We respect your concerns regarding privacy and value the relationship we have with you.Like many companies, we use technology on our website to collect information that helps us improve your experience and our products and services. The cookies (hereinafter: “cookies”) that we use enable our website to function properly and help us understand which information and advertising are most useful to you as a visitor.

Cookies, pixel tags, and similar technologies (collectively referred to as “cookies”) are files containing small amounts of information that are downloaded to any internet-enabled device—such as your computer, smartphone, or tablet—when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognizes that cookie. Cookies perform many different and useful functions, such as remembering your preferences, generally improving your online experience, and helping us offer you the best products and services.

There are many types of cookies. All cookies operate in the same way, but they differ slightly. For a detailed list of cookies used on our website, please refer to the relevant section below.

We and our service providers use cookies when you use our website to identify your web browser, not you personally, each time you access our website. Cookies tell us which pages you visit and how often. We use this information to increase the usability of our website—primarily for technical reasons, such as improved site navigation. In addition, we use website plugins that store information in your local browser in order to better understand website analytics. This information is deleted when you close your browser.

Our website also uses cookies to manage online advertising programs. Cookies track your browser so that it can be recognized when you access other websites. Our advertising management system uses these pixel files and cookies to provide us with information about advertising when you visit our website. We also use pixel files to determine when you have opened a promotional offer and other interactions related to that promotional offer, such as when you click on a provided link. These pixel files are usually valid for a certain number of days and are enabled by our advertising management providers.

We analyze how the website is used and how frequently it is visited (for example, our website may contain proprietary measurement software that enables us to contribute to market research). During your visit to our website, some cookies may be targeted cookies in order to determine the types of websites you are interested in. Based on this, we may display advertisements in your web browser that are tailored to your interests. For example, if you frequently read about food and beverages, we may show you advertisements related to food and beverages.

Cookies further allow us to select advertisements or offers that are most likely to appeal to you and display them while you use online services or send you marketing messages. We also use cookies to track responses to online advertisements and marketing messages. Cookies help us show you advertisements that are relevant to you, control how often you see them, and measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.

Additionally, we use cookies to collect anonymous, aggregated statistics that help us understand how people use our website and help us improve its structure and content, as well as measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns on our website and on third-party websites.

Depending on the website content, cookies may be set either by the Company (as defined in the Privacy Policy) or by third parties.

• Cookies set by the Company

These are cookies that we place on the website you are currently visiting and that you use when browsing our website.

• Third-party cookies

Our website may contain certain content originating from other websites (e.g. Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, etc.), in which case those websites may place certain cookies on our website. These are cookies that are not set by us as the website owner. Through these cookies, third parties that placed them may collect information about your behavior on our website.

If you do not wish to accept third-party cookies, you may deny consent through our cookie management tool or through your web browser settings.

• Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are essential for the proper functioning of our website. They allow you to use all features of the website and access its content. Although these cookies collect certain information from your device, they do not identify you as an individual, but enable you to use our website.

These cookies are pre-accepted and cannot be disabled.

Strictly necessary cookies used on our website include:

• Necessary cookies
• Purpose: Necessary
• Retention period: 365 days
• Functional cookies

The purpose of these cookies is to remember information you have previously entered (such as username, language selection, font size) in order to provide enhanced and improved website functionality. Functional cookies also enable certain website features, such as video playback, which is performed only at your request. These cookies may contain personal data that you have provided on our website.

If you do not accept these cookies, website performance and functionality may be affected and access to certain content may be limited.

• Performance cookies

Performance cookies, also known as analytics cookies, collect information about how you use our website, including how often you visit it, which pages you visit most frequently, how much time you spend on the website, etc. These cookies are used solely to improve website performance and provide you with a better user experience. Performance cookies do not identify you as an individual, but improve the functioning of the website.

If you do not accept these cookies, access to certain content may be restricted and some website performance and functionality may be affected.

Performance cookies used on our website include:

• Analytics
• Purpose: Analytics
• Retention period: 365 days

• Targeting and advertising cookies

The purpose of these cookies is to provide content that is relevant to you and your interests. Based on these cookies, targeted advertising is carried out, allowing you to see advertisements that may be relevant to your interests. These cookies remember which pages of our website you have visited and share such information with third parties, including advertisers and marketing agencies. Among other purposes, these cookies prevent the same advertisements from being repeatedly shown to you. These cookies collect personal data through the collection of IP address data or device identifiers.

If you do not accept these cookies, certain content functionality on our website may be affected. However, refusing these cookies will not reduce the number of advertisements you see, but will result in advertisements not being tailored to your interests.