent access to some of its features. Below are links to the support pages of the main browsers, which explain how to manage or disable cookies: Google Chrome https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647 Mozilla Firefox https://support.mozilla.org/es/kb/habilitar-y-deshabilitar-cookies Safari https://support.apple.com/es-es/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac Microsoft Edge https://support.microsoft.com/es-es/microsoft-edge The User may also modify their preferences regarding the use of cookies at any time through the settings panel enabled on the Website.
6. Changes to the Cookie Policy
EMBRACE IDEAS, SL reserves the right to modify this Cookie Policy at any time in order to adapt it to possible regulatory changes, criteria established by the supervisory authorities or modifications in the cookies used on the Website. For this reason, the User is advised to periodically review this Cookie Policy in order to stay informed about how and why we use cookies. Any changes made to the Cookie Policy will be published on the Website and will take effect from the moment of publication.
7. Cookie Acceptance
EMBRACE IDEAS, SL website will not install cookies on the User's device without having previously obtained their consent, except in those cases where they are technical cookies or strictly necessary for the operation of the website.
Consent for the use of cookies is obtained through the cookie settings banner or panel that appears when accessing the Website for the first time, through which the User can accept, reject or configure the use of cookies according to their preferences.
The User may also modify or withdraw their consent at any time through the cookie settings panel enabled on the Website.
Users are informed that, in case of rejecting or disabling certain cookies, some functionalities of the Website may not be available or the browsing experience may be affected.