Cookie Policy

What is a cookie?

Cookies are pieces of information transferred from a website to your computer’s hard drive. These are small information files that allow websites to store and later access information about a user’s browsing habits. Most websites use cookies because they are one of many tools that help tailor online content to users’ needs.  Cookies enable websites to provide services adapted to users’ needs (for example, remembering login details, keeping items in the shopping cart, or showing only content that is relevant to a particular user). There are different types of cookies: temporary cookies (or session cookies) – deleted when the browser is closed; persistent cookies – not deleted and remain until they are removed through active actions or until they expire.

How to delete a cookie?

Most browsers are set to automatically accept cookies. You can disable cookies in your browser, but please note that if you do so, you may lose the ability to use many features that are necessary for the website to function properly. If you need more detailed information about cookies, visit www.aboutcookies.org, where you will find comprehensive, independent information on how to disable cookies via your browser settings and how to delete cookies that are already on your computer. To delete cookies from a mobile phone, you will need to refer to the phone’s user manual.

Types of cookies

Essential cookies: these cookies are necessary for you to browse the website and use its features, such as access to secure areas of the website.  Without these cookies, the services you request, such as online purchasing, could not be provided.

Performance cookies: these cookies collect information about how users use a particular website, for example, which pages are visited most often and whether visitors receive error messages from web pages.  These cookies do not collect information that identifies a website visitor.  All information collected by these cookies is general in nature and therefore anonymous.  It is used only to improve the performance of the website.

Functional cookies: these cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your name, language, or region) and provide enhanced, more personalized features.  The information collected by these cookies can be made anonymous, and they cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.

Targeting or advertising cookies: these cookies are used to display advertisements that should be of interest specifically to you and match your interests.  They are also used so that you see certain advertisements only a certain number of times and to help measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign.