Cookie policy

This Cookie Policy explains how our website uses cookies to enhance user experience and comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We use two types of cookies: required cookies for essential site functionality and optional analytics cookies to improve our services. Below are the details:

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1. Required Cookies (Essential)

Required cookies are necessary for the basic functionality of our website. These cookies ensure that the website operates correctly and provide essential features such as session management, language preferences, and user interface settings. Examples of required cookies:

• PHPSESSID: Maintains user session information for core site functionality (e.g., login, form submissions).
• pll_language: Stores the user’s language preferences.
• wp-settings-2, wp-settings-time-2: Saves user interface preferences for WordPress.

Purpose: These cookies are essential for the operation of our website and cannot be disabled. They do not store personally identifiable information.

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2. Analytics Cookies (Optional)

Analytics cookies help us improve your experience by collecting information about how visitors use our website. These cookies track user behavior, such as pages visited, session duration, and referral sources, to provide insights that allow us to optimize our website. Examples of analytics cookies:

• _pk_id: Tracks unique visitors using Matomo Analytics.
• _pk_ses: Tracks session details for analytics.
• sbjs_current, sbjs_current_add, sbjs_first, sbjs_first_add, sbjs_session, sbjs_udata: Collects referral and session information.
• _wpfuuid: Tracks unique visitors anonymously.

Purpose: These cookies are optional and will only be activated if you explicitly consent to their use. The data collected is anonymous and used solely for improving website performance.

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How We Comply with GDPR

1. No Analytics Cookies Without Consent:
   • Analytics cookies will only be stored on your browser after you provide explicit consent via our cookie banner.
2. Granular Consent:
   • You can choose to enable or disable analytics cookies in the cookie settings provided in the popup. Essential cookies remain active to ensure website functionality.
3. Withdraw Consent:
   • You can change your cookie preferences at any time by accessing the “Manage Cookies” button available on the website. Disabling analytics cookies will not affect your ability to use the core features of our site.
4. Transparency:
   • Full details about the cookies used, their purpose, and retention periods are available in this policy.

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Retention Periods

• Required cookies are active for the duration of your session or as long as necessary to provide functionality.
• Analytics cookies are retained only for the period specified by our analytics tool (e.g., Matomo) and will not store personally identifiable information.

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Managing Cookies

When you first visit our website, a cookie banner will appear to allow you to:

• Accept all cookies.
• Customize cookie preferences (enable or disable analytics cookies).
• Decline optional cookies.

You can also manage or delete cookies through your browser settings. However, disabling required cookies may affect the functionality of our site.

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For more details about how we process your data, please refer to our Privacy Policy.