What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that a website stores in the browser of the device you use to visit it (computer, tablet or phone) and can read again later. The applicable legislation — article 22.2 of Ley 34/2002 (LSSI-CE), Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and Ley Orgánica 3/2018 (LOPDGDD) — treats any other technique for storing and retrieving data on the user's device, such as the browser's local storage, in the same way as cookies.
Cookies allow the website to remember information between pages and between visits. They cannot read your hard drive, run programs or obtain your phone number.
Who uses cookies on this website
The party responsible for first-party cookies is , with tax ID (NIF) and registered address at . You can write to us at [email protected] with any question about this policy.
Third-party cookies are installed and managed by the providers listed in the table on this page, each under its own privacy policy.
Types of cookies by purpose
Technical or necessary: essential for the website to work (security, language preference, remembering your cookie choice). They are exempt from the consent requirement and cannot be disabled.
Preference or personalisation: remember non-essential usage options, such as text size or your chosen view.
Analytics or measurement: let us count users and understand how they browse so that we can improve the site. They are only enabled if you consent.
Advertising and behavioural advertising: let us show adverts and measure their performance, in some cases based on a browsing profile. They are only enabled if you consent.
Cookies used by this website
This is the complete inventory of cookies and equivalent storage techniques that balconsun.com may use.
Amazon affiliate links do not set any cookie on this website. If you click one, Amazon may set its own cookies on its own website, in accordance with its own cookie policy.
This website does not currently show advertising. If it is added in the future, it will be listed in this table and will not be activated without your consent.
| Name | Owner | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
cookie-consent | (first party) | Technical | Stores your choice for each cookie category so that the banner does not reappear on every page. It is kept in the browser's local storage, not as an HTTP cookie. | 24 months, or until you clear the site data in your browser |
a11y-prefs | (first party) | Technical | Stores the options you choose in the accessibility panel — contrast, text size, line spacing, legible font, reduced motion and reading aids — so they can be applied again when you return to the site. It is kept in the browser's local storage, not as an HTTP cookie, and does not identify anyone. | Until you reset your preferences in the same panel or clear the site data in your browser |
petjada-optout | (first party) | Technical | Only created if you click "Don't measure my visits" in the privacy policy or "Opt out" in the cookie settings: it tells the anonymous statistics not to send any data from this browser. It is kept in the browser's local storage, not as an HTTP cookie, and does not identify anyone. | Until you allow measurement again or clear the site data in your browser |
_ga | Google Ireland Limited (third party) | Analytics | Distinguishes users by assigning a random identifier to the device. | 2 years |
_ga_* | Google Ireland Limited (third party) | Analytics | Maintains the Google Analytics 4 session state. The suffix corresponds to the property's measurement ID. | 2 years |
Consent: accept, reject and configure
The first time you visit the website, a banner appears allowing you to accept all cookies, reject them all or configure them by category. Until you make a choice, only technical cookies are installed: no analytics or advertising cookie is loaded before you give your consent.
Rejecting cookies is as easy as accepting them and does not restrict access to the content. You can change your mind at any time using the settings button on this page; your new choice takes effect immediately and, if you withdraw analytics, any cookies already installed are deleted.
Your choice is kept for a maximum of 24 months. After that period, or if the purposes or providers change, the banner will ask for your consent again.
How to manage cookies in your browser
As well as using the banner, you can block or delete cookies that have already been installed through your browser settings. The most common browsers explain how in their help pages: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, Safari and Opera.
If you block all cookies in your browser, some features of the website may stop working properly.
Third-party cookies and international transfers
When you accept third-party cookies, these providers may process your data on their own account and, where applicable, transfer it outside the European Economic Area under the safeguards provided for in Chapter V of the GDPR (an adequacy decision or standard contractual clauses). Details can be found in each provider's privacy policy.
Changes to this policy
may amend this Cookie policy to reflect changes in legislation, guidance from the Agencia Española de Protección de Datos or the cookies in use at any given time. Any changes will be published on this page and its date will be updated.
If you have any questions about this policy, email us at [email protected].