Cookie policy

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files stored on the User's end device (desktop computer, laptop, tablet, smartphone etc.).

They are created by your web browser and store the settings and information needed (and often essential) for a website to work properly. On subsequent visits to the site from the same device, the browser can check whether there are cookies holding important information and send them again to the site that previously saved the cookie on your device. In this way the site can recognise that the user has visited it before and, for example, tailor the content presented to the visitor.

Benefits of cookies

Cookies make it easier for the user to use websites they have visited before. If the user is on the same device and browser as before, cookies make it possible to remember their preferences and to display the website in a way suited to those individual preferences. Cookies allow statistics to be compiled that help us understand how Users use the website, which in turn allows its structure and content to be improved. They also keep the session of a Site User active (once logged in), so that each further subpage does not require logging in again.

Controlling and deleting cookies

The User can change the way cookies are used at any time. Most browsers offer the option of accepting or rejecting all cookies, accepting only certain types, or notifying the user each time a website tries to save one. The User can also easily delete cookies that the browser has already saved on the device. The options for managing and deleting cookies differ depending on the browser used.
The User can find all the necessary information using the Help function in their browser or by visiting http://www.aboutcookies.org/, which explains how to control and delete cookies in the most popular browsers. Please remember that blocking all cookies may make parts of the site difficult to use or prevent some functions from working at all.

Which cookies does this site use?

The Site uses cookies, which can be grouped as follows:

  • “essential” – those that make it possible to use the services available within the Site, for example keeping the session active after the user logs in;
  • “functional” – files that make it possible to “remember” selected settings and that affect interface personalisation;
  • “security” – those that help keep the Site secure
  • “performance” – files that make it possible to collect information on how the Site is used.

How to change cookie settings in your browser

Information on changing cookie settings in individual browsers is available on the pages below:

  • Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
    https://support.microsoft.com/pl-pl/topic/description-of-cookies-ad01aa7e-66c9-8ab2-7898-6652c100999d
  • Cookie settings in Chrome
    http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=pl&answer=95647
  • Cookie settings in Firefox
    https://support.mozilla.org/pl/kb/wzmocniona-ochrona-przed-sledzeniem-firefox-desktop
  • Cookie settings in Opera
    http://help.opera.com/Windows/12.10/pl/cookies.html
  • Cookie settings in Safari
    http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5042

Information for mobile devices is available on the pages below:

  • Cookies in Android
    http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=pl&answer=95647
  • Cookies in iOS (Safari)
    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1677?viewlocale=pl_PL
  • Cookies in Windows Phone
    http://www.windowsphone.com/pl-pl/how-to/wp7/web/changing-privacy-and-other-browser-settings