What are cookies?

For almost any modern website to work properly, it needs to collect certain basic information on its users. To do this, a site will create files known as cookies on its users’ computers. A cookie is a small text file that enables the website to remember the pages you have visited along with your preferences (e.g. user name, language, font size, etc.) so you don't need to fill these in again every time you visit the site. In detail, cookies are text strings of small size sent from a server to the user's browser and then sent back to the server (without change) every time the user accesses the same portion of the same web domain. Cookies enable better service and use of the website, which is also more tailored to your preferences. They also help ensure that the advertisements that you see online are more relevant to you and your interests.

Cookies may be stored permanently on the computer or mobile device of the user or have a variable duration (persistent cookies), but may also disappear when the user closes the browser (session cookies). Cookies can be installed by the website being visited (first part cookies) or can be installed by other websites (third part cookies).

We do not use cookies for personal identification purposes. Their placement is intended to improve and facilitate your use of the Website, and you can manage and / or delete them at your own discretion. There are many different types of cookies, but they fall into the three main groups described in this Notice.

Types of cookies used by the Website

Strictly necessary and functional cookies

The sole purpose of the strictly necessary cookies is to enable or facilitate electronic communications, and they are essential for the proper functioning of the Website. Deactivating them will cause significant difficulties in using the Website, and may prevent you from accessing the services it offers. These cookies do not store information about you after you leave the Websites.

Functional cookies are required to provide an online communication service expressly requested by a user; to remember your preferences and personalize your experience on the Website. They provide a functionality specific to the user. If these cookies are deleted, providing the Services becomes impossible. Functional cookies may collect personal data. In the case of certain cookies, this data may be stored after you complete your session on the Website.

Examples of how we use this group of cookies include:

  • Allowing you to sign in to the Website as a registered user;

Analytical cookies

Thanks to these cookies, we monitor the visits to our site and we can analyse the number of Website visitors; how well our users work with it, etc. We use analytical cookies on the Google Analytics platform that give us no information about your personal data. They show us which pages of your site you viewed, whether you visited our site through a mobile or desktop device, and other anonymous data.

Targeting cookies

Thanks to these cookies, we monitor the visits to our site and we can analyse the number of Website visitors; how well our users work with it, etc. We use analytical cookies on the Google Analytics platform that give us no information about your personal data. They show us which pages of your site you viewed, whether you visited our site through a mobile or desktop device, and other anonymous data.

This type of cookies includes cookies that enable advertisers to offer advertisements that are specific to your areas of interest depending on your navigation on the Websites, to tackle advertising fraud, to analyze the performance of advertising campaigns or to limit repetitive advertisements. These cookies require your authorization.

Managing cookies preferences

Upon accessing any page of the Website, a banner would appear on your screen notifying you about our cookies and inviting you to manage your preferences through our consent management system. You can agree to the use of all cookies or you can mark the respective options in our consent management system in view of your specific preferences. We also use a cookie to remember your cookie preferences. This means that if you delete all your cookies you will have to update your preferences with us again – we’ll ask you when you next visit our Website, and if you use a different device, computer profile or browser you will have to tell us your preferences again.

You can return at any time from the same web browser to update your preferences. Please note that resetting your browser’s cookies will reset your preferences. If you choose not to receive our cookies, we cannot guarantee that your experience will be as fulfilling as it would otherwise be.

In addition, the user may object to the storage of cookies on the hard disk by configuring the browser so as to disable cookies. Please, be aware that different browsers have specific cookie management methods. When configuring your browser settings, you should apply the instructions provided by the owners and administrators of that browser.

Privacy of Information

We make reasonable efforts to protect the privacy and personal data of users of the Website. In this regard, information collected through cookies will only be used for the purposes described in this Policy. Users of the Website may find detailed information about the processing of their personal data in our Privacy Policy.

This Cookies Policy is part of our Privacy Policy and may be periodically amended to reflect changes in our privacy practices or in the legal requirements. Any such changes will be updated on this page and therefore we encourage you to check it regularly.

If you have questions or comments about this Policy or if you want to exercise your rights, please contact us at: [email protected].