Cookie Policy
What are cookies?
Cookies are IT data, particularly text files, stored on end-user devices intended for use with websites. These files allow the user's device to be recognized and the website to be displayed appropriately, tailored to their individual preferences. Cookies typically contain the name of the website they originate from, the duration of their storage on the end-user device, and a unique number.
What do we use cookies for?
Cookies are used to tailor the content of websites to user preferences and optimize the use of websites. They are also used to create anonymous, aggregated statistics that help us understand how users use websites, enabling us to improve their structure and content, excluding personal identification of users.
What cookies do we use?
Generally, two types of cookies are used: "session" cookies and "persistent" cookies. The former are temporary files that remain on the user's device until logging out of the website or disabling the software (web browser). "Persistent" cookies remain on the user's device for the time specified in the cookie parameters or until they are manually deleted by the user.
Cookies used by the website operator's partners, including in particular website users, are subject to their own privacy policies.
Cookies can be divided into detailed categories based on:
Types of cookies based on their necessity to provide the service:
- Necessary – they are absolutely necessary for the proper functioning of the website or functionality that the user wants to use
- Functional – they are important for the operation of the website:
- they serve to enhance the functionality of the website; without them the website will function properly, but will not be adapted to the user's preferences,
- they are used to ensure a high level of functionality of the website; without the settings saved in the cookie file, the functionality of the website may be reduced, but it should not prevent you from using it completely,
- they serve very important functionalities of the website, blocking them will cause selected functions to not work properly.
- Business cookies – these cookies enable the business model underlying the website. Blocking them will not result in the unavailability of all website functionality, but may reduce the level of service provided due to the website owner's inability to generate revenue to subsidize the website's operation. This category includes, for example, advertising cookies.
Due to the time for which the cookie will be placed on the user's end device:
- Temporary cookies (session cookies) – cookies placed for the duration of the browser use (session), are deleted after closing the browser
- Persistent cookies – are not deleted when the browser is closed and remain on the user's device for a specified period of time or without a validity period, depending on the website owner's settings.
Due to the origin of the website administrator who manages cookies:
- First-party cookie – a cookie placed directly by the owner of the website that was visited
- Third-party cookie – cookie placed by external entities whose website components were called by the website owner
Attention: Cookies can be triggered by the administrator using scripts or components located on the partner's servers, located in a different location—a different country, or even a completely different legal system. If the website administrator triggers website components originating from outside the administrator's system, standard cookie policy rules may apply that differ from the website administrator's privacy/cookie policy.
Due to the purpose they serve:
- Website configuration – enable the setting of functions and services on the website
- Security and reliability of the website – they enable authenticity verification and optimization of website performance
- Authentication – lets you know when a user is logged in so the website can show you the right information and features
- Session state – these cookies enable us to record information about how users use the website. This information may include the most frequently visited pages or any error messages displayed on certain pages. Cookies used to record so-called "session state" help us improve our services and enhance your browsing experience.
- Processes – enable the efficient operation of the website itself and the functions available on it
- Advertisements – enable the display of advertisements that are more interesting to users and at the same time more valuable to publishers and advertisers, personalize advertisements, can also be used to display advertisements outside the pages of the website (domain)
- Location – allow you to adjust the displayed information to the user's location
- Analysis and research, audience audits – these allow website owners to better understand their users' preferences and, through analysis, improve and develop products and services. Typically, the website owner or research company collects information anonymously and processes trend data without identifying individual users' personal data.
Harmless – includes cookies:
necessary for the proper functioning of the website
needed to enable the functionality of the website, but their operation has nothing to do with user tracking
Researching – used to track users, but do not include information that allows for the identification of a specific user
Do cookies contain personal data?
Personal data collected using cookies may only be collected to perform specific functions for the user. Such data is encrypted to prevent unauthorized access.
Deleting cookies
By default, web browsing software allows cookies to be placed on end devices. These settings can be changed to block the automatic handling of cookies in the web browser settings or to notify the user each time they are sent to the device. Detailed information about the possibilities and methods of handling cookies is available in the software (web browser) settings.
Limiting the use of cookies may affect some of the functionalities available on the website.