Cookie Policy

1. What cookies are

Cookies are small text files or similar technologies that a website stores on, or accesses from, a user’s device in order to enable website operation, remember settings, analyze usage, and improve the user experience. Depending on their purpose, cookies may be session-based or persistent, and may be first-party or third-party cookies.

2. Types of cookies the Website may use

2.1. Strictly necessary cookies

These cookies are necessary for the basic functioning of the Website and cannot be disabled through the standard consent mechanism where they are genuinely required to provide a service expressly requested by the user or for the technically proper operation of the Website. This category may include cookies used for:

• basic Website security and stability,
• session management,
• remembering cookie-consent preferences,
• technical traffic routing and protection against misuse.

Strictly necessary cookies generally do not require prior consent, provided they are used solely for necessary purposes.

2.2. Analytics cookies

The Website uses analytics tools to understand how users interact with the Website, which content is visited, how long users remain on certain pages, and how the Website’s functionality, content, and technical performance may be improved. Where such cookies are not strictly necessary, they should only be activated after the user has given appropriate consent.

The Website uses Google Analytics. Google publicly states that Analytics includes data-retention controls and additional privacy-related controls and settings.

2.3. Functional cookies

If the Website uses functional cookies, they serve to remember user choices and improve the user experience, for example language preferences, content display options, or other technical settings. Where such cookies are not strictly necessary, they are activated only on the basis of the user’s consent. Whether consent is required depends on the actual function and necessity of the cookie concerned.

3. Google Analytics

The Website uses Google Analytics in order to collect aggregated and technical information about the use of the Website, such as visited pages, session duration, traffic source, device type, browser type, and similar analytical indicators. Google publicly states that Analytics includes data-retention settings and other privacy controls available to administrators.

To the extent that Google Analytics uses cookies or similar identifiers that are not strictly necessary, they should not be activated before the user’s consent has been obtained. This follows from European rules requiring prior consent for certain analytics and similar cookies that are not necessary for the operation of the Website.

4. Legal basis

For strictly necessary cookies, the legal basis may be legitimate interest and/or the necessity of providing the service or enabling the technical operation of the Website, within the limits permitted by applicable rules. For analytics, functional, or other non-essential cookies, the legal basis is the user’s consent. The general legal framework for personal data processing derives from the GDPR and Croatian implementing law, while European online privacy rules require consent for certain non-essential cookies.

5. Managing cookies and consent

Users may manage cookies through:

• the banner or consent-management tool available on the Website,
• their browser settings,
• additional privacy settings or browser add-ons where applicable.

Users may withdraw or modify their consent for non-essential cookies at any time. Refusing certain cookies may affect the availability or proper functioning of certain Website features. European rules expressly state that cookies requiring consent should not be placed before consent is obtained.

6. Retention periods

Cookies may last only for the duration of a session or for a longer period, depending on their purpose and technical configuration. The specific duration of individual cookies and similar identifiers may depend on system settings, consent-management tools, browser settings, and third-party service providers. Google publicly states that Google Analytics includes configurable data-retention controls.

7. Third parties

Certain cookies or similar technologies may originate from third parties, especially where the Website uses external services such as Google Analytics. In such cases, data may also be processed by third-party service providers in accordance with their own rules and technical settings. If such processing involves transfers outside the European Economic Area, appropriate safeguards are to be relied upon in accordance with applicable law.

8. User rights

Where cookies and similar technologies involve the processing of personal data, users have the rights provided under the GDPR, including the right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection and, where applicable, the right to withdraw consent, as well as the right to lodge a complaint with the competent supervisory authority. In the Republic of Croatia, the supervisory authority is the Croatian Personal Data Protection Agency (AZOP).

9. Changes to this Cookie Policy

The owner reserves the right to amend or supplement this Cookie Policy at any time. The current version will be published on the Website together with the date of last update.

10. Contact

For any questions relating to this Cookie Policy or the processing of data through cookies, please contact:

Competent supervisory authority in the Republic of Croatia: Croatian Personal Data Protection Agency (AZOP). Official information regarding competence and data subject rights is available on the official AZOP website.