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Cookies

Due to the entry into force of the Law of Services of the Information Society and Electronic Commerce (LSSICE), established by Law 34/2002, it is mandatory to obtain the express consent of the user of all websites that use cookies expendable, before this navigate through them.

What are cookies?

Cookies and other similar technologies such as local shared objects, flash cookies or pixels, are tools used by Web servers to store and retrieve information about its visitors, as well as to provide a proper functioning of the site.


The use of these devices allows the Web server to remember some data concerning the user, such as your preferences for viewing the pages of that server, name and password, products that most interest you, etc..


According to the EU directive, the cookies that require the informed consent of the user are analytical cookies and advertising and affiliation cookies, with the exception of those of a technical nature and those necessary for the operation of the website or the provision of services expressly requested by the user.

Types of cookies used on this website according to their purpose

  1. Necessary and Functional Cookies: are those that allow the user to navigate through a website, platform or application and the use of the different options or services that exist in it.

  2. Preference Cookies: Preference cookies allow the website to remember information that changes the way the page behaves or the way it looks, such as your preferred language or the region in which the user is located. 

  3. Analytical Cookies: These are those that allow the person responsible for them to monitor and analyze the behavior of users of the websites to which they are linked. The information collected through this type of cookies is used to measure the activity of the websites, application or platform and for the elaboration of browsing profiles of the users of these sites, applications and platforms, in order to introduce improvements based on the analysis of the usage data of the users of the service.

  4. Marketing Cookies: These are those that allow the management, in the most effective way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the editor has included on a website, application or platform from which it provides the requested service based on criteria such as the edited content or the frequency at which the ads are displayed.  In addition, they collect information about the user's preferences and personal choices (retargeting) to enable the management, in the most effective way possible, of the advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the publisher has included on a web page, application or platform from which it provides the requested service.

  5. Other cookies: Other non-categorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not yet been classified in a category.

Types of cookies used on this website according to their ownership

  1. Own 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 consent banner, the cookies used on this website are detailed and categorized by type, so that the user is adequately informed and can provide informed consent.

Processing of personal data

UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID and INTERNATIONAL STUDIES S.A., as Data Controllers, inform you that your data will be processed in accordance with the provisions of the General Regulation (EU) 2016/679, on data protection (RGPD) and L.O. 3/2018, on data protection and guarantee of digital rights (LOPDGDD), so you are provided with the following information of the treatment:

 

  1. Purposes of treatment: cookies on the website GAP YEAR PROGRAM SPAIN (Property of THE UNIVERSITY CARLOS III OF MADRID and INTERNATIONAL STUDIES S.A.), are used to customize content and ads, offer social networking features and analyze traffic. In addition, we share information about your use of the website with our social media, advertising and web analytics partners, who may combine it with other information you have provided to them or that they have collected from your use of their services.

  2. Legitimation of the processing: Consent of the data subject.

  3. Criteria for data retention: As specified in the section on cookies used on the web.

  4. Communication of data: Data will not be communicated to third parties, except in cookies owned by third parties or by legal obligation.


Rights of the Interested Party:

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  1. Right to withdraw consent at any time.

  2. Right of access, rectification, portability and deletion of their data, and limitation or opposition to its processing.

  3. Right to file a complaint.

 

Contact details to exercise your rights:

 

  1. By email, dpd@uc3m.es, or postal mail UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID Calle Madrid 126, 28903 Getafe, Madrid (Spain).

  2. By email, privacy@cis-spain.com, or postal mail INTERNATIONAL STUDIES.S.A Calle Velázquez 140 28006, Madrid (Spain).

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