1.   Our Site uses cookies and this cookie policy explains what they are, why we use them, your consent to them, the types of cookies, how to control them, where you can find further info on this topic and which exact cookies we use.

2.   Cookies are small text files, often including unique identifiers (strings of letters and numbers) sent by web servers to web browsers, and stored by your browser onto your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Said identifier may then be sent back to the server every time the browser requests a web page from the server. This enables the server to identify and track users as they navigate through different web pages on a website and to identify users who are returning. Cookies do not harm your computer or mobile device and do not contain any viruses. They are not used to access or otherwise compromise the data on your hard drive.

3.   We use cookies:

         a)   to provide you with a better and more efficient user experience and a more user-friendly Site

         b)   to analyze our Site’s traffic and gather statistics in order to improve our Site and services by increasing the functionality and efficiency of our Site

         c)   to personalize our Site’s content to your specific interests, based on your prior browsing behavior, thus distinguishing you from other users of our Site. The cookies enable us to recognize your browser next time you visit our Site, allowing the server to recall information from your prior visit.

         d)   to make our Site more secure

         e)   to provide social media features

         f)   to ensure an optimized service provided free of technical errors

4.   You consent to our cookies by continuing to use our Site.

5.   Cookies can be either session or persistent cookies. Session cookies expire when the user closes the web browser and are not stored after said closure. Persistent cookies on the other hand, are stored by the user’s web browser until their set expiry date or until the user deletes them.

6.   The cookies on our Site are either set by us (first-party cookies) or by third-party service providers whose services we have added to our web pages (third-party cookies). We do not have access or control over third-party cookies and use of these cookies is subject to their own privacy policies.

7.   The cookies used on our Site can be categorized into six types, namely:

         a)   necessary cookies – absolutely essential for the website to function properly. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously.

         b)   functional cookies – help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features

         c)   performance cookies – used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors

         d)   analytics cookies – used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

         e)   advertisement cookies – used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads.

         f)   other cookies – other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet.

8. You can enable, disable and/or delete cookies as you wish. This can be done at browser level, by changing your browser settings usually found in the “Options” or “Preferences” menu of the browser. Please note however, that disabling cookies may limit the functionality of our Site.

9. Please refer to the following website to read more about cookies: allaboutcookies.org 

10. We rely on the new EU standard contractual clauses (hereinafter SCCs) issued on 4 June, 2021 by the European Commission that we have executed with our cloud services providers (so-called data processors) as a legal basis for transfer of personal data from the EU and Switzerland to the US, in particular to servers in the US. Said SCCs are hereby incorporated into this Cookie Policy as a valid data transfer mechanism between the EU and Switzerland and the US, being applied automatically and ensuring that personal data is safely transferred from the EU and the Switzerland by taking all necessary measures to provide appropriate safeguards in accordance with applicable EU and Swiss Data Protection Laws.

11. Concerning  UK data subjects, similar to Section 1.7 above, in accordance with the Retained Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (“UK GDPR”), we rely on the UK SCCs for data processors as approved by the UK Information Commissioner’s Office, that we have executed with our cloud services providers as a legal basis for transfer of personal data from the UK to the US, the same being hereby incorporated into this Cookie Policy. 

10. We use the following cookies on our Site: