What is a cookie?

A cookie is a harmless file that is downloaded to your computer when you access certain web pages. Cookies allow a website, among other things, to store and retrieve information about the browsing habits of a user or their computer and, depending on the information they contain and the way you use your computer.

Thus, there are cookies that obtain information related to the number of pages visited, the city to which the IP address from which it is accessed is assigned, the number of new users, the frequency and recurrence of visits, the time of visit, the browser, the operator or the type of terminal from which the visit is made.

What is NOT a cookie?

It is not a virus, Trojan, worm, spam, spyware, or pop-up window opener.

What information does a cookie store?

Cookies do not usually store sensitive information about you, such as credit card or bank details, photographs, your ID card or personal information, etc. The data they store is of a technical nature, personal preferences, content personalization, etc.

The web server does not associate you as a person if not your web browser. In fact, if you usually browse with Internet Explorer and try to browse the same website with Firefox or Chrome you will see that the web does not realize that you are the same person because it is actually associating the browser, not the person.

What happens if I disable cookies?

To help you understand the scope that can have disabling cookies we show you some examples:

• You will not be able to share content from that website on Facebook, Twitter or any other social network.
• The website will not be able to adapt the contents to your personal preferences, as is often the case with online stores.
• You will not be able to access the personal area of the website, such as My Account, My Profile or My Orders.
• Online stores: It will be impossible for you to make purchases online, you will have to make them by phone or by visiting the physical store if it has one.
• It will not be possible to customize your geographic preferences such as time zone, currency or language.
• The website will not be able to perform web analytics on visitors and web traffic, which will make it difficult for the website to be competitive.
• You will not be able to write on the blog, upload photos, post comments, rate or rate content. The website will not be able to know if you are a human or an automated application that publishes spam.
• It will not be possible to display sectorized advertising, which will reduce the website’s advertising revenue.
• All social networks use cookies, if you disable them you will not be able to use any social network.

What types of cookies are there?

• Types of cookies depending on the entity that manages the equipment or domain from which the cookies are sent and treats the data obtained, we can distinguish:
  1. Essential Cookies: These are 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.
  2. Third-party cookies: These 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 the cookies.

In the event that cookies are installed from a computer or domain managed by the editor itself but the information collected through these is managed by a third party, they cannot be considered as own cookies.

DART Cookie

• You can opt out of the use of the DART cookie from Google’s ad system by going to Google’s privacy center.

In addition, browsers may also allow users to view and delete cookies on an individual basis. More information about Cookies is available at: Wikipedia

Web Beacons

This site may also host web beacons (also known as web bugs). Web beacons are typically small, one pixel by one pixel, visible or invisible images placed within the source code of a site’s web pages. Web beacons serve and are used in a similar way to cookies.

In addition, web beacons are often used to measure the traffic of users visiting a web page and to get a pattern of users of a site. More information about web beacons is available at: Wikipedia

Third party cookies

In some cases, we share information about visitors to this site on an anonymous or aggregated basis with third parties such as advertisers, sponsors or auditors for the sole purpose of improving our services.

All these processing tasks will be regulated according to the legal regulations and all your data protection rights will be respected in accordance with the applicable regulations.

This site measures traffic with different solutions that may use cookies or web beacons to analyze what happens on our pages.

We currently use the following solutions for measuring traffic to this site. You can see more information about the privacy policy of each of the solutions used for this purpose:

• How Google uses the data it collects on websites
• Google Tag Manager: Google Analytics and Tag Manager Privacy Policy(if you wish, you can disable Google Analytics tracking using this browser add-on provided by Google).

This site may also host its own advertising, affiliate advertising, or advertising networks. This advertising is displayed through ad servers that also use cookies to display related advertising content to users.

Each of these ad servers has its own privacy policy, which can be consulted on their own web pages.

What types of cookies are used on this website?

By accessing the True Stories website, we inform you that if you continue browsing you will be installed several own and third party cookies corresponding to the web analytics (for example: Google Tag Manager or similar tools) to help the website to analyze the use you make of the website and improve its usability, but in no case are associated with data that could identify you.

The data they store is of a technical nature, personal preferences, content personalization, etc. The web server does not associate you as a person but your web browser.

If you leave a comment on our site you can choose to display your Gravatar image, your choice will be stored in a cookie. This is for your convenience, so you don’t have to fill in the box again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

This website uses its own and third party cookies to give you a better browsing experience, share content on social networks, leave comments and to obtain statistics of our users.

As a user, you can refuse the processing of data or information by blocking these cookies using the appropriate settings on your browser.

However, you should be aware that if you do so, this site may not function properly. That is why it is important that you read this cookie policy and understand that if you continue browsing, we consider that you accept its use.

You can change your browser settings to be notified of the receipt of cookies on your device or disable the ability to store cookies on your device if you wish.

The following table is included as an example only, identifying the most relevant cookies used on this website, as well as whether they are own or third party (and identification of the third party contracted or whose services have been decided to use) and their purpose

Privacy policy and use of Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager cookies.

There are also cookies corresponding to social networks that use this website have their own cookie policies.

• Twitter cookie, as provided in its privacy policy and use of cookies.
• Facebook Cookie, as set out in its Cookies Policy
• Google+ and Google Maps cookie, as provided on their page about what type of cookies they use.
• Cookie from Pinterest, as set out in its Privacy and Cookie Usage Policy.
• Gravatar cookie, as provided in the privacy policy of the company Automattic.

How are cookies managed?

Since cookies are normal text files, they can be browsed with most text editors or word processing programs. You can click on a cookie to open it.

Below is a list of links on how to view cookies in different browsers. If you use another browser, please refer to the cookie information in the browser itself. If you are using a cell phone, please refer to your device’s manual for more information.

• Firefox
• Chrome and any Chromium-based browser (Brave, Tor, etc.)
• Internet Explorer 8-10
• Edge
• Safari
• Opera

Cookie settings for the most popular browsers

Here’s how to access a particular cookie in the Chrome browser. Note: these steps may vary depending on the browser version:

1. Go to Settings or Preferences via the File menu or by clicking on the customization icon at the top right.
2. You will see different sections, click on the option Show advanced options.
3. Go to Privacy, Content settings.
4. Select All cookies and site data.
5. You will see a list of all cookies sorted by domain. To make it easier for you to find the cookies for a particular domain, enter part or all of the address in the Search cookies field.
6. After making this filter, one or more lines with the cookies of the requested website will appear on the screen. Now you only have to select it and press the X to proceed to its elimination.

To access the cookie settings of the Internet Explorer browser follow these steps (may vary depending on browser version):

1. Go to Tools, Internet Options
2. Click on Privacy.
3. Move the slider to set the privacy level you want.

To access the Firefox browser cookie settings follow these steps (may vary depending on browser version):

1. Go to Options or Preferences depending on your operating system.
2. Click on Privacy.
3. Under History choose Use custom settings for history.
4. Now you will see the option Accept cookies, you can enable or disable it according to your preferences.

To access the cookie settings of the Safari browser for OSX follow these steps (may vary depending on browser version):

1. Go to Preferences, then Privacy.
2. In this place you will see the option Block cookies so that you can adjust the type of blocking you want to do.

To access the cookie settings of the Safari browser for iOS follow these steps (they may vary depending on the browser version):

1. Go to Settings, then Safari.
2. Go to Privacy and Security, you will see the option Block cookies to set the type of blocking you want to do.

To access the browser cookie settings for Android devices follow these steps (may vary depending on browser version):

1. Launch the browser and press the Menu key, then Settings.
2. Go to Security and Privacy, you will see the Accept cookies option to enable or disable the checkbox.

To access the browser cookie settings for Windows Phone devices follow these steps (may vary depending on browser version):

1. Open Internet Explorer, then More, then Settings
2. You can now enable or disable the Allow cookies checkbox.

Additional notes

• Neither this website nor its legal representatives are responsible for the content or accuracy of the privacy policies that third parties mentioned in this cookie policy may have.
• Web browsers are the tools responsible for storing cookies and from this place you should make your right to removal or disabling them. Neither this website nor its legal representatives can guarantee the correct or incorrect handling of cookies by the aforementioned browsers.
• In some cases it is necessary to install cookies so that the browser does not forget your decision not to accept them.
• In the case of Google Analytics cookies, this company stores cookies on servers located in the United States and undertakes not to share it with third parties, except in cases where it is necessary for the operation of the system or when the law requires it to that effect. According to Google does not store your IP address. Google Inc. is a company adhered to the Safe Harbor Agreement which guarantees that all data transferred will be treated with a level of protection in accordance with European regulations.
• If you have any doubts or questions about this cookies policy, please do not hesitate to contact us through the contact section.

How to accept, reject or review my cookie preferences on this site

Again, I remind you that you can always review your preferences on the acceptance, or not, of cookies on this website the next time the acceptance message appears, by deleting them in your browser, clicking on this link to review them or simply not continuing with the navigation.