Overview of Cookies and Similar Technologies
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device (computer, tablet, smartphone, etc.) by a website you visit. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies can be "session cookies," which are temporary cookies that remain in the cookie file of your browser until you leave the site, or "persistent cookies," which remain in the cookie file of your browser for much longer (though how long will depend on the lifetime of the specific cookie).Similar technologies to cookies, such as pixel tags, web beacons, and local storage, are used to collect information about your interaction with websites and can be used for similar purposes.
Use of Cookies on Our Website
Our website uses cookies to improve the user experience, facilitate certain functionalities like navigation, and for web analysis and marketing purposes. Based on your consent we may use both session cookies and persistent cookies to better understand how you interact with our site, to monitor aggregate usage by our users and web traffic routing on our site, and to customize and improve our services.
Essential Cookies
Some cookies are essential for the operation of our website and do not require your consent. These cookies are necessary to provide you with services available through our website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas. Because these cookies are essential to deliver the website, you cannot refuse them without impacting how our site functions.
Consent for Non-Essential Cookies
For non-essential cookies, such as those used for Google Analytics and marketing purposes, we require your consent. These cookies are used to enhance your experience and provide more personalized services to you. We obtain your consent through our cookie banner, which allows you to choose whether to accept or decline these cookies. You can change your preferences at any time.
Google Analytics
The central analytics tools we use is Google Analytics. This service is provided by Google Ireland Ltd. and uses cookies to collect and analyze information about the use of our website, such as site traffic, page visits, and other significant metrics. The data collected by Google Analytics helps us understand user behavior and improve our web offerings.If you wish to opt-out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout Link opens in a new tab..
Types of cookies
Performance Cookies: These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, like which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages.Functionality Cookies: These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features.
How We Use Google Analytics Data
The information generated by the Google Analytics cookies about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be processed by Google on our behalf. We use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators, and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf.
Google's Additional Use of Data
Google may use the data collected through Google Analytics for its own business purposes, including improving its services and developing new products. This may involve combining this data with other information they have collected from your use of Google's other services.For more detailed information on how Google uses data when you use our site or other sites and apps that use Google services, please refer to Google's Privacy Policy available at https://policies.google.com/privacy Link opens in a new tab..