Cookies Policy

By means of this notice, Banco Santander S.A., an entity registered with the Bank of Spain under registration number 0049, with registered office at Santander, Paseo de Pereda, 9-12 and CIF tax registration number A-39000013 owner of this website (hereinafter, the Bank), hereby informs users to the website (hereinafter, the Website and the Users or the User respectively) about its cookie policy, in order to ensure Users knowledge of the cookies that will be used while browsing the Website and so that they may give their consent to them.

Cookies could be defined as any type of data storage and retrieval device that is used on the terminal of a user (computer/ smartphone / tablet) that browses the Internet in order to store information and retrieve the information already stored.

Cookies can be installed, either directly by the websites visited by the user or by third parties with whom the Website relates, and allow the Websites to know their activity on the same site or in others with which it relates to, for example: the place of access, the connection time, the device of access (fixed or mobile), the operating system and browser used, the most visited pages, the number of clicks made and data regarding user behavior on the Internet.

For more information on how websites and apps use cookies click on https://www.allaboutcookies.org/es/.

 

 

Under certain circumstances, the use of data storage and retrieval devices on recipients’ terminals, such as cookies, may involve the processing of personal data. Such processing of data is legitimated provided that the Users of the Website have given their consent after having been provided with precise and complete information on its use, in particular on the purposes of the processing of the data, regarding the protection of personal data.

This website uses the following types of cookies :

4.1. Technical and strictly necessary cookies

These are cookies inserted by the Bank that are necessary for the proper functioning of the Website or to provide a service requested by the User, respectively. In this sense, the cookies that are considered necessary will be those personalization cookies or preferences that allow remembering information so that the User can access the service with certain characteristics that can differentiate their experience from that of other Users, as for example might be language or the number of results to be shown in a search.

Technical cookies include, for example, user interface customization cookies, cookies used by the Bank to control traffic and data communication, identify the session, cookies to share content on social networks, etc.

As established by art. 22.2 of the LSSI, consent is not necessary for its use.

4.2. Analytical or performance cookies

These cookies may be own or third-party cookies and allow the Bank to monitor and analyze the behavior of Users when browsing the Web or using its services. Given those, the Bank can know which pages are the most or least visited, how visitors navigate the site and analyze navigation, allowing the Bank to introduce improvements based on the analysis of this usage of the information. The information handled does not allow the User to be uniquely identified.

Among the analytical cookies used on this website are GOOGLE ANALYTICS cookies.  GOOGLE ANALYTICS is a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland. Specifically, the use of Google Analytics allows the Bank to monitor how visitors use the Website, compile reports and help improve the Website.  

4.3. Personalization or functional cookies

These cookies allow the website to provide better functionality and personalization. They can be established by the Bank or by third parties. 

4.4. Advertising or targeted cookies

These are cookies that store information on the behavior of Users obtained through the continuous observation of their browsing habits or their behavior when using the services provided by the Website, which allows the Bank to develop a specific profile to show the User adverts based on it. They also allow the the Bank to make improvements based on data analysis. The information handled does not allow the User to be uniquely identified. Cookies can be inserted on the Website either by the the Bank or by a third party.

In the following table  you will find more detailed information about this list of cookies:

Except for the cases in which technical and strictly necessary cookies do not require an informed consent of the User for their use, the Bank will only insert cookies in the User’s device with the prior informed consent of the latter. In this sense, consent can be granted either by clicking on the “Accept all cookies” button or by configuring those for which the User freely chooses to give his consent through the cookie configuration panel that the Bank has made available when first accessing the Website.

Once cookies are installed, the User may at any time choose to revoke their consent and delete them. To do so, they may either:

• Use the content settings and privacy options available in the browser available whilst navigating. Thus, depending on the type of browser that the User operates, the procedure for revocation and deletion of cookies could be, for example, one of the following:
  • Firefox: http://support.mozilla.org/es/home 
  • Internet/Explorer: http://support.microsoft.com/ph/807/es-es
  • Safari: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677?viewlocale=es_ES
  • Opera: http://help.opera.com/Windows/8.54/es-ES/index.html
  • Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/?hl=es
• Reconfigure the cookies accepted through the cookie configuration panel that the Bank makes available at all times and which the User can access through the following link:

  Configuración de cookies

This Cookies Policy may vary depending on the cookies used. In case new types of cookies are included for which informed consent is required, the Bank will duly inform the User and obtain due consent.

Without prejudice to the provisions above, the Bank recommends the User to review this Policy each time the User access the Website in order to be properly informed about how and why the Bank uses cookies and to be aware of any changes in the type of data collected. 

If the User wishes to ask any questions about the Cookies Policy of the Website, the User can contact the Bank through the following address: [ ]  Indicating the subject “Cookies Policy”.