What are cookies?
Cookies are text files that can be stored on your computer or other device when you visit a website. They are used to make websites work, track your movements within a website, and remember your login details.
There are different types of cookies, and they can be distinguished based on their origin, function, and lifespan. The following list details the categories of cookies we use:
- Essential Cookies (Required)
These cookies are necessary for us to provide you with the basic services and features available on our websites, such as remembering where you are on the website.
- Performance and Functionality Cookies (Required)
These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our websites, as they provide statistics on how our website is used and help us make improvements by measuring errors. Some functionalities on our website may become unavailable without these cookies.
- Analytical Cookies (Required)
These cookies collect information that is used in aggregate form to help us understand how our websites are being used, and they help us continuously improve the experience we offer you.
- Advertising Cookies
These cookies are used to provide you with a better experience and to make advertising messages more relevant.
- Social Media Cookies
These cookies are used to enable you to share or follow content that you find interesting on our websites. These settings are applied to external social networks and other external websites.
Important characteristics of cookies include:
First-party cookies
First-party cookies are the cookies set by the website you are visiting, while third-party cookies are set by a website other than the one you are visiting. Please note that we do not control the collection or use of data by third-party websites.
Session cookies
Session cookies are temporary cookies that are deleted once you close your browser, while persistent or permanent cookies remain on your device until you delete them manually or until your browser deletes them based on the expiration date set in the persistent cookie.
For more information about all aspects of cookies, please visit the website: www.allaboutcookies.org
How do I change my cookie settings?
Some categories of cookies are necessary, as their absence will significantly affect your experience when browsing our website, so we have made these cookies mandatory for all users both inside and outside the European Union for the categories of essential, performance and functionality, and analytical cookies.
Please note that you can change your cookie settings at any time by going to ‘Cookie Preferences’ at the bottom of each website and then enabling or disabling cookies from the non-mandatory categories. We recommend enabling cookies from all categories to get the best experience on our websites.
Why do we use cookies?
We may use cookies to:
- Distinguish between visitors;
- Improve the use and operation of our website;
- Customize our website and products to your needs and preferences;
- Process your purchase orders; and
- Analyze how our website is used and collect anonymous and aggregate statistics.
We do not use the information collected to create personal profiles of visitors.
What type of cookies do we use?
The cookies used on the websites can be viewed through ‘Cookie Preferences’ at the bottom of each website.
Please note that the processing of your personal data for cookie purposes and for other purposes is subject to our Privacy Policy.
In addition, we may also use web beacons (or clear GIFs) and other similar technological methods alongside or with cookies. Web beacons are typically transparent images (1 pixel x 1 pixel) on the website or email that help understand the behavior of visitors to our website. More information about web beacons can be found at the following link //www.allaboutcookies.org/faqs/beacons.html
How can you control cookies and web beacons?
Most internet browsers automatically accept cookies according to their settings. Depending on your browser, you can set it to notify you before accepting cookies or you can set it to reject them altogether. Please refer to the ‘Help’ button (or similar) in your browser to learn more about how to do this.
Disabling cookies may affect your use of our websites.
If you use other devices to access our websites, you will need to make sure that the browser on each device is set to your cookie preferences.
More information on how to manage cookies can be found at the following link: //www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/