What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that the browser saves on the user’s device (computer, mobile phone or tablet) when visiting a website. Cookies are fundamental for providing user-friendly online services.
Different types of cookies have different functions. Cookies can enable a website to recognize you, log you in when you visit a particular page, provide you with a secure connection to the website and improve your user experience. The storage of cookies is under the full control of the user’s browser – it can limit or disable the storage of cookies if desired. Cookies are not harmful and are always limited in time.
What type of cookies do we use?
This site uses different types of cookies. Some are used at the request of foreign sites that appear on our site.
The following cookies are used to ensure the functioning of all website functions:
- Necessary cookies are crucial because they make the website useful, enabling basic functions such as page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website does not function properly without these cookies.
- Cookies for monitoring statistics are cookies that we need to monitor visits to the website in order to improve the user experience and identify user requests and trends.
- Marketing cookies anonymously collect information about your website visits. The purpose is to display advertisements that are suitable and interesting for the individual user.
The exact description of each cookie and the time of its installation can be seen from the following table:
| Cookie name | Service | Type | Validity | Description |
| www.gostol-tst.eu | Necessary cookies | 1 year | It is used to store the user’s cookie choices. The validity of the cookie is determined by the user. | |
| _ga | Google Analytics | Cookies for tracking statistics | 2 years | Registers a unique identity (ID), which is used to generate statistical data about how the visitor uses the website. |
| _gat | Google Analytics | Cookies for tracking statistics | Session | The Google Analytics application uses a cookie to regulate the number of requests. |
| _gid | Google Analytics | Cookies for tracking statistics | Session | Registers a unique identity (ID), which is used to generate statistical data about how the visitor uses the website. |
| _gcl_au | Google AdSense | Cookies for tracking statistics | 3 months | Google AdSense uses a cookie to store and measure conversions. |
Disabling cookies
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies. You can turn off cookies at any time in your browser settings.
