In order to ensure the proper functioning of the website and to improve your browsing experience, we sometimes place small data files on your computer, called “cookies”. Most sites do the same.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your computer or mobile device when you visit it. This way, the website remembers your actions and preferences (eg language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to enter those preferences every time you visit the website or browse its pages.

How do we use cookies?

Some of our pages use cookies that help you navigate the website better. You can delete these cookies or block their placement, but if you do so some features of the website may not work as intended. These cookies are used to remember: your display preferences, such as navigation language, color contrast, font size, device used and your preferences regarding search results and notifications, the last your visit to the website (for statistical purposes), whether you have agreed (or not) to us using cookies on this website. Also, some videos embedded on our pages use a “cookie” to collect anonymous statistics about how you got there and which videos you visited.

Our website uses Google Analytics Cookies. The information collected through Google Analytics Cookies is transferred to and stored on servers in the United States of America in accordance with the Privacy Policy applicable there. To read the Google Analytics Cookies Privacy Policy, please visit the website http://www.google.co.uk/intl/en/analytics/privacyoverview.html. You can disable Google Analytics Cookies by visiting the address http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl+en-GB. In case you wish to disable the use of these Cookies, please follow the instructions provided above.

Private data

Information related to cookies is not used to identify users, and we have full control over navigation data. Cookies are not used for purposes other than those described in this text.

How to control cookies

You can control and/or delete cookies according to your wishes. Details can be found here: aboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies already on your computer, as well as set most browsers to prevent the installation of cookies. However, in this case, you may need to adjust some preferences yourself each time you visit a website, and some services may also not work.

Absolutely Necessary Cookies
These are Cookies that are absolutely necessary for the operation of a website. They include e.g. cookies that enable you to connect to secure links on this website. These cookies do not collect information about you that could be used for marketing purposes or to remember the parts of the internet you have visited. This category of Cookies cannot be disabled.

Traffic Measurement Cookies
These allow us to recognize and measure the number of visitors to our website and how they move around the website when they use it. In this way we improve the functioning of the website by, for example, ensuring that users easily find what they are looking for. These Cookies do not store personal information, such as your name or address which may directly identify you, however the information collected through them, in combination with other information may indirectly lead to your identification. All information collected through these Cookies is initially anonymous and is used only to improve the functionality of our website.

Functionality Cookies
These are Cookies that recognize you when you return to our website. The use of Functional Cookies therefore allows us to offer you content tailored to your interests and to save the time you would waste re-registering or re-entering information when you visit this website again. These Cookies store personal information such as your name or address which may identify you. In case you wish to disable the use of these Cookies, please follow the instructions provided below.

In the following table you can find more information about the individual cookies we use and their purpose:

How can you disable the use of Cookies?

In the event that you wish to activate or deactivate the use of electronic cookies from your browser settings, depending on your browser, visit the following websites to learn about the necessary related actions

• Internet Explorer http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835
• Firefox http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored
• Chrome http://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=en
• Opera http://www.opera.com/browser/tutorials/security/privacy/
• Safari http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042
• Safari for iPad and iPhone http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677