1. What are cookies?

Cookies are a small piece of text sent to your browser by a website visited by a user. It makes it easier for the website to remember information about the user’s visit, such as their preferred language and other settings. This can make it easier for the next visit and make the website more useful to the user. Cookies play an important role. Without them, using the web would be a much more complicated experience.

2. Why do we use cookies?

Cookies are used for many reasons. They are used, for example, to remember the user’s preferences in terms of secure search, to calculate the number of visitors to a page or to make it easier for the user to register for services and to protect their data.

3. Functionality and content of the website 

User sharing functionality is used by visitors to recommend websites and content on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter. Cookies store information about how visitors use the sharing function – although not at an individual level – to improve the site. If you do not accept cookies, no information is stored. For some of our site’s features, we may use third-party vendors, for example, when you visit a page with embedded photos, videos or links to YouTube. These videos or links (and any other content from third-party vendors) may contain third-party cookies, and you can consult the policies of these third-party sites for information about their use of cookies. 

4. How can I refuse and delete cookies? 

We will not use cookies to collect users’ personal data unless there is explicit consent. However, you can choose to reject or block cookies by changing your browser settings – for more details, please refer to the "Help" function in your browser. Please note that most browsers automatically accept cookies, so if you do not want cookies to be used, you may need to actively delete or block cookies. For information on the use of cookies in mobile browsers and for details on how to reject or delete such cookies, please refer to your browser settings. Please note, however, that if you reject the use of cookies, you will still be able to visit our website, but some of the features may not function properly.

More information about the use of cookies can be found at http://ec.europa.eu/ipg/basics/legal/cookies/index_en.htm

5. Legal Statement Review

We reserve the right to make any changes and corrections to this statement. We invite you to refer to this page periodically to review this page for current and new, additional information. Last document amendment: January 2023