Cookies

What are cookies?

Cookies are small information units - small text, image or software files - which a website may place on your electronic electronic equipment with memory (computer, smartphone, ectr.). Cookies contain information that the website uses to make communication between us and your web browser more efficient. Cookies are standard technology on the Internet and are also used on our website.

What kinds of Cookies are used on the website?

Our website primarily uses the following types of cookies:

„Necessary cookies“

help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

No necessary cookies are collected.

„Statistic cookies“

help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.

Cookie name Type Description Duration
_ga HTTP This cookie registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website. 2 years
_gat HTTP This cookie is used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. 1 day

„Marketing cookies“

are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.

Cookie name Type Description Duration
_gcl_au HTTP Used by Google AdSen se for experimenting with advertisement efficiency across websites u sing their services. 3 months

How are Cookies used?

Cookies are used in order to better understand how applications and websites work and to optimize online and mobile experiences. Cookies do this by allowing the party serving the cookie to analyse a website's or mobile app's performance, to idemtify certain users anonymously and remember their preferences, to better understand whether a computer or device (and probably its user) has visited a website previously and to serve personalised advertisements. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are as essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website.

Sometimes, we also use third-party cookies that help us understand how you use our website by performing certain analysis. These cookies are stored in your browser only with your consent. You always have the option to opt-out of these cookies, however you may prevent us from optimizing your experience on our website, and some parts of them may not function ideally as a result.

How can you manage Cookies?

To provide your express consent for us to use certain categories of cookies as outlined in this Cookies Policy, you can tick the optional boxes provided in our cookies preferences tool which you can access anytime:

Cookie Settings

Please note that we do not need your consent to use strictly necessary cookies which are cookies which are strictly necessary to run the relevant website. This is why the ‘strictly necessary cookies’ option is already ticked for you in our cookies preference tool and is not an optional feature.

If you change your mind about your chosen cookies preferences, you may withdraw your consent or update your preferences at any time by accessing the cookies preferences tool or contact us directly via gdpr_group@aps-holding.com.

Third party Cookies

In selecting which cookie(s) you are allowing on your device, please note that the cookies used on our website can originate from us or from third parties (those are generally related to analytics functionalities or social media platform integrations). This basically means that when you allow third party-cookies to be placed on your device, said third-party might have access to certain information about you (such as, for instance, your browsing statistics when you are allowing third-party analytics cookies).

Cookies may be placed on your devices by us, however they may also be placed directly by third parties when you use our website in order for the relevant third party to:

  • provide us with services (such as Google Analytics services) allowing us to optimize our website; or
  • allow you to access content from third parties.

If you would like further information about such third-party Cookies, we strongly recommend that you check the websites of any such third parties and their privacy policies for more information about their cookies and how you can manage them.

More information about cookies, not just those our website, and how cookies can be controlled can be found at http://www.youronlinechoices.com, published by the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EDAA).