Cookie Policy
The domain www.trufforum.com uses automatic collection procedures (Cookies) to collect personal information such as the type of browser or operating system, referring page, path, ISP (Internet Service Provider) domain, etc. all in order to improve the services provided. Cookies help us to tailor this website to your personal needs.
Who is responsible for the processing of your personal data?
Corporate Name: European Mycological Institute
Registered Office: Plaza Mayor, 9 – 42001 Soria – Spain
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E-mail: info@eumi.eu
What are cookies?
A “Cookie” is a small file that is stored on the user’s computer and allows us to recognize the user. The set of “cookies” helps us to improve the quality of our website, thus allowing us to personalize to a certain extent the navigation of each user through our website. Cookies are currently essential for the operation of the Internet, providing countless advantages in the provision of interactive services, facilitating the navigation and usability of our website.
Please note that cookies cannot harm your computer and that, in return, having cookies enabled helps us to identify and resolve errors and improve the navigability of our site.
Types of cookies:
For more information about the type and use of cookies, we inform you that:
From the point of view of ‘lifetime’ of the cookie (time that the cookie remains active on our computer) we differentiate between:
- Session cookies: these are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you leave the website, so that none is recorded on the user’s hard drive. The information obtained through these cookies is used to analyze web traffic patterns. Ultimately, this allows us to provide a better experience by improving the content and making it easier to use.
- Permanent cookies: they are stored in the hard disk and our web reads them every time you make a new visit. A permanent cookie has a specific expiration date. The cookie will stop working after that date. We use them, generally, to facilitate shopping and registration services.
From the point of view of the use of each cookie, we can differentiate between:
1.- Required Cookies: are strictly necessary cookies such as those that serve for proper navigation or those that allow the payment of goods or services requested by the user or cookies that serve to ensure that the content of the website loads effectively.
Within the Required cookies category you can also find cookies with the following purposes:
- Allow only communication between the user’s equipment and the network.
- Strictly to provide a service expressly requested by the user.
In these two cases we inform you that the information and consent of the user is not required for the installation of the referred cookies. Specifically, according to the EU Expert Working Group, in Article 29 of its Opinion 4/20123 it has interpreted that among the excepted cookies would be those whose purpose:
- “User input” cookies
- Authentication or user identification cookies (session only)
- User security cookies
- Media player session cookies
- Session cookies for load balancing
- User interface customization cookies
- Plug-in cookies for social content sharing
For all other cookies not included in the above cases will require the prior information and consent of the user.
Functional Cookies: These are cookies that help the user to have a better browsing experience on the site. An example of the use of this type of cookies are those used to store the navigation data of a certain language.
3.- Analytical Cookies: these are cookies that allow us to analyze the use of the Website, so that we can measure and improve its performance.
4.- Advertising and Third-Party Cookies: these are cookies used by social networks, or by external content plugins such as google maps as well as cookies from advertising companies to serve ads relevant to your interests.
European Mycological Institute, stores all information collected through Cookies in a non-personalized format (IP address). This type of information obtained through Cookies will not be disclosed outside the European Mycological Institute, nor will it be used for unsolicited communications.
Depending on the property, we can differentiate between:
- Own cookies: those that are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by the editor itself and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
- Third-party cookies: are those that are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain that is not managed by the editor, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through cookies.
Adequate privacy – Cookie management:
If the user so wishes, the registration of cookies may be subject to their acceptance during the installation or updating of the browser used. The user can at any time revoke their acceptance through the content and privacy configuration options available in each browser. However, if the user does not allow the installation of cookies in your browser you may not be able to access some sections of our website.
For more information on the proper configuration of cookies and the options for activation, restriction and/or disabling, please refer to the help section of your browser to learn more:
- More information on how to block the use of cookies in Google Chrome
- More information on how to block the use of cookies in Firefox
- More information on how to block the use of cookies in Internet Explorer
- More information on how to block the use of cookies in Safari
- More information on how to block the use of cookies in WindowsPhone
Many browsers allow you to activate a private mode whereby cookies are always deleted after your visit. Depending on the browser, this private mode may have different names. Below you will find a list of the most common browsers and the different names of this “private mode”:
- Internet Explorer 8 and higher; InPrivate
- Safari 2 and above; Private Browsing
- Opera 10.5 and higher; Private Browsing
- FireFox 3.5 and higher; Private Browsing
- Google Chrome 10 and higher; Incognito
Cookies used on this website
PHPSESSID: technical and strictly necessary cookie containing the session identifier. It is deleted when the browser is closed.
ac_cookies: technical and strictly necessary cookie containing the value of whether the installation of cookies has been accepted. Expires 1 year from the last update.
_ga: Google Analytics cookie that enables the unique visitor tracking function. The first time a user enters the website through a browser this cookie will be installed. When this user re-enters the site with the same browser, the cookie will consider that it is the same user. Only in the event that the user changes browser, it will be considered another user. It expires 2 years after the last update. More information on the processing performed by Google Analytics here.
_gat: This cookie is associated with Google Analytics. It is used to limit the request rate – limiting data collection at high traffic sites. Expires after 10 minutes.
_gid: This cookie is associated with Google Analytics. It is used to distinguish users. Expires after 24 hours.
- To learn more about Google Analytics cookies you can visit the following page: https://policies.google.com/technologies/cookies?hl=es You can disable Google Analytics cookies through the following link: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
- For more information on cookies and your rights as a user you can consult the Guide on the use of cookies prepared by the Spanish Data Protection Agency with the collaboration of the associations ADIGITAL, Advertisers, AUTOCONTROL and IAB Spain: https://www.aepd.es/media/guias/guia-cookies.pdf
Third-party cookies not controlled by the publisher (Google, Youtube, Cloudflare, Bizible, etc.).
Third-party services are beyond the publisher’s control. Providers may modify their terms of service, purpose and use of cookies, etc. at any time. Some of our website pages display content from third-party providers, such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.
In order to access third-party content, users must first accept the conditions applied by these third parties (including their cookie policies, which are beyond our control). If users choose not to access such content, these third-party cookies are not installed on their devices.
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