Cookies Policy

Cookie Policy

To make this website work properly, we sometimes use small data files called cookies.

A cookie (also known as a web cookie or browser cookie) is a string of coded text that is stored on a website visitor’s computer.

Cookies can save you time as they help us remember who you are and what are your preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site. Cookies allow us to be more efficient and help us to improve content that is important to you.

Cookies alone do not provide personally identifiable information unless you expressly allow cookies to store it. Cookies can only be used by the server that gave them to you.

How do we use cookies?

On our website, we use two types of cookies, essential and analytical cookies. The first allow navigation on our website and the use of its functions, such as logging in to the members’ area. The second collect information such as which pages you visit on our website, from what device or from what country you are accessing our website.  In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-parties cookies.

We use cookies on our website for a number of purposes:

  • to enable certain functions of our website;
  • to provide analytics;
  • to store your preferences regarding things such as your login data, font size or other display preferences;
  • to remember if you already accepted our use of cookies when you visited our website for the first time.
Name Time Held Purpose
Crumb session Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF). CSRF
is an attack vector that tricks a
browser
_gat_gtag_[property_id] 1 minute Which Google Analytics property should track
metrics.
_gid 1 day Google Analytics user ID that track users across sessions.
_ga 2 years Google Analytics ID that does site metrics monitoring.
SS_ABPP
SS_MATTR
SS_MID
From 30 minutes to a maximum of 2 years from first visit. To provide us with information about your visit, such as device and browser usage and referral sites. his helps us to identify areas for
improvement and those that are most valued. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form.
ss-lastid session
pendo_ session

How to control cookies?

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish – for details, click here. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.
By using our website, you agree to our use of cookies according to our Cookie Policy. You can block cookies in most internet browsers – visit this link to see how it works.