Definitions
1. Administrator – …
2. Cookies – data and text files stored by websites on Devices through which the user accesses the Website. The information collected in cookie files may be read by the Administrator and its contractors (for technical reasons).
3. Device – electronic device through which the user accesses the Administrator’s website.
4. Website – …
Use of Cookies
1. The Administrator uses cookies on the website. Information collected through cookies is used for proper optimization of the website’s operation, as well as for statistical and advertising purposes. Cookies record the User’s activity on the website by recognizing the Device, thus the website is displayed in a manner optimized to the User’s individual preferences.
2. The Administrator uses the following types of cookies:
a. Session Cookies: these are files stored on the User’s Device and remain there until leaving the website or closing the web browser. The saved information is then permanently deleted from the Device’s memory. The session cookies mechanism does not allow collecting any personal data or confidential information from the User’s Device.
b. Permanent Cookies: these are stored on the User’s Device and remain there until they are deleted. Such files remain on the user’s device for the time specified in the file parameters or until they are manually deleted by the user. Ending a given browser session or turning off the Device does not remove them from the Device. The permanent cookies mechanism does not allow collecting any personal data or confidential information from the User’s Device.
c. Third-party Cookies: these are files originating from external servers, e.g., advertising servers or navigation service providers (maps or search engines). These types of files allow evaluating the effectiveness of advertising activities and designing actions related to them in accordance with the user’s preferences.
Types of Cookies
a. Necessary Cookies – These cookies are essential to enable the User to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies, services cannot be provided. These cookies do not collect information that identifies the visitor.
b. Performance Cookies – These cookies collect information about how visitors use the website, for example, which pages they visit most often and whether they receive error messages from web pages. These cookies do not collect information that identifies the visitor. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and, therefore, anonymous. They are used only to improve the operation of the website.
c. Functionality Cookies – These cookies allow the website to remember choices made by the user (such as username, language, or region) and provide enhanced, more personalized features. These cookies can also be used to remember changes made by the user to text size, fonts, and other parts of web pages that can be customized. The information collected by these cookies may be anonymous and cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
d. Advertising Cookies – These cookies are used to deliver ads more relevant to the user and their interests. They are also used to limit the number of times the ad is displayed and to measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that the user visited a specific website and share this information with other organizations, such as advertisers. Quite often, targeting or advertising cookies will be linked to site functionality provided by another organization.
Modifying Cookies
Using a web browser, the user can:
a. delete all cookies;
b. block all cookies;
c. allow all cookies;
d. block “third-party” cookies (i.e., cookies set by online services other than those visited by the user);
e. clear all cookies after closing the browser;
f. open a “private browsing” / “incognito” session, which allows browsing websites without saving browsing history or storing local data such as cookies (note the limitations of this feature in the context of privacy);
g. install add-ons and plugins that extend browser functionality.
A detailed description of all cookies used on the Website can be found …