Cookies are small files that typically consist of letters and numbers. A cookie may be planted on the web browser of your PC or other device whenever you access certain websites. The purpose of a cookie is to store basic information, such as visitor preferences. A cookie will be sent back to the originating website on each of your subsequent visits to such website. Cookies are useful because they allow websites to recognize your web browser or device over a period of time.
Most Internet browsers support cookies. Users can manage their web browsers by setting them to decline certain types of cookies, or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. The majority of the worlds well-known websites use cookies. Features or services available on some websites may not even function properly without cookies.
The cookies described below are used to improve our website. They contain no personal information that would enable us, or anybody else, to identify you as an individual by means of, for example, extracting your name or contact details.
Two types of cookies may be used on your visit to our website:
First-party cookies, which are set by a specific website and can be read only by that website. For example, when a cookie from our website is planted on your web browser, only our website will be able to recognize such cookie.
Third-party cookies, which are set by another company than ours, such as a third-party analytics company, which plants on your web browser its own cookies.
Please note that third-party cookies are managed by the relevant partners and service providers, as identified in the above table. We have neither access to, nor the ability to control cookies used by our partners. You should check the relevant third partys cookie policy for more information on the usage of information they collect.
We use cookies to better understand how you interact with the content on our website. Moreover, these small files can augment your user experience, because they remember your individual preferences. Cookies help us count how many users visit specific pages on our website. Another reason for using cookies is to serve you content customized to suit your specific interests. More particularly, they help learn about your behavior to serve you targeted advertisements on third-party websites in an effort to tailor products and services to your individual needs.
Any browser loading our website will receive cookies. You can always opt-out of both types of cookies on our website by adjusting your cookies settings. The instruction on disabling cookies follows below.
First of all, please note that most browsers accept cookies by default. You have the right to accept or stop cookies from being planted on your PC, or other device, at any time by modifying the settings in your web browser in a way matching your cookie preferences. You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish for details, please see aboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies that are already on your PC, or other device, and you can set most browsers to prevent cookies from being placed. In such case, however, you will have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a website. As a result, some services and functionality may not be running properly.
To opt-out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.