This website uses cookies

We use cookies to personalize content, to provide social media features and to analyze our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media partners, who may combine it with other information you have provided to them or that they have collected from your use of their services.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer by websites you visit. They are widely used to enable websites to operate, or operate more efficiently, and to provide information to site owners. The cookies we use enable us, among other things, to improve your experience when using our website and to ensure that the website functions as you expect it to.

What are the different types of cookies?

A cookie can be classified by its lifespan and the domain to which it belongs. By lifespan, a cookie is either a:

Depending on its lifetime, a cookie is either:

1. a session cookie that is deleted when the user closes the browser; or
2. a persistent cookie that remains on the user's computer/device for a predefined period of time.

With regard to the domains to which they belong, there are two types:

1. First party cookies: These are cookies set directly by the website or domain the user is visiting.
2. Third-party cookies: These are cookies set by a domain other than the one the user is visiting. This typically occurs when the website incorporates elements from other sites, such as images, social media plugins or advertising. When the browser or other software fetches these elements from the other sites, they can set cookies as well.

What categories of cookies are used on our website?

We use 4 categories of cookies on our website:

1. Essential cookies

   These cookies are strictly necessary for the functioning of the website to which you, as a user, have requested access. Essential cookies also include cookies intended for communication purposes only (for the sole purpose of transmission over the network). These essential cookies are exempt from consent.

2. Cookies for audience measurement

   These cookies make it possible to generate statistics on visits in order to improve the website. The solution used for this (Google Analytics) anonymizes IP addresses. These cookies are disabled by default.

3. Cookies related to social network sharing plugins

   These third-party cookies are set by social networks to use your browsing data in accordance with their terms, when you interact with sharing buttons of these networks integrated on the site.

4. Video cookies

   These cookies are set by a third-party service (Youtube) to use your navigation data in accordance with their conditions, when playing videos of the service embedded on our site.

   We incorporate videos on our site using the "privacy- enhanced" mode proposed by Youtube. This means that when viewing the embedded videos, no activity data is collected to personalize the Youtube viewing experience.

Understand how and why we use cookies

The tables below detail the cookies we use and their purposes.

Type	Name of the cookie	Session / Persistent	First-party / Third-party	Lifespan	Purpose
Essential	incap_ses_*	Session	First Party	Session	These first party cookies are set by a third party service to filter out malicious requests. The information generated cannot identify you as an individual.
	visid_incap_*	Session	First Party	1 Year
	CookieControl	Persistent	First Party	1 Year	Stores the user's cookie consent state for the current domain.
	hktoys_sessions	Session	First Party	Session	Preserves users states across page requests.
Audience measurement	_ga	Session	Third Party	1 Year 1 Month	Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
	_ga_*	Session	Third Party	1 Year 1 Month
	_gid	Session	Third Party	1 Day
	_gat	Session	Third Party	1 Minute	Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate.
Video	PREF	Persistent	Third Party	8 Months	Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.
	VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	Persistent	Third Party	180 Days	Tries to estimate the users' bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos.
	YSC	Session	Third Party	Session	Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen.
	yt-player-headers-readable	Persistent	Third Party	17 Days	Used to determine the optimal video quality based on the visitor's device and network settings.
	yt-remote-cast-installed	Session	Third Party		Stores the user's video player preferences using embedded YouTube video.
	yt-remote-connected-devices	Persistent	Third Party
	yt-remote-device-id	Persistent	Third Party
	yt-remote-fast-check-period	Session	Third Party
	yt-remote-session-app	Session	Third Party
	yt-remote-session-name	Session	Third Party

How do I change the cookie settings?

You can accept or decline cookies and you can manage cookies using the tools built into the site.

Most web browsers allow some control over most cookies through the browser settings. You can prevent cookies from being stored on your computer or device by using the tools we provide or by setting your browser to not accept cookies. You can delete cookies already on your computer or device at any time. Find out how to manage cookies on the most popular browsers:

1. Google Chorme
2. Microsoft Edge
3. Mozilla Firefox
4. Microsoft Internet Explorer
5. Opera
6. Apple Safari

To find information about other browsers, visit the browser developer's website.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

Changes to the Cookie Statement

We may update this Cookie Statement from time to time. Please check this Cookie Statement regularly to ensure that you are aware of the most recent version.