Cookies, analytics and embedded third-party services.
Last updated: 25 August 2026
1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies and similar technologies are small files, identifiers or local-storage mechanisms used by websites to provide functionality, remember preferences, measure audience activity or support third-party services.
2. Categories of Cookies
- Necessary cookies. They are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in or adjusting your consent preferences. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
- Functional cookies. They help perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback, and other third-party features.
- Analytical cookies. They are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
- Performance cookies. They are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
- Advertisement cookies. They are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns.
- Uncategorized cookies. Other cookies that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet.
3. Cookie Choices
Where consent is required for non-essential cookies or similar technologies, the website should provide a clear choice before those technologies are activated. The consent interface should offer:
- Accept all
- Reject non-essential cookies
- Manage preferences
A Cookie Settings link should remain available from the footer so visitors can change or withdraw choices later. Refusing non-essential cookies should not prevent access to ordinary editorial content unless a specific technology is strictly necessary for a service expressly requested by the user.
4. Cookie Inventory
4.1. Login Page
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
4.2. Google Analytics
We use Google Analytics to collect data.
Google Analytics uses Analytical cookies to help the Website analyse how users use the Website. Information about your use of the Website, processed by Google Analitycs, may be transferred, including to the territory of the United States of America.
The IP address transmitted by your browser within the scope of Google Analytics will not be associated with any other data held by Google. You may prevent the storage of cookies by selecting the relevant setting in your browser; however, we would like to point out that if you do this you may not be able to avail of the full functionality of this Website.
There are a number of ways of preventing the storage of cookies:
- You may set an opt-out for Analytial cookie that will instruct Google not to store or use your information for the purpose of web analysis. Please note that with this option, there will be no Website analysis for as long as the opt-out cookie is stored in your browser. If you wish, you may set an opt-out cookie.
- You may prevent the storage of the cookies required to create a profile by selecting the relevant setting in your browser.
- Depending on the browser you are using, you may install a browser add-on that will prevent tracking. Just click here and install the downloadable browser add-on.
Google Analytics is used in accordance with the requirements which the German Data Protection Authorities have agreed together with Google.
Information regarding the third-party provider: Google Dublin, Google Ireland Ltd., Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland, Fax: +353 (1) 436 1001. The Google Analytics Terms of Service are available here. The Google Analytics security and privacy principles are available here. The Google privacy policy is available here.
4.3. Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
5. Consent Records
The cookie-consent mechanism should record consent choices in a manner sufficient to demonstrate compliance, while avoiding unnecessary collection of personal data. The developer should confirm that consent choices are respected before tags are fired and after preferences are changed.
