Cookie Policy
Introduction
Our website, bitute.org (hereinafter referred to as “the website”) uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience, all such technologies are referred to as “cookies”). Cookies may also be placed by third parties we have engaged. In the following document, we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small and simple file that is sent along with the pages of this website and stored by your browser on your computer’s hard drive or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.
What are scripts?
A script is a piece of program code used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code runs on our server or on your device.
What is a web beacon?
A web beacon (or pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website used to monitor website traffic. To do this, various data about you is stored via web beacons.
Consent
When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up window with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you click on “Save preferences”, you authorize us to use the categories of cookies and plug-ins you selected in the pop-up window, as described in this cookie statement. You can disable the use of cookies through your browser, but please note that our website may no longer function properly.
Consent Settings Management
Users have the right to express their agreement through the consent request we display when visiting our website.
Such consent can be modified at any time.
Cookies
Technical or Functional Cookies
Some cookies ensure that certain parts of the website function properly and that your user preferences remain known. By placing functional cookies, we make it easier for you to visit our website. For example, you do not need to repeatedly enter the same information when visiting our site, and items remain in your shopping cart until you complete your purchase. We may place these cookies without your consent.
Analytical Cookies
These are cookies that, whether processed by us or by third parties, allow us to quantify the number of users and thus carry out statistical measurement and analysis of how users use the service provided. To do this, we analyze your navigation on our website to improve the products or services we offer.
Advertising Cookies
These are cookies that, whether processed by us or by third parties, allow us to manage, in the most effective way possible, the offer of advertising spaces on the website, adapting the content of the ad to the content of the requested service or to the use made of our website. For this purpose, we may analyze your browsing habits on the internet and show you advertising related to your browsing profile.
Social Media Buttons
Our website includes buttons to promote pages (e.g., “like,” “pin”) or share them (e.g., “tweet”) on social networks. These buttons work using their own code, which embeds cookies. These social media buttons can store and process certain information, allowing you to be shown personalized advertisements.
Please read the privacy policies of these social networks (which may change frequently) to understand what they do with your (personal) data that they process through these cookies. The data they receive is anonymized as much as possible and is stored in the United States.
Cookies Used
Below we indicate the cookies used on this site:
| COOKIE | OWNER | EXPIRATION | CATEGORY | PURPOSE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ga* | Google Analytics | 18 months | Analytical | Analyze and count visited pages. |
| _ga | Google Analytics | 18 months | Analytical | Calculate users, sessions, and advertising data to produce performance reports of the website. This cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to each unique visitor so they can be recognized. |
| _gid | Google Analytics | 1 day | Analytical | Store information about users visiting the website anonymously. |
| _gat_UA-* | Google Analytics | 1 day | Analytical | Track anonymous user behavior. |
| Elementor | Bitute | Never | Functional | Allows real-time implementation or modification of website content. |
| wpEmojiSettingsSupports | Bitute | Session | Functional | Helps determine whether a browser can display emojis correctly. |
| PHPSESSID | .vbt.io | Session | Functional | Stores and identifies each unique user’s session ID to analyze user sessions anonymously on the website. This is a session cookie and is deleted when the browser is closed. |
Your Rights Regarding Personal Data
You have the following rights regarding your personal data:
You have the right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained.
Right of access: You have the right to access your personal data known to us.
Right of rectification: You have the right to complete, correct, delete, or block your personal data whenever you wish.
If you have given us consent to process your data, you have the right to revoke that consent and have your personal data deleted.
Right to data portability: You have the right to request all your personal data from the data controller and transfer it entirely to another controller.
Right to object: You may object to the processing of your data. We will comply with this unless there are justified reasons for the processing.
To exercise these rights, please contact us. Refer to the contact details at the bottom of this cookie statement. If you have any complaints about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you, but you also have the right to file a complaint with the supervisory authority (the Data Protection Authority).
Enabling/Disabling and Deleting Cookies
You can use your Internet browser to delete cookies automatically or manually. You can also specify that certain cookies may not be placed. Another option is to change your browser settings so that you receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to your browser’s Help section.
Please note that our website may not function properly if all cookies are disabled. If you delete cookies from your browser, they will be re-placed after your consent when you revisit our websites.