SICA Cookie Policy
This English text is a courtesy translation. The binding version is the Spanish version.
SICA uses cookies and similar technologies so that the platform works properly, to keep your session, to remember your preferences and, where applicable, to understand in aggregate how the service is used.
This page explains which technologies we use and why.
01 — Concept · What are cookies?
A cookie is a small file that a website stores on your device — computer, mobile or tablet — when you use it.
It is used, for example, to keep you signed in, remember the language you selected or save your preferences.
SICA may also use similar technologies such as localStorage, sessionStorage, authentication tokens or the application's local storage, which serve equivalent functions.
In this policy we refer to all of them generically as “cookies”.
The mobile app may also use technical mechanisms of the operating system or the app itself. Location, camera, photo or notification permissions are managed independently and are explained in the SICA Privacy Policy.
02 — Types · Types of cookies we use
By who manages them
- First-party: managed by VisualNACert to provide SICA.
- Third-party: managed by technology providers that may be necessary for certain features of the service.
By duration
- Session: normally deleted when the browser is closed or the session ends.
- Persistent: remain stored for a set period.
By purpose
- Technical or necessary: essential for SICA to work properly. They allow, for example, signing in, maintaining security or managing privacy preferences. They do not require consent when strictly necessary.
- Preferences: remember certain choices, such as the language or app settings.
- Analytics: where used, they provide aggregate insight into how SICA performs and which features are used, in order to improve the service.
- Marketing: used to build profiles or show advertising related to the user's interests. SICA does not use marketing cookies or behavioural advertising.
03 — List · Cookies we use in SICA
| Name | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
VNSICASESSION | Technical · First-party | Keep the user's session active and secure in the private areas of SICA Geo (httpOnly cookie managed by the authentication server). | Session |
Identity provider sign-in cookies (AUTH_SESSION_ID, KEYCLOAK_SESSION, KEYCLOAK_IDENTITY, KEYCLOAK_LOCALE) | Technical · First-party | Securely identify the session on the sign-in screen and allow access to authorised features. | Session or technically necessary period |
Local storage app_locale_v1 | Preferences · First-party | Remember the selected language. | Until the browser or app storage is cleared |
| Application local storage | Technical / Preferences · First-party | Keep settings needed for the web or app to work and remember certain preferences (for example, declaration drafts, a copy of declarations submitted without an account, contact details to pre-fill the next declaration, or whether a permission explanation has already been shown). | Depending on the purpose |
If SICA adds analytics tools that use cookies or equivalent technologies, they will be added to this list and, where legally required, will only be activated after obtaining your consent.
The list may change as SICA evolves. The current version is always the one published on this page.
04 — Consent · Your consent
The first time you access SICA from the web, where optional cookies requiring consent exist, we will show you a notice from which you can:
Accept all
Reject non-essential
Configure
Technical or strictly necessary cookies may be used in any case, as they are needed for SICA to work properly, maintain security or provide the features you request.
Rejecting optional cookies will not prevent you from using SICA's essential features.
Your choice may be stored for up to 12 months to avoid asking you again on every visit.
You can change or withdraw your consent at any time from the “Cookie settings” option available in SICA.
You can change your mind whenever you want.
If you withdraw your consent, optional cookies will stop being used from that moment. Withdrawal does not affect processing carried out before that change.
SICA currently uses only technical and preference cookies and technologies that are strictly necessary to provide the service, so no consent notice is shown.
05 — Mobile app · Cookies and technologies in the SICA app
Mobile applications do not necessarily use traditional cookies like websites do.
The SICA app may use equivalent technologies needed to:
- keep your session;
- authenticate your account;
- remember certain preferences;
- ensure security;
- keep the application working;
- detect technical errors;
- improve service performance.
These technologies may include local storage, session tokens and technical identifiers.
Device permissions are independent of cookies.
When SICA needs to use features such as:
- location;
- camera;
- access to photos;
- notifications;
the app will request the corresponding permission through the operating system.
You can change these permissions at any time in your device settings.
06 — Management · How to manage cookies in your browser
All modern browsers let you view, block or delete cookies.
You can check the instructions for the main browsers:
Please note that blocking or deleting technical cookies may require you to sign in again or cause certain SICA features to be unavailable or work incorrectly.
07 — Data protection · Who is responsible?
The party responsible for SICA and for the processing of personal data associated with the use of these technologies is:
VISUALNACERT, S.L.
Tax ID (CIF): B98655889
C/ Mayor 41
46138 Rafelbuñol, Valencia, Spain.
For any privacy or data protection matter you can write to: privacy@visualnacert.com
More information on the processing of your personal data is available in the SICA Privacy Policy.
08 — Changes · Changes to the policy
We may update this policy to reflect changes in the technologies used by SICA, new features or regulatory changes.
Where changes significantly affect optional cookies or the purposes for which they are used, we may show you the cookie notice again so you can review or update your choice.
The current version is always the one published in SICA.
If you have any questions about this policy, you can write to us at privacy@visualnacert.com.