This website uses necessary cookies that ensure its proper functioning and cookies that allow us to improve the experience of your visit to it.
This Policy provides you with information on:
- how we use cookies on our website, in order to collect specific information (e.g. IP identity) about its visitors/users
- the types of cookies we use, which are necessary for the operation of our website and which we can only use with your consent.
- how you can manage the use of Cookies
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are text files with a small amount of information, which are stored on each of your devices using any browser, whenever you visit a website. Cookies can improve and facilitate your online experience by saving your preferences during your visit. We may use cookies to tell us, for example, if you have visited our website in the past or if you are a new visitor, and to help us identify features of our website that may be of most interest to you. Cookies are not harmful to the device through which you have connected to the website, nor to the files contained on this device.
More information can be found at aboutcookies.org.
2. Is the use of cookies mandatory?
The use of cookies is not mandatory, but there are some necessary functional cookies (functional cookies) whose use is necessary for the proper functioning of the website and your optimal browsing on it. In addition to the smooth and proper functioning of the website, they also ensure your safety. With the use of functional cookies, no personal information is stored. For any other category of cookies (advertising, statistical, analysis, etc.) your express and clear consent is necessary.
3. Which cookies do we use?
a. Functional Cookies
These cookies are about storing information or gaining access to information already stored on your device. They are absolutely necessary for the correct and efficient operation of the website. You do not have the option to disallow these cookies, because without them the safe and efficient operation of the website cannot be ensured and therefore our website will not be accessible. The necessary functional cookies of our website are:
| Cookie | Type | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-analytics | Persistent | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-functional | Persistent | 11 months | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | Persistent | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-others | Persistent | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. |
| cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | Persistent | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". |
| viewed_cookie_policy | Persistent | 11 months | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |
b. Performance and analysis cookies
We use software to track traffic patterns and website usage. This software does not allow us to obtain personal information of visitors. These cookies collect aggregated, statistical information, with the sole purpose of analyzing traffic and improving the performance of our website, as they help us understand how visitors interact with it. They also help us provide information about metrics such as number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. More information on Google’s data processing policy can be found here: Google privacy policy and on the use of cookies in the context of the Analytics service here. In the cookie settings of our website, you can choose exactly which performance and analysis cookies from the following you accept for us to use:
| Cookie | Type | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Persistent | 2 years | The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. |
| _ga_MSJZRV0798 | Persistent | 2 years | This cookie is installed by Google Analytics. |
| CONSENT | Persistent | 2 years | YouTube sets this cookie via embedded youtube-videos and registers anonymous statistical data. |
Important update on analysis cookies: In July 2020 the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) declared invalid the decision of the European Commission 2016/1250 on the adequacy of the protection provided by the European Union – United States of America Privacy Shield (known as Privacy Shield). Until this decision was issued, the transfer of personal data to the US, including the transfer in the case of Google Analytics, was based on this adequacy decision. This processing is now based on Google’s standard data protection clauses (Article 46 of the General Data Protection Regulation) and, additionally, on your express consent, in accordance with the terms of Article 49 para. 1 letter a of the GDPR, given the absence of an adequacy decision. Further, as data subjects you should be aware that your metadata may be used by Google for profiling and transmitted to its computers in the US, where appropriate law enforcement and national security authorities may request and gain access , according to the US constitutional framework.
In any case, we inform you that you have the option to completely block the collection of your data by Google Analytics by installing a plugin in the browser you use: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
c. Targeting/advertising cookies
These cookies are used to track your browsing behavior on websites and to show you advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. They may also be used to limit ad impressions, as well as to measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. These cookies “remember” that you have visited our website, while this information is shared with other organizations, e.g. advertisers. In the cookie settings of our website you can indicate which such cookies you consent to their installation.
| Cookie | Type | Duration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| _fbp | Persistent | 3 months | This cookie is set by Facebook to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising, after visiting the website. |
| fr | Persistent | 3 months | Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin. |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Persistent | 5 months 27 days | A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. |
| YSC | Persistent | Session | YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages. |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | Persistent | Never | YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. |
| yt-remote-device-id | Persistent | Never | YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. |
4. How can you manage the use of Cookies?
You can at any time change your preferences for the use of cookies in the cookie settings of our website according to your preferences. Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but if you wish, you can change these settings by accepting, rejecting and deleting cookies. By pressing the “help” button in the tools menu of most browsers you will find how to prevent your browser from accepting new cookies, how to have your browser notify you when you receive a new cookie, or how to disable cookies altogether. If you choose to change these settings, you may find that some functions and features will not work as intended. The cookies we use do not track information stored on your computer.
5. Log files
In addition to cookies, we also use log files to enable us to analyze and monitor our technical infrastructure and applications. They help us implement our operational security, investigate incidents, monitor our network and telecommunications performance, assist our website visitors/users, and support any related legal claims.
The following information is recorded in log files for each request to our server from each visitor/user’s browser:
- the IP address of the visitor/user, which is personal data concerning him, even if we cannot identify him ourselves on the basis of this element;
- the date and time of execution of each request for data transfer between browser and server (https request) for the operation of the https protocol,
- the response code of the server together with the call parameters of the https protocol (https response),
- the server response time in ms to each request and
- the type of browser program through which the request was made.
The logs are kept for a period of 12 months and may be shared with the relevant authorities in case it is deemed necessary to investigate any cyber attack and incident. The data for which an investigation is carried out or used in the context of legal claims are kept for the period of time required for these purposes.
EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS
As provided by the existing legal framework, you have the right to:
- Request information about whether we hold personal information about you and, if so, what it is and why we hold/use it.
- Request correction of the personal information we hold about you. This enables you to correct any incomplete or inaccurate information we hold about you.
- Request deletion of your personal information. This enables you to ask us to delete or remove personal data when there is no sufficient or legal reason for us to continue processing it.
For any question or to exercise the rights deriving from the currently applicable legislation on personal data protection, please contact us at [email protected]
Please refer to the Privacy Policy and the Terms of use page to learn more.
