Cookies

Cookie policy
When you visit one of our websites, mobile applications or interact with our digital services, we use cookies and other online tracking technologies (collectively, ‘Online Technologies’). This policy describes how we use Online Technologies, the types of Online Technologies used and your choices and rights regarding your preferences. For more information on how we use your personal data, you can also read our Privacy Policy.

Online technologies

We and our third party partners use online technologies to provide a more user-friendly experience. These online technologies may include cookies, pixels or web beacons, scripts, SDKs and tags. A cookie is a data file placed on your device by your browser containing information about your online activities. Pixels or web beacons are images of pixels or beacons that track web traffic, conversions and behaviour; web beacons are scripts that run on the web page and collect information about browsing behaviour. Software development kits (SDKs) are a set of tools on the operating system (OS) to enable tracking and functionality.

Online tracking technologies are either first party (i.e. managed by us) or third party (developed by a third party). The length of time a cookie is stored on your computer depends on whether it is a permanent cookie or a session cookie. Session cookies are temporary until you leave the website or close your browser. Permanent cookies remain on your computer until you have finished browsing, they expire or they are deleted (in the settings of your device/browser). These retention periods are indicated when you view the cookie in the preferences centre.
Categories of online technologies

Online technologies can be classified into the following four groups:

1. Strictly necessary:
This data is necessary for the functioning and operation of the website and to ensure technical functionality and provide the services you have requested.For example, to set country and language preferences, to keep you logged in during your visit, for security and fraud prevention.Strictly necessary cookies cannot be deactivated and do not require consent.

2. Performance:
These technologies help us count visits and traffic on the websites so that we can measure and improve the performance of our websites. These tracking technologies collect aggregated information.

3. Functional: These technologies enable the website to offer greater functionality and personalisation. They may be implemented by us or by our third-party partners whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not authorise these technologies, some or all of our services may not function correctly.

4. Advertising and targeting:
This may come from us or our third party partners to find out more about your interests, including the products and services you are interested in or have purchased from one of our websites and apps. We and our partners use this information to show you more personalised marketing and product recommendations based on your interests and behaviour. If you do not allow these technologies, you will experience less targeted advertising from us and our third party partners.

5. Social :
These may be used to allow you to share our content with your friends and networks. This may affect the content and messages you see on other websites you visit. If you do not authorise these technologies, you may not be able to use or view these information-sharing tools.

To find out more and to choose which type of seller and which category per online technology, please refer to the cookie preference centre available on all our websites and apps under ‘Manage my cookies’.

How do I manage online technologies on our websites and apps?
Preference centre
If this is the first time you have visited one of our websites or apps, depending on your location, you can choose to ‘accept’ our use of online technologies, or if you wish to manage your preferences at category or provider level, you can do so via the ‘cookie settings’ option. You can also choose to reject all online technologies.

If you do not accept this, these cookies will not be placed on your device. The only cookies that are always active are those that are strictly necessary.

You can update and manage your cookie preferences at any time via the ‘Manage my cookies’ link in the footer of any of our websites or apps, which opens our preference centre.
Browser settingsIn addition to our preference centre, most browsers allow you to manage your cookie preferences, for example by instructing the browser to notify you when you receive a new cookie or by disabling cookies altogether.

If you decide to disable or delete cookies, some sites will not work as well because they rely on online technologies.

In addition to our preferences centre, most browsers allow you to manage your cookie preferences, for example by notifying you when you receive a new cookie or by deactivating cookies completely. If you decide to deactivate or delete cookies, some sites will not function as well because they are based on online technologies.

If you do not wish to allow us or third parties to use online technologies in our e-mails, such as pixel tags, the best way to do this is not to allow images to be displayed in our e-mails. In other words, only display the plain text of the e-mail. Some web browsers and email clients have settings or extensions that allow you to disable/block these cookies, such as Gmail.

Ad Choices
If you see an Ad Choices icon on an advertisement, either ours or a third party's, you can follow the link for more information on behavioural advertising practices. You can also visit the youronlinechoices.eu website.
The Digital Advertising Alliance also offers a tool that allows you to opt-out of cross-application data collection on a mobile device for interest-based advertising purposes. Use the AppChoices application to define your choices regarding the companies that cooperate with it.

Updates to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. Please check back periodically for changes.