Cookies Policy

Cookies Policy

1. What are cookies?
   A cookie is a small file that is downloaded to your device when you access certain webpages. Cookies allow a website to recognise a user’s device, facilitate navigation, remember preferences, and compile statistics about website usage.
2. Legal framework
   The use of cookies and similar technologies is subject to European ePrivacy rules (Directive 2002/58/EC, as implemented in the relevant national legislation of EU/EEA Member States). Where cookies involve the processing of personal data, such processing is carried out in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation, ‘GDPR’).
3. Cookie categories used on this Website
   We use the following categories of cookies:
   • Strictly necessary / technical cookies (mandatory): required for the Website to function properly, such as enabling core features, security, and basic navigation. Under applicable law, these cookies do not require consent when they are strictly necessary to provide a service explicitly requested by the user.
   • Preference (customisation) cookies (optional unless strictly necessary): used to remember choices such as language preferences.
   • Analytics cookies (optional): used to measure and analyse how visitors use the Website, so we can improve content and performance.
4. Google Analytics (analytics cookies)
   We use Google Analytics to obtain aggregated statistics about Website usage (e.g., page views, session duration, traffic sources, and interaction patterns) in order to improve the Website.
   • We use analytics in a way intended to avoid direct identification of users and to work with aggregated reporting.
   • IP anonymisation is enabled, and the Website’s analytics configuration is intended to prevent recovery of a full IP address within our analytics reports.
   • We do not use analytics data to identify individual users, nor to create individualised profiles for decision-making purposes.
5. Consent management (accept / reject / configure)
   When you first visit the Website, you can:
   • accept all cookies,
   • reject optional cookies, or
   • configure your preferences by category.
   You can change your choices at any time using the cookie settings mechanism available on the Website (or by deleting cookies via your browser, as described below).
6. How to disable or delete cookies
   You can restrict, block, or delete cookies by changing your browser settings. Please consult your browser’s help pages for updated instructions (e.g., Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge).
7. Retention
   Cookie lifetimes depend on the type of cookie (session or persistent). Analytics retention settings are configured within the analytics tool and are limited to what is necessary for measurement and improvement purposes.
8. Third-party cookies and international transfers
   Some cookies may be set by third parties (e.g., analytics providers). Where this implies data transfers outside the EEA, we apply appropriate safeguards under the GDPR, as applicable (e.g., adequacy decisions or Standard Contractual Clauses).
9. Updates
   We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time. The latest version will always be published on this page.