Cookies Policy

We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly and to improve the overall browsing experience for our visitors. Cookies are small files that get stored on your device (computer, mobile phone, tablet, etc.) when you visit a website.

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files sent by websites to devices like computers or smartphones. These files contain information about your visits to the site and can be used in various ways, such as remembering your login details or tracking your browsing history. They're not programs themselves but rather pieces of data that help a website tailor its content to you.

Why Are Cookies Used?

We use cookies for several purposes:

Essential Functionality: We need certain cookies to provide you with basic site functionality, such as remembering your login information or allowing access to secure areas.
Performance Improvements: Analytics and performance-related cookies help us understand how our website is used so we can make improvements that enhance the user experience.
Personalization: Some cookies allow us to tailor our content more closely to your preferences, based on the pages you've visited or searches you've made.
Advertising: We use some third-party services to display ads on our site. These parties may also set their own cookie when a page is loaded.

Types of Cookies

There are several types of cookies:

Session Cookies: These are temporary, lasting only as long as your session or visit.
Persistent Cookies: These continue to exist after you close the browser and can persist for extended periods, ranging from days to months or more depending on their setting.

Cookie Policy Overview

Our website employs cookies for various reasons, including essential functions like remembering login details and improving performance through analytics. We also collect data on our users' behavior to personalize content and display ads that are likely of interest.

We support the most recent browser technologies (cookies storage) in accordance with applicable regulations.

Below you can find more information about each type:

Essential Cookies

Session cookies: These track your activity during one session, i.e., while browsing through a site or completing some tasks.
Persistent cookies: Keep data saved across different visits to the website and stay on the device even if browser is closed.

Session Cookies

These are created for each visit. They store information about actions taken on our webpage in order provide user-friendly experience such as remembering pages visited after login session ends or when logging out (in this case, session cookie expires immediately).

Session cookies serve several purposes:

Account authentication: Once logged into your account with a username and password you'll receive an HTTP Only/Secure session ID stored within the cookie which identifies each individual user making requests via our site.
Cart contents tracking: After adding items to shopping cart, this data will remain in memory until either customer logs out or closes their browser – whichever happens first!

Persistent Cookies

These help us tailor content specifically tailored towards individual preferences such as language settings. They stay even after closing web application on device!

Types include:

Language preference: If you prefer reading our site’s pages written exclusively in one certain languages; this info will remain saved within persistent cookies.
Remembered login details: Upon successful logging into user account some data regarding access credentials may stored securely under form encrypted persistent cookie – useful especially during repeated sign-ins.

Functional Cookies

Our website uses functional cookies to remember your language preference and other customizations. These stay even after you leave our site.

Functional cookies allow us to:

Customize content: We can tailor the information we display based on what interests you, such as showing pages in a language that suits you best.
Improve performance: By analyzing which features are most used by visitors like yourself, we identify opportunities for improvement.

Analytics and Performance Cookies

We use analytics tools to better understand how our site is being used. This information helps us improve the user experience and make necessary changes.

Analytics and performance cookies help us:

Track page visits: Understand which pages you visit and what you do on them.
Analyze search queries: Identify common searches that lead visitors to specific areas of our website.

Preference and Language Settings

We respect your preference for certain settings, such as the language you prefer to read content in. These preferences are stored securely using persistent cookies.

If you change your preferred language or other settings:

Language setting will be updated: Your chosen language preference will be reflected on all future visits.
Other customizations preserved: Any additional changes made while browsing our site, such as theme selection or notification frequency, remain saved.

Login/Session Continuity

When you log into your account, we create a session cookie to keep track of your activities. This ensures that any changes made during the current login are securely linked back to your original request.

These cookies:

Remember you're logged in: Confirm your identity as the same user who initiated initial authentication.
Link all activity under one ID

Device Recognition

Our analytics tool uses cookie data (combined with other identifying factors such as browser type, screen resolution and OS platform) to assign a unique device identifier for each visitor. This allows us:

Distinguish between devices: Identify if someone has accessed our website using multiple browsers or devices from the same computer.

Security-Related Cookies

Some third-party tools we integrate can create security-related cookies during visits.

These often:

Verify authentication status: Verify whether a request is originating directly from user’s original device to prevent potential tampering threats via hijacking scripts.

Browser Storage Technologies

For storing smaller amounts of data our website uses local storage. This allows users access previously set preferences (language, theming) and provides easy identification through unique identifier given at very beginning.

Key aspects include:

Local preference retention: Store information entered into certain input fields on forms until user requests changes or closes webpage.
Device-specific identifiers: Associate unique keys with individual devices to facilitate targeted content presentation.

Third-Party Integrations

When using third-party integrations for features like advertising, chatbots, etc., additional cookies may be set.

Some benefits include:

Additional functionality: Enhance user experience through integrated services while minimizing the impact on your website’s performance.
Easier integration with existing platforms: Seamless compatibility ensures smooth transitions between different tools and applications used within our ecosystem.

Marketing or Communication Preferences

We respect your preference to not receive certain types of messages, such as promotional emails.

To implement this:

Create custom preferences: Designate areas where users can specify what kind(s) communications they'd prefer (or choose none).
Respect user choices: If you select option requesting no marketing contact then corresponding actions shall follow.

Cookie Consent Management

We understand the importance of user consent when it comes to collecting and storing cookies. Our policy reflects this:

Consent upon arrival: Upon entering our site, a banner will prompt for consent regarding cookie use – users can decline at any point.
Manage permissions through individual browsers: Users are also able choose which specific types they wish grant permission.

Browser Cookie Controls

It's always a good idea to familiarize yourself with the browser settings you're using. Here’s how to control cookies in different popular browsers:

Firefox:

Go to Preferences > Privacy & Security.
Scroll down and select "Manage Data".
Look for sites where cookies have been stored.

Google Chrome:

Navigate to Settings > Advanced > Cookies and site data
Click on the three-dot menu next to “Cookies and other site data" Internet Explorer (Edge):

Press Ctrl+Shift+C.
The popup will be located at top of page.

Clearing or Disabling Cookies

It’s simple to manage cookies directly from your browser.

Removing Data in Chrome:

Go to Settings > Advanced
Select "Manage Cookies and site data."
Find sites where you wish clear information; press on "three-dot menu" located above each entry then choose “Delete.”

Clearing in Edge (Internet Explorer):

Access Settings via keyboard shortcut.
Click the three dots near "Cookies and other site data"

Site Functionality Impact When Cookies Are Disabled

While our website remains fully functional with cookies disabled, some aspects may be affected.

Personalization: Without cookies, we can't tailor content as well based on your preferences.
Targeted advertising: You won’t see ads related to your interests since cookie information helps us deliver relevant advertisements.

Technical Diagnostics and Performance Optimisation

For better website performance:

Analyze the effect of different types (Session/Persistent)
Investigate potential for further improvement through cookie management
Consider how to reduce dependency on third-party integrations

Aggregated Analytics Information

Our analytics tool collects data about users' actions, such as page views and search queries.

Here's what you need to know:

Anonymous identification: We combine individual actions with aggregated metrics from others using similar criteria.
Grouped performance metrics: By looking at these large-scale groups, we identify areas for improvement.

User Experience Improvements

To improve your overall experience on our website:

Analyze user behavior and preferences
Optimize content presentation based on this data
Consider feedback from users when making improvements