Cookie Policy

1. What are cookies and similar technologies?

A cookie is a small file that a website stores in your browser to remember information about your visit. Similar technologies, such as the browser’s local storage (localStorage) and session storage (sessionStorage), serve the same purpose. In this policy, we refer to all of them as “cookies”.

Cookies may be first-party (managed by this website) or third-party (managed by another entity). Depending on their purpose, they may be technical (necessary for the website to work or to provide a service you have requested) or used for analytics, personalisation, advertising or social media. Technical cookies are exempt from consent under Article 22.2 of Spanish Law 34/2002 on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce (LSSI). All other cookies may only be used with your consent.

2. Data controller

The controller of this website (https://vr4stemtoolkit.com) is [University of Santiago de Compostela / Educational Technology Research Group (Tecnoeduc-GI-1438)], Tax ID (CIF): [Q1518001A], postal address: [ICE, Avenida das Ciencias Chalet n.º 3, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain]. You can contact us at [tecnoeduc@usc.es].

The website has been developed by the University of Santiago de Compostela and the Tecnoeduc research group as part of the European project [Digital STEAM for All – Empowering Secondary Schools and Girls in STEM through VR (VR4STEM)], funded by the European Union.

3. Cookies used on this website

This website does not use analytics, advertising, unrequested personalisation or social media cookies. It only uses the following technical cookies, which do not require your consent:
Cookies used on this website
Name Storage type Owner Purpose Duration First / third party Legal basis
__cf_bm Cookie (domain elementor.com) Cloudflare, Inc., on behalf of Elementor Ltd. Security: distinguishing human visitors from bots on the server that provides the accessibility button 30 minutes Third party Exempt (Art. 22.2 LSSI). Processing: legitimate interest in the security of the service (Art. 6.1.f GDPR) [or performance of a task carried out in the public interest, Art. 6.1.e GDPR, if the controller is a public authority]
ea11y-global-state localStorage Universidad de Santiago de Compostela/Grupo de investigación de Tecnología Educativa (Tecnoeduc-GI-1438) Remembering the accessibility settings you choose (text size, contrast, etc.) Until you clear the site data First party Exempt (Art. 22.2 LSSI): personalisation requested by the user
ea11y-session-state sessionStorage Universidad de Santiago de Compostela/Grupo de investigación de Tecnología Educativa (Tecnoeduc-GI-1438) Keeping the state of the accessibility button during your visit Until you close the tab First party Exempt (Art. 22.2 LSSI)
wpEmojiSettingsSupports sessionStorage Universidad de Santiago de Compostela/Grupo de investigación de Tecnología Educativa (Tecnoeduc-GI-1438)] Checking whether your browser can display emojis Until you close the tab First party Exempt (Art. 22.2 LSSI)
Users who administer the website may also receive WordPress technical session cookies (wordpress_logged_in_*, wp-settings-*) when they log in. Visitors do not receive them.

4. Other third-party services

To display the pages, your browser connects to the following services. They receive your IP address and technical browser data even though they do not set cookies:

  • Google Fonts (Google Ireland Ltd. / Google LLC): provides the website’s typography. See Google’s Privacy Policy.
  • Ally – Web Accessibility (Elementor Ltd.), served through Cloudflare, Inc.: provides the accessibility button. See the Elementor and Cloudflare privacy policies.

5. How to accept, reject or withdraw consent

As this website only uses exempt technical cookies, we do not ask for your consent or display a cookie banner. If we add cookies that require consent in the future, we will ask for it before setting them. We will do so through a notice with options to accept, reject or configure them. You will be able to withdraw your consent at any time from a permanent link in the website footer.

6. How to block or delete cookies in your browser

You can block or delete cookies and site data in your browser settings. If you block technical cookies, the accessibility button will not remember your preferences.

  • Google Chrome
  • Mozilla Firefox
  • Safari on Mac and Safari on iPhone/iPad
  • Microsoft Edge

7. International data transfers

Google LLC and Cloudflare, Inc. are based in the United States and are certified under the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework. The European Commission adopted an adequacy decision for this framework on 10 July 2023. Elementor Ltd. is based in Israel, a country covered by an adequacy decision of the European Commission. You can check certifications at dataprivacyframework.gov.