COOKIE POLICY

COOKIE POLICY

Last revised: November 10, 2022

 

What is a cookie?

Cookies and similar tracking technologies, such as beacons, scripts, web beacons and tags (which together we refer to as “cookies”), are small bits of text, usually stored on a user’s computer hard drive or within a browser. They enable a website (and / or other websites which can recognise a cookie) to remember information about the user’s visit to that website.

Cookies are used in order to make the website work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website.

Such information may be used to provide a more personalized and responsive service. Cookies may be either first party cookies set directly by us to your device, or third-party cookies set by a third party provider on our behalf. Whenever you use this Website, information may be collected through the use of cookies and other technologies.

Our cookie policy is part of our Privacy Policy.

 

Cookies we may use and why

We use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:

  • Guiding you when you use the platform;
  • Communication with us from live chat;
  • Assisting in login, and your ability to provide feedback;
  • Analyzing your use of our products, services or applications;
  • Assisting with our promotional and marketing efforts.

We classify cookies in the following categories:

  • Strictly Necessary Cookies
  • Functional Cookies
  • Analytical/Performance
  • Advertising/Targeting

 

Category of Use Purpose of Use Legal Basis
Strictly Necessary

We use these cookies to make sure that we can offer you our Website. These cookies are used each time you access our Website. These are specifically necessary to:

  • Enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the Website;
  • Use your browser information in order to provide the optimal website for your screen settings;
  • Identify trusted web traffic.
 These cookies are necessary for using the Website and are covered under the general exception to consent under the ePrivacy Directive. We rely on legitimate interest as the legal basis to process personal information related to these cookies.
Functional These cookies allow the provision of enhance functionality and personalization, such as videos and live chats. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, then some or all of these functionalities may not function properly. We rely on your consent for these. You can easily remove these cookies by clearing your browser, or via http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/
Analytics and performance

This helps us to:

  • Measure our Website visits;
  • Measure the time a visitor spends on our pages;
  • Measure which elements of our Website are frequently visited;
  • Make our Website more user friendly and;
  • Track the effectiveness of our advertisements, offers and campaigns;
  • Measure the extent to which emails, like newsletters are opened.
 We rely on your consent for these. You can remove these cookies by clearing your browser, or via http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/
Advertising and targeting

These cookies are set to recognize you if you have used our services on another device. We combine information received from multiple devices to determine if you are using a new device, so that we can continue to provide you with a personalized experience on our Sites.

To enable you to post to social media sites and other platforms, for example, to allow you to access a particular social media page to post a comment or a “like.”

To collect information for use in advertising on our own Sites and on third party sites which you may visit. Such information is based on your preferences and your usage of our Sites. We have included more information about our use of advertising cookies below.

We rely on your consent for these. You can remove these cookies by clearing your browser, or via

http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/

 

How long will cookies remain on my device

The duration of cookies on your device depends on whether it is a ‘persistent’ or ‘’session’’ cookie. A persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiration data, unless deleted before.

Session Cookies expire when the browser closes at the end of a session, the file is deleted.

 

How can I control cookies

Apart from the strictly necessary cookies, you can opt-out of each cookie category by managing your cookie preferences or withdraw your consent to the use of optional cookies at any time by clicking the ‘’Customise cookies’’ link. Depending on your selected cookie preferences, the full functionality or personalised user experience of this website may not be available.

You can also remove cookies via your browser settings using options such as “clear browsing data”:

 

Changes to this Cookie Policy

This Cookie policy may be modified or amended. Changes to this Policy will be reflected to the revision date at the top of this page.

Please periodically review this Policy to remain fully updated with the cookies on our website.