Cookies policy
What are cookies?
Cookies are usually small text files, given ID tags that are stored on your computer's browser directory or program data subfolders. Cookies are created when you use your browser to visit a website that uses cookies to keep track of your movements within the site, help you resume where you left off, remember your registered login, theme selection, preferences, and other customization functions.
Kinds of cookies
- First-party cookies are cookies that belong to the same domain that is shown in the browser's address bar (or that belong to the sub domain of the domain in the address bar).
- Third-party cookies are cookies that belong to domains different from the one shown in the address bar. Web pages can feature content from third-party domains (such as banner ads), which opens up the potential for tracking the user's browsing history.
- Session cookies: these are temporary and are erased when you close your browser at the end of your surfing session.
- Persistent cookies: these remain on your hard drive until you erase them or they expire. How long a cookie remains on your browser depends on how long the visited website has programmed the cookie to last.
- Analytics cookies: these collect statistic information about web usage in order to help website owners to improve the service they offer.
- Advertising cookies: these are cookies that collect information about the users' activities in order to deliver targeted advertisements.
What cookies are we using?
This website uses a first-party cookie to store cookies preferences. Other third-party cookies collect anonymous information about the user to provide some services. Specifically, the third party service providers with whom we have contracted a service that uses cookies are:
| Provider | Kind of cookie | Service | Aim | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Analytics | Analytics | Usage report | Statistical reports about the usage of the website. | More |
| AddThis | Analytics | Social ("Share" buttons) | Statistical reports about the usage of the website. | More |
| Chitika | Advertising | Targeted advertisements | These cookies allows this website to make advertising more relevant to the users. | More |
How do I turn cookies off?
You can allow, block or erase cookies stored in your computer using your browser settings. Note that in case you don't allow cookies installation no calculations will be done.
If you would like to find out more about how to block cookies you may find the following links useful:
- For Chrome, visit http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=95647
- For Explorer, visit http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/how-to-manage-cookies-in-internet-explorer-9
- For Firefox, visit https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
- For Safari, visit http://support.apple.com/kb/ph5042