Cookies

A short definition

A cookie is a tiny data file that your browser keeps while you move through our pages. With similar tracking tools, cookies note details of your visit such as the browser you use, your IP address and the site that referred you.

What they do for you

We use cookies so the main features of our pages work, so your choices like language stay remembered, and so we can see how much traffic we get and how our marketing performs.

Required, functional and advertising cookies

Required cookies are needed for basic operation, for example moving from page to page or opening the areas reserved for registered members, and some parts would not work without them. Functional cookies keep your session ID and remember which language or region you picked, so a later visit feels familiar. Advertising cookies are placed by our advertising partners to count visits and new registrations that came from an ad.

Where cookies come from

Because of how our pages are built, cookies are stored by our back-end application, by our front-end application, or by third-party services. Those outside providers help us measure traffic, understand how people use our content and judge how well our campaigns work.

Switching cookies off

You decide through the settings of your browser. Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, Opera and other browsers each have a help page on deleting or blocking cookies. If you restrict cookies, some functions of our pages may stop working as they should.