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Cookie Policy

This website uses cookies

We use cookies to personalize content, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media partners, who may combine it with other information you have provided to them or that they have collected from your use of their services.


What are cookies?


Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites you visit. They are widely used to enable websites to operate, or operate more efficiently, and to provide information to site owners. The cookies we use enable us, among other things, to improve your experience when using our website and to ensure that the website functions as you expect it to.


What are the different types of cookies?


A cookie can be classified according to its lifespan and the domain to which it belongs.


Depending on its lifetime, a cookie is either:


  • a session cookie that is deleted when the user closes the browser; or
  • a persistent cookie that remains on the user's computer/device for a predefined period of time.

With regard to the domains to which they belong, there are two types:


  • First party cookies : These are cookies set directly by the website or domain the user is visiting.
  • Third-party cookies: These are cookies set by a domain other than the one the user is visiting. This typically occurs when the website incorporates elements from other sites, such as images, social media plugins or advertising. When the browser or other software fetches these elements from the other sites, they can set cookies as well

What categories of cookies are used on our website?


We use 5 categories of cookies on our website:


  1. Essential cookies

    These cookies are strictly necessary for the functioning of the website to which you, as a user, have requested access. Essential cookies also include cookies intended for communication purposes only (for the sole purpose of transmission over the network). These essential cookies are exempt from consent.

  2. Cookies for audience measurement

    These cookies make it possible to generate statistics on visits in order to improve the website. The solution used for this (Google Analytics) anonymizes IP addresses. These cookies are disabled by default.

  3. Cookies related to social network sharing plugins

    These third-party cookies are set by social networks to use your browsing data in accordance with their terms, when you interact with sharing buttons of these networks integrated on the site.

  4. Functional cookies

    These cookies are used to personalize your user experience.

  5. Video cookies.

    These cookies are set by a third-party service (Youtube) to use your navigation data in accordance with their conditions, when playing videos of the service embedded on our site.

    We incorporate videos on our site using the "privacy- enhanced" mode proposed by Youtube. This means that when viewing the embedded videos, no activity data is collected to personalize the Youtube viewing experience.


Understand how and why we use cookies


The tables below detail the cookies we use and their purposes.


COOKIES EXEMPT FROM CONSENT (ESSENTIAL COOKIES)
Type Name of the cookie Session / Persistent First-party / Third-party Lifespan Purpose
Essential
ci_session Persistent First Party 2 hours Preserves users states across page requests.
local_storage_support_test Persistent Third Party 1 year 1 month The cookie is used in context with the local-storage function in the browser. This function allows the website to load faster by pre-loading certain procedures.
CookieControl Persistent First Party 1 year 1 month Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain.
visid_incap_# Persistent First Party 12 months 4 days These first party cookies are set by a third party service to filter out malicious requests. The information generated cannot identify you as an individual.
incap_ses_# Session First Party Session These first party cookies are set by a third party service to filter out malicious requests. The information generated cannot identify you as an individual.
___utmvc Persistent Third Party 28 seconds The cookie is an Incapsula cookie that used for testing client behavior. The cookie value contains various testing values (contains no meaningful data).
vtkau_sess_ Persistent First Party 2 hours For website session use only.
vtkau_test_cookie Persistent First Party 1 month Used to check if the user's browser supports cookies.
displayed_btm_consent Session First Party Session Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain.
incap_ses_765_1044232 Session First Party Session N/A


COOKIES REQUIRING CONSENT
Type Name of the cookie Session / Persistent First-party / Third-party Lifespan Purpose
Audience measurement
_ga Persistent First Party 2 years Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
_gid Persistent First Party 24 hours Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
_gat Persistent First Party 1 minute Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate.
Functional (Management of widgets for contests, newsletter subscriptions or other third party functions)
uvc Persistent Third Party Detects how often the social sharing service, AddThis, encounters the same user.
xtc Persistent Third Party Registers the user's sharing of content via social media.
loc Persistent Third Party Geolocation, which is used to help providers determine how users who share information with each other are geographically located (state level).
test_cookie Persistent Third Party 15 minutes AdSense, Campaign Manager, Google Ad Manager, Google Analytics, Display & Video 360, Search Ads 360.
IDE Persistent Third Party 13 months EEA UK / 24 months elsewhere Used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the website user's actions after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads with the purpose of measuring the efficacy of an ad and to present targeted ads to the user.
tr Session Third Party Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.
fr Persistent Third Party 2 months 20 days Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.
__widgetsettings Persistent Third Party Collects data through a range of plug-ins and integrations, that is primarily used for tracking and targeting.
i/jot Session Third Party Sets a unique ID for the visitor, that allows third party advertisers to target the visitor with relevant advertisement. This pairing service is provided by third party advertisement hubs, which facilitates real-time bidding for advertisers.
_at.cww Persistent First Party Used by the social sharing platform AddThis.
at-rand Persistent First Party Used by the social sharing platform AddThis.
__atuvc Persistent First Party Updates the counter of a website's social sharing features.
__atuvs Persistent First Party Ensures that the updated counter is displayed to the user if a page is shared with the social sharing service, AddThis.
_fbp Persistent First Party 3 months Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers.
___utmvc Persistent First Party 2 years Collects information on user behaviour on multiple websites. This information is used in order to optimize the relevance of advertisement on the website.
Video
yt-remote-device-id Persistent Third Party Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.
yt-remote-connected-devices Persistent Third Party Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.
yt-remote-session-app Session Third Party Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.
t-remote-cast-installed Session Third Party Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.
yt-remote-session-name Session Third Party Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.
yt-remote-fast-check-period Session Third Party Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE Persistent Third Party 180 days Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos.
YSC Persistent Third Party Session Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
GPS Persistent Third Party Registers a unique ID on mobile devices to enable tracking based on geographical GPS location.


How do I change my cookie settings?


You can accept or decline cookies and you can manage cookies using the tools built into the site.

Most web browsers allow some control over most cookies through the browser settings. You can prevent cookies from being stored on your computer or device by using the tools we provide or by setting your browser to not accept cookies. You can delete cookies already on your computer or device at any time. Find out how to manage cookies on the most popular browsers:



To find information about other browsers, visit the browser developer's website.


Changes to the Cookie Policy


We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Please check this Cookie Policy regularly to ensure that you are aware of the most recent version.



Last updated: 24-April-2023