In this policy, we use the term “cookie" to refer to the cookies and other similar technologies included in the scope of the EU Directive on privacy and electronic communications.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small piece of data that a website asks your browser to store on your computer or mobile device. A cookie enables the website to “remember” your actions or preferences in the course of time.

Most web browsers support cookies; however, users can set their browsers to reject certain types of cookies or specific cookies. Besides, users can delete cookies at any time.

Why do we use cookies?

We use cookies to know better the way you interact with our content and to improve your experience of visiting our website(s). For example, some cookies remember your language or preferences; and thus, you do not have to re-make these preferences when you visit one of our websites. In addition, cookies enable us to provide you with special contents, such as videos, on our website(s). We may use what we learn from your behaviors on our website(s) in order to serve you with targeted advertisements on third-party website(s) in an effort to “remarket” our products and services.

What types of cookies do we use?

First-Party and Third-Party Cookies

We use both first-party and third-party cookies on our website. First-party cookies are such cookies that are generally used to determine language and location preferences or to provide basic site functionality, set from the webpageaddress field. Third-party cookies belong to and are managed by other parties such as Service providers. They may be needed to submit certain forms for purposes such as allowing certain advertisements outside of the website.

Persistent Cookies

Persistent cookies are used to remember your preferences on the website and remain on your desktop or mobile device even after you close your browser or restart your computer. We use these cookies to analyze user behaviors in order to create visitor patterns so that we can improve our website functionality for you and others visiting our website(s). These cookies enable us to serve you with targeted advertisements and measure the effectiveness of site functions and ads.

How are cookies used for advertising purposes?

In addition to cookies, advertising technologies such as web beacons, pixels and anonymous ad network tags help us deliver more effectively the ads that may be of interest to you. These also help us collect aggregated audit data, research and performance reports for advertisers. Pixels help us understand and improve the delivery of ads to you and know when certain ads are shown to you. Since your web browser may request advertisements and web beacons directly from ad network servers, these networks may view, edit or set their own cookies as if you have requested a web page from their site.

Although we do not use cookies to create a profile about your browser behavior on third-party sites, we use aggregated data from third parties to show you relevant and interest-based ads. We do not transfer to advertisers any personal information we collect. You can opt out of off-site and third-party-informed ads by changing your cookie settings. Opting out will not remove the ads from the pages you visit, but, instead, opting out will result in the ads you see not matching your interests. This means that the ad(s) you see cannot be matched to your interests via these specific cookies.

How are third-party cookies used?

We use third-party suppliers for some of the functions on our websites, for instance, in cases where you visit a page with videos embedded from or links to YouTube. These videos or links (and any other content from third-party suppliers) may contain third-party cookies, therefore we recommend you to consult the privacy policies of these third-party suppliers to get information about their use of cookies.

How can I reject and delete cookies?

You can choose to reject or block all or certain types of cookies set based on your visit to a website, by clicking on the cookie preferences on our website(s). You can change your preferences for websites and/or websites of third-party suppliers by adjusting your browser settings. Please consider that most browsers automatically accept cookies. Consequently, if you do not wish cookies to be used, you may need to actively delete or block cookies. If you reject the use of cookies, you can continue to use our websites, however, some of the functions may not run correctly. Furthermore, you can visit www.allaboutcookies.org for information on how to delete or reject cookies and for general information about cookies. By using our website without deleting or rejecting some or all of the cookies, you acknowledge that we may place on your device those cookies that you do not delete or reject.