1. What are cookies?

A cookie is a small piece of information that a website asks your browser to store on your computer, mobile device or other electronic device through which a user accesses the internet, in order to help the user navigate the website efficiently, perform certain functions and allow the website to “remember” the user’s actions or preferences over time.

2. How do we use cookies?

Our website uses cookies mainly for the following purposes:

 to remember the individual actions and preferences of users;
 to ensure the proper functioning of the website and enhance its performance;
 to help users perform various activities without having to re-enter information when navigating from one page to another or when returning to the site later;
 for online behavioral advertising and to display ads relevant to what the user has searched for in the past.

We will not use cookies for any other purposes than those shown in this policy.

3. How do you control cookies?

Most browsers support cookies, but users can configure their browsers to refuse them and delete them at any time. You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. You can delete all cookies that are already stored on your computer and you can configure most browsers to prevent the storage of cookies. However, if you do so, you may have to manually adjust certain preferences each time you visit a site, and certain services and functionalities may not work.

You can block/disable cookies in your web browser settings. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential ones), you may not be able to access all or part of our website, as some cookies may be strictly necessary for the website to function.

4. What cookies do we use on this website?

4.1. Strictly necessary cookies, which are required for the proper functioning and operation of our website. These include, for example, cookies that allow you to log in to secure areas of our website and that are necessary for system administration and to prevent fraudulent activities.

4.2. Analytical/performance cookies, which allow us to recognize and count visitors and learn how visitors navigate our website. This type of cookies helps us improve the user experience on our website, so that they can more easily find the information they are looking for.

4.3. Functionality cookies, which are used to recognize users who return to our website. These cookies help us to personalize the content of our website for you. and remember your preferences (for example, your chosen language and region).

4.4. Targeting and advertising cookies, which record your visit to our website, the pages you have viewed, the articles you have read and the links you have followed. These cookies are used to make the advertising displayed on our website more relevant to your interests, which we have identified based on the pages/links you have visited and the articles you have read. [We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.]

4.5. Web beacons, which are usually used in combination with cookies for email tracking and page tagging for web analytics purposes.

In the following table you will find more information about the individual cookies used on this website and the purposes for which we use them:

Cookie name Purpose Disable cookies
(i) Strictly necessary cookies
privacy_embeds – Stores the user’s cookie consent state for the current domain;
PHPSESSID – Preserves user session state across page requests.
wordpress_test_cookie – Used to check if the user’s browser supports cookies.
These cookies are essential for our website, helping us to:
a) Estimate the size of our audience and usage patterns;
b) Increase the speed with which search results are displayed to you;
c) Recognize you when you return to our website;
These cookies cannot be disabled.
(ii) Analytical/performance cookies
_ga – Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
_gat – Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate.
_gid – Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
collect – Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.
These cookies help us to:
a) Estimate the size of our audience and usage patterns;
b) Increase the speed at which search results are displayed to you;
You can disable these cookies if you wish. Disabling these cookies may result in a lower quality experience when you browse our website.
(iii) Targeting and advertising cookies
collect – Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.
This cookie helps us to store information about your preferences, allowing us to personalise our website for you. and provide you with offers that are targeted to your individual interests;
If you disable these cookies, you will not be exposed to advertising messages from us and you will not benefit from personalized promotional advertising.

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and external service providers such as web traffic analysis providers) may also use cookies and/or access data collected by cookies on the website.

Each time our website introduces a new cookie managed either by our company or by a third party, you will receive a notice on the website, including a link to this policy and you will also be given the option to disable that cookie.

With the exception of essential cookies, all cookies will expire at the end of the session.