Cookies

1. What are cookies?

"Cookies" are small data files used as unique identifiers. Each cookie is unique to your web browser. A cookie contains anonymous information and is sent from the server of the website you are viewing to your computer or mobile phone. It will be stored on your device and only that server will be able to locate or retrieve the contents of that cookie. The cookies sent may be sent back to the website servers with updated data as you browse the website. Cookies are used by the vast majority of websites for their operation.

Cookies may be set by the website you are visiting ("our cookies"), or they may be set by an organization that does not own the website you are viewing ("third party cookies"). For example, they may be set by other websites that run content on the page you are viewing or by an independent analytics company. The websites you visit may also include content embedded from other websites, and those websites may also set their own cookies. The Website may use third party advertising networks to deliver targeted advertising. These cookies may have the ability to track your browsing on various sites.

2. How cookies are distributed

Cookies can be divided according to who places them on your website, i.e:

3. This website uses two types of cookies:

Short-term, session cookies - Session cookies are only stored temporarily during a browsing session and are deleted from your device when you close your browser.

Long-term, persistent cookies - This type of cookie is stored on your computer for a fixed period of time depending on your browser and cookie settings (usually a month, a year or longer) and these cookies are not deleted when you close your browser. Persistent cookies are used to identify you from one browsing session to the next, for example to store your preferences so they will be remembered for your next visit. You can also delete them manually.

4. How do we use cookies?

We use cookies to improve your user experience by allowing websites to identify you, either for the duration of your visit (using session cookies) or for repeat visits (using persistent cookies). The cookies we use may:

If we did not use cookies, our website would consider you a new visitor every time you access a new page on our website - for example, if you enter your login details and go to another page, it would not recognise you and you would not be able to stay logged in.

We need to use cookies to maintain the effectiveness of our website and to provide you with a user-friendly environment. Therefore, cookies cannot be blocked on their own and by continuing to browse our website and use our online services, you agree that we may place these cookies on your device.

5. What we use cookies for

We use the following cookies on our website:

Important: We never place sensitive or personal data in cookies. None of the cookies we create lead to individual identification of the user/reader, the data collected is anonymous.

6. What to do if you do not want to use cookies

Consent to the placement of cookies is voluntary. If you wish, you can block some or all cookies or delete cookies that have already been set. You can find full details about managing cookies and blocking them in different types of web browsers at www.aboutcookies.org, or

However, you should be aware that if you block or delete cookies sent from our website that are strictly necessary or ensure functionality and performance, you may not be able to use the site.

You can view the types of cookies used on our website to find out how to change your cookie settings or block cookies used on our website.

7. Third party websites

If you use our partners' websites, a cookie may be set by the websites you visit. We do not operate these websites and therefore have no control over the distribution of these cookies. For more information about these cookies, please visit the relevant third party website.

What cookies do we use?

Name Validity Processor Content Description
_fbp 3 months facebook.com To identify users of the website. https://developers.facebook.com/docs/privacy/
_ga 2 years google-analytics.com To identify users of the website. https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage
_gid 1 day google-analytics.com To identify users of the website. https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage
_gat* 1 minute google-analytics.com To limit the number of requests per minute. https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage
_ym_d 1 year yandex.com Stores the date of the user's first session. https://yandex.com/support/metrica/general/cookie-usage.html
_ym_isad 2 days yandex.com Verifies that the user has an adblocker installed. https://yandex.com/support/metrica/general/cookie-usage.html
_ym_uid 1 year yandex.com To identify users of a website. https://yandex.com/support/metrica/general/cookie-usage.html
_ym_visorc_* 30 minutes yandex.com For proper Session Replay function. https://yandex.com/support/metrica/general/cookie-usage.html

All of the above cookies are used only for the purpose listed in this table.

8. This website uses Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses cookies. Information about your use of the site, together with the contents of the cookie, will be transmitted by Google and stored on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purposes of evaluating your use of the website and compiling reports on website activity for website operators and for the provision of other services relating to website activity and internet usage in general. Google may also disclose this information to third parties if required to do so by law or if such third parties process this information for Google.

Google Analytics is augmented by related advertising features provided by Google, namely:

How to disable Google Analytics tracking

If you do not want to provide anonymous data about your web usage to Google Analytics, you can use a plugin provided by Google. Once installed in your browser and activated, no further data will be sent.

9. The server uses cookies from advertising partners

Facebook

Facebook adheres to the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising and participates in programs that offer the option to opt-out of these types of ads. You can express your opposition to the use of cookies for all participating companies via these websites:

Turning off interest-based ads on desktop devices

The level of cookie protection can be set in your browser, up to blocking all cookies from the entire internet. This increases the level of security, but it can also make it more difficult to browse websites or make it impossible to log in to certain sites and services.

The settings for accepting cookies are usually found in the "Options" or "Preferences" menu of your browser. You may find the links below useful to better understand these settings. You can also use the minority browser help, which we do not link to directly here.

Turning off interest-based ads on mobile devices

You can change your device settings on your iPhone, iPad or Android to specify whether you want to see interest-based online ads.

On iPhone or iPad:

  1. Go to Settings.
  2. Tap Privacy.
  3. Tap Ads and turn on Limit ad tracking.

On Android (version 2.2 and later) and Google Play (version 4.0 and later):

  1. Go to Google Settings.
  2. Tap Ads.
  3. Tap Opt out of interest-based advertising and select OK.

10. Contact

If you have questions or comments, please send them to us electronically at: dpo@akesoholding.cz

For more contacts, please visit the Contacts section.