Cookie policy

WHICH COOKIES DO WE USE AND HOW CAN YOU MANAGE THEM? 

This Site uses cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored by your browser onto your computer or mobile device when you visit this Site. They are used to give you a good browsing experience and allow you to use the services on this Site. With your permission, they can also be used to gather statistics in order to improve the Site.

You can find more information about cookies on the following website: www.allaboutcookies.org.

Cookies can be categorized according to the following characteristics:

(a) Whether they are “session cookies” or “persistent cookies”:

• Session cookies: these cookies are automatically deleted when you close your browser.

• Persistent cookies: these cookies are not automatically deleted when you close your browser, but remain stored on your computer or mobile device during a certain period (varying from cookie to cookie).

(b) Whether they are “first party cookies” or “third party cookies”:

• First party cookies: these cookies are set by us or any of our processors.

• Third party cookies: these cookies are set by a data controller that does not operate this Site. We do not have access to or control over these cookies and these cookies are subject to the privacy statements of the third parties.

On this Site we use the following cookies:

• First party cookies are those cookies that are placed by a website that is currently being visited by the user.

• Third party cookies are cookies that are placed by a different domain name than that of the website that is visited by the user. If a user visits a website and a third party places a cookie through that website, then this is a third party cookie (e.g., cookies placed by Google, Twitter, Facebook and Hotjar)

• Functional cookies are cookies that ensure that the website functions properly (e.g., cookies for log-in or registration, language preferences). Functional cookies are logically first party cookies.

• Non-functional cookies are cookies that can be placed for statistical, social, targeting and commercial purposes. They have nothing to do with the purely technical support of the website. Cookies with static purposes allow us to check which pages of the website you visit, where your computer is located, etc. Cookies with social purposes make it possible for the user to share the content of the visited website on social media directly with others. Cookies with targeting purposes allow you to build up a profile based on your surfing behavior, so that the displayed advertisements are tailored to your interests. Cookies with commercial purposes keep track of how many and which advertisements were shown to a user. Non-functional cookies can be first party or third party cookies.

• Permanent cookies: These cookies remain on the user's device for the duration determined in the cookie. They are activated every time the user visits the website that has placed this cookie (e.g., cookies placed by social media such as Twitter, Facebook, Google Analytics, etc). Most non-functional cookies are permanent cookies.

• Session cookies: These cookies allow us to simplify the actions of a user and to link them together during a browser session. A browser session starts when a user opens the browser window and ends when they close the browser screen. Session cookies are placed temporarily. As soon as you close the browser, all session cookies will be deleted. Most functional cookies are session cookies.

You can enable, disable and/or delete cookies from your browser. The cookie settings can usually be found in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your internet browser. The following links may be helpful in order to understand these settings. Otherwise you should use the “Help” option in your internet browser for more details:

Cookie settings in Internet Explorer

Cookie settings in Firefox

Cookie settings in Chrome

Cookie settings in Safari

Please note that by disabling certain cookies, you will possibly not be able anymore to use certain applications of this Site, such as the protected environment for registered users.

Not functional cookies

* For cookies placed by third parties (eg Google Analytics & Hotjar), we refer to the statements that these parties give on their respective websites. Please note: we can not influence the content of these statements or the content of the cookies of these third parties.