Cookie Policy
I. About cookies
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our website and allows us to improve our site.
A cookie is a form of technology used for remembering some information about you as our user. It is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.
Without cookies, every website and every app are simply losing its their memory each time you visit a new page or open the app again. It doesn’t remember who you are and what you did or what you like. For example, without this memory we would be unable to log you into your account automatically as we would not retain your login details. Or we can’t show you the rights language settings because we don’t know where you are coming from. Cookies can provide all these useful functionalities which makes your visit to our website services more enjoyable.
II. What kind of cookies exist?
Some of the Cookies used by us will be automatically deleted from your hard drive at the end of your browser session (Session Cookies). We also use Cookies which remain on your hard drive for a certain period after the end of your browser session (Persistent Cookies). For example, on your next visit, the country and language you selected on your last visit to our website will immediately be recognised. These Persistent Cookies will be stored on your hard drive and deleted by the browser after the prescribed period. These Cookies may also include Cookies from third-party providers (Third-Party Cookies).
III. What kind of cookies do we use?
- Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website.
- Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it.
- This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
- We use Google Analytics Cookies which collects information anonymously. It reports Website trends without identifying individual visitors.
- You can opt out of Google Analytics without affecting how you visit the Website. For more information on Google Analytics, please click here.
- Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our website.
- Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed.
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
| Cookie Name | Type | Purpose | Duration* |
|---|---|---|---|
| _gat_<some-id> | Analytical or performance cookies | This cookie enables us to throttle requests made to Google Analytics. | 1 minute |
| _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress | Analytical or performance cookies | This cookie enables us to detect your first pageview session | 30 minutes |
| _hjFirstSeen | Functionality cookies | This cookie enables us to identify whether you are a new session user and your first session | Session only |
| _hjIncludedInPageviewSample | Analytical or performance cookies | This cookie enables us to know whether you are included in the data sampling defined by our website’s daily session limit | 30 minutes |
| _hjIncludedInSessionSample | Analytical or performance cookies | This cookie enables us to know whether you are included in the data sampling defined by our website's pageview limit | 30 minutes |
| _hjSessionUser_<id> | Analytical or performance cookies | This cookie enables us to distinguish between you and our other website users | 1 year |
| _hjSession_<id> | Analytical or performance cookies | This cookie enables us to hold your current session data | 30 minutes |
| _fdp | Functionality cookies | To store and track visits across websites | 3 months |
| mp_<id>_mixpanel | Analytical or performance cookies | This cookie is to create a few statistics | 1 year |
| sib_cuid | Functionality cookies | This cookie enables us to store unique visits | 1 year |
*Each cookie will expire as set out against the respective cookie in the table above.
Please note that the following third parties may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These named third parties may include, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services. These third-party cookies are likely to be analytical cookies or performance cookies or targeting cookies:
| Cookie Name | Owner | Purpose | Duration** | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _gid | Google Analytics | This cookie enables us to distinguish users | 24 hours | https://analytics.google.com/analytics/web/provision/?authuser=0#/provision |
| _ga | Google Analytics | This cookie enables us to distinguish users | 2 years | |
| _ga_<container-id> | Google Analytics | This cookie enables us to persist session states | 2 years |
**Each cookie will expire as set out against the respective cookie in the table above.
If you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website.
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