We are following, and in certain cases, citing the exhaustive definition and description about browser cookies and their usage, and their adjustments provided by the All About Cookies webpage: https://www.allaboutcookies.org/. We strongly advise browsing this mentioned webpage for further information about cookies.
1. Definition and types of cookies
„An HTTP cookie (also called web cookie, Internet cookie, browser cookie, or simply cookie) is a small piece of data sent from a website and stored on the user’s computer by the user’s web browser while the user is browsing. Cookies were designed to be a reliable mechanism for websites to remember stateful information (such as items added in the shopping cart in an online store) or to record the user’s browsing activity (including clicking particular buttons, logging in, or recording which pages were visited in the past).
They can also be used to remember arbitrary pieces of information that the user previously entered into form fields such as names, addresses, passwords, and credit card numbers. Cookies are often encrypted text files, located in browser directories. They are used by web developers to help users navigate their websites efficiently and perform certain functions. Due to their core role of enhancing/enabling usability or site processes, disabling cookies may prevent users from using certain websites.” (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie)
We describe here the most important classifications of cookies that are relevant to our Site.
2. Session and Persistent Cookies
„Session Cookies are also used by the server to store information about user page activities so users can easily pick up where they left off on the server’s pages. By default, web pages don’t have any ‘memory’. Cookies tell the server what pages to show the user so the user doesn’t have to remember or start navigating the site all over again. Cookies act as a sort of “bookmark” within the site. […]
Persistent or tracking Cookies are also employed to store user preferences. Many websites allow the user to customize how information is presented through site layouts or themes. These changes make the site easier to navigate and/or lets the user leave a part of the user’s “personality” at the site.” (Source: https://www.allaboutcookies.org/)
3. First and Third Party Cookies
First party cookies are small plain text information which is placed on your device by us, or by a third party acting on our behalf, only on our purposes.
Third-party cookies are placed on your device via our website by „real third parties.” Typical examples are Youtube videos, Facebook ’like’ buttons, or Altmetric Bookmarklets that we embedded in our site. For further information about these cookies, see their website’s terms and conditions.
4. Cookies we use
We use the following different types of cookies:
4.1. Strictly Necessary Cookies. These cookies enable the mere functioning of the Site to navigate through its contents. Strictly Necessary Cookies are necessary for our Site to provide you with a full service. If you disable them, certain essential features of the Site will not be available to you or its performance will be impeded.
4.2. Performance cookies. These cookies collect information about how you use our Site. These cookies do not collect any information that could identify you – all the information collected is anonymous.
You can block Google Analytics in your browser by browser add-ons with this function. There are several products for this function, we advise the official Google Analytics Opt-Out Extension: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
4.3. Functionality cookies. These cookies allow our Site to remember custom settings that you make at our Site, e.g.: language selection, or services that you have asked for, e.g.: commenting a post. These cookies do not collect any information that could identify you – all the information collected is anonymous.
5. Configure and disable cookies
You can configure, manage, delete, disable, or block cookies through the settings of your internet browser. You can find more details on cookie management here: https://www.allaboutcookies.org/
If you choose not to accept certain cookies, we may be unable to provide you with some services or features of our Site.
6. Further information and changelog of this policy