Cookie policy
In compliance with Spanish Law 34/2002 on Information Society Services (LSSI-CE) and the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), **Construcción Verde** informs you about the use of cookies on this website.
**This site's philosophy**: we use only the cookies strictly necessary for the site to function. No advertising, no third-party tracking, no user profiling.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device (computer, tablet or mobile phone) when you visit it. They allow the site to remember your preferences and actions for a period of time, so you do not have to re-enter them every time you visit the site or navigate from page to page.
There are different types of cookies according to their origin and duration:
- **First-party cookies**: created and managed by the website you are visiting.
- **Third-party cookies**: created by domains external to the site you are visiting (advertising networks, social networks, analytics services).
- **Session cookies**: automatically deleted when you close your browser.
- **Persistent cookies**: remain on your device for a set period or until you manually delete them.
2. Cookies we use
**Construcción Verde** uses only first-party, strictly technical cookies:
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**`theme`**
- **Type**: first-party, persistent (stored in `localStorage`).
- **Purpose**: to save your visual theme preference (light or dark mode). Without this cookie, the site would always load with the default theme, ignoring your choice.
- **Duration**: indefinite until you delete it manually or change your preference.
- **Data stored**: only the value `light` or `dark`. Contains no personal information.
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**`__RequestVerificationToken`**
- **Type**: first-party, session.
- **Purpose**: CSRF (Cross-Site Request Forgery) protection. This cookie generates and validates a unique per-session token that ensures actions performed on forms (comments, contact, subscription) genuinely originate from this site and not from a malicious external source. It is an essential security measure.
- **Duration**: automatically deleted when you close your browser.
- **Data stored**: a random cryptographic token. Contains no personal or tracking information.
3. Cookies we do NOT use
Unlike many websites, **Construcción Verde does not use**:
- **Google Analytics** or any other analytics service based on cookies or fingerprinting.
- **Tracking pixels** from Facebook, Twitter/X, LinkedIn or other social networks.
- **Advertising cookies** of any kind: we do not display personalised or network advertising.
- **Profiling cookies**: we do not build user profiles or segment audiences.
- **Third-party cookies** of any kind.
The visit statistics we do collect are gathered in a completely anonymous manner, without cookies, without IP addresses and without any individual identifier (more details in our [Privacy policy](/en/privacy)).
4. Legal basis for cookie use
The cookies we use are strictly necessary for the operation of the site. Their legal basis is the **legitimate interest** of the data controller (Art. 6.1.f GDPR) and the **technical exemption** provided for in EU regulations for essential cookies.
This means that, as they are strictly necessary, we do not require your prior consent to install them. However, you can always disable them from your browser if you prefer, although this may affect some site functionality.
5. How to manage and delete cookies
You can manage cookies through your browser settings. Below are links to instructions for the most common browsers:
- **Google Chrome**: Settings → Privacy and security → Cookies and other site data.
- **Mozilla Firefox**: Options → Privacy & Security → Cookies and Site Data.
- **Microsoft Edge**: Settings → Privacy, search and services → Cookies.
- **Safari (Mac/iOS)**: Preferences → Privacy → Manage Website Data.
- **Opera**: Settings → Privacy & security → Cookies.
Please note that blocking or deleting session cookies may affect the security of forms (the CSRF token will stop working and you may not be able to submit comments or contact messages). Deleting the theme cookie will simply cause the site to load with the default theme next time.
6. Updates to this policy
This cookie policy may be updated in the future if we incorporate new features that require the use of additional cookies, or if applicable legislation changes. In that case, we will indicate it on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will communicate them prominently.
We recommend reviewing this document periodically.
*Last revised: April 2025.*