Cookies

Cookies are files that are stored in your’ browser (or a device that can connect to the internet, such as a smartphone or tablet) when you accesses our Site. Cookies usually contain the name of the website that generated the cookie, its validity period (the duration it will remain on the user’s device), and a randomly generated unique number.

Purpose of using cookies

Our purpose of using cookies on this Site is to make it more user-friendly and to better align this Site with the interests and needs of the users. Furthermore, cookies can help you save time on subsequent visits to this Site. We use cookies to collect and analyze anonymous data to understand how you use our Site, which helps improve the structure and content of this Site. We may provide your cookie information to third parties, such as advertising agencies, data managers, and data integration systems, for the purpose of analyzing and improving our Site. We cannot identify individuals by using cookie information.

Types of cookies used on our Site are as follows:

●Essential cookies
These cookies are necessary for the operation of our Site and include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into different areas in our Site.

●Analytical and performance cookies
These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors to our Site and see how they react when they use our Site, which helps us improve the way this Site functions. For example, by ensuring that users are easily finding what they are looking for.

●Advertising and targeting cookies
We record your visits to our Site, the pages you visit, and the links you follow. We use this information to make our Site and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

Types of cookies used by our Site

Our Site uses “session cookies” and “persistent cookies.” Session cookies are stored temporarily on your device while you browse our Site and until you log off. Persistent cookies are stored for a longer time, or until you delete them (depending on the cookie’s validity period and your browser settings).

First-party and third-party cookies

Our Site uses two types of cookies: “first-party cookies” and “third-party cookies.” First-party cookies are cookies issued from the same domain as the website visited by the user, while third-party cookies are cookies issued from a different domain.

We may share information regarding users' usage of our Site to third-party social media advertising partners and data analysis partners, such as Google. In addition, the partners who receive the shared information may collate or combine that information with information regarding users obtained through other sources.

Our Site uses Google Analytics to understand user traffic and analyze what content users are reading. Google Analytics uses third-party cookies to collect, record, and analyze visits to our Site. Please refer to the following websites for information on how data is collected and processed by Google Analytics, the Google Analytics Terms of Service, and Google’s Privacy Policy.

https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites?hl=en

https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

We may also use cookies set by third parties to conduct market research and improve the functionality and content as a website.

The partners to whom our Site provides this information include companies based outside the European Economic Area and data protection laws may differ from those of your country. Our Site handles cookies using appropriate measures in compliance with the fundamental provisions of the EU General Data Protection Regulation and other relevant laws. Please refer to the table below for the cookies we use on our Site and the purposes for which we use them.

How to control cookies

Even if you have consented to the use of cookies, you can revoke your consent at any time (except for the use of essential cookies). However, even if you switch off cookies or cookie categories, any cookies stored up to that point will remain. To disable them, please refer to the help page below according to the browser used.

Please note that if you delete or reject cookies, you may not be able to use all the features of our Site, your preferences may not be recorded, some pages may not be displayed correctly, etc.

For Chrome browsers, please refer to the following Google page:

https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/32050

For Microsoft Edge browsers, please refer to the following Microsoft page:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/delete-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09

For Firefox browsers, please refer to the following Mozilla page:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored

For Safari browsers, please refer to the following Apple page:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265

For other browsers, please check the official website of the browser in question.

Established: October 1, 2020

Last updated: July 30, 2024