We strive to respect personal information regarding visitors to our site. This Privacy Policy explains some of the measures we take to protect your privacy.
Obtaining private information
We receive private information about you, including the information that you provide when you share a story, send us a letter or subscribe to receive electronic informational messages from our website.
«Personal Information» means any information that can be used to identify you, such as your last name or email address.
Personal information obtained in the form of paper registration forms or through our website is used by us, among other things, for the purpose of registering users, to support the operation and improvement of our website, to monitor policies and statistics on the use of the website, as well as for purposes permitted by you. In addition, we use personal information to communicate with you in other ways. For example, if you send us a message through this website, we may use your personal information to respond to it. We also use personal information to inform you of significant changes to this Privacy Policy.
From time to time, we may invite users to provide information in the form of surveys or questionnaires. Participation in such surveys or subscription lists is completely voluntary, therefore, the site user can decide whether to disclose the requested information. In addition to the other purposes specified in this Privacy Policy, the contact information obtained in connection with surveys or questionnaires is used to inform you of the results of surveys or questionnaires, as well as to monitor or improve the use and increase satisfaction with this site.
Cookies
Our website uses cookies and similar tracking data collection technologies to identify users. These technologies help us provide seamless access to the Website and use of the Services.
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that a website stores on your computer or device when you visit the website. You can refuse the use of cookies. It is believed that you have consented to the use of cookies, if at the appropriate time they are accepted by the settings / configuration of your browser. If you refuse, we only save one permanent “normative” cookie, which informs us that you refuse to use any other cookies.
Our Website uses the cookie categories discussed below.
Required Cookies
Cookies of this category are necessary so that you can navigate through different sections of the Website and use certain functions. Without the required cookies, you will not be able to use the online services provided on the Website. Therefore, you cannot refuse the use of this category of cookies. In addition, the Website encryption language uses session cookies. They are deleted every time you close your browser. These cookies do not store any visitor information after closing the browser.
Technical Cookies
Our technical cookies store anonymous information about how you use the Website and its functions. For example, our technical cookies collect information about the pages of the Website you visit most often, the advertisements you are viewing or the ads you use on the Website or other websites on which we place advertisements, as well as information about receiving error messages.
Analytics Cookies
Our Websites uses Google Analytics, an online analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer and help us analyze the trends in the use of the Websites by users. The information about your use of the Websites (including your IP address) stored in a cookie is transmitted and stored by Google on servers in the USA, and by accepting this Policy, you agree to such storage. If you enable the hidden IP address function, Google cuts off / anonymizes the last octet of the IP address for the countries of the European Union and other parties to the Agreement on the establishment of the European Economic Area. Full IP addresses, which are then abbreviated on Google servers in the USA, we only send in exceptional cases. Google, on our behalf, uses the information obtained to evaluate the nature of your use of the Websites, compiles reports on user actions on websites for us and provides other services related to the analysis of actions on websites and Internet use. Google does not bind your IP address to any other data held by Google. In addition, you can prevent Google from collecting and using data (cookies and IP addresses) by downloading and installing browser extensions from https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/.
Address or advertising cookies
Third-party advertisers, ad networks, service providers of data exchange systems, analytical marketing systems and other services may store independent address-based advertising cookies on your device. Independent targeted advertising cookies collect information about the pages you visit of various websites and online services to show you relevant advertisements on websites and online services of third parties. Ad networks can transmit this information to advertisers through their networks. The information obtained through these independent advertising cookies does not contain data that can be used to identify you, but is used to identify users on various websites.