Introduction
A cookie is a small text file that we transfer to your hard disk via your web browser when you visit our website. It enables our system to recognize you when you visit our website again and to improve the service we offer you. Cookies may also be used to compile aggregate information about the most frequently visited areas of our website. This traffic information is used to improve the content of our website and make it easier to use.
For example, cookies enable us to ensure that the information displayed the next time you visit our websites matches your user preferences. You can set your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies or notify you when a cookie is sent.
Please note, however, that disabling cookies may affect your online experience and/or prevent you from taking full advantage of our site and some of its features. If you choose to limit cookies, you will need to provide certain information each time you visit our website and reset your preferences.
Benefits of cookies
- Remember the data provided by the user.
- Remember user preferences.
- Contribute to the improvement of the website.
- Cookies can be deleted by the visitor
- Cookies can be blocked by modifying your browser settings.
- Cookies can pose no threat to the visitor’s device.
Block/Restrict cookies
You can restrict cookies by modifying your browser settings. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies), you may not be able to access all or part of our site.
Cookie policy
We use the following types of cookies:
- Strictly necessary cookies: These are cookies required for a website to function properly. They include, for example, cookies that enable users to connect to secure areas of a website, use a shopping cart or make use of an electronic billing service.
- Analytical/performance cookies: These types of cookies enable us to recognize and count the number of visitors and see how visitors move around our website as they use it. This helps us to improve the operation of our website, for example by ensuring that users can easily find what they are looking for.
How we use cookies and similar technologies
When you visit our website, we may send a “cookie” to your computer. Cookies are files that store information on your hard disk or browser. They enable our website to identify your computer and recognize that you have already visited it. The cookies themselves do not contain any personal information. However, we may link the information we store in cookies to any personally identifiable information you submit during your visit to our site.
Cookies help us to understand which sections of our website are the most popular, as they allow us to know which pages are visited and for how long. This helps us adapt our website to provide more relevant and accessible information. For example, cookies enable us to ensure that the information displayed the next time you visit our website matches your user preferences.
You can set your browser to accept all cookies, reject all cookies or notify you when a cookie is sent. Please note, however, that disabling cookies may affect your online experience and/or prevent you from taking full advantage of our site.
From time to time, we may also use other technologies to record and collect data in order to analyze traffic on our website. These technologies regularly only allow us to generate an anonymous record of your visit. However, in some cases they may enable us to obtain details of your IP address and track visits to our website. In conjunction with cookies, this will enable us to identify the parts of our website that are of interest to our visitors and help us to provide you with personalized information from our website.