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Cookies policy

What is a Cookie?

Cookies are brief information packets sent by the servers of a website to the user's browser with data about their previous browsing.

What are Cookies used for on this website?

Cookies are an essential part of how our website works (www.elnacional.cat). The main objective of our Cookies is to improve your browsing experience and future visits. The information collected in Cookies also allows us to improve the website by estimating numbers and usage patterns, adapting the website to the interests of users, accelerating searches, etc. If we have obtained your prior informed consent, we may use Cookies, to obtain information that allows us to show you from our website advertising based on the analysis of your browsing habits.

Who uses the information stored in Cookies?

The information stored in the Cookies of our website is used exclusively by us, except for those identified as "Third party cookies", which are used and managed by external entities to provide us services requested by us to improve our services and the experience of the user when browsing our website. The main services for which these "third-party cookies" are used are the obtaining of statistics and the management of advertising.

Do cookies store personal data?

Cookies could store personal information of the user. As information of a personal nature, all information about a natural person, such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or one or several elements of the physical, physiological, genetic, psychic, economic identity, cultural or social of that person. In this case, the processing of your data will be done in compliance with the provisions of the European Data Protection Regulation and the interested party can find all the information in privacy ​​​​​​​policy.​​​​​​​

How can I avoid using Cookies on this website?

If you prefer to avoid the use of Cookies on this page, taking into account the above limitations, you must, first, disable the use of Cookies in your browser and, secondly, delete the Cookies stored in your browser associated with this website in the manner indicated in each case. This possibility of avoiding the use of Cookies can be carried out by you at any time.

To restrict, block or delete Cookies from this website you may do so, at any time.

In any case, the use of cookies may be used when the consent is denied at the time of accessing the Website or specifically when an express authorization is required for access to certain content.

What Cookies uses this website and for what purposes?

The type of cookies we use will be described below and we will include a table with the Cookies used by this website.

• Technical cookies: Are those that allow the user to browse through a web page, platform or application and the use of different options or services that exist in it, for example, control traffic and data communication, identify the session, access restricted to access parts, use security elements during browsing, store contents for the dissemination of videos or sound or share content through social networks.
• Personalization cookies: These are those that allow the user to access the service with some predefined general characteristics based on a series of criteria in the user's terminal, such as the language, the type of browser through which the user accesses the service, the regional configuration from where you access the service, etc.
• Analysis Cookies: These are those that allow to analyze the behavior of the users of the websites to which they are linked. The information collected through this type of cookies is used in the measurement of the activity of the websites, application or platform and for the elaboration of navigation profiles of the users of said sites, applications and platforms, in order to introduce improvements in function of the analysis of the data of use made by the users of the service.
• Advertising cookies: These are those that allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the editor has included in a web page, application or platform from which the requested service is provided based on criteria such as the content edited or the frequency in which the ads are displayed.
• Behavioral advertising cookies: These are those that allow the management, in the most efficient way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the editor has included in a web page, application or platform from which it provides the requested service. These cookies store information on the behavior of users obtained through the continuous observation of their browsing habits, which allows the development of a specific profile to display advertising based on it.

For the use of cookies, which will be listed below, GRUP LES NOTICIES DE CATALUNYA, S.L. Will need your consent, which may be withdrawn at any time.

However, for the effective provision of services expressly requested by the user will be strictly necessary the use of the following cookies:

Session cookies, Google Analytics and ComScore tracking cookies, cookies to control the number of comments and survey cookies.

Cookies used in this website:

* This cookie table will be subject to updates due to the use of new cookies or since the current ones are no loner used. Therefore, it will be necessary to review this cookies policy periodically in order to remain adequately informed about the type of cookies used and their purposes.

This website uses third-party cookies that allow us to manage and improve the services offered. The user has the option of allowing its installation on the computer, and at any time, you can eliminate them by configuring the options of the browser installed on your terminal. Specifically to adjust the permissions related to the browser you must go to the Privacy sections and configure the cookie options that correspond according to the browser used.

Access to external content may involve the transmission of personal data to third parties (YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, among others). In this sense the company does not keep any personal information therefore, the company is not responsible for the processing of data that may be permormed by these third parties, being the user subject to the terms and conditions as well as the Privacy Policy of these third parties.

How to manage cookies in your browser

As a user, you can allow, block or delete the cookies stored on your device through your browser’s settings:

To check or modify your cookie settings in Google Chrome:

• Click the three dots in the top-right to open the drop-down menu.
• Click on Settings.
• At the bottom, click on Advanced.
• Find “Privacy and security” and click on Content settings.
• Click on Cookies and set as required.

To check or modify your cookie settings in Google Chrome on mobile:

• Click the three dots in the top-right to open the drop-down menu.
• Click on Settings.
• Click on Site settings.
• Click on Cookies.
• Set the options as required.

More information on Google Chrome

To check or modify your cookie settings in Mozilla Firefox:

• At the top of the window, click the menu button (three horizontal lines).
• Click on Options.
• Click on the tab Privacy & Security.
• Under “History”, change your settings as required.

More information on Mozilla Firefox

To check or modify your cookie settings in Internet Explorer 9:

• At the top, choose the Tools menu.
• To delete your cookies, choose the Safety tab and use the option Delete browsing history. Select the check box Cookies and website data and then click Delete.
• To block or allow cookies, click Internet options, then the Privacy tab. Under “Settings”, you can move the slider all the way up to block all cookies, or all the way down to allow them all. Then click OK.

More information on Internet Explorer 9

To check or modify your cookie settings in Microsoft Edge:

• At the top-right of the window, click the icon with the three small dots.
• To block cookies, click on Settings, then on View advanced settings. Under “Privacy and services” > “Cookies”, choose the option you want.
• To delete them, click on Settings. Under “Clear browsing data”, click on Choose what to clear. Select the check boxes you require and then click on Clear.

More information on Microsoft EDGE

If you block the use of cookies in your browser, it’s possible that some features of the website won’t be available.

In some browsers, cookies settings can be modified individually for each website, which offers closer control over your privacy. This allows you to block cookies from all websites except those you trust.