1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They help the site function, remember preferences, and — with your consent — enable analytics and marketing features. Similar technologies include local storage (used for consent preferences) and pixels.
2. How We Use Cookies
GREEN BCN groups cookies into three categories. On your first visit, a consent banner lets you accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or manage preferences individually. Your choice is stored in your browser's localStorage under the key greenbcn-cookie-consent, including a version number, timestamp, and category selections.
3. Cookie Categories
Necessary (always active)
These cookies are essential for the website to work. They cannot be disabled via our preference panel. They may include:
- Security and bot protection (e.g. Cloudflare)
- Session and authentication tokens for member areas
- Cookie consent state storage
- Load balancing and CDN delivery
Analytics (optional — requires consent)
Help us understand how visitors use the site in aggregated form:
- Google Analytics — page views, session duration, device/browser type, approximate geography. Loaded only if you enable Analytics in cookie preferences and only when a measurement ID is configured.
Marketing (optional — requires consent)
Support advertising, personalisation and communication tools:
- Google AdSense — display advertising and ad performance measurement
- Crisp — live chat widget for support (when a website ID is configured)
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies are set by third-party providers when their scripts load after you give consent. These providers have their own privacy policies:
- Google (Analytics, AdSense) — policies.google.com/privacy
- Crisp — crisp.chat/en/privacy
- Cloudflare — cloudflare.com/privacypolicy
5. How to Manage Cookies
- On this site: Click Cookie Preferences in the footer, or use the banner buttons (Accept All / Reject Non-Essential / Manage Preferences).
- Browser settings: You can block or delete cookies via your browser. Note that blocking necessary cookies may affect site functionality.
- Withdraw consent: Reopen Cookie Preferences and disable Analytics and/or Marketing, or clear site data for greenbcn.com.
6. Cookie Retention
Consent records are stored locally until you clear them or we update our consent version. Third-party cookie lifetimes vary by provider — Google Analytics typically retains data up to 26 months (configurable). See our Privacy Policy for broader data retention information.
7. Updates
We may update this Cookie Policy when we add or change services. Check the "Last updated" date above. Continued use after changes constitutes acceptance where permitted by law; for non-essential cookies, we will request consent again if required.
8. Contact
Questions about cookies: privacy@greenbcn.com. See also our Privacy Policy.