Cookie Policy

About this website's use of cookies

This website makes use of cookies to gather knowledge about your visit to our website. On this page we define what cookies are, disclose which ones we use, and tell you what choices you can make concerning their use. In continuing to browse this website, you explicitly authorize and accept the website's use of cookies.

What are cookies?

A cookie—also known as a browser cookie or Internet cookie—is a small text file that is automatically downloaded from a website and stored on your computer/device when you browse the website. They collect and record information about your device and your activity on the website, which allows for a smooth and more personalized browsing experience and for website improvements.

How we use cookies

We use session cookies and persistent cookies on our website:

Session cookies: These cookies are temporary and get deleted when you close your browser or log out of our website. They are used to gather data about your activities while you are browsing our website.

Persistent cookies: These are permanent cookies that expire after a predefined period of time. They gather information about your preferences so that you can enjoy a personalized browsing experience on later visits to the website.

The following list indicates which cookies are used on our website and why:

Required cookies: These cookies are essential in order to ensure our services are operating properly. For example, they enable you to move around the site and use its features.

Analytics and performance cookies: These are cookies that allow us to improve our website's performance by recording information about how you interact with our website. This information is used to offer relevant content to you, for example.

Functionality cookies: These are cookies that are used to remember your personalized data, such as your username and preferences, so that you do not have to keep making those choices on every visit.

Advertising cookies: These cookies (also known as 'targeting' cookies) gather data concerning the number of visits you make to our website, the number of pages you view while there, and which links you click on. This data is used to offer relevant advertising and measure the efficacy of our ad campaigns.

Third-party cookies

Cookies may be set by a website other than ours. These cookies are known as third-party cookies, and they are set by marketing partners and analytics services in order to determine usage patterns and to deliver relevant advertisements. Please note that we do not have control over these cookies.

How you can exercise choice regarding cookies

There several of ways to exercise your choice regarding cookies. Browsers provide the ability to clear cookies from your computer/device in the settings options. Doing so may render some website functions unusable, however.