What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site.
By using the website, you consent to the use of cookies. The purpose is to enable the site to remember your preferences (such as user name, language, etc.) for a certain period of time. That way, you don’t have to re-enter them when browsing around the site during the same visit. Cookies can also be used to establish anonymized statistics about the browsing experience on our sites.
How we use cookies?
The website mostly uses first party cookies:
The only third party cookies currently in use are for Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a tool that helps website owners measure how users interact with website content. These cookies count unique visitors, remember the number and time of previous visits, store how you arrived at the site etc. You can learn more at the google analytics cookie-usage page..
Some of our pages display content from external providers, such as YouTube. To view this content, you first have to accept their specific terms and conditions. This includes their cookie policies, which we have no control over. But if you do not view this content, their cookies are not installed on your device.
How you can manage cookies
You can manage or delete cookies as you wish by using the settings in your browser. You can delete all cookies that are already on your device by clearing the browsing history of your browser. This will remove all cookies from all websites you have visited. Be aware though that you may also lose some saved information, e.g. saved login details, site preferences. In most modern browsers you can prevent any cookies being placed on your device.
You can learn more about this and about cookies in general at the following third party websites: aboutcookies.org, allaboutcookies.org.