Information about the use of cookies
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file in the direct code of a website (a small amount of data exchanged between the server and the user). Cookies usually store your preferences and settings for the website, such as your preferred language or address. When you visit the same website again, your browser sends back the cookies belonging to that website. This allows the website to display information tailored to your needs.
What can cookies be used for?
Cookies are most often used to make websites work or be more efficient, as well as to provide information to website owners. Cookies allow a website to recognize whether users have already visited it or help it understand user preferences. Cookies provide information about which parts of the website are most popular by showing which pages users visit and how much time they spend on them. By studying this data, websites can adapt to users’ needs and provide an even more diverse user experience. In addition, cookies are used to ensure that the data displayed meets the user’s expectations on each subsequent visit (without being personally selected).
Types of cookies
In general, there are three different ways to classify cookies: according to how long they are stored, their origin and their purpose.
Duration
Session cookies – These cookies are short-lived and are deleted when you close your browser (or after the end of your session). Persistent cookies – This category includes all cookies that remain on your device until you delete them or until your browser does so, depending on the cookie’s expiration date (for example, language settings, username and password or cookie settings), so that you do not have to select them again on each subsequent visit.
Origin
First-party cookies – These cookies are placed directly on your device by the website you are visiting. Only that website can read them. Third-party cookies – these are cookies that are not placed on your device by the website you are visiting, but by a third party such as an advertiser or analytics service (e.g. YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Google Analytics).
Purpose
Required cookies – These cookies are essential for you to browse the website and use its basic features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Since these cookies are essential for the website to function, website owners do not need to obtain consent from users to place necessary cookies on their devices.
Preference cookies – These cookies, also known as “functional cookies”, allow the website to remember choices you have made in the past, such as your preferred language, the region you want to receive weather forecasts for, or your username and password so that you can log in automatically.
Statistical cookies – These cookies collect information about how you use the website, such as the pages you have visited and the links you have clicked on. None of this information can be used to identify you. All such data is aggregated and therefore anonymized. Their sole purpose is to improve the functionality of the website. This includes cookies from third-party analytics services, as long as the cookies are solely for the use of the owner of the website being visited.
Marketing cookies – These cookies track your online activity to help advertisers deliver more relevant advertising or limit the number of times you see an ad. These cookies may share this information with other organizations or advertisers
Cookie management
The cookies used on our website can be found in the table at the end of the document.
What if I do not accept cookies?
If you choose not to accept cookies, it is possible that certain features of this website will not display or work properly. This will limit the possibilities offered by our website and could affect the design and user experience.
How to disable cookies?
By disabling cookies, you decide whether to allow cookies to be stored on your computer. If you enable opt-out tracking on websites, your browser will send a signal to the website each time you visit the website and prevent the setting of cookies on your browser and on the device you are using to browse. For information on managing the opt-out tracking feature, select the web browser you are using: Firefox: Manage cookies Microsoft Edge: Manage cookies Google Chrome: Manage cookies Safari: Manage cookies If you disable cookies, you will not be able to use some of the functionality on websites.
Additional information about opting out of cookies
Currently, there are several websites for opting out of cookies for various services. You can find detailed information on this topic at the following links:
http://www.allaboutcookies.org/
http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/
http://www.aboutads.info/choices/
