We place great importance on transparency regarding how we collect and use data from our users. To learn more about our data practices and our role as a data controller, please read our Privacy Policy.
This Cookie Policy is designed to help users of the website (“you”) understand how, when, and why we use cookies.
Information on deleting or blocking cookies can be found in the section How Can I Manage My Cookie Settings? However, before taking any action regarding cookies, we recommend that you read this policy carefully.
What You Will Find in This Policy
Our Use of Cookies
Every browser that visits our website receives cookies from us. Where the cookies we use are not strictly necessary for the provision of the website, we will ask for your consent to the use of cookies when you first visit our website.
We use cookies on our website because we want to provide our users with the best possible experience. Information made available through cookies enables us to optimize your experience on our site.
Cookies typically do not contain information that can personally identify a user. However, personal information that we store about you may be linked to information stored in and obtained from cookies. You can learn more about what personal data we process in relation to our users in our Privacy Policy.
About Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device by websites you visit. They allow the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size, and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you do not have to re-enter them every time you return to the site or browse from one page to another.
The use of cookies helps you navigate efficiently between pages, remembers your preferences, and generally improves your browsing experience. Cookies can also help ensure that the marketing you see online is relevant to you and your interests.
Other technologies, including data we store on your web browser or device, identifiers associated with your device, and other software, are used for similar purposes. In this policy, we refer to all of these technologies as “cookies.”
Classification of Cookies
Cookies can be classified by their lifespan, the domain to which they belong, and their storage location.
Cookies by Lifespan:
Session Cookies: These are deleted when the user closes the browser. Session cookies last only as long as the session (usually the current visit to a website or a browser session).
Persistent Cookies: These remain on the user’s computer or device for a predefined period (unless deleted by the user before the expiration date). Persistent cookies help us recognize you, making it easier to return to our website or interact with our service without having to log in again or change settings each time. After you log in, a persistent cookie remains in your browser and is read again when you return to our website.
Cookies by Domain:
First-Party Cookies: These are set by the web server of the site being visited and belong to the same domain.
Third-Party Cookies: These are stored in a different domain than that of the site being visited. This can happen when the website references a file, such as JavaScript, that is located outside its domain.
Cookies by Storage Location:
Browser Cookies: These are sent by a website and stored in the user’s browser. Browser cookies store less data than Flash cookies, and only the browser in which the cookies are stored can access them.
Flash Cookies: These are locally shared objects that differ from browser cookies in terms of the amount, type, and manner in which data is stored. They are stored outside the browser and can be accessed by multiple browsers on the same computer.
What Types of Cookies Do We Use and Why?
We use all of the types of cookies explained above. Below you will find a detailed description of our cookies, their functions, and sources.
Essential Cookies
Essential cookies are necessary for our website to function effectively. They help make the website usable by enabling basic functions such as page navigation and access to secure areas of the website.
This type of cookie may be used to protect and accelerate our website by automatically optimizing the delivery of our content. This ensures you receive the fastest possible page load times and the best performance. Essential cookies may also be used for security purposes and to identify our trusted visitors. They can filter bots and distinguish them from legitimate users to prevent any form of spam activity on our website.
These cookies do not correspond to any user ID in our web application, and they do not store any personally identifiable information. We recommend that you do not disable these cookies. If you set your browser to alert you about these cookies or block them, please note that some parts of the website may not function properly.
Preference and Functional Cookies
Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, such as your preferred language or the region you are in. They may also be used to provide services you have requested, such as watching a video, commenting on a blog, or using live chat.
Analytical Cookies
Analytical cookies help website operators understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously. We use various analytical cookies to analyze information about how our website is used.
Analytical cookies may process information about the number of visitors to the website, where website visitors came from, the pages they visited, scroll activities, downloads, user agent information, time spent on the website, or the approximate geographic location of a device you use to access our website.
We use this information to create reports that help us improve the website. Reports may be presented visually through heat maps and anonymized screen recordings. All data we process with this type of cookie is presented in aggregated and/or pseudonymized form.
We primarily use analytical cookies from Google Analytics. However, please note that we may use analytical cookies provided by other companies, which we may also utilize for analysis and evaluation purposes.
Marketing Cookies
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display advertisements that are relevant and engaging to the individual user.
For marketing purposes, we use various services. These cookies serve to personalize communication with you. If you accept receiving promotional material, marketing cookies help us evaluate your personal preferences for certain content, which we further use to deliver advertising material that matches your preferences.
Please note that we may use marketing cookies from other companies whose services we may utilize for marketing purposes. Third-party cookies (see section below) may also be placed by our partners to promote their products. Advertising activities may include the provision of interstitial advertising, among other things.
We encourage you to visit www.youronlinechoices.eu to learn more about the type of advertising we implement and the choices offered in connection with the use of your data.
Third-Party Cookies
Third parties may set cookies when you visit our website. Sometimes this is because we have commissioned the third party to provide services for us. In other cases, this is because our websites contain third-party advertisements or content such as videos and news feeds.
Because your browser connects to the web servers of these third parties to retrieve such content, third parties may set or read their own cookies on your device and may collect information about your online activities across websites or online services.
In some cases, third-party tracking cookies may also be necessary for the effective use of affiliate links and the implementation of existing affiliate agreements.
How Can I Manage My Cookie Settings?
You can disable some or all cookies at any time. There are several ways to disable cookies.
Opting Out of Third-Party Services We Use
You can disable tracking by some of the third-party providers whose services we use through the instructions provided by those services. Please refer to the privacy policies of the specific third-party services for opt-out information.
Changing Browser Settings
The most commonly used web browsers allow you to manage most cookies through the browser settings. Note that your general user experience may deteriorate if you restrict websites’ ability to set cookies, including the fact that the website may no longer be personalized for you.
If you still do not want to receive cookies from our website, you can change your browser settings on the device you use to access our services. Below you will find brief instructions for disabling cookies in the most common internet browsers, as well as links to cookie management for the most common internet browsers. Please read the following instructions carefully:
Internet Explorer:
Click the Tools button, then click Internet Options. On the General tab, select Browsing history and click Settings. Then click Select files and select the cookies you want to disable. Close the window with the list of cookies and click OK twice to return to the internet. For further instructions, see here.
Firefox Browser:
Click the Firefox menu icon, then the Tools button, then Options. In the window that appears, select Privacy and Remove specific cookies. Select the cookies you want to disable and remove them. For further instructions, see here.
Safari:
Click the Settings button. In the window displayed, select Privacy/Security and click Show cookies. Select the cookies you want to disable and click Delete or Delete all. For further instructions, see here.
Chrome:
Click the Google Chrome menu, then Settings. Click Advanced settings at the bottom of the page. In the Privacy section, click Content settings. To disable cookies:
- Select Block cookie data
- Select Show all cookies and site data. Then select the website that created the cookie and remove it, or click Remove all.
For more information, see here.
Safari (Mobile):
For more information, please visit the following link.
For instructions on disabling cookies in internet browsers not listed above, please refer to the documentation provided by your browser manufacturer.
Disabling Flash Cookies
Flash cookies are not removed by changing browser settings. If you want to disable Flash cookies, you can get instructions here.
If you disable Flash cookies, you will not have access to many features that make your experience more efficient, and some of our services will not function properly.
Industry Opt-Out Tools
Regardless of the above, we inform you that users can follow and benefit from the instructions on EDAA (EU), Network Advertising Initiative (US), Digital Advertising Alliance (US), or similar services. Such services allow users to set their tracking preferences for almost all advertising tools. We recommend that users make use of this resource in addition to the information provided in this document.
Changes to This Policy
It may be necessary to amend this Cookie Policy as technical and business requirements dictate, or to comply with legal or regulatory requirements of data protection law.
Material changes are those that affect your rights and status regarding the protection and processing of your personal data. Material changes may include the introduction of new services, the provision of new technologies, and the processing of your data for new purposes, among other things.
If we make material changes to the Cookie Policy, we will therefore send you a notification through our service or otherwise and give you the opportunity to review the changes before they become effective. You will be asked to consent to the processing of your personal data in accordance with the updated policy. If you do not consent, you may not be able to use your account and the services available to registered users.
In addition, we make minor changes to our Cookie Policy from time to time. This may include (but is not limited to) organizational and grammatical changes to make the policy easier to read. The fact that you continue to use our services after publication of the updated Cookie Policy with only minor changes means that the processing of your personal data is subject to only minor changes in the updated Cookie Policy.
We recommend that you check this page regularly for the latest information on our use of cookies.
Contact Information
Since this website uses third-party services that result in the installation of cookies and other such tracking systems that cannot be technically controlled by the provider, any specific reference to cookies and tracking systems installed by third parties should be regarded as indicative. Complete information can be obtained from the privacy policies of the respective third parties listed in this document.
Given the objective complexity associated with identifying cookie-based technologies, users are asked to contact us if they wish to receive further information about the use of cookies by this website.
Definitions and Legal Information
Personal Data or Data
Any information by which the identity of a natural person is or can be determined, directly or in conjunction with other information.
Usage Data
Information collected automatically by this website (or third-party services that this website uses), which may include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers of users using this website, the URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) addresses, the time of the request, the method used to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server’s response (successful result, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and operating system used by the user, the various time details per visit (e.g., how much time was spent on each page of the application), and details about the path followed within an application, particularly the order of pages visited, as well as other information about the device’s operating system and/or the user’s IT environment.
User
The person using this website who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.
Data Subject
The natural person to whom the personal data refers.
Data Processor
The natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body that processes personal data on behalf of the Data Controller, as described in this Privacy Policy.
Data Controller (or Provider)
The natural or legal person, public authority, agency, or other body that, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of processing personal data and the means used for this purpose, including security measures regarding the operation and use of this website. Unless otherwise specified, the Data Controller is the natural or legal person through which this website is offered.
This Website (or This Application)
The hardware or software tool by which the User’s personal data is collected and processed.
Service
The service provided by this website as described in the relevant terms of use (if available) and on this site/application.
Cookie
A small file stored on the User’s device.
Legal Notice
This Privacy Policy has been prepared based on provisions of multiple legislations, including Article 13/14 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation).
This Privacy Policy relates solely to this website, unless otherwise specified in this document.
