What are Cookies?

Cookies are information files that are stored by your browser on your hard drive. Their content includes the Web pages and advertisements you visit and search. However, Cookies do not contain any personal data such as name, address, e-mail address, etc.

They are not computer programs but just small information files that allow a website to record information about a user’s browsing habits.

Most websites use Cookies because they help to make the user’s experience on the Internet more convenient. Cookies allow a website to provide personalised services (for example remember login details or content relevant to a particular user).

There are different types of Cookies: Temporary Cookies (Session Cookies), which are deleted when the browser is closed, and Persistent Cookies, which are not deleted by the browser but remain active until they are deleted or expire (depending on the time period specified by the website as the Cookie lifetime).

How can Cookies be deleted? 

In the basic setting your browser will collect Cookies and store them in a list (e.g. “Temporarily downloaded Internet files”), as there is no risk involved.

If you do not want the website operator to use cookies you can disable them in your web browser but if you do so, you may loose many features that are necessary for the proper use of the website. You can find more information on this in your browser’s help  section or please visit www.aboutcookies.org website which provides detailed and independent information on how to disable Cookies in your browser settings and how to delete Cookies from your computer.

To delete cookies on your mobile phone please read the user’s manual of the device. 

Types of Cookies 

We use Cookies to provide many of the essential functions of this website. Cookies send feedback to the original website or to another site that recognises the cookie after each subsequent visit. You can find a list of the types of Cookies here.

Necessary cookies – These Cookies enable the service that you have explicitly requested. 

Performance cookies – These Cookies collect anonymous information about the visited web pages.

List of Cookies

Strictly Necessary Cookies

These Cookies are essential for the functioning of the website and therefore cannot be disabled in our systems. They are usually only placed in response to activities such as requesting services, for example submitting privacy settings, logging in or completion of forms. You can set your browser to block or warn you about cookies, but in that case it is possible that certain parts of the website may not work.

Performance Cookies

We use these Cookies to track visits on our website and traffic sources in order to measure and improve the performance of our website. Cookies help us to identify the most and least popular webpages and monitor the movement of visitors on the website. The information collected by Cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous.  If you do not allow Cookies, we will not be notified that you have visited our site.

Targeted Cookies

These Cookies are placed by our advertising partners through our website. Cookies may be used by companies to set up a profile that matches their interests and to provide matching ads on other sites. In the course of their operation they uniquely identify the browser and device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will not be able to enjoy targeted advertising on different websites.

Selection of Cookies