Last updated: August 2026

This Cookie Policy explains how ASOCIACIÓN LIFE SCIENCES YOUTH EUROPEAN NETWORKS (“LYENS”, “we”, “us” or “our”) uses cookies and similar technologies on www.lyens.org (the “Website”). This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy, which provides further information about how LYENS processes and protects personal data.

1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that may be stored on your device when you visit a website.Cookies can serve different purposes, including enabling essential website functionality, remembering user preferences, maintaining security and, where applicable, helping website operators understand how visitors interact with their website.Some cookies are strictly necessary for the Website to function and do not require consent. Other cookies will only be used where you have provided the appropriate consent.

2. Who Is Responsible for the Use of Cookies?
The Website is operated by:ASOCIACIÓN LIFE SCIENCES YOUTH EUROPEAN NETWORKS
Website: www.lyens.org The Website is built using WordPress and hosted by IONOS.

3. Cookie Consent Management:
LYENS uses WPLP Cookie Consent on the Website to present the cookie consent banner and manage users’ cookie preferences.When you first visit the Website, you may be given the option to: Accept all, Reject all or Manage preferences. Cookies that are not strictly necessary and that require consent will not be activated until you have provided the relevant consent. Your choices may be stored so that the Website can remember your preferences. You may change or withdraw your cookie preferences at any time through the Cookie Settings or Manage Preferences option available on the Website. Rejecting optional cookies will not prevent the use of cookies that are strictly necessary for the operation and security of the Website.

4. Types of Cookies We Use:
Depending on the services and functionalities enabled on the Website, LYENS may use the following categories of cookies.

4.1. Necessary Cookies. Necessary cookies are required for the Website to function correctly, securely and reliably.They may be used for purposes such as:enabling essential Website functionality; maintaining Website security; managing technical sessions where required; preventing fraudulent, abusive or malicious activity; remembering your cookie consent preferences. Where these cookies are strictly necessary for the provision of the Website or a service expressly requested by the user, they may be used without prior consent.

4.2. Functional Cookies. Functional cookies may allow the Website to provide enhanced functionality or remember choices made by visitors.Where functional cookies are not strictly necessary for a service requested by the user, they will only be activated where the appropriate consent has been obtained.

4.3. Analytics Cookies. Analytics cookies may be used to obtain information about how visitors interact with the Website, such as the pages visited, general browsing patterns or Website performance. This information may help LYENS understand and improve the operation and usability of the Website. Where analytics cookies require consent under applicable law, they will not be activated until you have provided the appropriate consent.

4.4. Marketing and Tracking Cookies. Where enabled, marketing or tracking cookies may be used by LYENS or third-party services to measure campaigns, understand interactions with communications or provide other marketing-related functionality. Such cookies will only be activated after obtaining consent where required by applicable law. LYENS does not use optional marketing or tracking cookies without the appropriate consent.

5. Cookies Currently Used on the Website:
The specific cookies used by the Website depend on its current technical configuration, WordPress plugins and third-party services. The Website's cookie consent system provides information regarding the cookies and categories currently in use and allows users to manage their preferences. Where available, this information may include: the name of the cookie; the provider; its purpose; its category; its duration or expiry period. Because the technical configuration of the Website may change over time, the cookies used may also change. LYENS periodically reviews the technologies used on the Website in order to keep this information accurate and up to date.

6. Third-Party Cookies and Services:
Certain Website functionalities may rely on services, integrations or WordPress plugins provided by third parties. Where such services place or access cookies on your device, they may process certain information in accordance with their own privacy and cookie policies. LYENS seeks to ensure that third-party technologies requiring consent are not activated before the appropriate consent has been obtained. The use of any third-party service involving the processing of personal data will also be governed, where applicable, by the information provided in our Privacy Policy.

7. How Long Are Cookies Stored? 
The duration of a cookie depends on its purpose and configuration. Cookies may generally be classified as: Session cookies, which are deleted when you close your browser; or Persistent cookies, which remain stored on your device for a specified period or until they are manually deleted. Where available, the specific duration of cookies currently used on the Website is indicated through the Website's cookie settings or consent management interface. LYENS seeks to ensure that cookies are not retained for longer than reasonably necessary for their intended purpose.

8. Changing or Withdrawing Your Consent:
You may change your cookie preferences or withdraw your consent at any time. You can do so using the Cookie Settings or Manage Preferences functionality available on the Website. Withdrawing your consent does not affect the lawfulness of any processing carried out before consent was withdrawn. Following withdrawal of consent, cookies requiring consent will no longer be activated for future use, subject to the technical deletion or expiry of cookies already stored on your device.

9. Managing Cookies Through Your Browser:
Most web browsers allow users to control cookies through their browser settings. Depending on your browser, you may be able to: view cookies stored on your device; delete individual or all cookies; block certain categories of cookies; block all cookies; configure notifications before cookies are stored. Please note that disabling or deleting strictly necessary cookies may affect the proper functioning of certain parts of the Website. Browser cookie controls are separate from the preferences managed through the Website's cookie consent system.

10. International Data Transfers:
Certain third-party services, if used on the Website, may involve the processing of information outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”). Where the use of cookies or similar technologies involves an international transfer of personal data, LYENS will ensure that the transfer is carried out in accordance with applicable data protection legislation and that appropriate safeguards are implemented where required.Further information regarding international transfers is available in our Privacy Policy.

11. Changes to this Cookie Policy:
LYENS may update this Cookie Policy where necessary to reflect changes in: the cookies or technologies used on the Website; the Website's technical configuration; third-party services; applicable legislation; guidance issued by competent data protection authorities. The most recent version of this Cookie Policy will always be available on the Website. The date of the latest update will be indicated at the beginning of this document.
12. Contact:
If you have any questions regarding this Cookie Policy or the use of cookies and similar technologies on the Website, you may contact: ASOCIACIÓN LIFE SCIENCES YOUTH EUROPEAN NETWORKS
Calle Hermosilla 48, 1st Floor, Right Door
28001 Madrid, Spain
Email: secretariat@lyens.org
Website: www.lyens.org