Cookie information
To ensure this website works properly, we sometimes store small data files on your device, known as cookies. This is common practice on most large websites.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your computer or mobile device when you browse it. Thanks to this file, the website retains information about your actions and preferences for a certain time (such as login name, language, font size and other display settings), so you do not have to enter them again on your next visit or when browsing individual pages.
How do we use cookies?
A number of our pages use cookies to store:
- your display preferences, for example colour contrast or font size settings;
- the fact that you have already responded to a survey shown in a separate window (pop-up) through which you can share your opinion on the page content (it will not be shown again);
- whether you have agreed (or disagreed) that we may use cookies on this website.
Some videos on our pages also use cookies to anonymously collect statistics about how you arrived there and which video clips you watched.
Cookies are also stored by Europa Analytics – a European Commission service that measures the effectiveness of websites on the EUROPA portal.
Allowing cookies is not strictly necessary for the website to work correctly, but it will give you a better user experience. You can delete or block cookies. In that case, however, some website features may not work as they should.
Information stored in cookies is not used to personally identify you and the data structure is fully under our control. Cookies are not used for any purposes other than those stated in this text.
Do we use other cookies?
Some of our pages or sub-sites may use additional or different cookies than those described above. In that case, the relevant page will include a separate cookie notice with details of their use. You may be asked to consent to storing those cookies.
How to control cookies
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish – see aboutcookies.org for details. You can delete all cookies stored on your computer and set most browsers to prevent them from being stored. In that case, however, you will probably have to manually adjust some settings every time you visit a website, and some services and features will not work.
Which cookies do we use?
Functional and technical cookies – these cookies ensure our website works properly, for example login to a user account, adding products to the shopping cart, or detecting unauthorised login attempts. Without these cookies our website would not work properly; their use is necessary, so we do not ask for your consent to store or access them. This category also includes cookies that keep your cart contents even if you are not logged in.
Analytics cookies – these cookies help us obtain data about visits to our website, searches performed on our site, and how you move around the site so we can make it as easy as possible to use. Because we have taken measures to prevent misuse of these cookies (anonymisation on the part of our providers) and measures are in place so you can easily control and limit their use, we do not ask for your consent to use them.
Marketing and advertising cookies – we use these cookies to show you content on our website that matches your previous preferences, and to display advertising based on your interests. We store cookies of this type only with your consent.
On this website we use Google’s advertising and analytics services. If you consent to marketing and analytics cookies, some data may be processed by Google, including for ad personalisation. Information on how Google processes personal data is available on Google’s Privacy & Terms.
Your choices
There are several ways to manage or limit how we and our partners use cookies and similar technologies:
- Browser settings: although most browsers accept cookies by default, their settings allow you to delete or refuse cookies. Please note that in that case some services may not work properly.
- Third parties: you can use third-party solutions to limit cookies, for example at optout.aboutads.info.
- Partners’ own solutions: you can also use solutions offered by the individual partners listed above to limit cookies.
Contact us
If you have any questions about cookies or this document, please do not hesitate to contact us.