1 – What are cookies?

A cookie is a small amount of information downloaded onto your computer or device when you visit certain web pages. AIDEN's website uses a number of different cookies, including necessary, functional, performance and behavioural cookies.

Cookies improve your browsing experience by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login and geographic region selection). This means you won't have to re-enter this information each time you visit the website or move from one page to another.

In addition, cookies provide information about how people use a website, distinguishing, for example, whether it is the first time a User visits it or whether they are a frequent visitor. At AIDEN we use this information to improve the browsing experience of each and every one of our Users.

2 – Which cookies do we use and why?

Necessary cookies

Some cookies are necessary to allow navigation of our website, use its features and access secure areas. The use of these cookies is essential for the operation of the website and they are not used to collect personal information about the User/Customer.

Functional cookies

We also use functional cookies to remember the options the Customer has chosen or the information they have provided, such as username, language or the region they are in; which allows us to personalise their experience on our website and tailor it specifically to their preferences.

For example, authentication cookies are functional cookies used during the course of a session (or persistent, if you accept the "remember me" function) to allow users to authenticate on subsequent visits or to access authorised content on the pages.

The functional cookies we use at AIDEN include:

• User-centric security cookies: used to detect authentication abuse, with a limited persistent duration.
• Multimedia player session cookies: used during a session to store the technical data needed to play video or audio content.
• Load-balancing session cookies: used during a session to identify the same server in the group.
• User interface customisation cookies: used to store the User's preferences regarding a service on web pages.

Performance cookies

We use performance cookies to collect information about how the Customer/User uses our website and how often. These cookies only collect information for statistical purposes and do not collect any information that could personally identify the User/Customer. However, because these cookies are not strictly necessary for the use of our website, we need your consent to use them.

We use Google Analytics and other analytics providers to help measure how Users interact with the content of our website. These cookies "remember" what our Users have done on previous pages and how they interacted with the website.

Behavioural / marketing cookies

Social media plug-in tracking cookies are used on many social networks that have "social plug-in modules". We integrate these modules into our platform to provide services that may be considered "expressly requested" by our Users. However, we need your consent, because some of the third-party social media plug-in tracking cookies are used for things such as behavioural advertising, analytics and/or market research.

3 – How long will cookies stay on my computer or mobile device?

How long a cookie stays on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a "persistent" cookie or a "session" cookie. Session cookies last until you stop browsing and persistent cookies last until they expire or are deleted.

Most of the cookies we use are persistent and expire between 90 days and two years from the date they are downloaded onto the device.

4 – Social Media Buttons

Social Media Buttons for social media websites are used to allow the User to share or tag web pages. We cannot prevent these sites from collecting information about you. To understand how third-party social media sites use information about your activities on our website and the Internet, please read their respective terms of use and privacy policies.

5 – How to control cookies?

You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please note that deleting or blocking cookies may negatively affect your user experience and some parts of our website may not be fully accessible.

Most browsers accept cookies automatically, but you can choose whether to accept them using your browser controls, which are often found in the "Tools" menu or "Preferences" of your browser.

You can find information about how to manage your cookie preferences in the most common browsers via the links below:

• Firefox
• Chrome
• Edge / Explorer
• Safari
• Opera

If you use our website without opting out of Google Analytics, it means you understand and agree to the collection of data about you for advertising purposes.

Aiden Technologies Ltd is not responsible for the content and accuracy of the third-party Privacy Policies included in this cookie policy.

For more information about how to change your browser settings or how to block, manage or filter cookies, you can also visit www.allaboutcookies.org.