A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers downloaded to your computer when you visit certain websites. Like virtual keys, cookies unlock the computer’s memory and allow the website to recognize users when they return to the site by opening another page or service. Like a key, cookies do not contain information in themselves, but when read by a browser, they help a website improve its services. Other tracking technologies similar to cookies are also used. This may include pixel tags and URL tracking.
Cookies-like technologies include local storage, session storage and service workers. These technologies use a separate portion of the browser’s memory used to store data saved when using the website or application. This area of memory is not available to our server, and the data stored in it – unlike cookies – do not have an expiry date after which they would be deleted.
We use two types of cookies:
Due to their diversity, cookies may contain information only of statistical, analytical nature, as well as your personal data. The cookies we use are used to both individualize your activity on the website and application (however, which does not aim at any identification – e.g. we count the views of individual subpages), and to process your personal data (e.g. reading locations and entering your data). The key is, however, that as a result of the use of cookies, we process your personal data only if you interact with our website or application, providing us with additional data. Then we process personal data concerning you in the scope and on the terms described in the according to this Privacy Policy.
The cookies we use are a technology that you can manage yourself from the level of your browser. You can block them as well as delete all information saved thanks to them. The way and scope of changes to cookie settings depends on the type or version of the browser or application you are using. Detailed information on changing these settings is available on the websites of providers used by your browsers and applications.
Turning off some cookies may cause that using the website or application will not be comfortable for you, e.g. your preferences regarding the layout of the content will not be remembered.
If you use software or plug-ins blocking the launch of e.g. certain cookies, then we will note this technical barrier in our systems that support cookies, which may result – just like disabling cookies – that you will not be able to fully comfortably use all the services provided our services.