Cookie policy
Legal notice
The Illumine web portal - https://illumine.upf.edu/ - (hereinafter "Illumine") is managed by the Interactive Technologies Group at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain (“UPF” or “WE/US”) domiciled at Plaça de la Mercè, 10-12, Barcelona, Spain, with tax number (CIF) Q-5850017-D. Illumine uses our own and third-party tracking and analytical cookies in order to improve our service and for research and development purposes.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is any type of file or device that is downloaded to the terminal equipment of a user in order to store data. This data can be updated and retrieved by the entity responsible and web server for installing the cookie, generally to provide a service to the website owner (analytics, etc.). These cookies cannot read data from the hard drive. Cookies allow the website to store information as you navigate web pages. These files contain session data and are safe for your computer as they only store information that is used by the browser. These cookies cannot execute code and cannot be used to access content on your computer. Cookies are often necessary to ensure the proper functioning of the website and to improve user experience by storing unique identifying information that permits user preferences, activity, session information or information about previously viewed content to be collected and catalogued on the web server. The identification information stored by cookies is often used to identify and resolve errors and navigation problems thereby working to enhance user experience.
What kinds of cookies are accepted by me in order to use Illumine?
Session id cookies (Our own cookies)
We use technical cookies for session management and internal tracking of user browsing (e.g. A “last visited Forum” cookie to provide a colour coded view of non-read posts).
Analytical cookies (Third party)
We use analytical cookies for registered and unregistered users. The analytical cookies allow us to follow the behaviour of web users to whom they are linked. The information gathered through such cookies is used for measuring the activity on the website or platform and for analysing user browsing behaviour and usage, in order to make improvements based on the analysis of data of users who use the service.
Third parties involved in cookies that are used in Illumine
Third parties involved in cookies that are managed by us are
Google Inc. for the “Google Analytics” (analytic cookie): For more information, please consult: https://www.google.com/intl/es_ALL/analytics/index.html and https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/es.html and https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage?hl=es. The information generated by the cookie regarding use of the website by the user (including the IP address) is transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information on our behalf in order to keep track of your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties when required by law or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.
CSRF for cross site forgery protection (for more information, please see https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/csrf/).
Withdrawing consent
To use the Illumine site and service, you must accept our Cookies Policy (as our cookies are an inseparable part of the service). If you do not accept this use, or want to withdraw your consent to this Cookies Policy, be aware that you should not re-use our website after completing the process of withdrawal of the consent, as the cookies will be stored again (unless blocked by you in your browser).
To withdraw your consent to this Policy Cookies
First, if you have registered, you must unregister from the services of Illumine by cancelling your user account. All cancellations should be addressed to: tide-info@upf.edu and should mention the name of the platform (Illumine).
You must delete the cookies stored on your computer/smartphone (PC or others) through the configuration and settings of your Internet browser.
There are available instructions about how to configure the way that cookies work and how to delete the cookies for these browsers (which are the most used) Chrome / Chrome, Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox or Safari. If you use other programs you should consult the help documentation for each browser.
Others
If you want to gather more information about the cookies that we use on Illumine, you can send an email to the following address: tide-info@upf.edu.