Cookies

Cookies policy on our website 

What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you browse websites.
Cookies are not actual programs or software. When you visit a web page, it stores a snippet of text from your visit; the next time you visit the same web page, this text is retrieved by the website and it recognizes you. This can be used differently depending on the actual website visited. Cookies allow websites to store such things as e.g. user preferences. You can think of cookies as providing a "memory" for the website, allowing it to recognize a user and respond appropriately. Cookies on our website do NOT store personally identifiable information, such as names, addresses, email addresses or phone numbers.
Our cookies help us:

•     Making our website work according to your expectations;
•     Saving your settings during your visits;
•     Allowing you to share pages (names/blogs) with social networks like Facebook or Linkedin;
•     Constantly improving our website for you.

We do not use cookies to:
Collect personally identifiable information - we will always ask for your explicit permission if we ever want to collect such information;
Collect sensitive information without your explicit consent.

What information is retained by the cookie?

Typically, a cookie retains:

•     The name of the website where it came from
•     How long the cookie will stay on your computer or phone;
•     Value – usually a randomly generated unique number.

How long do cookies stay on my computer?
Session cookies – these cookies expire when the browser is closed. They are not saved on your hard drive. They are usually used to track the pages that you visit so that information about you can be personalized for that visit.
Persistent cookies – these cookies are stored on your hard drive until you delete them or they expire. They can be used, for example, to remember your preferences when you visit the site.

Giving permission to use cookies

If the settings in the software you use to view this website (i.e. a browser such as Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, etc.) are set to accept cookies and if you continue to use our website we accept that as consent to the use of cookies. If you wish to delete or not use cookies from our website, you can disable cookies via the 'Internet Options' menu of your browser at any time, but please note that this is likely to mean that our site may not work as well as you expect.
Cookies we use falls into several categories such as:

•     Functionality cookies
•     Social media cookies
•     Third party cookies and advertising cookies
•     Analytics cookies

More about our cookies policy

Cookies for website features such as session or preference cookies
We use cookies to make our website work, including:
Saving information after you log in once so you don't have to log in again each time you visit a different page during your session;
Once you log out or close the browser, the session cookies will be deleted.

Third-party cookies

Our website, like most websites, includes functionality provided by third parties. A common example is an embedded YouTube video. Disabling these cookies may disrupt the features offered by these third parties.

Cookies for websites of social networks

To make it easier to share or like content on a social networking platform such as Facebook and Twitter, we have included share buttons on our website.
The privacy consequences from this vary from one social network to another and depend on the privacy settings you have chosen for those networks.
Anonymous visitor cookies and behavioral statistics cookies
Analytics programs use cookies to collect statistics that help us improve our website. Unless you provide us with explicit information, such as filling out a form or calling us, all data collected by the analytics programs is stored anonymously, and we only see general values, not specific individual data.
Examples of these are:

•     How visitors got to our website (e.g. from a search engine, advertisement, website of social network , etc.)
•     Users’ actions on the website, such as number of pages viewed, time spent on a page, on which page visitors left the website
•     How often do visitors return to our website
•     Technology used by visitors (e.g. browser, operating system, device, etc.)
•     These statistics help us make our website as easy to use as possible to ensure good navigation for all visitors.

We use:

•     Google Analytics, which is a program that helps us measure site usage, including the examples above.

Improving the website cookies

We regularly test new designs and features on our website. We do this by showing slightly different versions of our website to different people and anonymously tracking how visitors react to these different versions. This ultimately helps us offer you a better website.
We use: Web Tools Samples of Google.
Some of our business partners or third parties use cookies or other tracking technologies on our website, including:

•     Third-party vendors, including Google, display ads on websites across the web
•     Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's previous visits to our website.

We do not have access to these cookies and cannot control them. Users can refuse Google's use of cookies by visiting Google's opt-out page.
We use cookies to understand and store your preferences for future visits and to collect aggregate data about site traffic and site interactions so we can offer better site usage and tools in the future We may sign contract with third party service providers to enable us to better understand visitors to our website. These service providers may not use the information collected on our behalf except to help us conduct and improve our business.
You can choose to opt-out of the DoubleClick cookie by visiting Google's advertising opt-out page or you can opt-out of Google Analytics by visiting the Google Analytics opt-out page.

How to disable cookies

You can disable cookies by changing your Internet browser settings so that it stops accepting cookies. There are many different browsers and versions. Some of the most common browsers and versions are listed below. Click the name of your preferred browser below to learn how to disable and manage cookies. If your version or browser is not in the list, visit your preferred search engine.
Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Safari
Google Chrome.