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Cookies Policy
Cookies & Similar Technologies Policy – Iberbrain Website
Version 1.0
Effective Date: August 2026
Last Updated: August 2026
1. Introduction
Welcome to the Iberbrain Website.
This Cookies & Similar Technologies Policy (“Policy”) explains how the Iberbrain Website (“Website”) uses Cookies and Similar Technologies when you visit our public website and interact with its content.
At Iberbrain, we are committed to protecting your privacy while providing a secure, transparent, accessible, and high-quality browsing experience. We believe visitors should clearly understand which technologies are used, why they are used, and how they can manage their preferences.
The Website serves as the official public portal of the Iberbrain project. It provides information about Iberbrain, its methodology, services, projects, news, and contact channels. It also provides a secure link to access the Iberbrain Platform.
User accounts for the Iberbrain Platform are created exclusively by Iberbrain and cannot be registered directly through the Website.
This Policy explains:
• what Cookies and Similar Technologies are;
• why we use them;
• which categories of Cookies are used;
• how you can manage your Cookie preferences;
• how certain trusted third-party services, such as Google (YouTube), Vimeo, and Google Analytics, may use their own technologies when you interact with their services through the Website.
This Policy should be read together with the Iberbrain Website Privacy Policy and the Website Terms & Conditions.
By continuing to browse the Website after providing your consent, you acknowledge that Cookies and Similar Technologies may be used as described in this Policy.
2. What Are Cookies and Similar Technologies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, smartphone, tablet, or other device when you visit a website.
They enable websites to recognise your device, remember certain information, improve functionality, enhance security, and provide a more efficient browsing experience.
In addition to Cookies, the Website may use other browser-based technologies that support its proper operation, including:
• Local Storage;
• Session Storage;
• other browser storage technologies;
• security tokens;
• other technical mechanisms required for the secure and efficient operation of the Website.
Throughout this Policy, these technologies are collectively referred to as “Cookies and Similar Technologies.”
Cookies do not normally identify visitors directly. However, depending on their purpose and how they are combined with other information, certain Cookies and Similar Technologies may be associated with personal data within the meaning of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
3. Why We Use Cookies
The Website uses Cookies and Similar Technologies only where they are necessary to provide, improve, protect, or analyse the services offered through the Website.
Depending on their purpose, these technologies may be used to:
• ensure the secure and reliable operation of the Website;
• remember your Cookie consent preferences;
• improve usability, accessibility, and technical performance;
• understand how visitors use the Website through aggregated statistical information;
• enable the display of embedded multimedia content provided by trusted third- party services;
• protect the Website against malicious activity, abuse, and technical failures;
• comply with applicable legal and regulatory obligations.
The Iberbrain Website does not use Cookies for behavioural advertising, commercial profiling, personalised advertising, or cross-site advertising purposes.
Where third-party services are integrated into the Website, such as Google Analytics, YouTube, or Vimeo, those providers may use their own Cookies and Similar Technologies in accordance with their respective Privacy Policies, Cookie Policies, and Terms of Service.
4. Categories of Cookies
The Iberbrain Website uses different categories of Cookies and Similar Technologies depending on their purpose and legal basis.
4.1 Strictly Necessary Cookies (Automatic Activation)
Strictly Necessary Cookies are essential for the secure operation, stability, accessibility, and core functionality of the Website. Without these Cookies, certain services expressly requested by the visitor cannot function correctly. These Cookies may be used to:
• remember your Cookie consent preferences;
• maintain the security and integrity of the Website;
• protect against fraudulent or malicious activity;
• enable secure communication between your browser and the Website;
• ensure the proper loading of essential Website resources;
• support basic technical settings required for the Website to function correctly.
Strictly Necessary Cookies do not collect information for advertising or marketing purposes.
Because they are essential for providing the digital service expressly requested by the visitor, these Cookies do not require prior consent under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and applicable European ePrivacy legislation.
4.2 Functional Cookies (Subject to Consent)
Functional Cookies improve the visitor’s browsing experience by remembering optional preferences and settings. Where implemented on the Website, these Cookies may remember:
• language preferences;
• accessibility settings;
• interface customisation;
• other optional Website preferences selected by the visitor.
Where required by applicable legislation, Functional Cookies are activated only after the visitor has provided the necessary consent.
4.3 Analytics Cookies (Google Analytics)
The Website uses Google Analytics (GA4), a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, to better understand how visitors interact with the Website, evaluate its performance, improve usability, and support the continuous development of its informational content and services.
• Data Minimization: Google Analytics collects aggregated statistical information through proprietary digital identifiers (such as the _ga and ga Cookies used by GA4). To enhance visitor privacy, IP address anonymisation is enabled by default. This feature helps reduce the amount of identifying information processed by Google by truncating IP addresses before storage and analysis, in accordance with the capabilities provided by Google Analytics.
• Retention: The primary analytics Cookie (_ga) remains stored on the visitor’s device for a maximum period of two (2) years from the last visit, unless deleted manually by the visitor. Event-level data processed by Google Analytics is automatically deleted after the retention period configured for the Website’s Google Analytics property.
• Blocked by Default: To support compliance with the GDPR and applicable European data protection legislation, Google Analytics remains disabled by default. Analytics Cookies are only activated after the visitor has provided explicit, freely given, specific, and informed consent through the Website’s Cookie Consent Banner.
• Google Consent Mode v2: The Website implements Google Consent Mode v2 to help ensure that analytical information and identifiers are processed only according to the visitor’s consent choices.
4.4 Multimedia Cookies (YouTube and Vimeo)
The Website includes embedded educational and informational videos hosted by trusted third-party providers, including YouTube and Vimeo.
When a visitor chooses to play an embedded video, these providers may place their own Cookies or Similar Technologies on the visitor’s device. These technologies may be used by the providers to:
• enable video playback;
• remember player preferences;
• measure video performance;
• improve streaming quality;
• provide security;
• collect usage statistics.
If the visitor is simultaneously logged into a Google/YouTube or Vimeo account, those providers may associate the viewing activity with the user’s account in accordance with their own privacy policies.
The Iberbrain Website does not control these Cookies and does not receive access to the personal information collected directly by YouTube or Vimeo through their own technologies. Such Cookies remain exclusively under the control and responsibility of their respective providers and are governed by their own Privacy Policies, Cookie Policies, and Terms of Service.
Acknowledgment of YouTube API Services: By choosing to play an embedded YouTube video, visitors acknowledge that the Iberbrain Website utilizes YouTube API Services. Visitors acknowledge that their interaction with the embedded YouTube player is subject to Google’s Privacy Policy, Google’s Cookie Policy, and the YouTube Terms of Service, and by choosing to play such content they agree to be bound by them.
4.5 Advertising Cookies
The Iberbrain Website does not use Advertising or Marketing Cookies.
The Website does not display third-party advertising, participate in advertising networks, or use Cookies for behavioural advertising, commercial profiling, personalised advertising, or cross-site tracking purposes.
However, certain trusted third-party services embedded within the Website, such as YouTube or Vimeo, may place their own Cookies when visitors choose to interact with those services, as described in Section 4.4. Such Cookies remain exclusively under the control and responsibility of their respective providers.
4.6 Third-Party Images and External Resources
The Website may display images, photographs, illustrations, icons, graphics, or other visual resources created by third-party authors.
Where applicable, the original author or copyright holder is acknowledged in writing next to, near, or otherwise in association with the relevant image, in accordance with the applicable licence or attribution requirements.
These images are hosted directly on Iberbrain’s own servers and are not embedded or loaded from third-party servers. Consequently, displaying these images does not place third-party Cookies or Similar Technologies on the visitor’s device, nor does it initiate communication with the original content provider.
Where the Website integrates other external resources that are loaded directly from third-party providers, the visitor’s browser may establish a direct connection with those providers in order to retrieve the requested content. Any processing of personal data resulting from such connections is governed exclusively by the Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy of the respective third party.
5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
Visitors may manage their preferences regarding Cookies and Similar Technologies at any time through:
• the Website’s Cookie Consent Banner;
• the Website’s Cookie Preferences Panel (where available);
• their web browser settings;
• manual deletion of stored Cookies;
• browser extensions that block third-party Cookies.
Visitors may choose to:
• accept all Cookies;
• reject all non-essential Cookies;
• customise individual Cookie categories.
Non-Blocking Principle: Rejecting non-essential Cookies does not prevent general access to the Website. Visitors who reject Analytics or Multimedia Cookies will still be able to browse the Website and its content normally. Embedded third-party videos will simply remain unavailable until the relevant consent is provided.
Changes to Cookie preferences take effect immediately where technically possible. Certain changes may require the visitor to refresh the page or restart the browsing session.
Please note that rejecting third-party multimedia Cookies may prevent embedded YouTube and Vimeo videos from playing correctly on the Website.
6. Third-Party Providers
The Iberbrain Website integrates services provided by trusted third parties. These providers operate independently and maintain their own privacy and cookie policies. The Website does not control Cookies installed directly by these providers.
Visitors are encouraged to consult the most recent versions of their respective policies:
• Google Privacy Policy
• Google Analytics
• YouTube Terms of Service
• Vimeo Privacy Policy
7. Browser Controls
Most modern browsers allow users to manage Cookies through their settings. Information about Cookie management is available from the official browser providers:
• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Microsoft Edge
• Apple Safari
Blocking certain Cookies may reduce the functionality of the Website or prevent embedded multimedia content from operating correctly.
8. Changes to this Policy
The Iberbrain Website may update this Cookies & Similar Technologies Policy whenever necessary to reflect:
• legal developments;
• technological changes;
• implementation of new Website features;
• modifications to third-party services;
• improvements to Website security.
Whenever significant changes are made, the updated version will be published on this page.
The date of the latest revision will always appear at the beginning of this Policy.
9. Contact
For any questions regarding this Cookies & Similar Technologies Policy, please contact:
Susana Coutinho — Founder, Creator and Data Controller of the Iberbrain Website
Operational Location: Maastricht, Limburg, the Netherlands
Email address: iberbrain@gmail.com
Website: https://www.iberbrain.com