Cookies Policy

Like the majority of websites, our websites use cookies. Cookies help us to analyse how people use our sites, which means we have a better understanding of what users want from them. Cookies enable us to use this information to improve the user experience of our websites.

Cookies are small text files placed on your computer when you visit our websites. Whilst they allow us to collect information such as how long a user remains on our site and what pages they visit, cookies do not allow us to identify visitors specifically. No personal identifying data is gathered about visitors to our websites through the use of cookies.

Your consent

 When you visit our websites, we will always inform you of what cookies are and how you can manage them. You are also made aware that if you continue to use the site you are agreeing to the use of cookies. You may choose to disable the use of cookies if you wish.

Types of cookies we use

Session Cookies

These are essential for the website to function properly and enable users to navigate through the website. You cannot disable session cookies, however you can adjust your session cookies through the settings feature of your browser. Session cookies do not collect information from a user’s device.

Persistent Cookies

These cookies are not essential, however they help enhance a user’s experience of a website, ensuring relevant content is delivered quickly to users.  Users are able to disable the use of these cookies if wished.

Google Analytics

Our websites use Google Analytics, a web-based analytics tool that tracks and reports on the manner in which our websites are used to help us to improve them. The information that the cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.

If a user consents to receiving updates from us, we use software that places a cookie on your device to help us understand whether you (i) read the emails and other materials, such as legal publications (ii) click on the links to the information that we include in them and (iii) how you visit our websites after you click on that link (immediately and on future visits). It records this activity against your email address.

By continuing to use our website without changing your privacy settings, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.  To find out more about cookies, including how to manage and delete them, visit http://www.aboutcookies.org.uk/.

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Cookies and other Identifiers consist of portions of code placed on the User’s device that assist the Owner in providing the Service according to the purposes described.

Some of the purposes for which Identifiers are used may also require the User’s consent. Whenever consent is given, it can be freely withdrawn at any time following the instructions provided in this document.

Activities strictly necessary for the operation of this Website and delivery of the Service

This Website uses Cookies or other Identifiers to carry out activities that are strictly necessary for the operation or delivery of the Service and, therefore, do not require Users to consent. Users can disable such Identifiers by modifying their browser or device settings as described in more detail within this document, but this may affect core operational functions or result in the unavailability of the Service.

Managing landing and invitation pages

This type of service helps with building and managing landing and invitation pages, i.e., pages for presenting a product or service, where you may add your contact information such as an email address.
Managing these pages means that these services will handle the Personal Data collected through the pages, including Usage Data.

Unbounce (Unbounce Marketing Solutions Inc.)

Unbounce is a landing page management service provided by Unbounce Marketing Solutions Inc., that allows this Website to collect the email addresses of Users interested in its service.
Unbounce allows the Owner to track and analyse the User response concerning web traffic or behaviour regarding changes to the structure, text or any other component of the created landing pages.

Personal Data processed: Cookies, email address and Usage Data.

Place of processing: Canada – Privacy Policy.

Backup and Saving Manager

This type of service allows the Owner to save and manage backups of this Website on external servers managed by the service provider itself. The backups may include the source code and content as well as the data that the User provides to this Website.

Backup on Google Drive (Google Ireland Limited)

Google Drive is a service to save and manage backups provided by Google Ireland Limited.

Personal Data processed: various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

Other activities        

Measurement

This Website uses Cookies or other Identifiers to measure traffic and analyse User behaviour with the goal of improving the Service.

Analytics

The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyse web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behaviour.

Google Analytics Demographics and Interests reports (Google Ireland Limited)

Google Analytics Demographics and Interests reports is a Google Advertising Reporting feature that makes available demographic and interests Data inside Google Analytics for this Website (demographics means age and gender Data). Users can opt out of Google’s use of cookies by visiting Google’s Ads Settings.

Personal Data processed: Cookies and unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example).

Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

Twitter Ads conversion tracking (Twitter, Inc.)

Twitter Ads conversion tracking is an analytics service provided by Twitter, Inc. that connects data from the Twitter advertising network with actions performed on this Website.

Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

Targeting & Advertising

This Website uses Cookies or other Identifiers to deliver personalised marketing content based on User behaviour and to operate, serve and track ads.

Some of the services used by the Owner adhere to the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework, an initiative that facilitates responsible privacy practices across the digital advertising industry, providing Users with enhanced transparency and control over how their data are used for advertising tracking purposes. Users can customise their advertising preferences at any time by accessing the advertising preferences panel from within the cookie notice or via the relevant link on this Website.

Heat mapping and session recording

Heat mapping services are used to display the areas of this Website that Users interact with most frequently. This shows where the points of interest are. These services make it possible to monitor and analyse web traffic and keep track of User behaviour.

Some of these services may record sessions and make them available for later visual playback.

Hotjar Heat Maps & Recordings (Hotjar Ltd.)

Hotjar is a session recording and heat mapping service provided by Hotjar Ltd.

Hotjar honours generic “Do Not Track” headers. This means the browser can tell its script not to collect any of the User’s data. This is a setting that is available in all major browsers. Find Hotjar’s opt-out information here.

Personal Data processed: Cookies, Usage Data and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

Place of processing: Malta – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.

Definitions and legal references

Personal Data (or Data)

Any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows for the identification or identifiability of a natural person.

Usage Data

Information collected automatically through this Website (or third-party services employed in this Website), which can include: the IP addresses or domain names of the computers utilised by the Users who use this Website, the URI addresses (Uniform Resource Identifier), the time of the request, the method utilised to submit the request to the server, the size of the file received in response, the numerical code indicating the status of the server’s answer (successful outcome, error, etc.), the country of origin, the features of the browser and the operating system utilised by the User, the various time details per visit (e.g., the time spent on each page within the Application) and the details about the path followed within the Application with special reference to the sequence of pages visited, and other parameters about the device operating system and/or the User’s IT environment.

User

The individual using this Website who, unless otherwise specified, coincides with the Data Subject.

Data Subject

The natural person to whom the Personal Data refers.

Data Processor (or Data Supervisor)

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which processes Personal Data on behalf of the Controller, as described in this privacy policy.

Data Controller (or Owner)

The natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body which, alone or jointly with others, determines the purposes and means of the processing of Personal Data, including the security measures concerning the operation and use of this Website. The Data Controller, unless otherwise specified, is the Owner of this Website.

This Website (or this Application)

The means by which the Personal Data of the User is collected and processed.

Service

The service provided by this Website as described in the relative terms (if available) and on this site/application.

European Union (or EU)

Unless otherwise specified, all references made within this document to the European Union include all current member states to the European Union and the European Economic Area.

Cookie

Cookies are Identifiers consisting of small sets of data stored in the User’s browser.

Identifier

Any technology – including Cookies – that allows for the storing of information, or the accessing of already-stored information, on the User’s device.

Data transfer outside the EU

We are allowed to transfer Personal Data collected within the EU to third countries (i.e. any country not part of the EU) only pursuant to a specific legal basis. Any such Data transfer is based on one of the legal bases described below.

Users can inquire with the Owner to learn which legal basis applies to which specific service.