cookies

Last update February 1, 2024

Cookies policy

The purpose of this cookie policy is to inform you clearly and precisely about the cookies used on the Ministry of the Interior website.

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small piece of text that websites you visit send to your browser that allows the website to remember information about your visit, such as your preferred language and other options, in order to facilitate your next visit and make the site is more useful to you. Cookies play a very important role and contribute to a better browsing experience for the user.

Types of cookies

Depending on who is the entity that manages the domain from which the cookies are sent and the data obtained is processed, two types can be distinguished: own cookies and third-party cookies.

There is also a second classification according to the length of time they remain stored in the client's browser, which may be session cookies or persistent cookies.

Finally, there is another classification with five types of cookies depending on the purpose for which the data obtained is processed: technical cookies, personalization cookies, analysis cookies, advertising cookies and behavioral advertising cookies.

For more information in this regard, you can consult the Guide on the use of cookies from the Spanish Data Protection Agency.

Cookies used on the website

The cookies that are being used on this portal are identified below, as well as their type and function:

The Ministry of the Interior website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service developed by Google, which allows the measurement and analysis of navigation on web pages. In your browser you can see cookies from this service. According to the previous typology, these are first-party, session and analysis cookies.

Through web analytics, information is obtained regarding the number of users who access the website, the number of pages viewed, the frequency and repetition of visits, their duration, the browser used, the operator that provides the service, the language. , the terminal you use and the city to which your IP address is assigned. Information that enables a better and more appropriate service from this portal.

To ensure anonymity, Google will anonymize your information by truncating the IP address before storing it, so Google Analytics is not used to locate or collect personally identifiable information from site visitors. Google may only send the information collected by Google Analytics to third parties when legally obliged to do so. Under the Google Analytics terms of service, Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google.

Another of the cookies that are downloaded is a technical type cookie called JSESSIONID. This cookie allows storing a unique identifier per session through which it is possible to link data necessary to enable ongoing navigation.

Finally, a cookie called show_cookies is downloaded, its own, technical and session type. Manages the user's consent for the use of cookies on the website, in order to remember those users who have accepted them and those who have not, so that the former are not shown information at the top of the page about.

Acceptance of the cookie policy

By clicking the Understood button it is assumed that you accept the use of cookies.

How to modify cookie settings

You can restrict, block or delete Home Office cookies or any other website using your browser. In each browser the operation is different, the "Help" function will show you how to do it.