Cookie policy
How cookies and other similar technologies are used on our websites.
Cookies are small text files sent to your computer when you visit our websites. We use cookies for the above purposes and in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
We do not use cookies to track individual visitors or identify them, but rather to gain useful information about how our websites are used so we can continue to improve them for our users. The personal data generated by cookies is collected via pseudonymisation and you have the right to object to the processing of such data as set out below.
We use cookies on this Website in order to:
1. direct you to the relevant sections of the Website;
2. ensure that the Website has a consistent appearance across different browsers and devices;
3. allow the operation of complex areas of the Website; And
4. keep track of anonymized and aggregated statistical data relating to visits to the Website in order to improve its performance.
To do this, we may install cookies that collect data such as your domain name, Internet service provider, operating system, and date and time of access.
The generic types of cookies we use and their purposes are explained below.
Types of cookies and purposes
– First party cookies: cookies installed by the website that the user visits (the website displayed in the URL window).
– Session cookies: cookies that expire at the end of the browser session (they begin when the user opens the browser window and end when the user exits the browser).
– Persistent cookies: cookies that “persist” on the device after the end of the browser session and therefore allow the user's preferences or actions to be memorized for his next visit to the website.
Most web browsers allow you to control most cookies through your browser settings. The user can set the browser to receive a notification every time he receives a cookie; this will allow him to decide whether to accept it or not. However, if you do not accept a cookie, you may not be able to use the full functionality of your browser software.
To find out more about cookies, including how to see the related settings and how to manage and remove them, please refer to the website http://www.allaboutcookies.org (link is external).
We may use Internet tags (also known as web beacons, action tags, single-pixel GIFs, clear GIFs, invisible GIFs and 1-by-1 GIFs) and cookies on this Website and may do so through a service partner. web analytics companies based and which store the respective information (including your IP address) in a foreign country. These tags/cookies are placed on different pages of this Website. We use this technology to measure user responses to our sites (including how many times a page is opened and what information is consulted), as well as to evaluate the use of this Website.
Our third party partners, hosting service providers and/or web analytics service partner may collect data regarding your use of this Website by virtue of such anonymized Internet tags/cookies and may prepare reports for us regarding the activity of this Website and provide further services related to the use of the Website and the Internet. They may provide this information to other parties where this is required by law or if they use other parties to process the data on their behalf.
This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service from Google Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies" (text files stored on your computer), which allow it to analyze the use made of the Website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is generally transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. In case of activation of the IP anonymization procedure on this Website, your IP address will in any case be shortened first by Google in an EU Member State or in any other State that has signed the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. If provided by the operator of this Website, Google will use this information to evaluate your use of the Website, in order to compile reports on the activities of the Website for the operators of the same and to provide further services associated with the use of the Website and of the Internet. The IP address transmitted in the Google Analytics model by your browser will not be associated with other data from Google. You can block the installation of cookies by appropriately setting your browser software; However, we would like to point out that in this case you may not be able to fully use all functions of this Website.
For more information on the terms of use and data protection, please see http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/en.html or https://www.google.co. uk/intl/en/policies/ (links are external). We would like to point out that on this Website, Google Analytics has been extended with the code “anonymizeIp” to guarantee the anonymous collection of IP addresses (so-called IP masking).
Finally, we may also use the following types of common cookies:
-cookies used to personalize the user interface (i.e. preference storage cookies);
-authentication cookies (i.e. cookies that allow you to leave our sites and return without having to re-authenticate);
-cookies used for audio/video content (i.e. cookies that store the data necessary to listen to an audio or review a video and your preferences).