Use of cookies - A cookie is a string of information which assigns you a unique identifier stored on your device in your browser’s file directory. Your browser provides the unique identifier to use each time you submit a query to the platform. Cookies help understand how a platform is being used and improve the users’ experience.
Types of cookies - Depending on their function and intended purpose, different types of cookies are identified as follows:
- Required Cookies also referred to as strictly necessary cookies are essential to enable users to navigate and operate basic platform functions. These include cookies required to allow registered users to authenticate and perform account-related functions.
- Analytics and Performance Cookies also known as performance cookies are used exclusively for statistical purposes by collecting information about how users reach and interact with the platform with the aim of identifying overall patterns and improving the users’ experience. These cookies enable us to monitor and improve the performance of our website.
- Advertising Cookies are placed on your computer by advertisers and ad servers to display advertisements that are most likely to be of interest to users. These cookies allow advertisers and ad servers to gather information about the users’ visits to the platform and other websites, alternate the ads sent to a specific computer and track how often an ad has been viewed and by whom. These cookies are linked to a computer and do not gather any personal information about the user.
- Security Cookies help identify and prevent security risks. We use these cookies to authenticate users and protect user data from unauthorized parties.
- Site Management Cookies are used to maintain the user’s identity or session on the platform to avoid logging off unexpectedly and to retain the information from page to page. Site management cookies cannot be turned off individually.
- Third-Party Cookies, also referred to as tracking cookies, third-party cookies are used as online marketing tools, and they are hosted by an advertiser’s server. Third party cookies gather and track users’ behavior with the aim of creating a user profile for web analytic purposes. These cookies can be manually disabled in your browser.
Our Cookies are first-party cookies and can be either permanent or temporary. These are necessary cookies, without which the platform would not work properly or be able to provide certain features and functionalities. Some of these may be manually disabled in your browser but may affect the functionality of the platform. We also use a limited amount of third party cookies to support our marketing efforts. These however require an opt-in from you as a user of our website.
Control of cookies Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default. However, you can remove or reject cookies in your browser’s settings. Please be aware that such action could affect the availability and functionality of the platform. For more information on how to control cookies, check your browser or device’s settings for how you can control or reject cookies, or visit the following links:
Apple Safari
Google Chrome
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
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Opera
Android (Chrome)
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Iphone or Ipad (Safari)
Contact us for more information about how we use information collected by cookies and other tracking technologies, please refer to our Privacy Statement. By using our website/platform, you agree to be bound by this Cookies Policy.
We reserve the right to make changes to this Cookies Policy at any time and for any reason. Any changes or modifications will be effective immediately after posting the updated Cookie Policy on the platform.
You are encouraged to periodically review our Cookies Policy to stay informed of updates. You will be informed of, will be subject to, and will be deemed to have accepted the changes in any revised Cookies Policy by your continued use of the platform after the date such revised Cookies Policy is posted.
