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Cookies Policy

Cookie Policy for Britsino

What Cookies Are

Cookies are small files stored on your device by websites to enhance user experience, improve site functionality, and gather information about website usage.

Why Cookies Are Used

We use cookies to remember you when you return to our website, recall preferences such as language or font size, and provide a more streamlined browsing experience. We also utilize analytics tools to track website performance, identify areas for improvement, and inform marketing efforts.

Essential Cookies

Essential cookies are required for the operation of our website and include session management, authentication, and security-related functions. These cookies do not require explicit consent from users as they serve critical purposes in providing an accessible online environment.

  • Session ID: Temporarily assigned to identify your browser during each visit.
  • Authentication tokens: Securely store login credentials for authorized access.

Session Cookies

Session cookies are deleted after you close the browsing session. They're used primarily for:

  • Authentication and user profiling
  • Managing multiple applications within a single website (e.g., chat functionality)
    • Maintaining information across different web pages in a single visit or during a specific task flow

Persistent Cookies

Persistent cookies remain on your device even after the browsing session is closed. We use them to:

  • Remember language preferences: Provide seamless translation services based on user's locale.
    • Customize content: Tailor site elements, such as menus and news feeds, according to individual settings.

Functional Cookies

Functional cookies enhance our website features by remembering specific data inputs or user interactions. They include:

  • Input storage: Preserve partially filled forms for easier submission on subsequent visits
    • Cookie notice management: Remember your preference regarding cookie consent for a period of time

Analytics and Performance Cookies

We employ analytics tools to gather information about site usage, which helps us improve website performance, address accessibility issues, and make data-driven marketing decisions.

  • Page interaction tracking: Monitor how users engage with our content (e.g., scroll depth, click rates)
    • Performance metrics collection: Record key statistics like response times, load errors

Preference and Language Settings

We collect information on your preferences for language settings to ensure that the site is presented in a format most comfortable for you.

  • Language choice storage: Store user's selected locale preference
    • Format selection (e.g., date/time): Remember specific format choices made by users

Login/Session Continuity

To maintain seamless interaction with our platform, we utilize cookies to authenticate your account and track sessions:

  • Authentication tokens: Securely store login credentials for authorized access.
    • Session tracking: Identify active user sessions in real-time.

Device Recognition

Our system recognizes devices based on a combination of factors including browser type, device ID (where possible), screen resolution, operating system details, and more.

Security-Related Cookies

To ensure your online security is maintained at our website:

  • Authentication tokens: Securely store login credentials for authorized access.
    • Session tracking: Identify active user sessions in real-time

Browser Storage Technologies

We utilize browser storage technologies such as cookies to cache data temporarily. This improves loading times and optimizes browsing experience.

  • Temporary caching of resources : Store frequently requested assets (e.g., JavaScript libraries, images) locally
    • Managing session state: Store critical data across multiple HTTP requests efficiently.

Third-Party Integrations

Our site integrates third-party services for analytics and social media sharing. These partners may set cookies or collect user information directly from the browser:

  • Third-party tracking pixels: Monitor page views and other key metrics.
    • Social network integration: Share content seamlessly across your preferred networks.

Marketing/Communication Preferences

We allow users to indicate marketing preferences by opting in/out of different communication channels. This can be managed through our cookie settings:

  • Notification preferences: Store user choices regarding notification types and frequencies
    • Targeted advertising management: Manage tracking data collection for targeted campaigns

Cookie Consent Management

You are given the option to choose whether you consent or decline cookies used on this website at any point.

  • Cookie notification display: Display information about cookies in use, their purposes, duration
    • Tracking cookie activation/deactivation: Allow users to customize tracking behavior and change settings easily

Browser Cookie Controls

Most modern browsers provide built-in tools for managing cookies, blocking specific websites from storing data or limiting access.

  • Cookie storage management: Provide an interface within the browser where you can view stored information (name/path/expiry)
    • Tracking protection : Allow users to limit or block third-party tracking activities

Clearing/Disabling Cookies

It's always possible to remove existing cookies from your device by clearing them, either through individual website settings or via the browser.

  • Session-based storage: Users can reset their local session data manually.
    • Cookie wiping and reset tools : Tools provided directly within browsers allow users clear current stored values.

Site Functionality Impact When Cookies Are Disabled

Disabling cookies might limit some of our site's functionality:

  • Authentications may become more difficult or require additional steps
    • Limited personalization: Without functional/analytical data, users won't be able to customize as many aspects of their experience.

Technical Diagnostics and Performance Optimisation

We continuously monitor performance metrics through cookies. This data allows us:

  • Identify optimization opportunities.
    • Improve end-user performance perceptions through more streamlined browsing experiences.

Aggregated Analytics Information

The cookie-related information we gather serves only to analyze usage patterns or optimize site functions, ensuring the collected data remains depersonalized and never shared in a way that compromises user identities.