Cookie Policy

2.1 Types of Cookies

Session Cookies: These are temporary cookies that are deleted when you close your browser. They help websites recognize you as you navigate between pages.

Persistent Cookies: These remain on your device for a specified period and are activated each time you visit the website that created them.

First-Party Cookies: These are cookies set by the website you are visiting.

Third-Party Cookies: These are cookies set by domains other than the one you are visiting, often for advertising or analytics purposes.

3.1 Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation, secure areas access, and remembering your preferences. The website cannot function properly without these cookies, and they can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences.

3.2 Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting anonymous information. They help us improve our website's functionality and user experience by tracking which pages are visited most frequently, how long visitors stay on certain pages, and how they navigate throughout the site.

3.3 Functionality Cookies

These cookies allow the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you disable these cookies, some or all of these services may not function properly.

3.4 Targeting and Advertising Cookies

These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other sites. They do not directly store personal information but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device.

4.1 Essential Cookies

• SESSION: Used to maintain your session while you navigate our website.
• CSRF-TOKEN: Helps protect against Cross-Site Request Forgery attacks.
• COOKIE-CONSENT: Stores your cookie preferences.

4.2 Performance and Analytics Cookies

• _ga, _gid, _gat (Google Analytics): These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.

4.3 Functionality Cookies

• user_preferences: Stores your display and language preferences.
• recently_viewed: Remembers the pages you've visited to improve your browsing experience.

5.1 Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can usually find these settings in the "Options" or "Preferences" menu of your browser. To understand these settings, the following links may be helpful:

• Cookie settings in Chrome
• Cookie settings in Firefox
• Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
• Cookie settings in Safari
• Cookie settings in Edge

5.2 Opt-Out of Specific Cookies

For cookies set by third-party providers, you can visit their websites to opt out of their tracking cookies:

• Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on

5.3 Effects of Disabling Cookies

Please note that if you choose to disable cookies, you may not be able to access certain parts of our website, and some features may not function properly. For example, you may not be able to use any of our subscription services without enabling cookies.

6.1 Web Beacons

Web beacons (also known as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) are tiny graphics with a unique identifier that may be included on our website to deliver or communicate with cookies, to track and measure the performance of our website and marketing campaigns, and to understand usage patterns.

6.2 Local Storage

We may use Local Storage Objects (LSOs) such as HTML5 to store content information and preferences. Third parties with whom we partner to provide certain features on our website or to display advertising based upon your web browsing activity also use LSOs for collecting and storing information.