1. General information on cookies
Please be advised that by visiting our websites and through this document you are being informed on all cookies we use. You can choose via your browser to accept or disagree with the cookies being used. Please note that your consent with some cookies we use is not necessary. Non-essential cookies, including analytics, preferences, functional, and marketing cookies, are activated only after the user provides explicit consent through the website’s cookie banner or cookie preferences center. Such cookies remain blocked until consent is recorded. Strictly necessary cookies required for website security, session continuity, and core technical operation may be used without consent in accordance with Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive and applicable GDPR principles.
2. What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file that stores Internet settings. Most websites use cookies to record information about your activity, making it easier and more productive for your next visit (for example, by recording your preferred language, selecting relevant ad content, tracking website traffic, or other settings). Cookies are stored in your browser, where you can view and manage individual cookies.
3. What kinds of cookies exist and what are they for?
Cookies may be distinguished by their function and purpose:
a. technical cookies – provide basic technical functionality of websites, i.e. login, use of services etc.
b. cookies for marketing purposes are used in order to offer you advertising that is relevant to you, but also to prevent you from showing the same advertising offers over and over again, or to enable you to share interesting content from our websites through social media. These cookies remember whether you have visited the website and can share this information with third parties.
Cookies can also be divided into:
a. short-term cookies that are deleted from your browser after you close the browser;
b. long-term cookies that are stored in your browser and will only be deleted after some time (within days, months but also years).
We further distinguish categories of cookies according to their author:
a. first-party cookies that are created directly by our website and are mostly necessary for their proper functioning; or
b. third-party cookies that are linked to another operator’s website and are mostly used for advertising purposes or analyzing the use of the website.
4. What information do the cookies track about you?
By using cookies on our website, we record information that may include: 1) IP address, 2) unique cookie identifier, cookie information and whether your device has software enabling access to certain features, 3) unique device identifier and type of the device, 4) domain, browser type and browser language, 5) operating system and system settings, 6) country and time zone, 7) previously visited website, 8) information about your interaction with our website, such as clicks and preference, 9) access time.
5. How can you manage cookies?
You can set cookies by using your browser. You can always delete already saved cookies. Furthermore, depending on the browser used, it is possible to restrict the use of cookies for a particular website, limit their storage or set the forced deletion of all cookies after closing the browser.
In addition to browser level controls, users may modify review or withdraw their cookie consent preferences or at any time through the cookie setting link available in the footer of both websites.
For more information about each browser and its settings, see the links below:
6. Use of Google Analytics
The websites use Google Analytics 4 provided by Google LLC for (“Google”) website traffic measurement and performance improvement purposes. Google analytics cookies are categorized as analytics cookies and are deployed only after explicit user consent. Prior to consent, Google analytics scripts remain technically blocked, and no analytics identifiers are stored on the user’s device.
IP anonymization, Google Consent Mode v2 and data minimization settings are enabled wherever technically feasible.
Data may be transferred outside the European Economic area, including to the United States, subject to the safeguard adopted by Google under the EU-US Data Privacy framework and or standard contractual clauses where applicable.
Users may withdraw consent for analytics cookies at any time through the cookie settings link in the website footer.
7. Cookies Policy Update
The Cookie Policy is reviewed on a periodic basis and updated whenever
Website cookie scans and technical audits are performed quarterly to ensure the cookie inventory remains accurate and complete.