Last updated: November 2025

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website.

2. Types of Cookies Used

  • Essential cookies – Required for proper functioning of the Website.
  • Analytical cookies – Used for statistics and performance analysis (Google Analytics 4).
  • Functional cookies – Enable user accounts, forum participation, and preferences.
  • Internal cookies – files placed and read from the User’s Device by the Service’s ICT system
  • External Cookies – files uploaded and read from the User’s Device by the ICT systems of external websites. The scripts of external websites that may place cookies on the User’s Devices have been consciously placed on the Website through scripts and services made available and installed on the Website
  • Session Cookies – files placed and read from the User’s Device by the Website during one session of a given Device. After the session ends, the files are removed from the User’s Device.
  • Persistent cookies – files uploaded and read from the User’s Device by the Website until they are manually deleted. The files are not deleted automatically after the end of the Device session, unless the configuration of the User’s Device is set to the Cookie deletion mode after the end of the Device session.

3. Security of data storage

  • Mechanisms for storing and reading Cookie files – The mechanisms for storing, reading and exchanging data between Cookies saved on the User’s Device and the Website are implemented through the built-in mechanisms of web browsers and do not allow the collection of other data from the User’s Device or data of other websites visited by the User , including personal data or confidential information. It is also practically impossible to transfer viruses, Trojans and other worms to the User’s Device.
  • Internal cookies – Cookie files used by the Administrator are safe for Users’ Devices and do not contain scripts, content or information that may threaten the security of personal data or the security of the Device used by the User.
  • External cookies – the Administrator takes all possible actions to verify and select website partners in the context of Users’ safety. The administrator selects well-known, large partners with global social trust for cooperation. However, it does not have full control over the content of cookie files from external partners. The Administrator is not responsible for the security of Cookie files, their content and the use in accordance with the license by the Scripts installed on the website from external websites, as far as the law allows. The list of partners is provided further in the Privacy Policy.
  • Cookie control

4. Cookie Management

Users can manage or disable cookies through browser settings.

Disabling cookies may affect Website functionality.

Information on how to disable cookies in the most popular computer browsers is available on the website: how to disable cookies or from one of the following suppliers:

5. Third-Party Cookies

Cookies may be set by:

  • Google Analytics,
  • embedded media providers,
  • newsletter and forum plugins.

6. Consent

By using the Website, Users consent to the use of cookies unless disabled via browser settings.

7. Cookies of external websites

The administrator on the Website uses javascript scripts and web components of partners who may place their own cookies on the User’s Device. Remember that in your browser settings you can decide for yourself about the allowed cookies that can be used by individual websites. Below is a list of partners or their services implemented on the Website that may place cookies:

  • Multimedia services:

YouTube

Vimeo

  • Social / Combined Services (Registration, Login, content sharing, communication, etc.):

Twitter

Facebook

LinkedIn

Pinterest

  • Content sharing services:

Reddit

WhatsApp

  • Newsletter services:

MailChimp

  • Keeping statistics:

Google Analytics

Services provided by third parties are beyond the Controller’s control. These entities may at any time change their terms of service, privacy policy, the purpose of data processing and the methods of using cookies.

8. Changes

This Cookie Policy may be updated periodically.