1. Introduction
1.1. What is a”cookie”?
“Cookie” is a small file that is used as a unique identifier. Each cookie is uniquely linked to your web browser. The cookie contains anonymous information and your computer or mobile phone receives it from the server of the visited website. The cookie is stored on your device and only the server concerned can retrieve and read the contents of the cookie. When you browse the website, a cookie with updated data may be sent back to the website’s servers.
Cookies may be placed on a website you visit (”First-party cookies“) or on an organization that is not the owner of the website you visit (”third-party cookies”). For example, cookies may be stored on other websites whose information is used on the page in question, or by a third-party analytics service company. The website you visit may also contain embedded content from other websites, and these Websites may also store their own cookies. Websites may use third-party advertising networks to display custom ads. These cookies may be used to track your browsing habits on other sites as well.
There are two types of cookies.
Session cookies
Session cookies are stored only during the browsing session and are deleted from the device after closing the browser.
Permanent cookies
These cookies are stored on the computer for a certain period of time (usually a year or more) and are not deleted after closing the browser. Persistent cookies are used to identify you in multiple browsing sessions, for example, to save your desired settings and use them for the next visit to the site.
2. How does SIA STELLINA use cookies?
Cookies are used on our website www.stellina.lv we use cookies to improve the user experience by allowing the website to identify you during a visit (using “session cookies“) and in case of repeated visits (using”persistent Cookies”). Cookies used by US:
(a) may be mandatory for you to use our site or for us to provide certain basic functionality, or
(b) improve the functionality of our site, for example by maintaining your preferred settings; they record the choices you make (such as username or language preference) and allow us to provide a much more personal experience; or
(c) helps to improve the performance of the website so that we can provide a better user experience.
The information provided by these cookies is anonymous and helps us understand how visitors use websites so that we can improve the way our content is presented. These services are usually provided by independent analytics and research companies, so they can be third-party cookies.
If we do not use cookies, each time you open a new web page on the site, would appear to be that you’re a new visitor, such as signing in to your account, and then if you move to another page in the site, you wouldn’t recognise, and it would not be possible to keep logging in to your account. We also use cookies to allow advertisers to target their ads and marketing messages based, for example, on your location and/or your browsing habits.
In order to guarantee the efficiency of the website and to make the site user-friendly, we must use all these three types of cookies (mandatory, functionality and performance cookies). Therefore, these cookies cannot be individually disabled and by continuing to use our website and our online services, you agree that we may place these cookies on your device.
3. How to do if you don’t want cookies to be saved
Consent to the placement of cookies is voluntary. You can block the use of some or all cookies and delete already existing cookies. Full information on how to manage and/or opt out of using Cookies in different browsers can be viewed on websites www.aboutcookies.org, or
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-deletemanage-cookies (for Internet Explorer),
http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (for Mozilla / Firefox),
https://support.google.com/chromeos/answer/95647?hl=en (for Chrome),
http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/privacy / (for opera),
https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411 (for Safari).
4. Partners of SIA STELLINA
Using our partner websites, you can set up cookies for those websites you visit. We do not provide these sites, so we can not control the distribution of these cookies. You can view more information about these cookies on the website of the third party concerned.
5. Changes to these cookie rules
We regularly review these terms of use of cookies and retain the right, at our unilateral discretion, to change or revoke these terms of use of cookies at any time. In particular, these rules on the use of cookies may be modified due to changes in the working practices of legislative and/or competent authorities, commercial/customer needs or newly identified security risks. These cookies are last updated on 29.05.2018. If you have questions or comments about these cookie usage rules, please write to your email address [email protected] these cookie usage rules apply simultaneously with our Privacy Policy.