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What is a cookie ?
Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognises that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device.
Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improving the user experience. They can also help to ensure that adverts you see online are more relevant to you and your interests.
Certain cookies contain personal information – for example, if you click to “remember me” when logging in, a cookie will store your username. Most cookies will not collect information that identifies you, and will instead collect more general information such as how Users arrive at and use websites, or a user’s general location.
There are mainly four kinds of cookies:
• Session cookies last only for the session. They are erased when the user closes the web browser.
• Persistent cookies remain even after the session is closed. They are stored on a user’s hard drive until they expire (persistent cookies are set with expiration dates) or until the user deletes the cookie. Persistent cookies may be used to collect identifying information about the user, including web surfing behaviour or user preferences for a specific website.
• First-party cookies belong to the site where you chose to go.
• Third-party cookies are fetched from a site whose content is retrieved indirectly for example through an image tag or a banner.
The majority of browsers support them (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Netscape, Safari, etc.). However, users can set their browsers to decline cookies, or they can delete their cookies at will.
What cookies does Alpega use?
Generally, Alpega cookies perform different functions:
• Essential cookies: Some cookies are essential for the operation of the Website. For example, some cookies allow Alpega to identify the user and ensure the user can access the registration or log in pages. These cookies do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you have been on the internet. This category should not be disabled. If a user opts to disable these cookies, the user will not be able to access all of the content that these pages entitles them to.
• Performance and analytics cookies: These cookies collect information about how Users/visitors use a Website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies do not collect information that identifies you. All the information that these cookies collect is anonymous and is only used to improve how the Website works.
• Functionality cookies: Alpega may use functionality cookies to allow Alpega to remember your preferences. For example, cookies save you the trouble of typing in your username every time you access the site, and recall your customization preferences, such as which regional edition of the Website you want to see when you log in. Alpega may also use functionality cookies to provide you with enhanced services such as allowing you to watch a video online or comment on a blog.
The table below explains the cookies we use, the retention period and why use those cookies:
How to control and delete cookies through the browser?
The ability to enable, disable or delete cookies can also be completed at browser level. In order to do this, follow the instructions provided by your browser (usually located within the “Help”, “Tools” or “Edit” facility). You can find more information on how to do this and about cookies at: www.allaboutcookies.org.
You can at any time change or withdraw your consent of the use of cookies on our website via this link .
Please remember that if you do choose to disable cookies, you may find that certain sections of the Website do not work properly and be prevented from making use of all of the Services.
Changes to our cookie policy
We reserve the right to change, supplement or replace this Cookie Policy from time to time. Any changes we may make to our Policy in the future will be posted on this page and, where appropriate, notified to you by email.
This Policy was last updated in July 2020. Please check back regularly to keep informed of updates to this Policy.
