Cookies policy
These principles of using cookies and similar technologies apply to the website https://www.smartcitiesklub.sk, which is operated by the civic association Smart Cities klub, with its registered seat at Palisády 691/1, 811 01 Bratislava-Staré Mesto, ID: 42 174 775, contact person m.jurik@smartcitiesklub.sk
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that your browser stores on your computer or device when you visit a website.
Cookies allow the website to recognize the device and remember certain information about the sessions visited during the connection.
Cookies remember the type of browser or settings you use, such as language, that remain the default settings when you revisit a website.
The data that cookies collect is aggregated and anonymous.
Act no. 452/2021 Coll. on electronic communications in the provision of § 109 par. 8 on cookies stipulates that “Anyone who stores or obtains access to information stored in the user’s terminal equipment is entitled to do so only if the user concerned has given demonstrable consent. The obligation to obtain consent does not apply to a body active in criminal proceedings and another state body. This shall not preclude technical storage or access to data the sole purpose of which is to transmit or facilitate the transmission of a message over a network or where this is strictly necessary for an information society service provider to provide an information society service explicitly requested by the user. ”
What do we use cookies for?
Our company’s website uses cookies to help us provide better services. We use the following types of cookies on our website:
- Necessary cookies – necessary for the operation of our website (for example, cookies that allow you to log in to secure sections of our website – eg news subscriptions),
- Advertising cookies – advertising cookies allow you to display targeted advertising on the website based on monitoring your behavior and searching on the Internet, thanks to identification in your browser settings. These cookies do not identify a specific person, but the settings and preferences of an anonymous user of a specific computer. Advertising cookies are also used to evaluate the effectiveness of a particular advertisement and monitor the number of users it has attracted.
- Analytical cookies – collect statistics anonymously and measure website traffic.
- Functional cookies – used to set the language version of the website.
The data that cookies collect does not personally identify you.
The cookies we use do not harm your computer and cannot be used to collect your personal data.
We use a third party vendor as a supplier for some of the features on our website, such as videos embedded from YouTube or links to this service.
These videos or links (any other content from third-party vendors) may contain third-party cookies, so you should read the information about the use of such cookies in the third-party cookie policy.
What specific cookies do we use on our website:
| The name of the cookie file | From web address | Type of Cookie file | Description of Cookie file | Expiration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSC | www.youtube.com | advertising | This cookie is set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos from Youtube website. | sessional |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | www.youtube.com | advertising | This cookie is set by Youtube to keep track of user preferences for Youtube videos embedded in sites;it can also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the Youtube interface. | 6 months |
| _ga | www.smartcitiesklub.sk | analytical | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. This 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. | 2 years |
| _gid | www.smartcitiesklub.sk | analytical | This cookie is set by Google Analytics. It stores and update a unique value for each page visited and is used to count and track pageviews. | 1 day |
| _gat_gtag_UA_100099374_1 | www.smartcitiesklub.sk | analytical | This cookie is part of Google Analytics and is used to limit requests (throttle request rate). | 1 minute |
| pll_language | www.smartcitiesklub.sk | functional | To store language settings. | 1 year |
How can I control or delete cookies?
Most browsers accept cookies automatically. If you do not want to use cookies, you will need to actively delete or block them. If you decline the use of cookies, you will still be able to visit our website, but some features may not work properly. If you reject only a certain category of cookies, it may happen that the final form of our website will not be in the form and with the same possibilities as it would be if you chose to accept all cookies.
If you wish to do so, you can choose to reject or block cookies by changing your internet browser settings. For more information, please use the help in your internet browser. Incognito browsing mode can also be a possible choice for you, which you can use when browsing when you do not want your visits or downloads on the website to be recorded in your browsing and download history. Cookies created in incognito mode will be deleted when you close all incognito windows.
In Bratislava, 1st February 2022