Cookie Policy

1. Introduction

When you visit or engage with our websites, services, applications, tools or messaging, we or our authorized service providers may use cookies, web beacons, and other similar technologies for storing information on you and your activities on and through our websites and in our services, applications, and tools (e.g. information about the pages you view, the links you click, and other actions that you take on our platforms and services, within our advertising or e-mail content). This Policy for the use of Cookies on our websites (hereinafter “Cookie Policy”) aims to inform you about these technologies and our use of them. 

Our cookies and similar technologies have different purposes. Some of them we use to improve the operation and functionality of our platforms and tools so that we can provide our visitors with an uninterrupted, fast, and safe experience. We may also use some for advertising purposes so that we can provide our visitors with a personalized experience.

Where possible, security measures are set in place to prevent unauthorized access to our cookies and similar technologies. A unique identifier ensures that only we and/or our authorized service providers have access to cookie data.

You are free to block, delete, or disable these technologies if your device permits so. You can manage your cookies and your cookie preferences in your browser or device settings. See further in this Cookie Policy for how you can adjust your cookie settings and preferences.

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2. What are cookies and similar technologies?

Cookies and similar technologies are small data files placed on your computer, tablet, mobile phone, or other devices (referred to collectively as a "device") that allow us to record certain pieces of information whenever you visit or engage with our websites, services, applications, messaging, and tools, and to recognize you across devices.

Cookies are small text files (typically made up of letters and numbers) placed in the memory of your browser or device when you visit a website or view a message. Cookies allow a website to recognize a particular device or browser. Cookies can be disabled or removed through the “Cookie preferences” section at each browser. The preferences for each browser you use will need to be set separately.

Web beacons are small graphic images (also known as "pixel tags" or "clear GIFs") that may be included on our websites, services, applications, messaging, and tools, that typically work in conjunction with cookies to identify our visitors and visitor behavior.

Similar technologies store information in your browser or device utilizing local shared objects or local storage (such as flash cookies and HTML 5 cookies). These technologies can operate across all your browsers, but we do not use these technologies for storing information to target advertising to you on or off our sites.

We may use the terms "cookies" or "similar technologies" interchangeably in our policies to refer to all technologies that we may use to store data in your browser or device or that collect information or help us identify you in the manner described above.

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3. Types of cookies

Session cookies remain on your device for as long as you keep your browser active. They expire at the end of your browser session and allow us to link your actions during that session.

Persistent cookies remain on your device for a longer period. They are stored on your device in between browser sessions, allowing us to remember your preferences or actions across multiple sites.

First-party cookies are set by the platform that you are visiting. We use these cookies when you visit and engage with our websites, services, applications, tools or messaging.

Third-party cookies are set by a third-party website separate from the one that you are visiting. We use authorized service providers to help us provide our visitors with personalized and relevant advertisements. These service providers may place cookies on your device via our platforms and tools and may also collect information that helps them identify your device (such as IP-address or other device identifiers).

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4. What do we use cookies for?

Our cookies and similar technologies have different functions. They are either strictly necessary for the operation and functionality of our platforms, tools and services, or they help us improve our performance and give our visitors extra functionalities, or help us provide our visitors advertisements that are tailored to their interests. 

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A. Necessary cookies

We may use cookies, web beacons, or other similar technologies that are essential to ensure the operation and functionality of our websites, platforms, services, applications, products, and tools. Without these cookies, parts of our websites would not function, and we would not be able to ensure that our visitors enjoy uninterrupted visits to our platforms and services. 

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B.  Statistic cookies 

Statistic cookies help us to understand how visitors interact with the website by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

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C.  Marketing cookies

Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across the website. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers

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5. Cookie management

You manage the scope and settings of the cookies that will be used and placed on your device when you visit and engage with our websites, platforms, applications, services and tools. If you do not want some cookies to be placed on your device, you can set your preferences and select the types of cookies that our platforms and tools use by clicking the cookie icon on the bottom left corner of our webpages. You can change your preferences at any time, and you can also withdraw the consent for using cookies that you have previously given to us.

If you wish to remove previously stored cookies, you can manually delete these at any time. Yet this will not prevent our websites, applications, and other platforms and tools from placing further cookies on your device unless and until you adjust your Cookie preferences choice in a manner as described above.

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6. Final provision

This Cookie Policy enters into force at the day of its adoption or its placement on our websites, platforms, applications, services, and tools.