This bulletin explains how we handle cookies, embeddings and other trackers when you use our website, and how you can choose to consent or opt-out.
1. What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file which is stored in the browser on your device (computer, cell phone...).
We use the term "cookies" to refer to cookies, embeddings, trackers and similar technologies.
Cookies have several uses. They make it possible to identify you so that you can access your account, manage your shopping cart, save your browser language or so that your navigation can be followed for statistical analysis or advertising purposes.
Access to the Cookies Preferences Platform
2. What are the different types of cookies?
Cookies can be classified as follows:
- According to their expiration time:
- Session cookies, which are stored in the memory of your browser only as long as it is open. As soon as you close your browser, these cookies are deleted.
- Permanent cookies, which have a pre-defined lifetime. These cookies remain in your browser until they expire or until you manually delete them by using your browser's control features.
- By their source:
- First-party cookies, which are deposited directly by the website or mobile app operator or on its behalf by service providers.
- Third-party cookies, which are deposited by third-party companies with the consent of the website operator.
- According to their purposes:
- Functionally necessary cookies, which are strictly required for the proper functioning of the website or deposited to provide an online communication service expressly requested by you. These cookies may cover various purposes, such as recording the cookie settings you choose, authenticating to a service, storing a shopping cart, accounting for purchased products or services, customizing the user interface (e.g., language selection, presentation of a service), maintaining website security and similar functions.
- All other cookies may serve different purposes (e.g., analytics, advertising, social network sharing, and more).
3. What types of cookies are used on our website and for what purposes?
We use the following cookies on our website:
Functionally necessary cookies.
These cookies allow us to:
- ensure that the website's content management system (Drupal) works properly.
- set the navigation language which you have chosen.
- save your cookie settings and transmit your consent information to third-party companies.
- protect our website from SPAM requests on the contact form.
These cookies are managed by us and by service providers acting on our behalf.
Cookies for target group measurement.
These cookies allow us to improve both the user experience and the quality of our services by creating anonymous targeting and frequency statistics of the use of the website.
On our website, we use Google Analytics. For more information about how Google may process your data, please review their Privacy Policy.
Social networks which share cookies.
These cookies allow us to display and upload a toolbar to share content on major social networks.
On our website, we use AddThis. For more information on how AddThis may process your data, please review their Privacy Policy.
When you click on a social network link suggested on our website, you will be redirected directly to that social network's website. Your data will then be processed in accordance with the Privacy Settings of that network.
Cookies for advertising placement
These cookies allow us to display targeted ads and measure the effectiveness of our campaigns. By using these cookies, we can optimize and personalize our ads to make them more relevant to our visitors. They are set by third-party providers such as Google Ads, META and LinkedIn.
Video cookies.
When you view videos on our website, cookies are set in your browser by the video provider.
On our website, we use YouTube.
For more information about how YouTube processes your data, please see YouTube's Privacy Policy.
The following non-functional cookies are used on our website:
Google Analytics:
|
Cookie |
Purpose |
Lifetime |
Type |
|
_ga |
Used to differentiate between individual users. |
2 years |
HTTP |
|
_gid |
Used to differentiate between individual users. |
24 hours |
HTTP |
|
AMP_TOKEN |
Contains a token that can be used to retrieve a client ID from the AMP Client ID service. Other possible values indicate an opt-out, an ongoing request or an error when retrieving a client ID from the AMP Client ID service. |
30 seconds to 1 year |
HTTP |
Google Tag Manager:
|
Cookie |
Purpose |
Lifetime |
Type |
|
_dc_gtm_<property-id> |
This cookie is used in conjunction with Google Tag Manager to control the loading of other scripts and code on the website. It helps to manage and implement tags on the website without making changes to the code. |
1 minute |
HTTP |
Meta Pixel:
|
Cookie |
Purpose |
Lifetime |
Type |
|
_fbp |
Used by META (Facebook & Instagram) to deliver advertising, measure and improve the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. It tracks user behavior on the website and across different websites. |
3 months |
HTTP |
|
lastExternalReferrer |
Is set by META (Facebook & Instagram) to register the last URL address. |
persistent |
HTML |
|
lastExternalReferrerTime |
Is set by META (Facebook & Instagram) to register the time of the last URL address. |
persistent |
HTML |
LinkedIn Insight Pixel:
|
Cookie |
Purpose |
Lifetime |
Type |
|
li_sugr |
This cookie is used to determine probabilistic matches of a user's identity outside the designated countries. |
90 days |
HTTP |
|
UserMatchHistory |
This cookie is used to synchronize the IDs of LinkedIn Ads. |
30 days |
HTTP |
|
li_gc |
This cookie is used to store the consent of guests to the use of non-mandatory cookies |
6 months |
HTTP |
|
bcookie |
Browser identifier cookie is used to uniquely identify devices accessing LinkedIn to detect misuse of the platform and for diagnostic purposes. |
1 year |
HTTP |
|
lidc |
This cookie is used to select the data center. |
24 hours |
HTTP |
Google Ads Manager
|
Cookie |
Purpose |
Lifetime |
Type |
|
IDE |
This cookie is used by Google DoubleClick to register and report the user's actions on the website after viewing or clicking one of the advertiser's ads. |
1 year |
HTML |
|
_gcl_au |
This cookie is used by Google AdSense to test the effectiveness of advertising on websites that use their services. |
3 months |
HTML |
|
_gcl_dc |
Used for the conversion tracking function of Google Ads. |
90 days |
HTML |
|
ANID |
This cookie is used for advertising purposes by Google and to store personalization. |
2 years |
HTML |
The transfer of personal data to the United States is based on the adequacy decision for the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework adopted by the European Commission on July 10, 2023. The decision states that the United States will ensure an adequate level of protection - comparable to that of the European Union - for personal data transferred from the EU to US companies under the new framework. Based on the new adequacy decision, personal data can be transferred securely from the EU to US companies participating in the framework without the need to implement additional data protection safeguards. The text of the adequacy decision can be found here and a list of all US companies that have submitted to the Data Privacy Framework can be found here. Information on the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework can be found here.
4. How can you manage your cookie settings?
Functionally necessary cookies do not require your prior consent.
Please note that your choices regarding your consent or rejection of cookies are also managed by cookies stored by our Consent Management Platform, Didomi.
All other cookies require your prior consent.
These cookies will only be deposited if you explicitly accept this either globally or individually by clicking on the "consent" buttons. If you click on the "decline" buttons, on the link "continue without consent," or if you continue browsing without making a selection, these cookies will not be set.
5. Contact
If you have any questions about this cookie information, please contact Gewista's Data Protection Officer:
- By e-mail: datenschutzbeauftragter@gewista.at
- By mail: Data Protection Officer, Gewista Werbeges.m.b.H, ORBI-Tower, Thomas-Klestil-Platz 13, 1030 Vienna.
Last updated - December 1rst , 2023