Cookies policy

What are cookies?

Cookies and similar technologies are very small text documents or pieces of code that often contain a unique identification code. When you visit a website or use a mobile application, a computer asks your computer or mobile device for permission to save this file on your computer or mobile device and gain access to information. Information collected through cookies and similar technologies may include the date and time of the visit and how you use a particular website or mobile application.

Cookies and similar technologies can be set by website you visit (first party cookies) or can be set by company which are not an owner of website (third party cookies). For example, cookies may be set up by other websites that run content on the website you’re visiting, or by an independent analytics company. The websites you visit may also include content embedded from other websites, and these websites may also set their own cookies. Websites may use third-party ad networks to provide targeted advertising. These cookies may be able to track your browsing of various sites.

How cookies are divided

Cookies can be divided according to who places them on the website, ie:

  • First party cookies – their validity is limited to the domain of the website you are browsing. These cookies are considered more secure.
  • Third party cookies – are placed using a script from another domain. This allows users to be tracked across domains. They are often used to evaluate the effectiveness of advertising channels.

This website uses two types of cookies:

Short-term, session cookies – Session cookies are stored only temporarily during a browsing session and are deleted from your device after closing the browser.

Persistent cookie – This type of cookie is stored on your computer for a fixed period of time, which depends on your browser settings and cookie settings (usually a month, year or more) and these cookies are not deleted after closing the browser. Persistent cookies are used to identify you from one browsing session to another, for example to store your preferences so that they will remember them for the next visit. You can also delete them manually.

How do we use cookies?

We use cookies to improve your user experience by allowing websites to identify you, either for the duration of your visit (using relational cookies) or for repeat visits (using persistent cookies). The cookies we use may:

  • be essential for your site navigation or the provision of some basic functions; or
  • improve the functionality of our website, for example by saving your preferences. They record your choices (such as your username or language of choice) and allow us to provide a personalized environment; or
  • Help us improve the performance of our website to offer you a better user experience. The information provided by these cookies is anonymous and helps us understand how our visitors use our website to improve the presentation of their content. These services are generally provided by independent measurement and research companies, so these cookies may be third-party cookies.

If we did not use cookies, our website would consider you a new visitor every time you visit a new page of our website – for example, if you enter your login details and go to the next page, they would not recognize you and you would not be able to stay logged in.

We need to use cookies in order to maintain the effectiveness of our website and provide you with a user-friendly environment. Therefore, in particular, it is not possible to block the necessary technical cookies separately, and by continuing to browse our website and using our online services, you agree that we may place these cookies on your device.

Our website also uses cookies for behaviorally targeted advertising, which allows us to customize the advertisement and ensure that it is relevant to you, based on the areas you view on our website and the geographical location of your IP address. These cookies are placed by third party advertising networks with our consent.

What we use cookies for

We use the following cookies on our website:

  • Necessary – first parties, short-term. They ensure the basic technical functionality of the website, ie logging in, remembering settings, using services, etc.
  • Analytical (eg Google Analytics) – first pages, long-term. They are used to generate anonymous statistics about website usage.
  • Marketing – first and third parties. They are used for behavioral targeting of interest-based advertising. When an ad needs to be displayed (as the main revenue for the site and its content creation), let users / readers see offers that may be of real interest to them.
  • Functional – first parties, short-term and long-term. They make it easier for the visitor, for example, to remember the setting of language preferences, etc.

Important: We never place sensitive or personal data in cookies. None of the cookies created by us leads to individual identification of the user / reader, the collected data are anonymous.

Third party websites

If you use our partners’ websites, a cookie may be set by the websites you visit. We do not operate this website and therefore we have no control over the distribution of these cookies. You can find more information about these cookies on the website of the relevant third party.

What cookies do we use?

All cookies listed there are used only for a purpose described in spredsheet.

We use Google Analytics

This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (hereinafter Google). Google Analytics uses cookies. The information on the use of the website together with the content of the cookie will be transmitted by Google and stored on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage in general. Google may also provide this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google’s behalf.

Google Analytics is enhanced with related advertising features provided by Google,
namely:

  • impression Reports of Google Display Network
  • remarketing (showing ads on the content network based on the products viewed)
  • Advanced demographic reporting (anonymous demographic reporting). See Google’s Terms of Service for more information of data processing and use (https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites?hl=cs).

Settings changes for use of cookies on your device

If you want to modify your cookie usage settings on this page in any way, click on the bar at the bottom of the page and go to the Settings tab, where you can freely enable / disable individual cookies.