COOKIE POLICY
COOKIE POLICY
This Cookie Policy explains how VALENCIA Marine Services, S.L.U. uses cookies and similar technologies on marinesurveyor.es.
Cookies may be used to ensure the website operates correctly, maintain security, remember user preferences, and, where enabled and accepted by the user, collect statistical information about website usage.
This Cookie Policy should be read together with the Privacy Policy and Legal Notice.
1. WEBSITE OWNER
The website is operated by:
VALENCIA Marine Services, S.L.U.
Registered Office: Valencia, Spain
VAT No.: ESB06827356
Mercantile Registry of Valencia:
Volume 11011, Sheet 122, Section GNE, Entry 198596
Website:
Contact:
Through the website Contact Form
2. WHAT ARE COOKIES?
Cookies are small files or pieces of information that may be stored on a user’s device when visiting a website.
They can allow a website to remember technical information, preferences or previous interactions and may also be used to obtain statistical information about how visitors use the website.
Similar technologies, such as local storage, pixels, tags or scripts, may perform comparable functions.
For simplicity, this Policy refers collectively to these technologies as “cookies” where appropriate.
3. WHY DO WE USE COOKIES?
Cookies may be used on marinesurveyor.es for purposes including:
Ensuring the technical operation of the website
Maintaining website security
Managing forms and user sessions
Remembering privacy or cookie preferences
Preventing fraudulent or abusive activity
Improving website performance
Obtaining aggregated website usage statistics where analytics are enabled
Understanding how visitors interact with pages and services where permitted
We use non-essential cookies only where applicable consent requirements have been satisfied.
4. TYPES OF COOKIES
Cookies may be classified by purpose.
STRICTLY NECESSARY COOKIES
These cookies are required for the basic operation, security or functionality of the website.
They may be necessary for functions such as:
Website navigation
Security
Form processing
Cookie consent management
Fraud prevention
Session management
Technical infrastructure
Because these cookies are necessary to provide the website or service the user requested, they do not normally require optional consent.
PREFERENCE COOKIES
Preference cookies may allow the website to remember the user's choices.
Examples may include:
Language preferences
Display settings
Consent preferences
Other user-selected website options
Where applicable, these cookies are managed in line with relevant consent requirements.
ANALYTICS COOKIES
Analytics cookies may be used to understand how visitors interact with the website.
They may help measure information such as:
Pages visited
Approximate session duration
Navigation patterns
Website performance
Traffic sources
Technical errors
Aggregated usage statistics
Where analytics cookies are not strictly necessary, they should not be activated until the user has provided the required consent.
MARKETING OR ADVERTISING COOKIES
The website may only use marketing or advertising cookies if such technologies are implemented and the appropriate consent has been obtained.
These technologies may be used to:
Measure advertising campaigns
Track interactions with advertising content
Create audience segments
Deliver more relevant advertising
If marinesurveyor.es does not use advertising or behavioural marketing technologies, this category should remain disabled in the cookie consent system.
5. FIRST-PARTY AND THIRD-PARTY COOKIES
FIRST-PARTY COOKIES
First-party cookies are created or controlled directly by marinesurveyor.es or by the technical infrastructure necessary to operate the website.
THIRD-PARTY COOKIES
Third-party cookies may be created by external providers whose services are integrated into the website.
Depending on the website configuration, these providers could include services used for:
Hosting
Website security
Analytics
Embedded maps
Video content
Spam prevention
External fonts
Form processing
Other technical integrations
The use of third-party cookies depends on the services actually enabled on the website.
6. COOKIE CONSENT
When required, users are presented with a cookie consent mechanism that lets them choose whether to accept optional cookies.
Users should be able to:
Accept optional cookies
Reject optional cookies
Configure cookie preferences
Change their decision later
Strictly necessary cookies may remain active because they are required for the website's technical operation or security.
Do not install optional cookies before obtaining the required user consent.
7. COOKIE BANNER
The initial cookie banner should provide clear options without making acceptance unnecessarily easier than rejection.
Recommended buttons:
ACCEPT ALL
REJECT NON-ESSENTIAL
COOKIE SETTINGS
The banner should also provide access to this Cookie Policy.
8. COOKIE SETTINGS
Users may change their cookie preferences through the website’s cookie settings mechanism where available.
Changing preferences may remove or block optional cookies for future use.
Cookies previously stored on the device may also need to be deleted through the browser settings where technically necessary.
9. COOKIE DURATION
Cookies may be either session cookies or persistent cookies.
SESSION COOKIES
Session cookies normally remain active only while the browser session is open and are deleted or become inactive when the session ends.
PERSISTENT COOKIES
Persistent cookies remain on the user’s device for a defined period or until they are deleted.
The duration depends on each cookie's specific purpose and configuration.
Cookies should not be retained for longer than reasonably necessary for their stated purpose.
10. COOKIE TABLE
The final published version of this section should reflect the cookies actually detected on marinesurveyor.es.
Recommended format:
Cookie / Technology / Provider / Purpose / Type/ Duration
Cookie consent preference / marinesurveyor.es / Stores the user’s cookie choices / Necessary /According to configuration
Session/security cookies / Website infrastructure / Website operation and security / Necessary / Session or according to configuration
Analytics cookies > If enabled / Website traffic and usage statistics / Analytics / According to provider
Third-party integration cookies / If enabled / Function required by integrated service / According to purpose /According to provider
Do not publish invented cookie names.
Obtain the final cookie inventory from the actual website configuration or a cookie scan before publication.
11. ANALYTICS SERVICES
If analytics services are enabled on marinesurveyor.es, they may process technical information such as:
Approximate location derived from network information
Device type
Browser type
Operating system
Pages visited
Interaction events
Referral source
Session information
Configure analytics in accordance with applicable consent and data protection requirements.
Where analytics are disabled, no analytics cookies should be represented as active.
12. EMBEDDED THIRD-PARTY CONTENT
Some website functions may involve content or services supplied by third parties.
Examples could include:
Maps
Videos
External widgets
Social media content
Anti-spam services
External booking or communication tools
Such services may place their own cookies or process technical information.
Where these services are non-essential, block them until you obtain the required consent.
13. CONTACT FORMS
The general Contact Form, Request a Quote form, Request a Survey form and other professional service forms may require technical cookies or security mechanisms to operate correctly.
These technologies may be used to:
Maintain form functionality
Protect against spam
Prevent automated abuse
Maintain website security
Process form submissions
Technical cookies necessary for these purposes are generally treated as essential.
14. SECURITY AND ANTI-SPAM TOOLS
The website may use technical mechanisms intended to protect forms and website infrastructure against:
Spam
Bots
Fraudulent requests
Automated attacks
Malicious traffic
Unauthorized access attempts
Where third-party security services are used, their operation and any associated cookies or data processing should be reflected in the actual website configuration and privacy information.
15. MANAGING COOKIES THROUGH THE BROWSER
Users may also manage, block or delete cookies through their browser settings.
Most modern browsers allow users to:
View stored cookies
Delete cookies
Block specific cookies
Block third-party cookies
Clear website data
Configure automatic deletion
The exact procedure depends on the browser and device used.
Disabling essential cookies may affect the operation of some website functions.
16. WITHDRAWING CONSENT
Where processing is based on consent, users may withdraw or modify that consent at any time through the available cookie settings mechanism.
Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before consent was withdrawn.
17. INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS
Some third-party providers used for analytics, security, hosting or website functionality may process information outside the European Economic Area.
Where personal data is transferred internationally, the relevant data protection requirements and appropriate safeguards should be applied where legally required.
Further information regarding personal data processing is available in the Privacy Policy.
18. PERSONAL DATA AND COOKIES
Some cookies or similar technologies may process identifiers or other information that can constitute personal data.
Where this occurs, processing is subject to applicable data protection law and the principles described in the Privacy Policy.
VALENCIA Marine Services does not sell personal data collected through cookies to third parties.
19. LEGAL BASIS
Strictly necessary cookies are used where required to provide the website, maintain security or deliver functionality requested by the user.
Optional cookies, including non-essential analytics or marketing cookies, are used only where an appropriate legal basis exists, and consent has been obtained where required.
20. COOKIE CONSENT RECORDS
Where we use a cookie consent management system, we may retain limited information to record the user’s privacy choices.
This may include:
Consent status
Cookie categories selected
Date or time of consent
Technical identifier required to store the preference
We use this information to demonstrate and respect the user’s cookie choices.
21. DO WE USE COOKIES FOR MARINE SURVEYING OR CLIENT PROFILING?
Cookies are not used to make technical decisions concerning:
Marine surveys
Vessel inspections
Audit findings
Flag State inspections
Technical reports
Professional quotations
Vessel condition assessments
Professional decisions relating to marine services are made independently of website cookie profiles.
22. CHANGES TO THE COOKIE POLICY
VALENCIA Marine Services may update this Cookie Policy where necessary due to:
Changes in website functionality
New technical providers
Changes in analytics tools
Changes in cookie configuration
Changes in applicable legislation
Changes in regulatory guidance
The version published on the website will be the current version.
23. HOW TO CONTACT US ABOUT COOKIES
Submit questions about cookies, privacy preferences, or the use of tracking technologies on this website through the website Contact Form.
Please indicate:
COOKIE / PRIVACY QUERY
so we can identify the request correctly.
24. DATA CONTROLLER DETAILS
VALENCIA Marine Services, S.L.U.
Registered Office: Valencia, Spain
VAT No.: ESB06827356
Mercantile Registry of Valencia:
Volume 11011, Sheet 122, Section GNE, Entry 198596
Website:
Contact:
Through the website Contact Form