What is a cookie?
We use cookies to improve your experience on our website. Cookies are small data files that your browser temporarily places on your computer or mobile device in order to help you navigate our website. They do not contain any personal information on you and cannot be used to identify individual users. Cookies generally include a unique identifier, which is an anonymous number (randomly generated) stored on your device. While some expire at the end of your session others are saved on your computer for a longer period.
Types of Cookies
First-party Cookies
First-party cookies are cookies set by the website you’re visiting and may only by read by that website.
Third-party Cookies
Third-party cookies are set by external organizations we use for a variety of services. For example, external data analysis services and their suppliers set cookies on our behalf in order to be able to report on trends.
Why accept cookies?
The information contained in cookies is used to improve the services you are provided, including:
- Not being asked to enter the same information multiple times during a session, such as filling out a web form or a survey pop-up, if you allow a service to recognize your device
- Supporting the My Favorites (Content) function
- Allowing the proper function of the Video Player
- Measuring how many people are using services, so that popular services can be made easier to use and have enough capacity to function at speed, as well as analyzing anonymous data to help us understand how people interact with different aspects of our online services so we can improve them.
What happens if you decline cookies?
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies. Cookies are not strictly necessary to use our website, but if you set your browser to decline or disable cookies your user experience may be negatively impacted and certain functions may be impaired. If you do not accept cookies, various features of our website may not be available to you or function properly.
Among features that may potentially be impaired are:
- The My Favorites (Content) function
- Your personalized website experience
- Videos
- Social media plugins
- Embedded content
Cookies set by this website
Technical cookies ensure the correct functioning of the Website and detect non-functioning or non-operational pages and areas.
Flash cookies activate audio or video content on the Website.
Customization cookies are used to remember user preferences, such as preferred language, while visiting different pages on the same Website.
Analytical cookies collect analytical data including the number of visitors, pageviews, hourly traffic, and scrolling movements of the Website.
Cookies we use
Social media cookies: These cookies are used to track users who may or may not be members of social media networks for market analysis and product development purposes.
Search engine analytics: These cookies enable all kinds of statistical data to be collected in order to improve the structure and navigation of the Website. By incorporating social statistics and data on interests into this existing information, search engines allow us to better understand our users. Our Website uses Google and Yandex Analytics cookies. The data collected in this manner is stored in line with the data protection policies of the search engines in question. For further information on how Google Analytics processes data and its policy on protecting personal information: https://policies.google.com/ For further information on how Yandex Analytics processes data and its policy on protecting personal information: https://metrica.yandex.com/about/info/gdpr
Technical cookies:
These ensure session continuity.
Load balancing cookies are used to reduce server load by distributing assets.
Security cookies are used to control website and visitor security.
Fraud detection cookies are used to detect click fraud.
Authentication (User ID) cookies: These are used to ensure that users see only their own information (including information you provide on contact forms such as your name, e-mail, and phone number).
Customization cookies:
Language: These save the user’s language preferences and provide options accordingly.
Mobile: These are used to display the main web site if the user is accessing the Website via a mobile device. (Such as activating Flash or determining that the website does not require Flash). The source website is saved for a better understanding of user preferences.
Flash cookies: These activate audio and video content.
Other:
In addition to the cookies listed above, the website may be using other first-party or third-party cookies as well as the embedded cookies related to technologies such as JavaScript and iframe. By accepting cookies, you also accept that such systems may use cookies as well.
WWHR has no control over third-party cookies and therefore accepts no liability or responsibility for them. For further information, please consult the third-party website.
