A cookie is a small text file placed on your device by the websites that you visit. Cookies are then sent back to the website on each subsequent visit, or to another webpage that recognizes that cookie. Cookies are used in order to make the website work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website. Such information may be used to provide a more personalized and responsive service. Cookies may be either first party cookies set directly by us to your device, or third-party cookies set by a third-party provider on our behalf. Whenever you use this system, information may be collected through the use of cookies and other similar technologies (e.g., web beacons, tags, scripts, local storage).

This Cookie Policy is a part of the Privacy Policy.  For more information about us, and how we process personal information, please see our Privacy Policy.

This system uses cookies and web beacons that are classified into the following categories:

“Necessary” which are necessary for the system to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are required to enable the basic features of the system, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.

“Functional” cookies which help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social-media platforms, collecting feedback and other third-party features.

“Analytics” which are necessary for our systems to measure audience and usage statistics, as well as content consumption. These enable us to obtain relevant usage information to produce internal analytics so we can monitor and improve the performance of our systems.

“Performance” help in analyzing key performance indexes of the website, enabling a better user experience by understanding visitor behavior. They also assist in load balancing, session stickiness, and facilitating essential website features by serving as a necessary technical session identifier.

“Advertisement” cookies which track the users’ respective online activity to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.

“Uncategorized” refer to those specific cookies that are currently undergoing analysis and have not yet been assigned to a specific category. These cookies are still being examined to determine their purpose and potential classification within the broader cookie framework.

To view a list of the cookies that are used by the system, click the “Update your cookie preferences” button at the top of the page.

The length of time cookies will stay on your device will depend on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. A persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiration date, unless deleted by you before the expiration date. A session cookie, on the other hand, will expire at the end of your web session, when the web browser is closed.

You can manage cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind, removing or disabling certain cookies may impact your user experience and parts of this system may no longer be fully functional.

You can change your cookie preferences and settings for non-essential cookies at any time by clicking on the “Setting cookie” option at the top of this Cookie Policy.

You may also be able to change your browser settings to manage cookies. You can find detailed information on how to do so at http://www.aboutcookies.org/.