What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that websites place on your device while you browse, which are processed and stored by your web browser, and will be read during your future browsing sessions.

Generally speaking, depending on their purpose, cookies can be divided into four types:

(a) Necessary Cookies These cookies are essential for you to browse the website and use its features, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling out forms. Without these cookies, the services requested through our website cannot be provided properly. According to applicable legal provisions, necessary cookies do not require user consent. You can configure your web browser to block necessary cookies, but you may not be able to use certain features of the website as intended.

(b) Performance Cookies These cookies collect information on how visitors use the website, such as which pages are most frequently visited and how visitors navigate the site. These cookies help us improve the user-friendliness of the website and enhance the user experience. Further information collected by performance cookies may include, for example: the internet browser and operating system used, the domain names of websites previously visited, the number of visits, the average duration of visits, and the pages accessed. The information collected by these cookies is aggregated and usually cannot be linked to a specific individual. To some extent, processing information related to performance cookies in a given context should be regarded as personal data, and processing such information should require user consent according to legal provisions.

(c) Functionality Cookies These cookies allow the website to remember your choices or the information you input (such as your username, language, or region), and provide enhanced, more personalized features. These cookies are also used to enable the requested functionalities, such as playing videos. To some extent, processing information related to functionality cookies in a given context should be regarded as personal data, and processing such information should require user consent according to legal provisions.

(d) Marketing Cookies Marketing cookies (also known as targeting or advertising cookies) are used to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests on third-party websites. These cookies are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and to help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. According to legal provisions, processing personal data related to marketing cookies (if any) should require user consent.