Cookies policy

What are cookies and what are they used for?

The word cookies refers to small text files that are downloaded into the web browser of a user's device (computer, mobile phone, tablet, etc.) when browsing a website, application or computer platform.

Cookies offer major advantages in the provision of information society services, as they facilitate and speed up internet browsing and also help to improve the quality of the services we provide to our users. Cookies, among other things, allow information about users or their devices to be stored and retrieved, which allows us to know which pages or features of a website, application or platform are more useful and which are less so, for the purpose of improving them and, depending on the information they contain and the way your device uses it, they can also be used to recognise the user.

 

Types of cookies that we use on this site

According to the entity that manages them:

• Own cookies: those we send to a user's device from a computer or domain managed by CBT and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
• Third-party cookies: sent to the user's device from a computer or domain not managed by CBT, but by third parties.

According to the time period they remain active:

• Session cookies: these are temporary and remain in the user's browser until the user leaves the website, application or platform. These cookies facilitate and speed up browsing.
• Persistent cookies: these are the ones by which information is stored on the user's device and can be accessed for a period of time established by those responsible for the cookie (this could be minutes or years).

According to its purpose:

• Technical cookies: these enable the user to browse via a website, application or platform.
• Personalisation cookies: these enable the user to access a service with a number of predefined general features, such as language, type of browser, etc.
• Analysis cookies: these enable the number of users to be quantified and to undertake measurements and statistical analysis of the activity of websites, applications and platforms, and to draw up user browsing profiles in order to introduce improvements.

CBT's own cookies used on this website are technical and personalisation ones which, in turn, can be session and persistent. In accordance with article 22.2 of Law 34/2002 of 11 July 2002, on information society services and electronic commerce, the CBT own cookies referred to do not require the consent of the users.

Third-party cookies used on this website:

• Name: SESS*hash
• Issuer: Transports de Barcelona, S.A.
• Purpose: technical
• Description: it allows the user session to be identified and registered on the Drupal content manager.

• Name: AWSELB
• Issuer: Transports de Barcelona, S.A.
• Purpose: technical
• Description: it recognises the server that is being accessed and, if there is more than one, it distributes and balances the load between servers.

• Nom:  _ga i _gat
• Issuer: Google Analytics
• Purpose: analytics
• Description: it collects information about the websites visited, the time spent on each page and the browser used, in order to provide statistics to optimise browsing.

• Name: Facebook Pixel
• Issuer: Facebook
• Purpose: advertising
• Description of the purpose: this website stores Facebook pixel cookies, which are used as part of the delivery of advertising to your browser or mobile device on Facebook. It avoids the same adverts appearing continuously, ensures that the adverts are shown correctly and, in some cases, it selects adverts that are based on your interests. 

Options available to users of this website

The user has three options:

1. Accept the installation of cookies by clicking on the “Accept” button which appears in the notice located at the top of this website, regarding information on and acceptance of cookies. In this case, the user will not see the aforementioned notice again, unless our policy on cookies is revised or one year passes since accepting it, at which time the notice will reappear when browsing the website whose cookies policy was accepted by the user.
2. Do not click on the “Accept” button that appears in the previously mentioned notice regarding information on and acceptance of cookies and continue to browse our website. In this case, it will be considered that the user has accepted cookies being installed, but unlike in the previous situation, every time the user browses our website, the notice regarding information about and the acceptance of cookies will continue to appear.
3. Set the browser of their device to restrict, block or delete installed cookies or prevent them from being installed.

In any case, the user can revoke the acceptance of cookies, eliminating them through the settings of their browser.

 

Removing cookies

Users can restrict, block or remove cookies installed on their equipment by configuring the options of the browser installed on their devices. If your browser does not allow cookies to be installed, it is possible that you will not be able to access some of our sections or utilities and may not even be able to browse.

If your device uses the browser Internet Explorer, you can obtain information on how to block or remove the use of cookies at https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies#ie=%22ie-10

If your device uses the browser Firefox, you can obtain information on how to block or remove the use of cookies at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox

If your device uses the browser Chrome, you can obtain information on how to block or remove the use of cookies at https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en-GB

If your device uses the browser Safari, you can obtain information on how to block or remove the use of cookies at  https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/en-ww/cookies/