Cookies Policy

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of data that websites store on your device to record information about your interactions with the site, including preferences and browsing history. They help us tailor our services to meet your needs, improve user experience, and provide you with a personalized experience.

Why do we use Cookies?

We use cookies for various purposes:

• To enable website functionality and ensure that our platforms are stable and secure
• To understand how users interact with our site, such as pages viewed, items clicked, etc.
• To store preferences and settings to enhance your user experience
• For marketing purposes, including advertising and promotions

Types of Cookies

1. Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the proper functioning of our website, enabling core features like navigation menus, login functionality, or content display.
2. Session Cookies: Stored temporarily on your device to identify a particular user session, typically deleted once you close your browser. They help us keep track of which pages you visit and what actions you take during your current visit.
3. Persistent Cookies: Remain stored on your device until they expire or are manually removed by the user. These cookies enable features like login persistence, remembering preferences, or tracking your history of site interactions.
4. Functional Cookies: Used to improve the functionality and performance of our website, such as cookie consent management or managing third-party integrations.
5. Analytics and Performance Cookies: Help us understand how users interact with our site by collecting data on traffic patterns, page views, bounce rates, and similar metrics.

Additional Cookie Types

1. Language Settings: We may use cookies to remember your preferred language for certain interactions or pages within the platform.
2. Login/Session Continuity: Cookies can be used to store information about your login session to prevent unnecessary re-authentication or simplify navigation between actions.
3. Device Recognition: To better understand how you interact with our site on different devices, such as smartphones versus desktops.

Security-Related Cookies

We may use security-related cookies for various purposes:

1. Session Management: Help us identify and maintain session data securely
2. Authentication and Authorization: Ensure secure access to protected resources or content

Browser Storage Technologies

Modern web browsers allow websites to store small amounts of data locally on your device via technologies like LocalStorage, SessionStorage, and IndexedDB.

Third-Party Integrations

Some integrations may use their own set of cookies for authentication or tracking. For example:

1. Social Media Integration: Cookies from platforms like Facebook can help authenticate social media interactions within our site
2. Analytics Tools: Services like Google Analytics rely on cookies to collect data about your browsing habits

Marketing and Communication Preferences

Cookies are used to track marketing efforts, such as targeted advertisements, promotional emails, or newsletters.

Managing Your Cookie Choices

1. Cookie Consent Management: You can change your preferences regarding the use of certain types of cookies at any time by configuring our cookie consent mechanism.
2. Browser Controls: Most modern browsers provide you with tools to control and manage cookies:
   • Accepting some types of cookies
   • Blocking all cookies from a specific domain or general site-wide blocking
   • Deleting saved cookies

Implications for Site Functionality When Cookies are Disabled

Disabling certain cookie categories might impact your user experience:

1. Login/Session Continuity: If persistent login sessions use cookies, you may be prompted to re-authenticate frequently.
2. Personalized Content: Some personalized features or recommendations rely on tracking and storage of preferences in cookies.

Cookies for Technical Diagnostics and Performance Optimisation

Some analytics platforms offer technical diagnostics tools that help optimize site performance by measuring browser technologies, caching policies, and security protocols.

Aggregated Analytics Information

Data collected through various cookies is anonymized and aggregated to understand user behavior as a whole. These insights are then used to improve the platform for everyone.

Improving User Experience with Cookies

By using cookies in an intelligent way:

1. We can tailor your experience: By remembering preferences or identifying returning users.
2. Enhance security: Through secure session management and authentication practices
3. Provide you with better services: Using data from cookies to improve the overall user journey

This cookie policy aims to inform about all types of technologies, storage solutions, analytics tools and related settings in place on our platform for an optimal browsing experience. If you have any further questions regarding this or your personal choices please don’t hesitate to contact us.