1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website stores in the browser on your device. They help recognise the browser during subsequent visits and retain certain information about your interaction with the website.

For example, cookies may be used to remember your chosen language, maintain a session, and record your choices about the use of optional technologies.

Similar functions may be performed using browser local storage and other technical tools. The principles described in this Policy also apply to such technologies where appropriate.

2. Why Cookies Are Used

Depending on the website features enabled, cookies and similar technologies may be used to:

• Ensure that pages and forms function correctly.
• Maintain a user session.
• Remember your language and other selected preferences.
• Store your privacy settings.
• Protect the website against misuse and technical threats.
• Analyse website usage and assess the performance of its sections, where the relevant tools are enabled.

3. Categories of Cookies

The categories below describe possible uses of cookies. The inclusion of a category in this list does not in itself mean that such cookies are used on the website.

• Strictly necessary. Support essential functionality, security, and the storage of consent preferences. Disabling them may affect the website's operation.
• Functional. Remember additional user preferences and personalise certain features.
• Analytics. Help measure traffic, understand how pages are used, and identify website performance issues.
• Marketing. May be used to measure advertising campaigns and display relevant advertising content.

The specific tools, providers, and expiry periods depend on the website's actual configuration.

4. Consent to Use Cookies

Strictly necessary technologies are used to the extent required to provide requested features and ensure the website functions.

Where consent is required for other categories, those technologies must only be activated after you have made your choice through the relevant settings mechanism.

Simply visiting the website or continuing to browse does not constitute consent to the use of optional cookies.

5. How to Manage Cookies

If a cookie settings panel is available on the website, you can use it to select optional categories and change your choices later.

Most browsers also allow you to:

• View and delete stored cookies.
• Block all cookies or cookies from specific websites.
• Restrict third-party cookies.
• Delete website data when you close the browser.

These options are usually available in the “Privacy”, “Security”, or “Site Data” sections of your browser settings.

Deleting cookies may reset your language, preferences, and previously saved consent settings. Blocking necessary cookies may affect certain website features.

6. Cookie Lifetimes

Session cookies are used during a browsing session and are usually deleted when you close your browser.

Persistent cookies remain until their expiry date or until you delete them. They may be used, for example, to remember preferences between visits.

The actual retention period depends on the purpose of each cookie and the settings of the relevant service.

7. Third-Party Services

If the website uses external services, embedded content, maps, videos, or analytics tools, their providers may use their own cookies and similar technologies.

These providers describe their data processing practices in their own privacy policies. Where the use of such technologies requires consent, it must be requested before they are activated.

8. Cookies and Personal Data

Information associated with cookies may qualify as personal data in certain circumstances, for example where it can identify a user or link their activities to a particular identifier.

Information about the purposes and legal bases for processing, data protection, and your rights is provided on the “Privacy Policy” and “Personal Data Processing” pages.

9. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Policy when website features, the technologies used, or applicable requirements change. The current version is published on this page.

Where changes require renewed consent, it must be requested through the relevant cookie management mechanism.