- Cookies are small text files sent by a web server and stored on the user's device. The default parameters of cookies allow the information contained therein to be read only by the server that created them. Cookies are most often used to monitor visitor activity. Cookies usually contain the name of the website they come from, their storage time on the end device, e.g. on the hard drive, and data assigned to them (such as session numbers).
- The website operator who places cookies on the Website User's end device and obtains access to them is BBF Sp. z o.o.
- Cookies are used for the following purposes:
- adapting the content of the Website to the User's preferences and optimizing the use of web pages; in particular, these files allow the Website to recognize the User's device and display the website accordingly, tailored to their individual needs;
- creating statistics that help understand how Website Users use web pages, allowing for their improvement;
- maintaining the Website User's session and ensuring that all Website functions work correctly;
- providing users with advertising content tailored to their interests and needs.
4. The Website uses three main types of cookies:
- session cookies – temporary files that are stored on the User's end device until they log out, leave the website or turn off the software (web browser).
- persistent cookies – files stored on the User's end device for the time specified in the cookie parameters or until they are deleted by the User.
- third parties cookies – files originating, for example, from various advertising servers, company servers, and service providers (for example, maps placed on the website, social networking sites, etc.) cooperating with the owner of the website. These files allow advertisements to be tailored to the preferences and habits of users, thereby improving the user experience. They also allow the effectiveness of advertising to be assessed (e.g. by counting how many people clicked on a given advertisement and visited the advertiser's website). The information contained in third-party cookies is managed by the third party that sets them in accordance with its privacy policy.
5. This Website uses the following types of cookies:
- “essential” cookies, enabling the use of services available on the Website, e.g. authentication cookies used for services that require authentication on the Website, cookies used to maintain the user's session;
- “functional” cookies, which enable the storage of settings selected by the User and personalization of the User interface, e.g. in terms of the language or region from which the User originates, font size, website color, website appearance, etc.;
- “performance” cookies, enabling the collection of information on how the Website is used;
- “advertising” cookies, enabling the delivery of advertising content to Users tailored, for example, to their interests.
6. In most cases, software used for browsing websites (e.g., web browsers) allows cookies to be stored on the User's end device by default. Website Users may change their cookie settings at any time on their device or in the software. These settings can be changed in particular to block the automatic handling of cookies in the web browser settings or to inform the User each time a cookie is placed on the Website User's device. Detailed information about the handling of cookies is available in the software settings (e.g., web browser).
The Website Operator hereby advises that changing the settings in the software (e.g. in the web browser) for the use of cookies may affect some of the functionalities available on the Website.
