The Generalitat de Catalunya websites use cookies to function. Browsing these websites with cookies enabled in your browser implies you accept the use of, as a minimum, the cookies required by current legislation.
According to European regulations, users must be informed of essential cookies, and asked to accept or reject cookies used for preferences and statistics.
There are three types of cookies on the Generalitat websites, structured according to whether they are:
- essential
- for statistics or optimisation
- third-party
What are they?
Cookies are small text files that websites install on the user’s computer or mobile device.
- First-party cookies are generated by the website you are visiting which can only be read by this website. A website may also use external services, which generate their own cookies: third-party cookies.
- Persistent cookies are stored on your computer and not automatically deleted when you exit your browser (unlike session cookies, which are deleted when you exit your browser).
Each time you visit a Generalitat website, you will be asked to accept or reject cookies.
Their purpose is to remember your preferences (user name, language, etc.) for a given period of time. This means you won’t have to enter them again when you browse our pages during the same visit.
Cookies may also be used to produce anonymised statistics about the browsing experience on our websites.
How do we use cookies?
For the most part, Generalitat de Catalunya websites use “first-party cookies”, generated and controlled by the Generalitat, and not by external organisations.
However, to view some of our pages you will need to accept cookies from external organisations.
The two essential cookies we use allow us to:
- Stores visitors’ preferences.
- Keep our websites up and running.
Visitors’ preferences
We generate them ourselves and no one else can read them. They register the following:
- Whether the visitor has accepted (or rejected) the site’s cookie policy.
- Whether you have already responded to the pop-up (so that you are not asked to do so again).
Functionality cookies
Some cookies are necessary for certain web pages to work. Hence they do not require the user’s consent. We refer, in particular, to the following:
- Authentication cookies.
- Technical cookies required by certain computer systems.
The essential cookies we use are shown below:
Essential cookies
| Type | Cookie | Duration | Use | Where the data is sent | Politics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essentials | PHPSESSID | Session | Preserves user session state across page requests. | Germany | Gencat |
| Essentials | Cookiesjsr | 1 year | Stores the user's consent status in front of the cookie banner. | Germany | Gencat |
Statistical or optimization cookies
We use them exclusively for internal research purposes to improve the service we offer to all users.
They are limited to anonymously assessing how users interact with our websites: the collected data cannot be used to personally identify the user. The data is not shared with third parties or used for any other purpose. The anonymous statistics might be shared with contractors working on communication projects in a contractual agreement with the Generalitat de Catalunya.
However, as a user you are free to reject them, either on the cookie banner that appears on the first page you visit, or in the edit section at the bottom left of each website.
The following table shows the statistical or optimisation cookies:
Statistical or optimization cookies
| Type | Cookie | Duration | Use | Where the data is sent | Politics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Analytics | _pk_id. |
One year | It is used to recognize visitors and maintain the various properties they have defined. | France | PIWIK PRO |
| Analytics | _pk_ses. |
30 minutes | Displays the visitor's active session. | France | PIWIK PRO |
| Analytics | ppms_privacy_ |
One year | Stores visitor consent for data collection and use. | France | PIWIK PRO |
| Analytics | stg_traffic_source_priority | 30 minutes | Stores the type of traffic source from which the visitor reached the site. | France | PIWIK PRO |
| Analytics | stg_last_interaction | One year | Indicates whether the visitor's last session is still running or whether a new one has been started. | France | PIWIK PRO |
| Analytics | stg_returning_visitor | One year | Indicates whether the visitor has been to the website before. | France | PIWIK PRO |
| Analytics | stg_fired__ |
Session | Indicates whether the tag and trigger combination was fired during the visitor's current session. | France | PIWIK PRO |
| Analytics | stg_utm_campaign | Session | Stores the name of the campaign that directed the visitor to the website. | France | PIWIK PRO |
| Analytics | stg_pk_campaign | Session | Stores the name of the campaign that directed the visitor to the website. | France | PIWIK PRO |
| Analytics | stg_externalReferrer | Session | Stores the URL of the site that referred the website to the visitor. | France | PIWIK PRO |
| Analytics | _stg_optout | One year | It helps to disable all tracking tags on the site. | France | PIWIK PRO |
| Analytics | ADRUM_BT1 | One day | To detect errors on the website. It is sent to the website's technical staff to improve the visitor's experience. | United Kingdom | AppDynamics |
| Analytics | ADRUM_BTa | One day | To detect errors on the website. It is sent to the website's technical staff to improve the visitor's experience. | United Kingdom | AppDynamics |
| Analytics | ADRUM_BTs | One day | To detect errors on the website. It is sent to the website's technical staff to improve the visitor's experience. | United Kingdom | AppDynamics |
| Analytics | inbenta_km_api_url | Persistent | Records behavioral data from the FAQ bot. | United Kingdom | Invent |
| Analytics | inbenta_km_localstorage | Persistent | Records behavioral data from the FAQ bot. | United Kingdom | Invent |
| Analytics | inbenta-km-session-id | One day | It records user behavior data so that it is related to the same session. | United Kingdom | Invent |
| Analytics | inbenta-km-session-token | One day | It records user behavior data so that it is related to the same session. | United Kingdom | Invent |
| Analytics | _pk_id. |
One year | It is used to recognize visitors and maintain the various properties they have defined. | Germany | Matomo |
| Analytics | _pk_ses. |
30 minutes | Displays the visitor's active session. | Germany | Matomo |
Third-party cookies
Some of our pages display content from external providers such as YouTube, Facebook, X, etc.
To access this third-party content, as a user, you must first accept their terms and conditions (including their cookie policies, which are beyond our control).
If you choose not to access this content, these third-party cookies are not installed on your devices.
External providers of the Generalitat de Catalunya websites:
X (formerly Twitter)
Third party services are beyond the control of the Generalitat de Catalunya. Providers may change the conditions of service, the purpose and use of cookies, etc. at any time.
How to manage cookies?
Deleting cookies from your device
You can delete the cookies on your device by clearing your browser history. This will delete cookies from all the websites you have visited.
However, you may also lose some of the information you have stored (for example, your website login identifiers or your preferences).
Managing cookies for a given site
For more precise control over site-specific cookies, as a user you can adjust the privacy and cookie settings in your browser.
Blocking cookies
Most modern browsers can be set to reject cookies on your device, but you may have to manually set a number of preferences each time you visit a site or page. Some services and features may not work properly (e.g. profile logins).
Activating tracking protection
Tracking protection is a technology that allows visitors to opt out of being tracked by websites, whether this involves analytics services, advertising networks or social platforms.
To activate tracking protection in your browser, please follow the appropriate link below:
If your browser is not listed above, please visit the provider’s website for more information.