Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy is an integral part of the Legal Notice and Privacy Policy of Alonso Sala Abogados. It describes which cookies the site uses, for what purpose, and how you can revoke or change your consent at any time.
1. What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file the website stores on your device (computer, smartphone or tablet) when you visit it. Cookies let the site remember information about your visit — such as your preferred language or your consent choices.
Last reviewed: 2 August 2026. Current consent version: 2026-07-11. That version is recorded alongside your choice: if what we track changes in future, the version goes up and you are asked again. The August 2026 review only clarifies the wording and does not change what is tracked, so consent already given remains valid.
2. Cookies used on this site
The tables below list everything this site stores on your device. There are no other cookies: in particular, no advertising, marketing or social-network cookies are used, and the banner does not offer that category because it does not exist.
2.1 Strictly necessary (no consent required)
| Cookie / storage | Provider | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
cookie_consent_v2 (localStorage) |
Alonso Sala (first party) | Consent valid for 24 months (the stored preference persists until you delete it) | Stores your choice in the banner (essential / analytics), together with the date you consented and the version of this policy, so that consent can be evidenced and renewed when it expires. |
Strictly speaking this is not a cookie — it is not sent to the server with every request — but an entry in your own browser's localStorage. It is listed here for transparency. It is exempt from consent because it is strictly necessary to provide the service you requested: remembering your own decision.
2.2 Analytics cookies (consent required)
We use Google Analytics 4 (GA4) to understand, on an aggregate, statistical basis, how the site is used (most-visited pages, traffic source, device type) so we can improve it. These cookies are only set if you accept the "analytics" category in the banner; until then no analytics cookie is set and you are not identified, because the site applies Google Consent Mode v2 in a default-"denied" state (see section 6).
| Cookie | Provider | Duration | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
_ga |
Google (third party) | Up to 2 years | Distinguishes users on a statistical basis to count visits. |
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Google (third party) | Up to 2 years | Maintains session state for the GA4 property. |
Google acts as the third-party analytics provider and may process this data on servers in the USA under the EU-US Data Privacy Framework. The data is used for analytics purposes only: it is not used for advertising and is not combined with data that identifies you. See Google's privacy policy.
Advertising and marketing: this site does not load Google Ads or any other advertising or remarketing tool, so no cookies of those categories are set.
3. What we do not do
- The analytics we use (Google Analytics 4) is aggregate: we do not build individual profiles or identify specific visitors from it, and it activates only with your consent.
- We do not use heatmaps, session recording or "session replay" (Hotjar, Microsoft Clarity, Smartlook, FullStory, Mouseflow, etc.). Given the nature of data a client may type on this site (a detainee's name, location, situation), recording them would be incompatible with our duty of confidentiality.
- We do not run advertising profiling or active remarketing.
- We do not transfer data to third parties for commercial purposes.
4. Legal basis
Strictly necessary cookies and storage are exempt from the consent requirement under Art. 22.2 LSSI (exemption for those strictly necessary to provide the service requested by the user), consistent with the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) cookie guidance. Any non-essential cookie introduced in the future would require express, granular and revocable consent under the LSSI and the GDPR.
5. How consent works and how to revoke it
The mechanism is as follows:
- Prior consent: until you choose, no analytics cookie is set. The banner appears on your first visit and does not block access to the content; nor is scrolling treated as acceptance.
- Declining costs the same as accepting: both options sit at the same level and are one click away.
- Record of your choice: your decision is stored in your browser together with the date you made it and the version of this policy in force at that moment.
- Expiry after 24 months: once that period has passed you are asked again. You are also asked again if the version of this policy changes because what is tracked changes.
- Withdrawal at any time, without affecting the lawfulness of the processing carried out beforehand.
You can revoke or change your consent at any time:
- From our site: click "Cookie settings" in the footer. The panel reopens with your current preferences preloaded.
- From your browser: you can block or delete cookies and localStorage through its settings. Note that blocking essential storage may affect site behaviour (for example, remembering your cookie banner choice).
6. Consent Mode v2
This site implements Google Consent Mode v2 in a default-denied state. This means the Google Analytics tag described in section 2.2 loads but does not write cookies or identify you until you accept the "analytics" category in the banner. If you decline or do not respond, no analytics cookie is set; in that state the tag may only send Google aggregate, cookieless signals (Consent Mode pings) that cannot identify you.
7. Updates to this policy
This policy may be updated if we add new tools. Any new category or cookie will appear in the tables above before going live and, if not essential, will require fresh consent: in that case we raise the consent version shown at the top and the banner is displayed again.
Last reviewed: 2 August 2026. Consent version: 2026-07-11.