COOKIE POLICY

Last updated: 28.04.2026

This Cookie Policy explains how Irina Zelenkova (hereinafter, "we", "us", or the "Data Controller") uses cookies and similar technologies on the website https://en.owntop.world/ (the "Website"), in compliance with Article 22.2 of Spanish Law 34/2002 of 11 July on Information Society Services and Electronic Commerce (LSSI-CE), Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR), and the Guide on the use of cookies issued by the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD), as updated.

This Cookie Policy forms an integral part of, and should be read together with, our Privacy Policy and Legal Notice.

1. Data Controller

The data controller responsible for the processing of personal data collected through cookies on this Website is:

Owner: Irina Zelenkova (autónoma)
NIE: Y7411519J
Address: Avinguda Diagonal, 336, 1º 2ª, 08013 Barcelona, Spain
Email: dr.irinazelenkova@gmail.com
Telephone: +34 609 452 819

2. What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, mobile phone) when you visit a website. They are widely used in order to make websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

This Policy uses the term "cookies" to refer to cookies and any equivalent technologies that involve the storage of information in or access to information already stored in the User's terminal equipment, including pixels, web beacons, local storage, fingerprinting and similar identifiers.

3. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for the following general purposes:

To enable the basic functionality of the Website (e.g., navigation, security, recording your cookie-consent preferences);
To remember your preferences and settings;
To analyse how visitors use the Website, on an aggregated and anonymised basis, in order to improve our services;
To deliver and measure the effectiveness of marketing communications, including advertising on third-party platforms (Meta / Facebook / Instagram).

We do not use cookies to process special-category data such as health information, racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs, or data relating to sex life or sexual orientation.

4. Categories of Cookies Used

In line with the AEPD Guide on the use of cookies, we classify cookies into the following categories:

Category	Purpose	Legal basis	Duration
Strictly Necessary	Essential for the website to function properly: session management, security, load balancing, language preference, cookie-consent record. These cannot be disabled.	Exempt from consent (Art. 22.2 LSSI-CE)	Session / up to 1 year
Preferences	Allow the website to remember choices that change the way it behaves (e.g. region, language, font size).	Consent (Art. 22.2 LSSI-CE)	Up to 1 year
Statistics / Analytics	Help us understand how visitors interact with the website by collecting and reporting information anonymously or pseudonymously (e.g. Google Analytics).	Consent (Art. 22.2 LSSI-CE)	Up to 2 years
Marketing / Advertising	Track visitors across websites in order to display advertising that is relevant and engaging for the individual user (e.g. Meta Pixel, Facebook, Instagram).	Consent (Art. 22.2 LSSI-CE)	Up to 13 months
Unclassified	Cookies that are in the process of being classified, together with the providers of individual cookies.	Not used until classified	—

With the exception of Strictly Necessary cookies, all cookies require your prior, free, specific, informed and unambiguous consent, which you may give or refuse — and which you may withdraw at any time — through the cookie consent banner.

5. Detailed List of Cookies Used

The detailed and continuously updated list of cookies actually used on this Website — including each cookie's name, provider, purpose, expiration date, and type — is generated automatically by our consent-management platform Cookiebot and is available on our Website at:

https://en.owntop.world/cookie-declaration

This declaration is updated automatically each time the Website is scanned by Cookiebot, ensuring that the list reflects the cookies actually in use at any given time.

6. How to Manage Your Cookie Consent

6.1 Through our cookie banner

On your first visit to the Website, a consent banner is displayed. From the banner you may:

Accept all cookies;
Reject all non-essential cookies;
Customise your selection by category (Preferences, Statistics, Marketing).

The Accept and Reject options have equal visual weight and the same number of clicks, in compliance with the AEPD Guide on cookies. We do not use cookie walls or pre-ticked checkboxes.

6.2 Withdrawing or changing your consent

You may withdraw or modify your consent at any time by clicking on the cookie-preferences icon or link available on every page of the Website (typically in the footer). Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal.

In any case, your cookie preferences will be requested again at least every 24 months, in line with the AEPD recommendation, or earlier if there are material changes to the cookies used or the purposes for which they are used.

6.3 Through your browser

In addition, you may configure your browser to accept, reject, or delete cookies. Most browsers allow these settings to be applied generally or for specific websites. The way to do this depends on your browser:

Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/kb/clear-cookies-and-site-data-firefox
Apple Safari: https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-sfri11471/mac
Microsoft Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/microsoft-edge/delete-cookies

Please note that disabling cookies — including strictly necessary cookies — may affect the proper functioning of the Website and prevent the use of certain features.

7. Third-Party Providers and International Transfers

Some cookies on this Website are placed by third parties acting as independent controllers or as our processors. The principal third parties involved are:

Provider	Category	Country	Transfer safeguard
Google LLC (Google Analytics)	Statistics	United States	EU–U.S. Data Privacy Framework (certified)
Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd. (Meta Pixel, Facebook, Instagram)	Marketing	Ireland (EU) / United States	EU–U.S. Data Privacy Framework / SCCs
Cybot A/S (Cookiebot)	Strictly necessary (consent management)	Denmark (EU)	Within EEA — no transfer safeguards required
Hetzner Online GmbH	Website hosting / Infrastructure	Germany (EEA)	Within EEA — no transfer safeguards required

Where a transfer of personal data outside the European Economic Area is involved, we rely on appropriate safeguards under Chapter V of the GDPR — primarily the EU–U.S. Data Privacy Framework (Adequacy Decision of 10 July 2023) for U.S.-based recipients certified under that framework, and Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) approved by the European Commission where the framework does not apply. Further information on each provider's data-protection practices is available in their respective privacy policies.

8. Your Rights

Insofar as cookies involve the processing of personal data (e.g., IP address, online identifiers, browsing history), you have the following rights under the GDPR and the LOPDGDD:

Right of access (Art. 15 GDPR);
Right to rectification (Art. 16);
Right to erasure (Art. 17);
Right to restriction of processing (Art. 18);
Right to data portability (Art. 20);
Right to object (Art. 21);
Right to withdraw consent at any time (Art. 7).

You may exercise these rights free of charge by contacting us at dr.irinazelenkova@gmail.com. Full information on the exercise of your rights is set out in our Privacy Policy.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD) — C/ Jorge Juan, 6, 28001 Madrid; https://www.aepd.es

9. Updates to this Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies used, in our practices, or in applicable law. The updated version will be posted on this page with a revised "Last updated" date. The list of cookies in our Cookiebot Cookie Declaration (Section 5) is updated automatically and continuously.

10. Contact

For any question regarding this Cookie Policy, please contact:

Email: dr.irinazelenkova@gmail.com
Telephone: +34 609 452 819
Postal address: Avinguda Diagonal, 336, 1º 2ª, 08013 Barcelona, Spain