Cookie policy

This Cookie Policy explains the different types of Cookies used on Making Science’s website: https://www.makingscience-corporate.com/ (“Site”), the use of data storage, and retrieval devices on Users’ terminal equipment. We may change this Cookie Policy at any time: Please look at the “last modified” legend at the bottom of this page to see when this Cookie Policy was last revised. 

1. What is a Cookie?

Cookies are small text files that are downloaded and stored on your computer or mobile device, when accessing certain websites and applications. They allow for storing browsing preferences, thereby making the interaction between the User and the website faster and easier. They can do this because websites and software applications can read and write these files, enabling them to recognize you and remember important information that will make your use of a website or software application more convenient (e.g., by remembering your user preferences).The information collected by cookies is anonymous and does not contain any sensitive information as they do not gather data that can personally identify the User. In any case, the User can access their browser settings to modify and/or block the installation of cookies sent from the website, without this affecting access to the content.

2. What Cookies do we use?

The following are the different types of Cookies that Making Science may use on the Site:

• Essential Cookies: Cookies strictly necessary to provide a service or content requested by the user. These are responsible for technical aspects such as identifying records and managing preferences for tools in the use, interaction, and location of access to content. They cannot be disabled without severely affecting your use of the Site.  Without these cookies, services you have asked for, such as accessing secure areas of the Site or paid-for-content, cannot be provided.

• Performance Cookies: Performance cookies collect information about your use of the Site and enable us to improve the way it works.  For example, performance cookies allow for the anonymous identification of browsing users and, therefore the approximate counting of the number of visitors; anonymously identify the most visited contend and determine whether the accessing user is new or returning. Below you may find a list of performance cookies used in our Site: 

• Functionality Cookies:  Functionality cookies allow us to remember the choices you make on the Site and to provide enhanced and more personalized features to improve your visit and use of our Site.  
• Targeting or Advertising Cookies: These cookies gather information about user navigation to manage advertising space and offer more relevant and high-quality content based on their preferences. These cookies remember what you have looked at on the Site.  

3. How Do We Use Cookies?

Making Science uses cookies to:

• Optimize User navigation by tracking the session. 
• Collect information to optimize navigation and improve the Site.
• Compile aggregate data about Site traffic and Site interactions in order to offer better Site experiences and tools in the future. 
• We may also use third party services to track this information on our behalf.
• Diagnose or fix technological problems on the Site.
• Plan for and enhance our online services.
• In all these cases cookies that have been collected will be retained for an indefinite period of time unless otherwise required by law.

4. How Can You Limit or Block the Use of Cookies?

Cookies that are not mandatory for navigation may be disabled in the Site’s settings. These settings are located in the footer of the Site. Additionally, all browsers allow changes to disable cookie settings. This is why most browsers offer the ability to manage cookies, to gain more precise control over privacy. These settings are located in the ‘options’ or ‘preferences’ menu of your browser. Below, you can find the links for each browser to disable cookies following the instructions:

• Internet Explorer (https://goo.gl/iU2wh2)
  • In the tools menu, select “Internet Options.” 
  • Click on the privacy tab. 
  • You can configure privacy using a slider with six positions that allows you to control the amount of cookies that will be installed: Block all cookies, High, Medium High, Medium (default level), Low, and Accept all cookies.

• Mozilla Firefox (http://goo.gl/QXWYmv)
  • At the top of the Firefox window, click on the Tools menu. 
  • Select Options. 
  • Select the Privacy panel. 
  • Under the Firefox option, you can choose to Use custom settings for your history, as well as other privacy-related matters.

• Google Chrome (http://goo.gl/fQnkSB)
  • Click on the menu located on the toolbar. 
  • Select Settings. 
  • Click on Show advanced options. 
  • Under the “Privacy” section, click on the Content settings button. 
  • In the Cookies selection, you can configure the options.

• Safari (https://goo.gl/PCjEm3, https://goo.gl/dQywEo)
  • In the settings menu, select the “Preferences” option. 
  • Open the privacy tab. o Select the option you want from the “block cookies” section. 
  • Remember that certain functions and the full functionality of the Site may not be available after disabling cookies.

If you do not wish to be tracked by cookies, Google has developed an add-on to install in your browser, which you can access at the following link: http://goo.gl/up4ND. 

Note that certain parts of the Site may not work properly if you have disabled browser Cookie use.

For any further information, please contact us at: dataprivacy@makingscience.com.

5. Cookies on Mobile Devices

The owner of the Site also uses cookies or other storage devices on mobile devices. Those cookies that are not mandatory for Site navigation can be disabled in the settings, which are in the footer of the Site. Additionally, just as with computer browsers, mobile device browsers allow changes to be made to privacy options or settings to disable or delete cookies. If you wish to modify privacy options, follow the instructions specified by the developer of your mobile device browser.

Below, you can find some examples of links that will guide you to modify privacy options on your mobile device:

• iOS: (http://goo.gl/61xevS)
• Windows Phone: (https://goo.gl/tKyb0y)
• Chrome Mobile: (http://goo.gl/XJp7N)
• Opera Mobile: (http://goo.gl/Nzr8s7)

The Site does not install cookies on Users’ devices until and unless the User has accepted the installation of these cookies.

Should you reject to install some of the requested cookies or disable any of these in your device’s settings, certain services may not be available to you or you may not be able to access certain services, not fully take advantage of everything that the Site offers.

6. Your Rights as to Personal Information: Accessing and Updating Information 

If you have submitted Personal Information through our Site and would like that information deleted from our records, please contact us at dataprivacy@makingscience.com and provide us with the requested information.  We will use reasonable efforts to delete this information from our existing files.

7. Notice to California Residents.

If you interact with our Site and services while physically located in California you need to review our Notice to California Residents, which supplements the information contained in this Privacy Policy, before continuing to browse our Site.