Like other websites, the medicalhomeuse website uses cookie technology to provide you with a better and personalized web service that meets your needs. The data stored by the cookies used on our website never shows personal details that could identify a person.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a piece of information that connects the web browser (user) to a web server (website).
Cookies store information in a small text file that allows a website to recognize a browser. When first accessing a site, information regarding user preferences (e.g., language, currency, etc.) is stored in the browser. Upon subsequent return to the website, the information in the cookie regarding the user’s preferences will be read and set accordingly.
Why are cookies important for the Internet?
Cookies represent the central point of efficient Internet functioning, helping to generate a friendly browsing experience adapted to the preferences and interests of each user. Refusing or disabling cookies does not mean you will no longer receive online advertising but just that it will no longer be able to take into account your preferences and interests, evidenced by your browsing behavior: news categories, weather, sports, public services, travel services, or displayed language.
Types of cookies used
Based on the function and purpose for which cookies are used, they are usually classified into the following categories:
1. Strictly necessary cookies allow you to navigate the website and use its basic functions. These are usually only installed in response to actions taken by you that amount to a request for services. These cookies are indispensable for using websites and cannot be disabled.
2. Analytical and performance cookies allow us to recognize and count users and collect information about how the website is used (for example, which pages a user opens most often and whether the user receives error messages from certain pages). This helps us improve how our website works, for example, by ensuring you can easily find what you’re looking for. The expiration period for these cookies is a maximum of 2 years. Regarding third-party cookies, the expiration period may vary and in some cases may exceed 2 years. For more details regarding this category of cookies, see point 5 below.
3. Functionality cookies are used to recognize you when you return to our website and allow us to offer you improved and more personalized functions, such as remembering your preferences or advertising banners you have viewed, displaying maps or embedded movies. These cookies collect anonymous information and cannot track your browsing on other websites. The expiration period for these cookies is a maximum of 2 years.
4. Marketing and target audience identification cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have accessed. We will use this information to provide advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the frequency with which you can see an advertisement and to help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. We may also share this information with third parties (such as advertising agencies) for this purpose. The expiration period for these cookies is a maximum of 2 years. Regarding third-party cookies, the expiration period may vary and in some cases may exceed 2 years. For more details regarding this category of cookies, see point 5 below.
5. Social media cookies allow you to share your activity on the website on social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter. These cookies are not controlled by us. For more details regarding this category of cookies, see point 6 below.
6. Other types of cookies that may be used later. We will inform you through our updated policies if any other types of cookies are used.