COOKIES POLICY

Use of Vallarta.com Cookies

The website Vallarta.com, hereafter referred to as Vallarta.com, uses Cookies. Cookies are files which are sent to a browser via a web server in order to record the activities of a User on a specific web page. The main purpose of Cookies is to enable faster access of any selected services to the User. The Cookies also personalize the services which Vallarta.com provides, enabling and providing users information content that is or may be of interest to them in respect to the use they make of the Services.

Vallarta.com uses Cookies to personalize and optimize user browsing. Cookies are linked to an anonymous user and their computer only, they do not provide references of the user’s personal information unless the user logs in to Vallarta.com. Users can configure their browsers so that they confirm or reject the installation of Cookies sent by Vallarta.com, without this affecting the user’s access to its web content. However, we must warn you that this may affect the functionality quality of the website.

Registered users or those who have logged in can benefit from more personalized services linked to their profile thanks to a combination of the data stored in the cookies and any personal data used when registering. The aforementioned users expressly authorize the use of this information for the indicated purpose, without prejudice to their right to reject or disable the use of cookies.

However, Vallarta.com can save the services requested by the users in order to later analyze them and subsequently enable or provide information which is relevant to the taste and preferences of each user.

Typology, purpose and functionality of Cookies.

Cookies, according to their permanence, can be divided into “session” or “permanent” Cookies. Session Cookies expire when the user closes down the browser, and permanent Cookies expire when they have served their purpose (for example, so that the user remains identified at Vallarta.com) or when they are manually deleted.

In addition, Cookies can be classified in the following way according to their purpose:

• Performance Cookies: This type of Cookie remembers your preferences for the tools in the services, which means that you don’t have to reconfigure every time you visit the website.

• Geo-location Cookies: These Cookies are used to find out which country you are in when you request the service. It is a completely anonymous Cookie and is only used to direct the content to your location.

• Log Cookies: Log Cookies are generated once the user has registered or logged in, and they are used to identify you on the website for the following purposes:

-Maintain the user ID so that when you close the browser, page or website, or even switch your computer or device off, it will remember your ID the next time you go back to the site.

-This function can be cancelled if the user clicks on “close session”, so that the Cookie is deleted and you will have to log in to be recognized the next time you enter the site.

• Analytics Cookies: Every time a user visits a page or website, a tool from an external provider (Google Analytics, Comscore and other similar tools which may vary from these) generates an analytics Cookie in the user’s computer. This Cookie, which is only generated when you visit Vallarta.com, will be used to identify you anonymously when you go back on to the site.

More information on the privacy policy of these tools can be found at:

-Google Analytics: https://www.google.com/intl/es/policies/privacy/  

• Advertising Cookies: This type of Cookie allows for more information on the advertisements shown to each anonymous user in the Services provided by Vallarta.com Among other things, it stores the duration or frequency of ad visualization, the interaction with them, or the browser sponsors and/or the user’s compartments in order to establish a profile for advertising purposes. In this way the user receives advertisements that are of interest to them.

• Advertising Cookies from third parties: Apart from advertisement managed by Vallarta.com on their web pages, Vallarta.com offers its advertisers the chance to advertise via third parties (“AdServers”). In this way these third parties can store Cookies sent from the Vallarta.com web pages which come from the users’ browsers, and also access the data saved in them.

The companies who generate these Cookies have their own privacy policies.

Important: Unless a user decides to register in Vallarta.com, the Cookies will never be linked to any personal data which can identify them on further visits to the Vallarta.com website. These Cookies will only be used for statistical purposes in the main browsers in order to optimize the user experience of the website.

How to disable Cookies on the main browsers

It is generally possible to stop accepting browser Cookies, or Cookies of a specific Service.

All modern browsers allow for configuration changes to Cookies. These adjustments can normally be found in “options” or “preferences” on your browser menu. You can also configure your browser or email manager, or install free programs to avoid downloading Web Bugs when you open an email.

Vallarta.com offers guidance to the user on how to access the Cookie configuration menu and, if necessary, private browsing on each of the main browsers:

COOKIES USED BY Vallarta.COM

THIRD PARTY COOKIES

The third party Cookies on our website are the following:

UPDATES AND CHANGES IN COOKIES POLICY

Vallarta.com may modify this Cookies Policy according to current legislation and rulings, and also change the type of Cookies used depending on updates to the website. For this reason we encourage users to check it periodically.

Users will be notified when significant changes are made to our Cookies Policy, either on the website or via the email provided when they registered.