About cookies
What is a cookie?
The term "cookie" refers to a small data file consisting solely of a series of textual information that the website transfers to the web browser located on your computer's hard drive, either temporarily throughout your visit or sometimes for longer periods, depending on the type of cookie. Cookies perform various functions (for example, they distinguish you from other visitors to the same website or remember certain things about you, such as your preferences) and are used by most websites to improve your experience as their user.
Each cookie is unique to your browser and contains certain anonymous information. A cookie usually contains the name of the domain from which the cookie came, the "lifetime" of the cookie, and a value (usually in the form of a randomly generated unique number).
Types of cookies
The main types of cookies that websites may use are described below
- Session cookies
These are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your device's browser only during your visit and are deleted when you close the browser. - Persistent cookies
These remain in the cookie file of your device's browser even after you close the browser, sometimes for a year or more (the exact retention period depends on the lifetime of each cookie).Persistent cookies are used when the website administrator may need to know who you are for more than one visit (e.g. to remember your username or your preferences regarding website configuration). - First-party cookies
These are cookies that are installed in your browser and/or on your device's hard drive by the website you are visiting. This involves assigning a unique identifier to you for the purpose of tracking your browsing of the website. Website operators often use first-party cookies to manage visits and for identification purposes. - Third-party cookies
These are cookies used by third parties, such as social networks, to track your visits to the various websites on which they advertise. The site administrator has no control over these third-party cookies.
Cookies on this site and how to manage them
On this website, we use cookies to improve the experience of using the website for its visitors. The operation of the website will be significantly affected if you disable or do not accept the use of cookies. Below is information about the third party cookies we use on this website, including how to disable them and the effect of disabling them on the operation of the website. If you would like more information on how to manage certain types of cookies, including how to control or delete them, please visit: www.aboutcookies.org
Google Analytics Cookies
Google Analytics cookies are analytics/performance tracking cookies that allow us to collect anonymous information about how visitors use our website. These cookies can tell us about how many visitors use the site, the time and duration of access, and also provide information about how visitors navigate to different parts of the site. This information helps us to improve the way our website works. It is anonymous information and does not contain any personal data.
The information collected by Google Analytics cookies about our website is transferred to and stored on Google's servers in accordance with Google's privacy policy.
For more information regarding Google Analytics, please click on https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/6004245
You can disable tracking by Google Analytics by clicking https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en=GB
If you disable these cookies your use of the website will not be counted, nor will it be used in the statistics we collect to improve the services we provide through the website. The functionality of the website will not be affected.
Cookies from video service providers (Google, Vimeo, DailyMotion, etc.)
These providers may place cookies on your device if you watch videos on our website which they provide to us as an external service. If you disable these cookies, you may not be able to view embedded videos from our site.
Cookies from social media
Third party social media may place cookies on your device if you choose to share material from our site with them by clicking on one of the embedded "share" buttons. If you disable these cookies, the "share" function will not be available.