Cookie Policy

I. INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this Cookies Policy is to provide COFIMAR S.A. users with clear and understandable information about the use of cookies on our website https://www.cofimar.ec. This policy is aligned with the Organic Law on Personal Data Protection (LOPDP), its Regulations and other applicable regulations in Ecuador.

The use of cookies allows us to improve the browsing experience, personalize content, optimize website performance and perform usage analysis to offer services tailored to your interests. Through this document, we seek to ensure transparency in the collection and processing of data derived from the use of these technologies, based on informed and manageable consent.

II. WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are small text files that are stored in a user's browser when accessing a website. These files contain information that allows us to identify the user's device and collect data about the user's web activity, such as language preferences, pages visited or saved settings.

Cookies do not directly collect sensitive information, such as bank details or identity documents, and their use is limited to specific purposes detailed below.

III. WHAT INFORMATION DOES A COOKIE STORE?

Cookies do not usually store sensitive information about you, such as credit card or bank details, photographs, your identity card or personal information, etc. The data they store is of a technical nature, personal preferences, content personalization, etc. The web server does not associate you as a person but your web browser. In fact, if you usually browse with Internet Explorer and try to browse the same web with Firefox or Chrome you will see that the web does not realize that you are the same person because it is actually associating the browser, not the person.

IV. TYPES OF COOKIES

On our website we use our own and third-party cookies, classified according to their origin, duration and purpose:

Types of cookies according to the entity that manages them:
a) Own Cookies: These are those that are installed on the user's device directly from our website. That is, they are managed by us to provide the services requested by the user when browsing the site.
b) Third-party cookies: These are cookies that are installed on the user's device from a domain other than ours. These are managed by other companies that process the information obtained through these cookies, for example, to offer analysis or advertising services.
Types of cookies according to the length of time they remain active:
a) Session Cookies: These are a type of cookies designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a web page. They are usually used to store information that is only of interest to keep for the provision of the service requested by the user on a single occasion (for example, a list of products purchased).
b) Persistent Cookies: These are a type of cookies in which the data remain stored in the terminal, can be accessed and processed for a period defined by the Cookie Publisher, and can range from a few minutes to several years.
Types of cookies according to their purpose:
a) Necessary Cookies: These are cookies that help make a website usable by enabling basic functions such as page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
b) Technical Cookies: These are those that allow the user to navigate through a web page, platform or application and the use of the different options or services that exist in it such as, for example, control traffic and data communication, identify the session, access restricted access parts, remember the elements that make up an order, make the buying process of an order, make the application for registration or participation in an event, use security features during navigation, store content for broadcasting videos or sound or share content through social networks.
c) Personalization Cookies: These cookies allow the user to access the service with some general characteristics predefined according to a series of criteria in the user's terminal, such as the language, the type of browser through which the user accesses the service, the regional configuration from which the user accesses the service, etc.
d) Analysis Cookies: These are those that allow the Editor of the same, monitoring and analyzing 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 such sites, applications and platforms, in order to introduce improvements based on the analysis of the usage data of the users of the service.
e) Advertising Cookies: These are those that allow 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 based on criteria such as the edited content or the frequency at which the ads are displayed.
f) Behavioral advertising cookies: These are those that allow the management, in the most effective way possible, of advertising spaces that, where appropriate, the publisher has included on a website, application or platform from which it provides the requested service. These cookies store information on user behavior obtained through the continuous observation of their browsing habits, which allows the development of a specific profile to display advertising based on the same, based on an automated decision.

V. PURPOSE OF THE USE OF COOKIES

The main purposes of the cookies used by COFIMAR are:

Facilitate navigation on the website and remember user settings.
Analyze user behavior to improve the content and services offered.
Personalize the browsing experience and display relevant content.
Manage and optimize advertising campaigns based on detected interests.

VI. COOKIE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL

The user has full control over the acceptance or rejection of cookies. You can set your browser to block or delete them at any time. Please note that by disabling certain cookies, some site functionality may not be available or may fail.

Below, we provide links to the configuration pages of the main browsers:

Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox
MacOS Desktop Safari
MacOS Safari mobile devices
Microsoft Edge

VII. CONSENT TO THE USE OF COOKIES

When you enter COFIMAR's website for the first time, you will be presented with an informative banner where you can accept or reject the use of unnecessary cookies. Your consent will be stored and may be revoked at any time from your browser options or through cookie management tools, see appendix.

VIII. INTERNATIONAL TRANSFERS

By accepting cookies you voluntarily agree to the above-mentioned data processing. This also includes, for a limited time, your consent to data processing outside of Ecuador, e.g. in the USA. In these countries, despite careful selection and obligation of service providers, the high level of data protection cannot be guaranteed.

If the data is transferred to the USA, there is, for example, a risk that the US authorities will process this data for control and monitoring purposes without effective legal remedies being available or without all of the data subject's rights being enforceable. You may revoke your consent at any time, as explained below.

IX. SECURITY OF COLLECTED DATA

COFIMAR adopts reasonable security measures in line with international standards to protect the information collected through cookies, including IP anonymity and restricted access to analysis data.

Name	Duration	Object	Registered users only?
wordpresshash.		WordPress uses the wordpress-hash cookie to store authentication details. Its use is limited to the administration screen area, /wp-admin/.	Yes,
wordpress.logged.in.	Session	Remember User session. WordPress sets the cookie after login wordpress.logged.in.hash, which indicates when you logged in, and who you are, for most interface usage.	Yes,
wordpres.test.cookie	Session	Test if the cookie can be set. WordPress also sets the wordpress-test-cookie cookie to check if cookies are enabled in the browser to provide the right user experience to users. This cookie is used on the front end even if you are not logged in.	No, no
wp-settings-.usder.id.	1 year	Personalization cookie. Used to persist a wp-admin user configuration. The ID is the user's ID. This is used to customize the admin interface view, and possibly also the main site interface.	Yes,
wp-settings-time-user.	1 year	Time when wp-settings-usus was set.	Yes,
wp-qualification-post	1 day	Auto-save cookie: wp-sal-post is a WordPress cookie created when a post is saved in the editor. It is used to track if there is a saved post exists for a post that is currently being edited. If it exists, then let the user reset the data.	Yes,
wp-postpass-hash.	10 days	Used to log in if a post is password protected.	No, no
wordpress.sec			Yes,

X. CONTACT

For more information about this policy, or to exercise your rights related to the processing of your personal data, you can write to us at: protecciondedatos@cofimar.com.ec.

XI. UPDATES TO THIS POLICY

COFIMAR may update this Cookie Policy at any time. Updates will be notified on the website, including the date of the last modification. It is recommended to review it periodically to keep informed about applicable changes.