COOKIE POLICY

Information pursuant to Art. 13 EU Regulation 679/2016

Our website uses cookies to facilitate navigation, perform statistics, and make its services as efficient and easy to use as possible. They are not used for other purposes and are usually installed directly by the website owner.

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are text files containing small packets of information stored on your computer or mobile device whenever you visit an online site through a browser. On each subsequent visit, the browser sends these cookies back to the website that generated them or to another site. Cookies allow websites to remember certain information, making your online experience simpler and faster.

WHAT COOKIES DOES OUR SITE USE?

This website uses only technical and analytical cookies, strictly necessary for providing the service. Below are the types of technical cookies used on the site, with a description of their purpose:

  • Navigation cookies: Ensure normal use of the website by the user, such as access to restricted areas.
  • Analytics cookies: Considered technical cookies if the collected data is in aggregated form. These cookies anonymously collect information about user activity on the website and how users arrived at the site and visited pages. These cookies are sent either from the site itself or from third-party domains.
  • Functionality cookies: Allow the website to function correctly based on user-selected settings, such as language choice or, in the case of e-commerce, products added to the cart.

THIRD-PARTY WEBSITES

When visiting a website, you may receive cookies from both the site you are visiting („first-party cookies“) and from websites managed by other organizations („third-party cookies“). A notable example is the presence of “social plugins” for Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, etc. These are parts of the page generated directly by the mentioned websites and integrated into the host site. The most common use of social plugins is to share content on social networks.

The presence of these plugins involves the transmission of cookies to and from all websites managed by third parties. The handling of information collected by “third parties” is governed by their respective privacy policies. For greater transparency and convenience, here are links to the cookie policies and settings of these providers:

  • Facebook Cookie Policy
  • Twitter Cookie Policy
  • Google+ Cookie Policy
  • LinkedIn Cookie Policy

Our website may contain links to other websites with their own privacy policies, which may differ from ours. Therefore, we are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party sites such as Facebook, Google, Twitter, etc.

GOOGLE ANALYTICS

This site may also include components transmitted by Google Analytics, a web traffic analysis service provided by Google Inc. („Google“). These are third-party cookies collected and managed anonymously to monitor and improve the performance of the host site (performance cookies).

Google Analytics uses cookies to collect and analyze anonymous information about site usage behavior (including the user’s IP address). This information is collected by Google Analytics and processed to produce reports for the website operator. This site does not use (nor does it allow third parties to use) Google Analytics tools to track or collect personally identifiable information. Google does not associate IP addresses with any other data it holds, nor does it attempt to link an IP address to the identity of a user. Google may disclose this information to third parties if required by law or if those third parties process the information on Google’s behalf.

For more information, click here.

You can selectively disable Google Analytics by installing the opt-out browser add-on provided by Google. To disable Google Analytics, click here.

COOKIE MANAGEMENT

You can decide whether to accept cookies by adjusting your browser settings. Warning: disabling technical cookies, in whole or in part, may affect the use of site features reserved for registered users. Public content remains accessible even if cookies are completely disabled.

Disabling “third-party” cookies does not affect site navigation.

Settings can be defined specifically for different websites and web applications. Additionally, the best browsers allow separate settings for “first-party” and “third-party” cookies.

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