Cookie files
What are “cookie” files?
“Cookie” files are IT details in particular, text files, stored in terminal equipment of end users, for further use when browsing websites. The files allow for the identification of user’s equipment and properly adjust the display of the website to individual display preferences. “Cookies” often include the name of the website they originate from, time of storage in terminal equipment and their unique number.
Why do we use “cookie” files for?
“Cookie” files are used to adjust the contents of websites for the preferences of users and optimisation of Internet browsing. They are used in order to create anonymous aggregated statistics that can help us understand how users benefit from websites, how to allow their better structure and contents, excluding personal ID of the user.
What sort of “cookies” do we use?
We use two types: session cookies and persistent cookies. The first mentioned type is composed of temporary files stored on the terminal user’s equipment to the time of logging out from the website or closing down the software (internet browser). Persistent cookie files remain in user’s terminal equipment for the whole period specified in cookies parametres until the moment of their manual removal by the user.
“Cookies” are used by business parters of the operator’s website, in particular by users of the website, depending on their own privacy policy.
Do “cookies” include personal data”?
Personal data collected and stored in the form of “cookies” may be collected exclusively for the performance of certain functions for the user. The details are coded in such a way that it is not possible to access them by unauthorized people.
Removing “cookie” files
Standard software for internet browsing places “cookie” files in the terminal equipment by default. The settings may be changes so as to block automatic service of “cookies” in the browser settings or so as to inform each time about sending cookie files to user’s terminal equipment. The detailed information on the possibilities and methods of cookies service is accessible in the settings of software (internet browser).
The limitation of “cookies” application can have impact on certain features available on the website.