Cookie Policy

Effective: April 23, 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how Berges Institute SLU ("we", "us") uses cookies and similar technologies on www.bergesinstitutespanish.com (the "website"). It supplements our Privacy Policy.

Our desktop (Electron) app uses only Umami, a cookieless analytics service, and does not set cookies or collect personal data. Our mobile apps do not perform any tracking or analytics.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device to store information about your visit. Similar technologies (local storage, pixels, tags) work the same way. Throughout this policy, "cookies" refers to all of these.

Cookies can be:

  • First-party — set by us.
  • Third-party — set by services we embed (e.g., Google, Meta, Microsoft).
  • Session — deleted when you close your browser.
  • Persistent — remain until they expire or you delete them.

We group cookies into three categories. You can accept or reject non-essential categories through our cookie banner or the Cookie preferences link in the footer.

2.1 Strictly necessary (always on)

Required for the website to work. These cannot be turned off.

| Cookie / storage | Provider | Purpose | Duration | |---|---|---|---| | cookie_consent | Berges Institute (first-party) | Records your consent choices so we don't re-prompt. | 12 months | | cookieConsent (localStorage) | Berges Institute (first-party) | Same as above, client-side mirror. | Until cleared | | laravel_session | Berges Institute (first-party) | Keeps your session (login, form state). | Session | | XSRF-TOKEN | Berges Institute (first-party) | CSRF protection on form submissions. | Session | | bergesToken (localStorage) | Berges Institute (first-party) | Stores your auth token when logged in. | Until logout |

Help us understand how visitors use the site so we can improve it.

| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Duration | |---|---|---|---| | _ga, _ga_<id> | Google Analytics | Distinguishes users and sessions. | 2 years | | _clck | Microsoft Clarity | Identifies returning users for session recording and heatmaps. | 1 year | | _clsk | Microsoft Clarity | Links page views into a single session. | 1 day | | MUID, ANONCHK, SM, CLID | Microsoft Clarity | Supporting identifiers for Clarity telemetry. | Session – 1 year |

Used to measure campaign performance and show you relevant ads on other sites.

| Cookie | Provider | Purpose | Duration | |---|---|---|---| | _fbp | Meta (Facebook Pixel) | Identifies browsers for ad delivery and measurement. | 3 months | | fr | Meta | Ad delivery and measurement. | 90 days | | _gcl_au | Google Ads | Conversion attribution for Google Ads. | 90 days | | IDE, DSID, ANID | Google Ads / DoubleClick | Ad targeting and measurement on Google properties. | Up to 2 years |

3. Managing Your Preferences

On this website: Use the cookie banner when you first visit, or click Cookie preferences in the footer at any time to change your choices.

In your browser: You can block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking strictly necessary cookies may break parts of the site.

Opt out directly with providers:

  • Google Analytics & Ads — https://adssettings.google.com and https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
  • Meta — https://www.facebook.com/settings?tab=ads
  • Microsoft Clarity — https://clarity.microsoft.com
  • Network Advertising Initiative — https://optout.networkadvertising.org
  • Digital Advertising Alliance — https://optout.aboutads.info

We also honor the Global Privacy Control (GPC) signal. If your browser sends GPC, we treat it as a rejection of non-essential cookies without showing the banner.

Your choice is stored for 12 months. After that we ask again. You can withdraw consent at any time via Cookie preferences in the footer.

5. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy to reflect changes in the services we use or in applicable law. The effective date above tells you when it was last updated.

6. Contact

Berges Institute SLU Calle Valgrande 8, Pl. 2 28108 Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain Email: dan@bergesinstitute.com