LATEST UPDATE: 21 OCTOBER 2021
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files stored in the browser of your device (e.g., computer, mobile phone or tablet) when you browse websites. Other technologies, including the data we store in your web browser or device, identifiers associated with your device and other software, are used for similar purposes. Cookies are widely used to make websites work or work better and more efficiently. For the purposes of this Policy, all such technologies are referred to as ‘cookies’.
2. Why do you use cookies?
We use cookies to:
- analyse how users use our website;
- monitor changes in the traffic to our website;
- create more effective marketing;
- remember your cookie preferences.
3. What types of cookies can be used?
(a) Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are necessary on the website for the user to be able to browse and use the website functions, such as remembering the information entered in the forms when the user navigates from one page to another during a browsing session. Without strictly necessary cookies, it would be impossible to provide certain website services and the website would not function as smoothly as it should. These cookies do not collect any information for marketing purposes and do not remember where you have visited on the internet.
(b) Analytics cookies
Analytics cookies collect information about the use of the website and help improve the website performance. For example, analytics cookies can show which pages you visit most frequently, help to keep records of issues affecting the website, and show how effective the advertising on the website is. Analytics cookies do not collect personal information of users and all information collected by these cookies is aggregated and anonymous.
(c) Functionality cookies
Functionality cookies allow the website to remember your choices and provide enhanced and more personalised functions. Functionality cookies also remember the changes you made, such as the individualisation of a particular web page, as well as changes made in other cases, e.g., when you watch a video or leave a comment on our website. Functionality cookies do not track your actions on other websites.
(d) Advertising cookies
Advertising cookies are used to show more interesting ads that are more relevant to your interests or to limit the number of ads in the same ad display on the website you are visiting. This type of cookies is also used to measure the effectiveness of the campaign. These cookies may be used to remember what you have been doing on the website.
4. What kind of cookies do we use?
We use the following cookies:
| COOKIE CATEGORY | COOKIE NAME | COOKIE EXPIRATION PERIOD | PURPOSE OF THE COOKIE |
| ADVERTISING COOKIES | _GCL_AU | 3 MONTHS | USES GOOGLE ADSENSE TO EXPERIMENT WITH ADVERTISING EFFECTIVENESS ON WEBSITES THAT USE THEIR SERVICES. |
Advertising cookies | ads/ga-audiences | 1 session | Uses Google AdWords to repeatedly engage visitors who, based on their online behaviour, may become potential customers. |
Advertising cookies | pagead/landing | 1 session | Collects data about visitors’ behaviour from multiple websites to provide more relevant advertising, which also allows the website to limit the number of times they see the same advertisement. |
Strictly necessary cookies | CookieConsent | 1 year | Stores the status of user’s consent to the cookie. |
Strictly necessary cookies | test_cookie | 24 hours | Used to check whether the user’s browser supports cookies. |
Analytics cookies | _ga | 2 years | Tracks the unique user ID that is used to collect statistics about a visitor’s use of a website. |
Analytics cookies | _gat | 24 hours | Uses Google Analytics to reduce the frequency of queries. |
Analytics cookies | _gid | 24 hours | Tracks the unique user ID that is used to collect statistics about a visitor’s use of a website. |
Analytics cookies | collect | 1 session | Used to send data about a visitor’s device and behaviour to Google Analytics. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. |
5. How can I manage cookies?
You can control the use of cookies by changing your browser settings. For more information, please check the web page of the developer of your browser.
Please note that by deleting cookies or disabling the use of cookies in the future, you may not be able to access certain parts or functions of our website. If you change your cookie settings, other websites you visit may also be affected.
