What is a Cookie?
A cookie is a small text file that a website can store on your computer to help keep track of different things, like if you want to stay logged into a website, or your preferences within a website. You can read more about them on this HTTP cookie Wikipedia article.
Cookies that are being used on the website (Source: browser):
- First party (Local) cookies
First party cookies are cookies that are set by the site itself and can only be read by this site. They are commonly used for the functionality of the site (e.g. shopping cart). This doesn't imply that these cookies are allowed by EU law.
- Third party requests
These are request that are made from a user to an external service. Despite the fact that these requests don't set any cookies, they can still transfer privacy information to third parties. Google Analytics for example works through third party requests.
We don't use any invasive cookies on our website.
How to disable cookies?
User alone can disable cookies. You can do that via your browser settings.
Below are some informations how you can do that:
Google Chrome
1) Click on the spanner icon.
2) Click on 'settings'.
3) Click on 'Under the Hood'
4) Click on 'Content Settings'
5) Click on 'All Cookies and Site Data…'
6) Browse to your URL and take a look
Firefox
1) Click on 'Preferences'
2) Click on 'Privacy'
3) Click on 'remove individual cookies'
4) Browse to your URL and take a look
Internet Explorer
1) Open Internet Explorer by clicking the Start button Picture of the Start button, and then clicking Internet Explorer.
2) Click the Tools button, and then click Internet Options.
3) Click the Privacy tab, and then, under Settings, move the slider to the top to block all cookies or to the bottom to allow all cookies, and then click OK.
4) Blocking cookies might prevent some webpages from displaying correctly.
- Opera
- Safari
If you disable cookies some site features wont work.
With further site browsing you agree on cookies usage.