1. What is a Cookie?

A cookie is a piece of information in the form of a simple text file stored on your computer by the website you visit. Cookies typically store your settings and preferences for a website, such as your preferred language or address. When you revisit the same website, the internet browser sends back the cookies belonging to that site. This enables the site to display information tailored to your needs.

There are different types of cookies. In some cases, cookies are automatically deleted when the user closes their browser, while in other cases, cookies are retained for a longer period and can be used during subsequent use of the Service.

It is important to know that a website cannot access data that you have not granted access to and cannot access other files on your computer.

However, if you do not want a website to store any data about your browsing within the domain, you can always change your browser settings.

2. Why Cookies?

To provide better services during your visits to websites, most sites use cookies. These are useful techniques for collecting and using information. Therefore, websites are easier to use. Cookies can be used by website owners or third parties, such as advertisers, who communicate through the website you visit. For example, cookies ensure that you can log in to a website or that your settings, such as location and language preferences, are remembered. They also track your digital shopping cart when shopping online.

Additionally, through cookies, website owners can see how often visitors browse their websites and which pages they view. Furthermore, some cookies can track your browsing habits. This way, websites and advertisers can learn more about your interests to show more relevant ads. Ads help us fund and maintain our websites. Thanks to cookies, ads are tailored as much as possible to your affinities and interests.

Cookies are stored on your computer and you can delete them at any time.

Use the help function in your browser to delete cookies from your computer. Note that after deleting cookies, you will need to reset your settings or log in again on some websites, and the functionality of some sites may be reduced or completely disabled.

It is important to know that the use of cookies is safe. Email campaigns and telemarketing are not the result of cookies. Cookies do not store your email address or phone number nor create a profile that can track a user using cookies. Below you will find more information about the cookies used by these websites.

3. More Information About Specific Types of Cookies

Statistical Cookies – Cookies that allow us to measure website usage.

To determine which parts of the website are most interesting to our visitors, we continuously try to measure how many visitors come to our website and what is most tracked on them with the help of third-party software. We use cookies for this.

Statistics are generated from the data we collect. These statistics give us insight into how often our website is visited, and where exactly visitors spend the most time. This allows us to make the structure, navigation, and content of the website as interesting and user-friendly as possible.

We use cookies to:

Track the number of visitors on our websites
Track the time each visitor spends on our sites
Assess which parts of our site need adjustment
Optimize the website
Google Analytics

https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html

https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage

Advertising Partner Cookies:

Google Ads: Used to display relevant ads based on previous visits to the web. https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
LinkedIn Ads: Used to display relevant ads based on previous visits to the web. https://www.linkedin.com/legal/ads-policy

4. Browser Settings

If you do not want websites to store cookies on your computer, you can adjust your browser settings to receive a warning before cookies are set. You can also adjust the settings to reject all cookies or only third-party cookies and you can delete already set cookies. Note that you must adjust the settings separately for each browser and computer you use.

Be aware that if you disable cookies, we can no longer guarantee that our website will function properly. It is possible that some website functionalities will be lost, or that you will not be able to see certain websites. Moreover, rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads. In that case, the ads are no longer tailored to your interests and are more frequently repeated.

5. Final Notes

It is possible that we occasionally adjust these statements, as, for example, our website or the rules related to cookies change. We can change the content of statements as well as the lists of third parties whose cookies our websites use without prior notice, unless such modification affects any of your rights, in which case we will inform you in a timely manner. You can always review this website to see the latest version.

If you have any questions and/or comments, please contact us.