Cookies

What are cookies?

Cookies are short text files created by a web server and stored in your browser. When you return to the same website later, the browser opens the saved cookies which allows the server to access all the information it previously stored on you. Most websites use cookies.

According to legislation, we can only store those cookies on your device that are strictly necessary for the operation of our website. We need your permission prior to the installation of any other types of cookies. Therefore, we welcome your allowing our cookies, which helps us improve our website and our services. Of course, you can change or revoke your consent to the use of cookies on our website at any time.

Settings

You can change your consent options at any time using the button below.

Distribution

By location:

  • First party cookies – validity is limited to the domain of the website you are viewing. These cookies are considered to be secure.
  • Third party cookies – such cookies are emplaced using script from another domain. Users can thus be tracked across domains. They are often used to evaluate the effectiveness of advertising channels.

According to the expiration date:

  • Session (short-term) cookies – such cookies are automatically deleted after closing the browser.
  • Persistent (long-term) cookies – such cookies are retained after closing the browser and are deleted once a certain period of time has elapsed (which depends on the settings of your browser and cookie settings). You can also remove them manually.

According to the purpose:

  • Necessary – such cookies help to ensure the functionality of websites by enabling basic features such as page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. Without such cookies, the website is unable to function properly.
  • Analytical – these cookies help the site operator to understand how visitors use the site so that it can optimise the site and enhance the user experience; e.g. Google Analytics, SmartLook, etc.
  • Marketing – such cookies are used to track the movements of visitors across the website in order to show only that advertising content that is relevant and useful for the specific user. All such data is collected and used anonymously and cannot be linked to specific persons; e.g. Facebook Pixel, Google Ads, etc.
  • Uncategorised – these cookies do not belong to any particular category or are in the process of being categorised.

Why do we use cookies?

We use the following cookies on our website:

  • Google Tag Manager – a service used for the easy management of tracking codes; it does not use any cookies and does not record any data.
  • Google Analytics – a service used to generate non-anonymous statistics on the use of the website. The data obtained from cookies is processed by Google LLC.
  • Facebook Pixel – a service employed to evaluate our campaigns and to anonymously target users who visit our website. The data obtained from cookies is processed by Facebook Inc., registered office: 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA.
  • Smartlook – this application is used to generate website usage statistics. The data obtained from cookies is processed by Smartlook.com s.r.o., Šumavská 524/31, 602 00, Brno, Czech Republic.
  • Cookie script – this application is used to manage and evaluate consent to the use of cookies. The data obtained is processed by Objectis Ltd., Žalgirio st. 88, LT-09303 Vilnius, Lithuania.

We never emplace sensitive or personal data in cookies. We may emplace a user ID in cookies; however, this does not allow third parties to identify specific persons.

 

How can the use of cookies be changed?

  • Deletion – you can delete cookies stored in your browser if you wish. This option is usually located in the “History” of the webpages of interest.
  • Blocking – browsers allow you to block the storage of cookies. In such cases, the functionality of the website will be limited. Information on the settings for storing cookies in your browser is provided on the website of the provider of the specific browser.

1 January 2022