To continuously enhance our offerings and services, ensuring optimal and up-to-date operations, we utilize small passive files called cookies. These cookies serve specific purposes, and we want to inform you about their functionality and how you can manage them, including the option to refuse or delete them if you choose.
1. Cookies from Google
To gain insights into our audience’s interests and enhance our website for visitors and customers, we utilize Google Analytics cookies. With your implied consent, these cookies are placed on your device to identify the content that has most captivated your attention and track website traffic.
The primary purpose of collecting these statistics is to refine the content, services, and offerings we provide (see detailed explanation below).
If you do not opt out of Google Analytics cookies on your device, we will employ three such cookies (Google Analytics Cookies – details here »):
_ga: This cookie, used to distinguish unique visitors and provide a unique identifier for each visit, expires after 24 months from your last visit to our website.
_gat_gtag_UA_119931890_1: This cookie, used to throttle the request rate and prevent data from being collected too quickly, expires after one minute from your last access to our website.
_gid: This cookie, used to store and track a user’s unique identifier in a cross-domain context, expires after 24 hours from your last access to our website.
While the statistics we gather through these cookies are anonymous, it’s important to acknowledge that Google may have additional information about you based on your overall internet activity and association with your Google account.
For more comprehensive information about cookies, including their purpose, usage, and management, please visit the APTI website.
2. Google Analytics Opt-Out Cookie
In accordance with GDPR regulations, we will place an additional cookie on your device if you choose to continue browsing our website after being informed about our cookie practices or if you opt out of Google Analytics cookies. This cookie, named “cookie_notice_accepted” or “cookie_notice_refused” depending on your choice, is essential for our GDPR compliance and cannot be refused. It originates from our website and is part of our GDPR compliance module.
The compliance cookie expires after 30 days from the date you set your preference, whether accepting our cookie policy (indicating your acknowledgment of our cookie placement practices) or opting out of Google Analytics cookies (declining to contribute to our traffic statistics).
3. If you change your mind
We understand that your preferences regarding cookies may change over time. You have the flexibility to modify your cookie settings at any point.
Opting In or Out of Cookies:
Opting In: If you initially opted out of Google Analytics cookies but later decide to contribute to our traffic statistics, you can easily change your preference.
Opting Out: Conversely, if you currently accept cookies but decide to restrict them in the future, you can also modify your settings.
Considerations for Opting Out:
Website Functionality: Please be aware that opting out of all cookies may affect the functionality of our website or other websites you visit. Certain features may become inaccessible or challenging to use.
Cookie Removal: We cannot directly remove cookies from your devices. If you choose to opt out and want to remove existing cookies, you will need to do so manually through your browser settings. Cookies typically have an expiration date and will be automatically deleted once they reach that date.
Empowering Your Choices:
We respect your privacy and want to ensure you have control over your cookie preferences. We encourage you to explore our cookie policy for more detailed information.
4. Clear Your Cookies with Ease
You can easily remove all data stored in our cookies by utilizing the individual cookie deletion feature within your browser’s settings. Below, you’ll find links to English-language instructions for popular browsers:
Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox
Internet Explorer
Internet Explorer 8
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Others:
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5. Embedded content from other websites
Articles on this website may include content from other sources, such as YouTube videos. When accessing content from other websites, please be aware that these sites may collect data about you, use cookies, enable behavior tracking and analytics services (e.g., Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel), and monitor your interaction with the embedded content. This data collection may occur even if you have an account and are logged in to the external website.