Cookie Policy

In order to collect certain data on our website, we use cookie technology.

This Cookie Policy applies to the Website https://www.Metaforthosis/ (hereinafter referred to as “the Website”), owned by Metaforthosis, registered office at 2nd Floor Holt Court, 16, Warwick Row, Coventry, United Kingdom, CV1 1EJ.

1. WHAT ARE COOKIES?
Cookies are small text files which are downloaded onto the terminal equipment used for Internet browsing when entering certain pages and/or using certain services, enabling information to be saved and subsequently recovered for different purposes. This allows us to provide you with a tailor-made browsing experience when you visit our website by analysing the pages you browse, with the sole purpose of improving our services and show you personalised advertising based on a profile drawn up from your browsing behaviour on the website. Cookies can be session cookies (which only last until you close your Internet browser) or persistent cookies (they remain on your computer for a certain time or until you delete them). For example, Metaforthosis uses persistent cookies to remember you when you return to the website or to monitor your activities when you browse the website. In those cases we may associate personal information with a cookie. Cookies can also be used to record anonymous information about how a visitor uses the website. For example, from which other websites you have accessed, or whether you have used an advertising banner to get to the Website.

2. CONSENT
When you access the Website, certain information about the use of this technology will be provided through the device or terminal equipment used, and we will ask you to give us your consent to do so. Please note that some cookies may be necessary for the operation of the website and if you reject them, the access to the website may be prevented or may not function properly. You may withdraw your consent to the use of this technology at any time. Please see "4. How to change cookie settings" in this Cookie Policy for more information.

3. COOKIES USED ON THE WEBSITE
We use the strictly necessary and essential cookies to analyse our services and/or show you personalised advertising based on a profile drawn up from your browsing habits on the website, using secure areas, personalised options, etc. The website also contains links to external pages. Throughout your visit to the website, you may notice some cookies from third parties such as Facebook, Google or Youtube. Metaforthosis does not control the cookies used by these external sites. However, for more information about cookies from social networks or other third party sites, you can go directly to their own cookie policies. We encourage you to read this Cookie Policy carefully to learn more about Metaforthosis’s use of this technology. Specifically and according to their purpose, Metaforthosis uses the following types of cookies:

a. Essential Cookies: they serve the task of providing fluidity and comfort while browsing the website, as well as guaranteeing the correct functioning of the site and providing it with security. Likewise, they serve to manage the spaces and enable advertising content on the website. For example, those used for session maintenance, response time management, performance or option validation, etc

b. Performance & Analytics Cookies: they allow to obtain information oriented to the statistical analysis of the use that the users make of the website. Thus, they allow to know the preferences of the Users in order to improve the offer of services and to limit the advertising impacts. For example, by analysing the search terms, by studying the geographical area to which most Users belong or by limiting the appearance of repeated advertisements on the website.

Advertising and Targeting Cookies:

Advertising cookies collect information to help tailor advertising to your interests on other websites. They also help us to measure the effectiveness of our advertising and make possible that you can share our web content on social media channels. If you choose not to accept these cookies, you may not see advertising that’s relevant to you or be able to link or share content with social networks. Below is a list that groups the main cookies used in Metaforthosis, indicating their type, origin, purpose, as well as a link for the user to access the Cookie Policy of their respective third parties.

Cookies
Personalisation
Origin
Metaforthosis
Information
User identification and browsing preferences
Purpose
They serve the task of storing the session variable preferred by the user and adapting their navigation through the website according to those variables.

Cookies
Analysis and Metrics
Origin
Google Analytics (Google LLC)
Information
User identification, login and logout, calculation of stay on website, frequency of visit, location, navigation, URL from which visitors come, metrics.
Purpose
They serve the task of obtaining statistics on visiting and browsing habits on the website, to know the user's preferences in terms of variable options and to adapt the user's browsing, to make browsing suggestions according to the user's preferences; to exchange information with other Google cookies (in case these are enabled by the user).

Cookies
Analysis and Metrics
Origin
Google Analytics (Google LLC)
Information
Browsing data.
Purpose
They serve the task of quickly managing and analyzing tags, as well as of measuring users ́ behaviour and web traffic.

Cookies
Advertising and Targeting
Origin
Google Analytics (Google LLC)
Information
User identification, user interaction with websites, recent searches, devices, browsing data.
Purpose
They serve the task of collecting information to obtain reports on preferences, browsing and disaggregated data of the user, to show the user advertising that may be of interest.
Cookies
Advertising and Targeting
Origin
Facebook
(Facebook, Inc)
Information
IP address, user identification, navigation, device location, information provided by the user during navigation.
Purpose
They are used to show the user ads based on the pages visited on Metaforthosis websites when the user logs on to Facebook. Through the Facebook tracking pixel, a direct connection will be made to Facebook's servers when users visit the Metaforthosis website. This will send information that a visitor has entered this website to the Facebook server so that Facebook can process this information and assign it to the visitor's personal Facebook account to serve ads related to their interests that may be of interest to them.
Opt-out
In addition to cookies, we and the companies listed above may use "tracking pixels" (also known as web beacons or pixel tags). These are small transparent images that are integrated into Metaforthosis website (and therefore are not stored on your computer), and allow us to verify aspects such as the number of visitors to a particular page or the technical configuration of the browser of users accessing it. The purposes for which they are used are analogous to those described in the table above.
Performance & Analytics Cookies in detail
Cookies Name

VisitorStatus
Summary
Indicates if the visitor is new or returning. Used for tracking the visitors statistic in web analytics.
Cookies Name
Source
Summary
Stores the channel from which the visitor arrived as part of a campaign (e.g., email, Facebook, Twitter, etc.). Based on the utm_source query string parameter.
Cookies Name
Campaign
Summary
Stores the name of the campaign assigned to the visitor.
Cookies Name
Content
Summary
Stores the specific content item through which the visitor arrived as part of a campaign. Based on the utm_contentquery string parameter.
Cookies Name
TrackedCampaigns
Summary
Stores all the campaigns, which should be tracked within a JavaScript snippet.
Cookies Name
UrlReferrer
Summary
Stores the URL referrer from which the user arrives on the website.
Cookies Name
CurrentContact
Summary
Stores the GUID of the contact related to the current site visitor. Used to track activities on the website.
Cookies Name
CMSBodyClass
Summary
Body element class to provide accessibility standards.
Cookies Name
Google Analytics:
_ga
_gid
_gat
Summary
These cookies are used by Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the website, where visitors have come to the website from and the pages they visited. We do not use any of the information that is provided to Google Analytics to identify visitors to our website. Google Privacy Policy

Additional Social Media & Advertising Cookies
Cookies Name

YouTube:
NID

Summary
We embed videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally-identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode. Google Privacy Policy

4. MANAGEMENT AND DEACTIVATION OF COOKIES
When you arrive at our website we will ask for your consent to accept cookies. You may withdraw consent to the use of cookies at any time by disabling or blocking their download through specific settings on the browser you use. Please note that if you reject or delete cookies, we could not keep your preferences, some features of the website may not work, we could not offer you customised services and every time you browse our website, we will have to ask again for your authorisation for the use of cookies.

AT ANY TIME, YOU CAN WITHDRAW YOUR CONSENT FOR THE USE OF COOKIES. FOR THAT, YOU MUST: Manage cookie permissions by managing your preferences through the settings panel we make available on the home page of the website. You can also access it from here. You can withdraw your consent for the use of cookies at any time by deactivating or blocking their download using the specific functions of the browser that you use. Hereafter, there is a list of instructions and links regarding the steps to activate, deactivate, delete and manage cookies, according to each browser:

Apple Safari : Open Safari, and click Safari > Preferences... > Privacy, and choose "Always block", "Allow from current websites only", "Allow from websites I visit" or "Always allow".

Google Chrome: Open Google Chrome, click on the Chrome menu item > Settings > Advanced > Privacy and security > Content settings > Cookies, and change the settings according to your preferences.

Internet Explorer 11: Open Internet Explorer on the button Menu > Settings > Internet options > Privacy and customise the cookies according to your preferences. 

Mozilla Firefox: Open Firefox, click on the button Menu > Options > Privacy and personalise the cookies settings according to your preferences. 

Opera: Open Opera, click Settings > Preferences > Advanced > Cookies and personalise the cookies settings according to your preferences.

Safari for iOS: Click Settings > Safari > Privacy & Security and personalise the cookies settings according to your preferences.

Chrome for Android and iOS: Open Google Chrome, click on the icon from the menu Chrome > Settings > Site settings > Cookies, and change the settings according to your preferences. 

Internet Explorer Mobile: with Internet Explorer Mobile open, click on More > Settings and adjust the cookies settings according to your preferences.

These browsers are subject to updates or modifications, so if the information or links above are out of date, if your browser is not on this list, or if you can’t find a way to manage cookies, please consult the official website or contact us. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate email the following address: mark.forth@Metaforthosis.com or you can write to us at Metaforthosis, 2nd Floor Holt Court, 16, Warwick Row, Coventry, United Kingdom, CV1 1EJ
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