Cookies Policy
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Last updated: 07/07/2023.
Introduction
This Cookies Policy (“Policy”) describes how Privacity GmbH, registered under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany (Neuer Wall 50, 20354 Hamburg, Germany) (“Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) processes your personal data and other data you provide us with through the use of cookies.
We use cookies on our website [privacity.de] (“Website”) for the following purposes:
- to ensure the functionality of the Website;
- to prevent fraud.
Cookies Overview
Cookies are small text files stored on your browser or device by websites, apps, online media, and advertisements used to remember your preferences, browser or device settings, which are relevant during and across the Website use and visits. The information may not always identify you, but it can give you a more personalized web experience.
Cookies by provider
There are two types of cookies divided under the category of provider, namely:
- First-party cookies: cookies placed on the Website by the host of the domain the user is visiting. We put these cookies on the Website.
- Third-party cookies: cookies placed on the Website by domains other than the one the user is visiting. As we cannot deliver ourselves a variety of features necessary to ensure the personalized and convenient experience of the user, we use third-party cookies.
We use both first-party and third-party cookies.
Cookies by the period of expiry
The cookies also vary depending on the period of retention, namely:
- Session cookies: these are the temporary cookies, which are deleted when you leave the Website.
- Persistent cookies: these cookies stay in one of your browser’s subfolders until you delete them manually or your browser deletes them based on the period in the persistent cookie’s file.
We use both the session and persistent cookies.
Your choices
You have the right to choose whether to accept the particular cookies. However, cookies are an essential part of how our Website works. Please be aware that if you choose to block or delete particular cookies, some features of our Website may not function well or may become unavailable.
Most web browsers are set to accept cookies by default. However, you can still set your browser to block or delete cookies. To modify the settings of your browser, follow the instructions included in the following links:
- Google Chrome (https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en);
- Safari (https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac);
- Opera (https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/);
- Microsoft Edge (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/delete-and-manage-cookies-168dab11-0753-043d-7c16-ede5947fc64d);
- Mozilla Firefox (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookies-information-websites-store-on-your-computer).
The list of third-party’s cookies providers is not exclusive, and it might change from time to time in the course of our activity.
Most web browsers collect fingerprint data according to their own practices and policies. We do not process such data and are not responsible for its collection and processing.
Remember that this policy DOES NOT cover the cookies collected by third parties when you follow the links to any website other than ours.
Types of Cookies, Purposes and Retention
We use four main types of cookies, including those placed by the third-party services that may appear on our Website:
- Necessary: enable users to use the website by providing essential functions, e.g., ensuring security.The website cannot function properly without these cookies;
- Preferential: enable our website to remember choices you make and recognize you when you return, for example, preferable language, etc.;
- Analytics: These cookies collect information about how users interact with our website (e.g. page visits and page load speed). Third-party providers of web traffic analysis services sometimes place these cookies.
- Marketing: these cookies are used to track the visitor’s interest in a particular product, measure the number of unique visits and recognise returning users and deliver a targeted advertisement to users. These cookies are placed by us and selected third parties and enable adverts to be presented to you on third-party websites.
| Please note: we only use necessary cookies on our Website now. |
Legal grounds
We collect the necessary cookies based on our legitimate interest, namely:
- to check if the user’s browser supports cookies;
- for load balancing (to optimize user experience);
- to preserve user session state across page requests;
- to prevent cross-site request forgery (for security purposes).
Necessary cookies are always active. The following table sets out the different categories of cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them.
Necessary cookies (2)
| COOKIE NAME | PROVIDER | PURPOSE | RETENTION |
| CONSENT | youtube.com | Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website. | 2 years |
| CONSENT | youtube-nocookie.com | Used to detect if the visitor has accepted the marketing category in the cookie banner. This cookie is necessary for GDPR-compliance of the website. | 2 years |
Preferential cookies (2)
| COOKIE NAME | PROVIDER | PURPOSE | RETENTION |
| pll_language | privacity.de | This cookie is used to determine the preferred language of the visitor and sets the language accordingly on the website, if possible. | 1 year |
| yt-player-bandwidth | youtube-nocookie.com | Used to determine the optimal video quality based on the visitor’s device and network settings. | Persistent |
Analytics cookies (1)
| COOKIE NAME | PROVIDER | PURPOSE | RETENTION |
| yt-player-headers-readable | youtube-nocookie.com | Used to determine the optimal video quality based on the visitor’s device and network settings | Persistent |
Marketing cookies (7)
| COOKIE NAME | PROVIDER | PURPOSE | RETENTION |
| LAST_RESULT_ENTRY_KEY | youtube-nocookie.com | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. | Session |
| nextId | youtube-nocookie.com | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. | Session |
| requests | youtube-nocookie.com | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. | Session |
| TESTCOOKIESENABLED | youtube-nocookie.com | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. | 1 day |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | youtube.com | Tries to estimate the users’ bandwidth on pages with integrated YouTube videos. | 180 days |
| YSC | youtube.com | Registers a unique ID to keep statistics of what videos from YouTube the user has seen. | Session |
| YtIdbMeta#databases | youtube-nocookie.com | Used to track user’s interaction with embedded content. | Persistent |
This Cookies Policy is part of our Privacy Policy. Please contact us if you have any questions about our use of cookies, this Cookies Policy, or your rights. Suppose you have a question related to this Cookies Policy, our processing activities, or your data subject rights under GDPR and other applicable laws. In that case, you can contact us directly using the following details:
● Our email: hello@privacity.de
● Our address: Neuer Wall 50, 20354 Hamburg, Germany
● Company name: Privacity GmbH