CaixaResearch Institute > Cookies Policy

Latest update on: 01/06/2025

This Cookie Policy forms an integral part of the Legal Notice and Privacy Policy of the website you have accessed (hereinafter, the “website”).

By clicking the “Accept” button, you expressly agree to the use of cookies. The option to disable cookies is provided by the “Reject” button. Likewise, clicking the “Confirm my preferences” button without having selected any cookies is equivalent to rejecting all cookies. Disabling cookies may cause your browsing experience on the website to be less than optimal and some of its features may not respond properly.

To make it easier to browse the website, its owner, Fundación Instituto de Investigación ”la Caixa” (hereinafter, CaixaResearch Institute), domiciled at Calle Isaac Newton, número 26, Barcelona, 08022 and with tax code (NIF) G-44983203, hereby informs you that it uses cookies and other files with similar functions (hereinafter, “cookies“). Therefore, in order to ensure you have all the information required to properly browse the website, we provide you with the following information regarding what cookies are, what types of cookies are used on our website and how you can change their settings or disable them.

Should the use of cookies involve collecting personal data, we inform you that CaixaResearch Institute is responsible for processing the personal data obtained through first-party cookies. Since CaixaResearch Institute decides the purpose, content and purpose of the processing of the information obtained, it acts as the controller of the processing of any personal data collected based on the use of the cookies.

Our website may contain third-party cookies, i.e. those for which third parties outside CaixaResearch Institute are responsible regarding the information they process. These cookies make it possible for a third party to collect data via its own cookies for its own purposes, and not for purposes entrusted to it by CaixaResearch Institute.

Cookies are small data files that are downloaded onto a user’s device when visiting a website. Their main purpose is to recognise users every time they visit the website, improve its quality and provide better website usability.

Cookies are essential for the internet to function; they do not harm the user’s equipment/device and, when they are enabled in the browser’s settings, they can help identify and resolve potential website functioning errors.

This website uses cookies and/or similar technologies that collect and store information while you browse. In general, such technologies can be used for very different purposes such as recognising you as a user, obtaining information about your browsing habits and personalising the way in which the content is displayed. The specific ways in which we use such technologies are described below.

Specifically, we use cookies for the purposes set out below. You will be informed if other cookies are used in the future with the purpose of additionally providing better services.

This website uses session cookies and persistent cookies (depending on the length of time they remain activated) which, in turn, may be first-party or third-party cookies (depending on the entity that manages them). Below you will find a brief description of this classification of cookies:

A. Types of cookie according to the length of time they remain active

Session cookies are designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a website. They are normally used to store information that only needs to be retained for the provision of the service requested by the user on a single occasion.

Persistent cookies are cookies where the data remain stored on the device and can be accessed and processed during a period defined by the cookie controller, which may range from a few minutes to several years.

B. Types of cookie according to the entity that manages them

First-party cookies are cookies sent to a user’s computer from a device or domain managed by us, through which the service requested by the user is provided.

Third-party cookies are cookies managed by the providers of analysis services, social media and behavioural advertising not related to CaixaResearch Institute.

Without prejudice to the above classifications, the cookies used on this website can also be classified according to their purpose. By accessing the cookie settings panel, you can find the specific types of cookie implemented on the website you are visiting. The types of cookie that can be implemented depending on the website you visit may include:

Technical/Strictly necessary cookies
Such cookies are necessary for the operation and delivery of the services offered on the website and cannot be disabled in our systems. They enable users to browse a website, platform or app and use the various options or services on them, including those which the editor uses manage and operate the website and enable its features and services, such as controlling data traffic and communication, identifying the session, accessing the restricted access sections, remembering the items in a specific order, carrying out the shopping process for an order, managing the payment, controlling fraud related to service security, requesting registration or participation in an event, counting visits for the purpose of the software licence invoice, allowing dynamic content (e.g. loading animation for a text or image) and sharing content on social media. For detailed information about these cookies, you can access the settings panel located in the footer of the website.
Performance or analytical cookies
Such cookies enable us to count traffic visits and sources in order to measure and improve our website performance, as well as to improve its content and services offered. They help us to identify which pages are most and least popular and how many people view them. If you do not enable such cookies, we will not know when you visited our website. For detailed information about these cookies, you can access the settings panel located in the footer of the website.
Customisation cookies
These cookies allow users to access the website with some predefined general features on their device or those defined by the user. For example, the language, the type of browser used to access, the content design selected, the geolocation of the device and the regional configuration from which the service is accessed. For detailed information about these cookies, you can access the settings panel located in the footer of the website.
Targeted or behavioural advertising cookies
Such cookies store information about users’ behaviour collected by constantly monitoring their browsing habits, which allows a specific profile to be developed to display advertising accordingly. Such cookies may be on all the website, placed by our advertising partners. These partners may use them to create a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other sites. They do not store personal information directly but are based on a unique identifier for your browser and internet-enabled device. If you do not enable such cookies, you will receive less targeted advertising. For detailed information about these cookies, you can access the settings panel located in the footer of the website.

Likewise, and for purely informative purposes, it should be noted that additional information may be consulted regarding cookies whose third-party provider is Google, via the following link: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites?hl=en

Giving consent

Please note that by clicking the “Accept” button on the cookie banner, you consent to the use of cookies on your device.

Revoking consent

The option to disable cookies is provided by the “Reject” button, as well as in the settings panel for each cookie group, subdivided by means of the purposes mentioned above. We also inform you that clicking the “Confirm my preferences” button without having selected any cookies is equivalent to rejecting all cookies, with the exception of technical or strictly necessary cookies.

You can enable or disable all the cookies at the same time or each type of cookie separately in the settings panel located in the footer of the website.

Browser settings to avoid cookies

You can enable or disable cookies and delete your browsing history (including cookies) on your browser. Please check the options and instructions provided by your browser. Remember that, if you accept third-party cookies, you must delete them from your browser’s options menu.

In order to comply with the prevailing regulatory framework, the following information is provided so you can change the privacy and security settings on your internet browsers regarding the cookies. Therefore, we provide information and links to the official support websites of the main browsers so that you can accept or reject cookies.

Most browsers enable you to manage your user preferences regarding cookies at any time. You can adjust your browser to reject cookies or delete certain cookies as you deem fit.

To change the cookie settings, you can access:

You can revoke your cookie consent on your browsers in the way stated above.

You must remember that some of the features of these websites’ content are only available if cookies are enabled on their browsers. If you decide to reject or block certain cookies (based on their purpose), this may partially or fully affect the website’s normal functioning or prevent you from accessing some of its services.

CaixaResearch Institute may arrange services from providers in countries outside the European Economic Area based on the European Commission’s adequacy decisions. In this case, it is considered that the country has equivalent regulatory arrangements. If CaixaResearch Institute needs to arrange services from providers located in countries without equivalent regulatory arrangements, the contract must include all the guarantees and safeguards required by the regulations to maintain your privacy, after verification of the legislation of the country of destination. Such safeguards may consist of applying additional contractual and guarantee clauses in accordance with the regulations of each country of destination or using binding corporate rules approved by the data protection authorities. We also inform you that the regulations allow us to send your data to those countries if this is necessary to comply with our obligations arising from the service you request.

For more information on your privacy guarantees or the countries of destination to which we need to transfer your data to comply with our contractual obligations with you, please write to the Data Protection Officer at the addresses stated in the “YOUR RIGHTS” section of this Cookie Policy.

You can get information on the transfers to third countries which, where applicable, are made by the third parties identified in this Cookie Policy in their corresponding privacy and cookie policies.

The aforementioned cookies are not used to create profiles that involve automated decision-making which produces legal effects concerning users or significantly affects them.

The personal data obtained by using cookies are stored during the period stated in the cookie’s settings panel and, once that period elapses, during the applicable statute-of-limitations period depending on the purposes.

You can withdraw your consent and exercise your right of access, rectification, erasure, portability, restriction and/or objection to processing by writing to the following postal and email addresses: Avenida Diagonal 621 – 629, 08028 Barcelona (Spain), or [email protected]

To contact our Data Protection Officer, you can send an email to [email protected]

If you consider that the processing of your personal data breaches the regulations or your rights, you can file a claim with our Data Protection Officer by writing to the aforementioned addresses or to the Spanish Data Protection Agency at https://www.aepd.es/es.

CaixaResearch Institute may modify this Cookie Policy based on new legislative or regulatory requirements or for the purpose of adapting the Policy to the instructions issued by the Spanish Data Protection Authority.

When significant changes are made to this Cookie Policy, users will be notified by means of an information notice on the website.