Cookies Policy

Welcome to the Cookie Policy for the website https://viralgen.com/ (hereinafter, the “Website”).

The purpose of this policy is to clearly, transparently, and simply explain what cookies are, how we use them on our platform, and, most importantly, how you can manage or configure their use according to your preferences. The express consent of users must be obtained on all websites that use non-essential cookies before users browse them.

The Data Controller of any personal data that may be collected through the use of these technologies is VIRALGEN VECTOR CORE, S.L.U. (hereinafter, “VIRALGEN”), with Tax ID No. B75181040 and registered address at Paseo Mikeletegi, 83, 20009 Donostia-San Sebastián (Gipuzkoa), Spain.

This Cookie Policy complies with Article 22.2 of Spanish Law 34/2002, of July 11, on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce (LSSI), in relation to Regulation (EU) 2016/679, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and Spanish Organic Law 3/2018 on the Protection of Personal Data and Guarantee of Digital Rights (LOPDGDD).

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies and other similar technologies, such as local shared objects, flash cookies, or pixels, are tools used by web servers to store and retrieve information about their visitors, as well as to ensure the proper operation of the website.

By using these devices, the web server can remember certain information about the user, such as their preferences for viewing pages on that server, username and password, products of greatest interest, and similar data.

COOKIES SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS AND EXEMPT COOKIES

Under the EU Directive, the cookies that require the user’s informed consent are analytics cookies and advertising and affiliate cookies. Technical cookies and those necessary for the operation of the website or for the provision of services expressly requested by the user are exempt.

TYPES OF COOKIES

ACCORDING TO PURPOSE

• Technical and functional cookies: these allow users to browse a website, platform, or application and use the different options or services available on it.
• Analytics cookies: these allow the party responsible for them to monitor and analyze user behavior on the websites to which they are linked. The information collected through this type of cookie is used to measure website, application, or platform activity and to create browsing profiles of users of those sites, applications, and platforms in order to introduce improvements based on the analysis of usage data.
• Advertising cookies: these enable the most effective possible management of advertising spaces that, where applicable, the publisher has included on a website, application, or platform from which it provides the requested service, based on criteria such as edited content or the frequency with which ads are displayed.
• Behavioral advertising cookies: these collect information about the user’s preferences and personal choices (retargeting) to enable the most effective possible management of advertising spaces that, where applicable, the publisher has included on a website, application, or platform from which it provides the requested service.
• Social cookies: these are set by social media platforms on the services to allow you to share content with your friends and networks. Social media platforms may track your online activity outside the Services. This may affect the content and messages you see on other services you visit.
• Affiliate cookies: these allow visits from other websites with which the website has an affiliate agreement (affiliate companies) to be tracked.
• Security cookies: these store encrypted information to prevent the data saved in them from being vulnerable to malicious attacks by third parties.

ACCORDING TO OWNERSHIP

• First-party cookies: these are sent to the user’s device from a computer or domain managed by the publisher itself and from which the service requested by the user is provided.
• Third-party cookies: these are sent to the user’s device from a computer or domain that is not managed by the publisher, but by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies.

ACCORDING TO RETENTION PERIOD

• Session cookies: these are a type of cookie designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a website.
• Persistent cookies: these are a type of cookie in which the data remains stored on the device and may be accessed and processed for a period defined by the party responsible for the cookie, ranging from a few minutes to several years.
  

PROCESSING OF PERSONAL DATA

VIRALGEN VECTOR CORE, S.L.U. is the Data Controller of the personal data of the Data Subject and informs you that such data will be processed in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of April 27, 2016 (GDPR). Accordingly, the following information on the processing is provided:

Purposes of processing: as specified in the section on cookies used on this website.

Legal basis for processing: except where necessary for browsing the website, the data subject’s consent (Art. 6.1.a GDPR).

Data retention criteria: as specified in the section on cookies used on the website.

Data disclosure and International Transfers: Data will not be disclosed to third parties, except in the case of cookies owned by third parties or where required by law. Please note that accepting third-party cookies (e.g., Google, Meta/Facebook, X, etc.) may involve the international transfer of your data to third countries outside the European Economic Area (such as the United States). You can find information about transfers to third countries that may be carried out by the third parties identified in this Cookie Policy in their respective privacy policies (see the links provided in the relevant table).

Rights of the Data Subject:

You have the right to exercise your data protection rights at any time. Specifically, you have the right to:

• Access your personal data.
• Request the correction of inaccurate data.
• Request deletion when, among other reasons, the data is no longer necessary for the purposes for which it was collected.
• Request portability of your data.
• Request restriction of the processing of your data, in which case we will only retain it for the exercise or defense of legal claims.
• Object to the processing of your data.
• Withdraw your consent to the use of cookies at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of processing based on consent prior to its withdrawal (you may do so from our Settings Panel).

You also have the right to file a complaint with the Supervisory Authority, in this case the Spanish Data Protection Agency (www.aepd.es), if you believe that the processing does not comply with applicable regulations.

Contact details to exercise your rights:
VIRALGEN VECTOR CORE, S.L.U. Paseo Mikeletegi, 83, - 20009 San Sebastián (Gipuzkoa) dpo@viralgen.com

COOKIES USED ON THIS WEBSITE

TECHNICAL AND FUNCTIONAL COOKIES
These technologies are essential for the proper operation of the Website, the security of corporate browsing, and the storage of the user’s privacy preferences in the consent banner. Because they are necessary to provide the requested service, they do not require your prior consent to be installed.

ANALYTICS AND MEASUREMENT COOKIES
These cookies make it possible to quantify visit volume, analyze browsing behavior in the Website’s sections, and unify contact profiles for the technical optimization of the platform. They are blocked by default and are only installed if the user actively accepts them.

Additional information about Google Analytics: If you wish to prevent Google Analytics from collecting and using your browsing data across all websites, you may download and install Google’s official opt-out browser add-on through the following link: Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

MARKETING AND BEHAVIORAL ADVERTISING COOKIES
These are used to track the effectiveness of corporate acquisition campaigns, synchronize advertising identifiers across devices, and generate audience profiles of professional interest (B2B). They are blocked by default until the user’s acceptance is obtained.

You may also control ads and tracking technologies with the Ghostery application: http://www.ghostery.com/

THIRD-PARTY COOKIES NOT CONTROLLED BY THE DATA CONTROLLER

VIRALGEN informs users that browsing this Website may involve viewing or interacting with elements, utilities, or content supplied by external providers (such as embedded video players, interactive maps, or advertising optimization tools).

Because these digital environments operate fully independently from our organization, the processing of technical information captured by such third parties is governed by the following specific conditions:

• Absence of editorial and technical control: External providers are solely responsible for and determine the purposes and means of their respective processing activities. These entities may unilaterally modify, at any time and without prior notice, their terms of service, the configuration of their tracking technologies, and the purpose of the cookies installed.
• Preventive blocking and affirmative action: In strict compliance with the principle of data protection by design and by default, the Website will keep the loading of these third-party plug-ins blocked. Cookies associated with these external services will not be injected into the user’s device unless the user provides explicit consent in the settings panel or, alternatively, performs a clear affirmative interaction action (such as clicking on a player to load blocked interactive content).
• Disclaimer of liability: VIRALGEN does not exercise any supervision over, nor does it assume any direct or subsidiary liability for, the content, accuracy, or privacy practices of the owners of such external services. 

List of external providers with potential presence on the Website:
To fully comply with the principle of transparency, the main external providers that may manage tracking technologies if you choose to interact with their content are listed below, together with links to their official privacy and cookie policies.
HubSpot https://legal.hubspot.com/privacy-policy
Google https://policies.google.com/privacy
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

HOW TO MANAGE COOKIES FROM YOUR BROWSER

HOW TO DELETE COOKIES FROM THE MOST COMMON BROWSERS

Chrome: http://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/es-es/microsoft-edge/eliminar-las-cookies-en-microsoft-edge-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09
Firefox: https://www.mozilla.org/es-ES/privacy/websites/#cookies
Safari: https://support.apple.com/es-es/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/security-and-privacy/#clearBrowsingData

If you use a mobile device or tablet, you can consult the specific instructions for cookie management in the corresponding operating systems:
Android (Google): Privacy support for Android devices
iOS (Apple): Privacy support for iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch

Updates and changes to the Cookie Policy: This Cookie Policy may be modified as a result of new legislative or regulatory requirements, or in order to adapt this policy to the instructions issued by the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD). Users are therefore advised to review it periodically.