WHAT ARE "COOKIES"?

"Cookies" are IT data, particularly text files, stored on users' end devices intended for using websites. These files allow recognition of the user's device and proper display of the website adapted to their individual preferences. Cookies typically contain the name of the website from which they originate, their storage duration on the end device, and a unique number.

 

WHAT DO WE USE "COOKIES" FOR?

Cookies are used to adapt the content of websites to user preferences and to optimize the use of websites. They are also used to create anonymous, aggregated statistics that help understand how users use websites, which enables improving their structure and content, excluding personal identification of users.

 

WHAT TYPES OF "COOKIES" DO WE USE?

Two types of cookies are generally used – "session" and "persistent". The first are temporary files that remain on the user's device until logging out from the website or turning off the software (web browser). "Persistent" files remain on the user's device for the time specified in the cookie parameters or until they are manually deleted by the user.

Cookies used by partners of the website operator, including website users in particular, are subject to their own privacy policy.
A detailed breakdown of cookies can be distinguished based on:

 

• A. Types of cookies based on necessity for service delivery

Type	Description
Necessary	Absolutely essential for proper website functioning or functionality that the user wants to use
Functional	Important for website operation: serve to enrich the functionality of the website; without them the website will work correctly, but will not be adapted to user preferences, serve to ensure a high level of website functionality; without settings saved in the cookie file, the functionality level may decrease, but should not completely prevent use, serve very important website functionalities; blocking them will cause selected functions not to work properly.
Business	Enable implementation of the business model on which the website is made available; blocking them will not cause unavailability of all website functionality but may reduce the level of service due to the inability to realize revenue subsidizing the website operation. This category includes, for example, advertising cookies.

 

• B. Based on the duration the cookie will be placed on the user's end device:

Type	Description
Session cookies	Cookie placed for the duration of browser use (session), deleted after closing the browser
Persistent cookies	Not deleted after closing the browser and remains on the user's device for a specified time or without expiration date depending on the website owner's settings

 

• C. Based on origin – the website administrator who manages cookies:

Type	Description
First-party cookie	Cookie placed directly by the owner of the visited website
Third-party cookie	Cookie placed by external entities whose page components were called by the website owner

 

Note: cookies may be called by the administrator using scripts, components located on partner servers, placed in another location – another country or even a completely different legal system. In the case of the website administrator calling website components from outside the administrator's system, other standard cookie policy rules may apply than the privacy/cookie policy of the website administrator.

 

• D. Based on the purpose they serve:

Type	Description
Website configuration	Enable setting functions and services on the website
Security and reliability	Enable authentication verification and website performance optimization
Authentication	Enable notification when the user is logged in, allowing the website to show appropriate information and functions
Session state	Enable saving information about how users use the website. They may concern the most frequently visited pages or possible error messages displayed on some pages. Cookies used to save the so-called "session state" help improve services and increase browsing comfort.
Processes	Enable smooth operation of the website itself and its available functions
Advertising	Enable displaying ads that are more interesting to users, while being more valuable to publishers and advertisers, personalize ads, may also be used to display ads outside website pages (domain)
Location	Enable adapting displayed information to user location
Analytics and research, audience measurement	Enable website owners to better understand their users' preferences and improve and develop products and services through analysis. Usually the website owner or research company anonymously collects information and processes data about trends without identifying personal data of individual users

 

• E. Types of cookies based on user privacy interference

Type	Description
Harmless	Includes cookies: necessary for proper website operation needed to enable website functionality, however their operation has nothing to do with user tracking
Researching	Used for tracking users but do not include information allowing identification of specific user data

 

DO COOKIES CONTAIN PERSONAL DATA?

Personal data collected using cookies may only be collected for the purpose of performing specific functions for the user. Such data is encrypted in a way that prevents access by unauthorized persons.

 

DELETING COOKIES

By default, web browsing software allows cookies to be placed on the end device. These settings can be changed to block automatic cookie handling in browser settings or to inform about each transfer to the user's device. Detailed information about the possibilities and methods of handling cookies is available in the software settings (web browser).

Restricting the use of cookies may affect some functionalities available on the website.