A cookie is a very small text file stored on your computer/other device (and maintained by your browser), and often includes a randomized unique identifier so that a website can ‘recognize’ this cookie again. Cookies support website functions and improve browsing, and provide certain information to the owners of these websites, in particular for audience measurement.

For example, cookies make it easier to pre-fill certain fields in webforms and adapt the content of the Website and its services to your preferences or circumstances, improving the user experience and tailoring aspects of the Website and its services to you.

Web beacons (also known as clear gifs, web bugs or pixel tags) are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, and are used to allow us to count users who have visited certain pages of the Website and to help determine the effectiveness of promotional or advertising campaigns. When used in HTML-formatted email messages, web beacons can tell the sender whether and when the email has been opened. In contrast to cookies, which are stored on a user’s computer hard drive, web beacons are embedded invisibly on web pages.

The information collected through cookies helps us analyze the usage of the Website and enables us to provide users with a better experience during their visit. We will retain cookies only for the duration necessary to achieve the relevant objectives outlined in this Policy, including marketing and statistics purposes.

In general, we use both first-party cookies and third-party cookies. The cookies we use are referred to as “first-party cookies,” while cookies used by our partners and third-party service providers are referred to as “third-party cookies.” Such cookies can be “session cookies” or “persistent cookies”.

Session cookies are temporary cookies that remain on your device until you close your web browser. Many session cookies are essential for the proper functioning of the Website, as they generally allow you to navigate the Website and use our features.

Persistent cookies remain on your device after you close your browser or until you manually delete them (in the former case, the lifespan of the specific cookie depends on its duration or “lifetime” and your browser settings). These cookies help us recognize you as an existing user of the Website, making it easier and more convenient to return to the Website or interact with our services without having to log in again. Additionally, persistent cookies also help us recognize you when you visit a resource owned by the Website from another website or application (such as an advertisement) and assist us in recording information about your web browsing habits during the lifespan of the persistent cookie.

• Necessary Cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
• Functional cookies help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.
• Analytics Cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
• Performance Cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
• Advertisement Cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.

If you have any concerns about our use of cookies, you can take action to prevent them from being set, such as by rejecting cookies in any cookies pop-ups on our Website, or by changing your browser settings to block certain types of cookies. You may also delete cookies held on your device at any time by going to the appropriate settings within your web browser.

You also have the option to configure your devices to accept all cookies, to notify you when a cookie is issued or to never accept cookies.

If you reject cookies or change your settings to never accept cookies, this may result in some personalized services not being provided and, as a result, you may not be able to take full advantage of all the features offered by the Website. If you do not wish to receive cookies in general or only to refuse certain cookies, you can change your browser settings accordingly.

Instructions to this effect are provided each browser’s website:

• Internet Explorer or Edge : https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies

• Firefox : https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences

• Safari : https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201265

• Chrome : https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647

For any other browser not mentioned above, consult the cookie management help information available on the browser provider’s website. You can also visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org for an overview of how to manage cookies on most common browsers.