Cookie Policy
Cookie Policy
1. COOKIE FILES AND OTHER MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES: DEFINITION
A cookie file is a text file which a website sends to the visitor’s computer or another Internet-connected device in order to identify the browser of the visitor or to save information or settings in the browser. A cookie file usually contains the name of the domain from which it was sent, the “lifetime” of the cookie file and a randomly generated unique ID. We can use other technologies, including web beacons and JavaScript, which in some cases cooperate together with cookies and other measures with our website in order to enable identification of your device. These other technologies allow to activate certain features on our website. We can also use certain technologies in order to determine whether the email message we sent to you has been opened or if you clicked the link in it.
2. HOW WE USE COOKIES
While using our web services, both we and other entities (such as advertising networks) can acquire information about users and their use of the web, including the time of using the web, as well as the use of the websites maintained by third parties. We use cookies for various purposes. We administer the website and secure its proper functioning through cookie files. We can also use cookies to remember you in order to customise the website according to your preferences. In this situation a cookie file can be connected with some information about you which might contain personal data. The monitoring technologies can be permanent (that is, the files remain on your computer or other device until you delete them) or follow in sessions (that is, the files remain there only until the browser is closed). Our website uses particularly the following types of cookies:
- Necessary cookies. These are the files necessary to provide services and secure accessibility of the features explicitly requested by you. We can use cookies and monitoring technologies in order to prevent malpractice, increase security, secure system administration or make it possible for you to use the payment processing service. We are not obliged to obtain your consent for the cookies the use of which is necessary.
- Cookies aimed at analysis and efficiency evaluation. Cookies can be used in order to evaluate efficiency of our website, including as part of the analyses aimed at increasing the quality of the content offered through the website.
- Advertising cookies. Both we and external advertisers can use cookies to present you with the best suited products, offers and advertisements. Advertising cookies allow to present you with the advertising content suited to you and your individual interests.
3. SETTING AND CLEARING COOKIES
In your website settings you can block cookie files or configure the settings so that each time you receive a cookie file, you will be informed about it. However, please remember that totally blocking cookies might make it impossible for you to use all the features of the Website. You will find the links to the resources showing how to define the conditions for storing and gaining access to cookie files in the settings of the most popular web browsers.
- – Firefox
- – Chrome
- – Internet Explorer
- – Opera
- – Safari
Alternatively, you can also use the website https://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/clear-cookies-installed.html which contains all the exhaustive information on how to stop cookies in your browser or device, as well as general information on cookies. The information about clearing cookies from your mobile phone can be found in the user manual for your phone. You can also stop receiving cookies.Remember that limiting the possibility to receive cookies can influence the website functionality. Due to the numerous technological solutions, it is not possible to present precise guidelines on how to define the conditions of storing and receiving access to cookies with settings of all available telecommunications end devices or software installed on a given device. Nevertheless, in most cases you need to go to “Tools” or “Settings” and select the section related to configuration of cookie file settings or to managing privacy when browsing the Internet.
Detailed information is usually provided by the producer of a given device or browser in the user manual or on their website.
4. SERVER LOGS
Information on some behaviours of the User are logged in the server layer. This data is used only for server administration and in order to secure the most efficient operations of the hosting services. The resources viewed are identified through URL addresses. Moreover, the following can be logged:
- the time the request was received
- the time the answer was sent
- the name of the client station – identification through HTTP
- information on the errors occurring during the realisation of the HTTP transaction
- the URL address of the website visited before by the user (referrer link) – if the transfer to the website followed through a link
- information about the browser of the User
- information about the IP address
This data is not linked to any persons browsing on the website and is only used for server administration.