Cookie policy

We send you this Notice at the beginning of our interaction through our Websites.

1. What is a cookie file and for what purpose is it used?

Our websites use cookie technology to provide you with a better and personalized web service. The data stored by the cookie files used on our Websites never show personal details on the basis of which an individual identity can be established.

A cookie is a small text file that is stored and/or read by your web browser on the hard drive of your end device ( eg computer, laptop or smartphone) depending on the websites you visit visit them. Cookies also make your interaction with websites safer and faster because they can remember your preferences ( eg login, language), sending the information they contain back to the website originating website ( first-party cookie ) or to another website to which they belong ( third-party cookie ), when you visit that website again using the same end device.

2. How you can control cookies

You can withdraw your consent to cookies at any time. For this purpose, you can block or remove cookies either through your web browser settings or by using software provided by third parties, or by following the specific instructions for cookie categories in the following sections. In any case, problems may arise with the use of certain parts of the website if you disable cookies.

If you want to remove the cookies stored on your devices and configure your web browser to refuse cookies, you can use the preferences settings in your web browser. You can usually find the browser settings related to cookies in the "Options", "Tools" or "Preferences" menus of the web browser you use to access our Websites. Depending on the existing web browsers, various means can be used to disable cookies. To get more information, please visit your browsers website:

• Cookie settings in Internet Explorer – Internet Explorer ;
• Cookie settings in Firefox – Firefox ;
• Cookie settings in Chrome – Chrome ;
• Cookie settings in Safari – Safari ;
• Cookie settings in Edge – Edge ;
• Cookie settings in Opera – Opera .

To learn more about cookies, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org or see www.youronlinechoices.eu , which contains additional information on behavioral advertising and online privacy.

3. The cookie files used

Based on the function and purpose for which cookies are used, they are usually classified into the following categories:

• Strictly necessary cookies allow you to navigate the Website and use its basic functions. They are usually only installed in response to actions taken by you that amount to a service request. These cookie files are indispensable for the use of the Websites.
• Functionality cookies are used to recognize you when you return to our Website and allow us to provide you with improved and more personalized features, such as remembering your preferences. These cookies collect anonymous information and cannot track your browsing on other websites. The expiration period of these cookie files is a maximum of 2 years.
• Analytical and performance cookies allow us to recognize and count users and collect information about how the Website is used (for example, the pages a user opens most often and whether the user receives error messages from certain pages). This helps us to improve the way our Website works, for example by ensuring that you can easily find what you are looking for. The expiration period of these cookie files is a maximum of 2 years. Regarding third-party cookies, the expiration period may vary and in some cases may exceed 2 years. For more details on this category of cookies, see Section 4 below.
• Marketing and targeting cookies record your visit to our Website, the pages you have visited and the links you have accessed. We will use this information to provide advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. It is also used to limit the frequency with which you may see an advertisement and to help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. We may also share this information with third parties (such as advertisers) for this purpose. The expiration period of these cookie files is a maximum of 2 years. Regarding third-party cookies, the expiration period may vary and in some cases may exceed 2 years. For more details on this category of cookies, see Section 5 below.
• Social media cookies allow you to share your activity on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter on the website. These cookies are not controlled by us. For more details on this category of cookies, see Section 6 below.
• Other types of cookies that may be used later. We will inform you through our updated policies if any other types of cookies are used.

Please note that we use the services of third parties to obtain information about your use of our Websites in order to optimize your user experience and to serve you advertising outside of our Websites. These third parties (including, for example, advertisers and external service providers such as web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control.

4. Cookie files used for statistical purposes and for web traffic monitoring

Google Analytics

Our websites use Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google. Google Analytics uses cookies to help a certain Website analyze how you use that Website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers that may be located in the EU, EEA and/or the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the Website, compiling reports on Website activity for Website operators and providing other services related to Website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties if it is required to do so by law or if these third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with other data held by Google.

You can opt out of Google Analytics without affecting how you can visit our website.

Detailed information on Google Analytics and the protection of personal data (including how you can control the information sent to Google) can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/partners .

To prevent tracking by this type of cookie, you can install an add-in on your web browser ( http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout ).

5. Cookie files used for direct marketing purposes

Google Analytics

In order to receive advertisements and marketing content, customized according to your preferences, our Website uses the technology DoubleClick for Publishers (DFP) and Google Ad Exchange, provided by Google. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the Website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers that may be located in the EU, EEA and/or the United States. Google may also transfer this information to third parties if it is required to do so by law or if these third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with other data held by Google.

Detailed information on Google Analytics and the protection of personal data (including how you can control the information sent to Google) can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy/partners .

6. Social media cookies

On some of our Websites, third parties who provide applications through these Websites may place their own cookies in order to monitor the performance of their applications or to personalize these applications for you. For example, when you share an article using a share button in social networks (eg, Facebook or Twitter) available on a Website, the social network platform associated with that button will record this. On some Websites there may also be embedded content, for example video content of third parties such as YouTube, and in this case these third parties may in turn place their own cookie files .

Such cookie files cannot be accessed by us.

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Last updated: May 19, 2018.

We may update this Policy from time to time and will notify you of any changes by posting the new version on our Websites. If you have provided us with your contact details and authorized us to contact you, we will notify you if we change this Policy substantially. Please check this Policy periodically for any changes.