9.1 What are cookies?
Cookies are 16 text files sent by a web server and stored by computer or mobile device browser software. When the browser reconnects to the site, the site recognizes the type of device used by the user for connecting. Parameters allow the reading of the information contained in the cookies only to the server that created them. Therefore, cookies make it easier to use previously-visited sites.
The information collected relates to the IP address, the type of browser used, language, operating system type, internet service provider, information about the time and date, location, and information sent to the site via a contact form. The expiration time for cookies varies from duration of a browser session, up to two years for analytics.
9.2 Why do we use cookies?
Cookies are used to monitor and determine how users use our websites, to improve the functioning of the service in order to ensure more efficient and seamless navigation. Monitoring of information about users is performed with the use of the Google Analytics tool that registers user behavior on a site.
Cookies identify the user, allowing them to adjust the content of the website to the user’s needs. Remembering user preferences allows for the proper fit of displayed advertisements.
On our site we use the following types of cookies:
a) “essential” cookies which allow the use of services available on the website, such as authentication cookies used for services that require authentication to our app (at www.velimal.com)
b) cookies used to ensure safety, such as the ones used for detection of fraud in authentication through the website
c) “performance” cookies for collecting information about the use of the website
d) “functional” cookies for “saving” user-selected settings and customizing the user interface, as regards (for example) language or region of origin of the user, a font size, website appearance, etc.
e) “advertising” cookies that provide users with advertising content more tailored to their interests
The data are stored and processed in accordance with Polish law. We respect the privacy of our users, therefore the stored data are confidential and not shared with third parties. Their security is a high priority for us, that is why they are collected on safe and protected servers.
Cookies can not access data on a user’s disk, nor are they able to establish a user’s identity. Also, they do not track user’s activities after leaving our site.
9.3 How I can control cookies?
Users can at any time disable or enable the option of cookie collection by modifying the settings in their browser. Instructions for cookie management are available at:
http://www.allaboutcookies.org. You can also directly manage your cookie preferences on our website via the consent banner that appears when you first visit our site. This banner allows you to choose which types of cookies you consent to us using.
Additional personal information, such as e-mail address, is collected only in places where the user expressly consents while completing a form. These data are stored and used by us only for purposes necessary to perform a particular function.