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Cookies policy

During your visit to the HORIZONS OPTICAL Websites, the company may collect personal data, mainly through the use of cookies.
A cookie is a small text file that a server can place on the hard drive of the computer in the browser, tablet, mobile phone or in any other device used to browse the Internet. Cookies contain information about the user’s visit to the Website, browsing preferences, information of most interest to the user, language, etc. In addition, HORIZONS OPTICAL may install advertising cookies, which will allow us to offer you information on products or services in the advertising sections of certain websites or social networks.

The user can configure cookies and decide whether to reject or accept the installation of cookies. If users continue browsing, without taking any action, they have accepted the installation of cookies. Users are notified of this in a pop-up window. HORIZONS OPTICAL recommends that users accept cookies because they do not invade the privacy of users and because they provide relevant information in order to continue offering quality content.

There are different types of cookies:

Session cookies and permanent cookies

Session cookies are deleted when the web browser is closed, whereas permanent cookies remain on the IT device.

First-party cookies and third-party cookies: the former belong to website, the latter belong to a third party.

Cookies can be used to gather specific information during your visit to the Website. Cookies are used with the aim of improving the browsing experience and functionality, as this information can help HORIZONS OPTICAL to ensure that the Website and services are tailored as closely as possible to the requirements and preferences of its users.

First-party and third-party cookies

HORIZONS OPTICAL may install third-party cookies with the aim of offering you information that we consider to be of interest to you while browsing. Third-party cookies used will generally be analytics cookies that provide HORIZONS OPTICAL with anonymous information regarding the number of times the website has been accessed, length of time users spent on the website, and other statistical data. Google, through its tool Google Analytics, requires the installing of such cookies in order to provide this information.

Required cookies for browsing

The installation of this type of cookie is required for browsing, as well as to provide HORIZONS OPTICAL with information that is legally required, such as acceptance by the data subject of the privacy policy or the cookie policy, or whether the data subject has accepted or rejected cookies, as well as those required to register on the website.

Browsing profile cookies

These cookies provide HORIZONS OPTICAL with information about your web browsing habits, providing statistical information about what information may be of most interest to users.

In our case, the cookies we use on the Website do not gather personally identifiable information about you.
Our Websites use the following cookies:

Google Analytics
Analytical cookies, those that are well treated by us or by third parties, allow us to quantify the number of users and thus carry out the statistical measurement and analysis of the use that users make of the service offered. For this, your browsing on our website is analyzed in order to improve the offer of products or services that we offer you.

In addition to the configuration indicated above, you can configure your Internet browser to warn you each time a new cookie is stored on your computer so that you can decide whether to accept or reject it. Remember that some parts of the Website may not function properly if you reject cookies.

You can find out what cookies are installed on your device, and allow, block or delete them by configuring your browser settings.
For example, you can find information on how to do this if you are using the following browsers:

Firefox: Click here
Chrome: Click here
Explorer: Click here
Safari: Click here
Opera: Click here