Cookie Usage Policy

Cookies are small pieces of data stored on your device (computer or mobile device).
To enhance site responsiveness for our users, we may utilize “cookies” or similar electronic tools. These help gather information by assigning each visitor a unique, random number as a User Identification (User ID) to comprehend individual interests using the Identified Computer. Unless you voluntarily identify yourself (through registration, for instance), we cannot personally identify you, even if we assign a cookie to your device. Cookies cannot read data from your hard drive. Additionally, our advertisers may assign their own cookies to your browser (if you click on their ads), a process beyond our control.
Our web servers automatically capture limited information about your device’s internet connection, including your IP address, upon visiting our site. Your IP address does not personally identify you but helps in delivering requested web pages, tailoring our site to user interests, measuring site traffic, and informing advertisers about visitor locations.

1. Cookies We Utilize: Types and Purposes

We use the following types of cookies:
  • Essential Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionalities such as security, network management, and accessibility. You cannot opt-out of these cookies.
  • Analytical/Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users find what they are looking for easily.
  • Functionality Cookies: These cookies are used to recognise you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name, and remember your preferences (such as your choice of language or region).
  • Marketing Cookies: These cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third-party advertisers.

2. Information Dissemination

Utilization of Cookies and Local Storage for Enhanced User Experience: Cookies and local storage are essential for the functionality our users value, such as accessing educational content or showing online friends. We also utilize these technologies to offer links to social networking sites, media add-ons, and video content, facilitating easy sharing across your preferred social networks. Occasionally, third parties may place cookies or local storage devices on your device through our site features. It's important to review the privacy policies of these third parties, as they are responsible for processing your data. Additionally, some third-party ad networks provide options to customize or opt out of targeted advertising based on your browsing behavior.

3. Extended Data Collection Systems

Social Media Buttons
Our site's web pages may feature 'social buttons,' which allow users to share or bookmark web pages. These buttons are available for various social media websites. To implement these buttons and link them to the relevant social networks and external sites, scripts from domains outside our Company are used. Be aware that these sites may collect information about your internet browsing, including on our Company's site. If you click any of these buttons, these sites will register that action and may use the information. In some cases, if you are logged into their services, these sites will register that you are visiting our Company's website and the specific pages you are on, even if you don't click on the button. Check the respective privacy and cookie policies of each of these sites to understand how they use your information and how to opt out or delete such information.

4. Experiencing Limitations with No Cookies

You can set your browser to accept or decline cookies. Most browsers automatically accept them, but you can modify settings to decline cookies if preferred. Disabling cookies may affect how our website functions and your overall experience.

5. Miscellaneous

Guidelines for Data Retention
We maintain your Personal Data only for as long as necessary for the purposes stated in our Privacy Policy. Usage Data is retained for internal analyses to improve security, enhance functionality, or to meet mandatory legal storage requirements.