Cookies

1. General Information

The following policy provides the User with general information about what cookies are use and what types of cookies exist.

What are Cookies?

Cookies and other similar devices, such as pixels, web bugs, etc. are text or image files that are installed in the user's browser when the user accesses an online service.

Cookies allow, among other things, to store and retrieve information about the user, their browser, their devices and the user’s activity in the service they are connecting to.

What types of Cookies exist?

There are many types of cookies. Below, we offer the user some classifications of them, without necessarily implying that this service uses all these types of cookies:

A) According to the entity that manages the cookies:

Own cookies: are those that are sent to the user's device or terminal from the equipment or domain belonging to the owner of a service, and managed by the latter.
Third-party cookies: are those that are sent to the user's device or terminal from a computer or domain that is not managed by the owner of a service, but by a third party that will process the information obtained through cookies.

B) Depending on the retention period:

Session Cookies: are those that collect and store data when the user accesses a service and cease once the user leaves it.
Persistent Cookies: are those that have a duration determined in time by the person responsible for the service. The conservation time can vary from a few minutes to several years. They are used to save and retrieve certain parameters each time the user visits a service.

C) Depending on the purpose:

Technical Cookies: are those essential and strictly necessary for the proper functioning, use of the different options or services offered by those responsible for it. For example, those used for session maintenance, response time management, performance or validation of options, use of security elements, etc.
Personalization Cookies: are those that allow the user to specify or customize some features of a service. For example, define the language, regional configuration or type of browser.
Analytical Cookies: these are those that allow to count the number of unique visitors and perform an analysis of the use of a service to measure the interest of this or certain areas of it. For example, through an analytical cookie would control the geographical areas from where higher percentages of users connect, which is the product or service of more acceptance, etc.
Advertising Cookies: are those that allow the management of advertising space in a service.
Behavioral advertising cookies: are those that allow the management of advertising space in a service. The function of these cookies is to store information on the behavior of users of a service, in order to subsequently display personalized advertising.

D) Other technologies:

Pixels, web bugs or trackers: also known as tracking pixels, tracking pixel, pixel tag or conversion pixels, web beacons or web beacons. They are tiny images of 1x1 transparent pixels that are inserted into a service in order to measure activity. Once a certain page of the service is loaded in a browser, this image will be loaded and this data can be measured. Tracking pixels generally make it possible to know the route taken by a given user IP in an online service.
HTML5 storage: this consists of taking advantage of the capabilities of HTML5 technology to store certain parameters in the user's browser that can be used to identify the user's browser.
Local shared objects (LSO): also known as "flash cookies", it consists of storing information without cookies on the user's computer, taking advantage of Adobe Flash Player technology.
Etags: this is a mechanism of the HTTP protocol that allows the validation of the cache that the user stores in his browser on a website. This technology is mainly used to save bandwidth, avoiding duplicate content downloads. However, it can also be used to recognize the user's browser.
Canvas fingerprinting: this consists of generating a unique shape in the user's browser using HTML5 web standard technology to identify the user's computer.
Font detection: this technique consists of identifying the font configuration of the user's computer to obtain a unique identification of the computer.
Browser cache: as its name suggests, this technique consists of storing information in the browser cache.
WebGL: this technique takes advantage of the 3D rendering capabilities of modern browsers to obtain a unique identification of the computer, due to the different configurations of each one.

2. Specific Information

Who manages this service?

This service is the responsibility of Adara Venture Partners III S.à.r.l. (hereinafter, ‘ADARA’), a company incorporated in Luxembourg, established at 15 Boulevard F.W. Raiffeisen, Luxembourg, L-2411, registered with the Luxembourg Trade & Companies Register under number B 177954.

What technologies do we use?

Specifically, this online service uses cookies and other similar devices for the following purposes:

Purpose	Persistence	Origin/Provider	More Info
Technical	1 year	Own	N/A
Analytics	1 year	Google(*)	Link to Google

‍(*) Suppliers not located in the European Union or in countries with equivalent data protection legislation.‍

The information obtained through these cookies is stored on servers of the indicated suppliers, which are located in countries outside the European Union, generally located in the United States, a country whose legislation does not guarantee an adequate level of data protection in the opinion of the European authorities. By consenting to the use of these cookies, you also consent to the international transfer of your personal data to the countries of the indicated suppliers.‍

How to disable or delete cookies?‍

When accessing the service for the first time, the user will see a cookie warning informing him/her of the way in which he/she can give or refuse consent.
If the user has given his or her consent, he or she may at any time disable the cookies stated through the configuration of the options of the browser used on his or her device or terminal.

However, you should be aware that if you reject or delete cookies, we will not be able to maintain your preferences and some features will not be operational, so we will not be able to offer you personalized services and each time you use the service you will be listed as a new user who will be asked for your authorization to use cookies.Below, we offer links where the user will find information on how to disable cookies and similar features in the main browsers:

How does the use of cookies affect the protection of the user's personal data?

Most cookies collect anonymous information, which does not allow to obtain the identity of the user, although some of the codes that are included serve to single out or individualize the browser of the device used, and may be applicable regulations on personal data protection. Therefore, we inform you that the information obtained through cookies will be processed for the purposes indicated in this Cookies Policy. Likewise, this information will also be treated by those companies that provide cookies with the purpose indicated in their respective privacy policies.

However, taking into account that these codes do not allow the identification of the User, the rights of access, rectification, deletion, opposition, limitation or portability recognized in the data protection regulations will not be applicable, unless the User is able to provide additional information that allows linking his identity with the identification codes of his cookies.

If the Users believe that their right to data protection has been violated, they may contact the National Commission for Data Protection (https://cnpd.public.lu/en.html)

More Information

The user can raise any question related to the use of cookies that is not answered in this Cookie Policy through the e-mail gdpr@adara.vc.