Cookie Policy

What are

Cookies are small text files stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit our website.

What are they for

We use cookies to ensure the best user experience on our site.

Types of cookies

Cookies are categorised as follows.

Session cookies. Cookies automatically deleted when the user closes the browser.

Persistent cookies. Cookies that remain stored on the user's device until a certain end date is reached (in terms of minutes, days or years after the cookie is created/updated).

Third-party cookies.  Cookies stored on behalf of third parties.

It is possible to control and delete individual cookies using the settings of most browsers. This may, however, prevent you from using certain functions of our website correctly.

For more information, please refer to www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org..

In order to optimise your experience when managing cookies, we have decided to organise cookies into four categories according to their purpose: essential, comfort, performance, advertising.

Essential: These cookies are indispensable for the smooth operation of the site and its functions. Examples: authentication cookies.

Comfort: These cookies make it possible to improve the comfort and usability of Internet sites and provide various functions. For example, in comfort cookies you can store search results, language settings, font size.

Performance: These cookies collect information about how websites are used. For example, performance cookies help us to determine which areas of our site are the most popular. This enables us to adapt the content of Internet pages to your wishes and at the same time to improve the Internet services offered.

Advertising: These cookies are used to personalise the sending of information and advertising communications according to the user's interests, e.g. based on the pages visited.

Below is a list of the cookies used by this site.

Cookie List

NID
Google NID cookie, used by Google Maps for non-personal statistical data that may allow tracking.

PREF
Stores user preferences using Google.

_ZopeId
Zope's cookie used for session management.

_gat_gtag
_ga
_gid
Google Analytics cookies, they allow us to monitor and analyse traffic data and are used to track the user's behaviour in order to improve the user experience.

__stid
Share This cookies set when a user views the sharing bar on social networks.

__unam
Set up as part of the Share This service, it monitors click-stream activity, e.g. web pages viewed, navigation from page to page, time spent on each page.

__uset
Share This cookie.

__utma
It determines unique visitors.

__utmb
Used to establish and continue a user session.

__utmc
Determines whether or not to establish a new session for the user.

__utmt
Used to limit the frequency of requests.

__utmz
It stores the type of reference used by the visitor to reach a website.

__ac
Logged in cookie.

UID
ScoreCard Research Beacon, cookies used for site statistics in an anonymous form.

UIDR
ScoreCard Research Beacon, cookies used for site statistics in an anonymous form.

na_tc
Used by DataLogix to track web surfing behaviour.

sg1
Not classified.

RCIID
Not classified.

GEUP
Youtube cookies used to collect anonymous statistical information and evaluate the performance of videos embedded on the site.

PREF
Youtube cookies used to collect anonymous statistical information and evaluate the performance of videos embedded on the site.

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE
Youtube cookies used to collect anonymous statistical information and evaluate the performance of videos embedded on the site.

YSC
Youtube cookies used to collect anonymous statistical information and evaluate the performance of videos embedded on the site.