How does the Company that owns this website use Cookies?
The company that owns this website uses various technologies to improve the efficiency of its websites, including your experience when browsing these sites. These technologies include cookies.
What is a Cookie?
A Cookie is a small file, usually made up of letters and numbers, that is installed on your computer, tablet, phone or similar device when you use it to visit a website.
Website owners use Cookies to make such sites work or to work more efficiently, as well as to report information.
What are Cookies used for?
There are different types of Cookies for different uses.
The company that owns this website uses the following types of cookies:
- Strictly necessary Cookies. These cookies are necessary for the website to work correctly, for instance, to allow you to connect to secure areas of our website or to use a virtual shopping cart.
- Performance and analytical Cookies. These Cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors to our website as well as knowing how they move through it whilst using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works (for example, by making sure that visitors easily find what they are looking for).
- Functionality Cookies. These Cookies are used to recognize you when you visit the website again. This allows us to personalize our content for you, greeting you by name and remembering your preferences, for example your language or region.
- Selection Cookies. These Cookies record your visit to the website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We use this information to make our website and its content more relevant to your interests. This information is also capable of being shared with third parties for that purpose.
Google analytics Cookies, of indefinite duration
_ga, _gat, _gid Purpose: Statistical analysis of visits to the web.
How long do Cookies stay on my device?
Some Cookies work from the moment you visit a website of the company that owns this website until the end of that specific browsing session. These Cookies expire and are automatically deleted when you close your internet browser. These cookies are called temporary or “session” cookies.
Some Cookies will remain on your device during browsing sessions, they do not expire when you close your browser. These Cookies are called “permanent” cookies.
The length of time that a permanent Cookie remains on your device varies from one to another.
Who installs Cookies on my device?
The company that owns the website, as the website operator, installs cookies on your device. These Cookies are called “first party” Cookies.
It is possible that other different providers are the ones that install Cookies on your device. These Cookies are called “third party” Cookies.
How do I control which Cookies are installed on my device?
It is up to you whether you accept cookies or not. One way to do this is through your internet browser setting. Most Internet browsers allow you to control almost all Cookies through your browser settings. (Note that if your browser settings to block all Cookies, you may not be able to access certain sections of our website.) The following websites offer information to configure Cookies in some of the most popular browsers:
- Apple Safari
- Google Chrome
- Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Mozilla Firefox
You can also use a browser plug-in, such as Ghostery from Evidon Inc. or Tracking
Protection List from TRUSTe. ( A browser plug-in is a piece of software that adds extra features to your browser, for example to watch a video or check for viruses.)
Adobe Flash Player is a software for viewing multimedia on a computer.
Websites that use Adobe Flash may store flash cookies on the users devices to remember settings, preferences, and similar use for other types of cookies.
The company that owns this website may use Flash to provide special content such as video clips or animations. You can access the Flash management tools directly on the Adobe website.
To unsubscribe from Google Analytics analytical cookies on the websites of the company that owns this website, visit:- Google Analytics: http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
For more information on ads of interest to you and your choices, visit these sites: Digital Advertising Alliance, Network Advertising Initiative and Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) Europe.
For more information on cookies in general, including how cookies have been installed and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
