Cookie Policy

1. Introduction

Our website uses cookies and other related technologies (for convenience, all technologies are referred to as “cookies”). Cookies are also placed by third parties we have engaged. In the document below we inform you about the use of cookies on our website.

2. What are cookies?

A cookie is a small simple file that is sent along with pages of this website and stored by your browser on the hard drive of your computer or another device. The information stored therein may be returned to our servers or to the servers of the relevant third parties during a subsequent visit.

3. Scripts and web beacons

A script is a piece of program code that is used to make our website function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device. A web beacon (or pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic, storing various data about you in the process.

4. Types of cookies

• Technical or functional cookies — ensure that parts of the website work properly and that your user preferences remain known. We may place these cookies without your consent.
• Statistics cookies — used to measure how the website is used, so we can improve it for visitors.
• Marketing/tracking cookies — cookies or other forms of local storage used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track you across websites for similar marketing purposes.

5. Placed cookies

The following services place cookies on this website:

• Google reCAPTCHA (functional, marketing/tracking) — used for spam prevention. See the Google reCAPTCHA privacy statement for details.
• Google Analytics (statistics) — used for website statistics. See the Google Analytics privacy statement for details.
• WordPress (functional) — used for website functionality, such as storing user preferences and login state. This data is not shared with third parties.
• Hosting/performance cookies (functional) — used to serve cached pages efficiently.

6. Consent

When you visit our website for the first time, we will show you a pop-up with an explanation about cookies. As soon as you save your preferences, you consent to us using the categories of cookies and plug-ins you selected, as described in this Cookie Policy. You can disable the use of cookies via your browser, but please note that our website may no longer work properly.

7. Enabling, disabling and deleting cookies

You can use your internet browser to automatically or manually delete cookies, specify that certain cookies may not be placed, or receive a message each time a cookie is placed. For more information about these options, please refer to your browser’s Help section. Please note that our website may not work properly if all cookies are disabled, and deleted cookies will be placed again with your consent when you revisit our website.

8. Your rights with respect to personal data

• The right to know why your personal data is needed, what will happen to it, and how long it will be retained.
• Right of access — to access your personal data that is known to us.
• Right to rectification — to supplement, correct, delete or block your personal data whenever you wish.
• The right to revoke consent and to have your personal data deleted.
• Right to data portability — to request all your personal data and transfer it in its entirety to another controller.
• Right to object — to object to the processing of your data, which we comply with unless there are justified grounds for processing.

To exercise these rights, or if you have a complaint about how we handle your data, please contact us. You also have the right to submit a complaint to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO).

9. Contact

For questions and/or comments about our Cookie Policy, please contact us via our contact page.