Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files placed on your device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, to make them work more efficiently, and to provide information to website operators. Cookies can be "session cookies" (which expire when you close your browser) or "persistent cookies" (which remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them).

2. How We Use Cookies

Balmadi uses cookies for the following purposes:

3. Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be disabled. They include:

• balmadi_cookie_consent — Stores your cookie consent preferences. Expires after 365 days. This cookie is strictly necessary to remember your choices and avoid showing the consent banner on every visit.

Necessary cookies do not require your consent as they are required for the basic functioning of the site.

4. Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the Site. This information is used to improve the Site's content and structure. Analytics cookies are only placed if you consent to them. If you decline analytics cookies, your visit will not be tracked for analytical purposes.

Analytics data collected is aggregated and anonymized where possible. We do not sell analytics data to third parties.

5. Functional Cookies

Functional cookies enable enhanced functionality on the Site, such as remembering your language preference. These cookies are only placed if you consent to them. If you decline functional cookies, some enhanced features may not be available, but the core functionality of the Site will not be affected.

6. Marketing Cookies

Balmadi does not use marketing cookies for advertising purposes. We have no affiliate arrangements and do not display advertising on this Site. If marketing cookies are enabled in your preferences, they are retained as a category option for transparency, but no marketing tracking currently takes place on this Site.

7. Third-Party Cookies

The contact page on this Site includes a Google Maps embed. Google may place cookies through this embed in accordance with their own privacy policy. You can review Google's cookie practices at google.com/policies/privacy. We recommend reviewing Google's policies if you have concerns about third-party cookies.

8. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

When you first visit the Site, a cookie consent banner will appear. You can choose to accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or customize your preferences by category. Your choice is stored in the balmadi_cookie_consent cookie and will be respected on future visits.

You can change your preferences at any time by clearing the balmadi_cookie_consent cookie from your browser settings, which will cause the consent banner to reappear on your next visit.

You can also manage cookies through your browser settings. Most browsers allow you to:

• View what cookies are stored and delete them individually
• Block third-party cookies
• Block cookies from specific sites
• Block all cookies from being set
• Delete all cookies when you close your browser

Note that blocking all cookies may affect the functionality of websites you visit, including this one.

9. Cookie Retention Periods

The balmadi_cookie_consent cookie is retained for 365 days from the date of your consent decision. Analytics and functional cookies, if accepted, are retained for the periods specified by the respective service providers, typically between 30 days and 2 years. You can delete any cookie at any time through your browser settings.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated date.

11. Contact

For questions about this Cookie Policy, contact us at info@balmadi.com or at EDD, Gral. Lamadrid 170, Y4600 San Salvador de Jujuy, Jujuy, Argentina.