Cookie Policy
AICROS Ltd. provides information about the use of cookies on its website: www.aicros.com.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a harmless text file that is stored in your browser when you visit almost any webpage. These tools play a key role in the provision of many information society services.
Among others, they make it possible for a webpage to store and recover information about the navigation habits of a user or his/her device, and, depending on the information obtained, they can be used to identify the user and improve the service provided.
Kind of cookies
Depending on the entity managing the domain from which the cookies are sent and processing the data, two types of cookie can be distinguished:
• Proprietary cookies: Sent to the user’s device from equipment or a domain managed by the publisher of the website from which the service requested by the user is provided.
• Third-party cookies: Sent to the user’s device from equipment or a domain that is not managed by the website published, but rather by another entity that processes the data obtained through the cookies. In cases where the cookies are installed from a computer or domain managed by the publisher, but the information collected through them is managed by a third party, they cannot be considered proprietary cookies.
There is also another classification based on the period of time during which cookies remain stored in the client’s browser:
• Session cookies: Designed to collect and store data while the user browses through a website. These are normally used to store information which is only kept for the provision of the service requested by the user on a single occasion (e.g. a list of bought products).
• Persistent cookies: The data is still stored in the computer terminal and can be accessed and processed for a time period defined by the cookie owner, which can range from a few minutes to several years.
Finally, there is another classification involving six types of cookies according to the purpose of the processing of the data obtained:
• Technical cookies: Cookies that allow you to browse the website, platform or application and use the different options or services that it provides, such as controlling data traffic and communication, session identification, accessing to restricted access sections, saving elements that make up an order, undertaking the order process, processing sign up requests or event participation, using security elements during browsing, storing security contents to broadcast videos or audio, or sharing content via social networks.
• Personalisation cookies: Let you access the service with some general predefined features in terms of a series of criteria on your terminal, such as language, browser used to access the service, regional settings for the location you are accessing the service from, etc.
• Analytical cookies: Allow the person responsible for them to monitor and analyse the behaviour of the users of the websites to which they are linked. The information collected through this type of cookie is used to measure the activity of the websites, application or platform and to create browsing profiles of the users of said sites, applications and platforms, with the object of making improvements based on analysis of the usage data of the users of the service.
• Advertising cookies: Allow the most efficient management possible of advertising spaces, etc.
• Behavioural advertising cookies: These store your behavioural data, obtained by continually observing your browsing habits, to enable the development of a specific profile so that advertising can be displayed accordingly.
• Cookies from external social networks: These are used so that visitors can interact with the content of different social platforms (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc.) and are generated only for the users of these social networks. The conditions of use of these cookies and the information collected is regulated by the privacy policy of the corresponding social platform.
How to disable and eliminate cookies
You can restrict, block or delete cookies using the browser. If you disable cookies, some services can be inactive. Settings are different in every browser, but you can usually modify cookies configuration, through “Options” or “Tools”. The “Help” functionality can also help you. On this website, users can always choose what cookies want to install in their browser.
You can allow, block or eliminate cookies installed, through the options of your browser’s setting:
• Microsoft Internet Explorer and Microsoft Edge: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-gb/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies
• Mozilla Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/block-websites-storing-site-preferences
• Chrome: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=en
• Safari: http://safari.helpmax.net/en/privacy-and-security/managing-cookies/
• Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies
You can also manage cookie storage in your browser by means of tools like these:
• Ghostery: www.ghostery.com
• Your Online Choices: www.youronlinechoices.com
Cookies used by: www.aicros.com
The cookies used on this website are listed below, with their type and function:
__cfduid: This cookie is used to identify individual clients behind a shared IP address and apply security settings on a per-client basis. It is a third party cookie and it duration is 1 year
__utma: This cookie is typically written to the browser upon the first visit. If the cookie has been deleted by the browser operator, and the browser subsequently visits our site, a new __utma cookie is written with a different unique ID. In most cases, this cookie is used to determine unique visitors to our site and it is updated with each page view. Additionally, this cookie is provided with a unique ID that Google Analytics uses to ensure both the validity and accessibility of the cookie as an extra security measure. It is a First Party Persistent cookie and it duration is 2 years
_utmb: This cookie is used to establish and continue a user session with www.aicros.com. When a user views a page on our site, the Google Analytics code attempts to update this cookie. If it does not find the cookie, a new one is written and a new session is established. Each time a user visits a different page on www.aicros.com; this cookie is updated to expire in 30 minutes, thus continuing a single session for as long as user activity continues within 30-minute intervals. This cookie expires when a user pauses on a page on www.aicros.com for longer than 30 minutes. This is a First Party Persistent cookie and it duration is 30 minutes
_utmc: Historically, this cookie operated in conjunction with the __utmb cookie to determine whether or not to establish a new session for the user. For backwards compatibility purposes with sites still using theurchin.js tracking code, this cookie will continue to be written and will expire when the user exits the browser. This is a First Party Persistent cookie and it duration is not set.
_utmt: It allows you to analyse the website usage, by users, to improve the content and services. This is a First Party Persistent cookie and it duration is not set.
__utmz: This cookie stores the type of referral used by the visitor to reach www.aicros.com, whether via a direct method, a referring link, a website search, or a campaign such as an ad or an email link. It is used to calculate search engine traffic, ad campaigns and page navigation within www.aicros.com. The cookie is updated with each page view to www.aicros.com. This is a First Party Persistent cookie and it duration is 6 months.
_ga: This Google Universal Analytics cookie is typically written to the browser upon the first visit. If the cookie has been deleted by the browser operator, and the browser subsequently visits www.aicros.com, a new __utma cookie is written with a different unique ID. In most cases, this cookie is used to determine unique visitors to www.aicros.com and it is updated with each page view. Additionally, this cookie is provided with a unique ID that Google Analytics uses to ensure both the validity and accessibility of the cookie as an extra security measure. It is a First Party Persistent cookie and it duration is 2 years
_gid: Google Universal Analytics Cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports._gid appears to store and update a unique value for each page visited. It is a First Party Persistent cookie and it duration is 24 hours
Cookie Policy Acceptance
AICROS Ltd., through www.aicros.com, understands that you accept the use of cookies. However, the group displays information about its Cookie Policy on any website page at the start of every
session so that you will be aware of it.
With this information, you can take the following actions:
• Accept cookies: This warning will not longer be viewed when accessing any website page during the current session.
• Close: The notification is hidden on this page.
• Change the settings: You can find more information about cookies, reading the Cookie Policy of our website: www.aicros.com, and changing your browser settings.
AICROS Ltd.
Managing Director: Andreas Grund (PhD)
Anne-Conway-Str. 2
28359 Bremen, Germany
Tel: +49 (0) 421-89 67 66 17
Fax: +49 (0) 421-4348659
E-Mail: info@aicros.com
Trade register: HRB29284HB / Company Number: Cardiff, 8643629
VAT IDNr.: DE292205476