What are cookies and how do they work?

Cookies are small pieces of code stored on your device. Cookies do not contain any personal information and are non-functional, i.e. they are not programs but simple text files. The first time you visit our websites, a cookie is downloaded to your device. The next time our websites recognize this cookie and “know” that you have visited our website before. Cookies are beneficial to users because they improve their experience on frequently visited websites.

What do we use cookies for?

Cookies allow us to improve our website by knowing how many unique users visit us and which pages they visit. This allows us to know which content is interesting to our users. With these improvements in mind, we use Google Analytics, a statistics tool. The information collected in this process is completely anonymous and serves only statistical purposes.

How can you control cookies?

Browsers such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari allow you to change your cookie permissions to prevent cookies from being accepted by your device. However, such restriction may affect your user experience. The “Help” section in your browser may indicate the steps required to make such a change.