Our website, www.lab.polimer.tech, may use cookies, which identify the user session during the use of our service. These files are necessary for the proper functioning of our Website.
I. What are cookies?:
Cookies are text files stored on the end device of the website user (for example on a computer, tablet, smartphone). These files usually contain the website name, storage time on the end device and a unique number. Cookies stored on your end device provide access to information contained in them. This information is used for our websites to run properly, but also for statistical analysis of traffic, for example obtaining information on what content is most often read etc. Cookies may also be used for collecting information for commercial purposes, e.g. to better adjust the presented content and offers to your preferences and interests determined on the basis of the information recorded in them.
II. The basis for using cookies:
We use cookies on the basis of your consent, except for situations in which cookies are necessary for the appropriate provision of a service by electronic means.
With regard to your consent to using cookies, we assume that you grant such consent by having specific settings in your browser or additional software supporting cookie management. We assume that you grant your consent to all cookies that we use and which are not blocked by your browser or other software you use.
III. How to block cookies.
In order to block cookies you need to change the settings in your browser, so that it rejects or removes specific cookies. Each web browser provides the option to disable cookies both after ending a session on a given website and permanently, including for a specific website and for all visited websites. Information on how to disable cookies can be found in the documentation provided by the developer of your web browser, which is typically available in the Help section or in a similar tab. For example:
In Google Chrome go to Settings/Privacy and Security;
In Mozilla Firefox go to Tools/Options/Privacy & Security;
In Internet Explorer go to Tools/Internet Options/Privacy;
In Safari go to Preferences/Security;
In Opera go to Tools/Preferences/Advanced.
Please remember that when you block cookies, some functionalities of the website may stop working.
IV. Data collection:
In accordance with the adopted practice for most websites, we store the HTTP requests sent to our server. This means that we know the public IP addresses from which users browse the information content of our website. The browsed content is identified by URL address. We also receive:
1) Request arrival time;
2) Response time;
3) URL address of the website previously visited by the user (referrer link), if lab.polimer.tech was accessed via a link;
4) Information on the user’s web browser.
These data are not matched with specific persons browsing www.polimer.tech.
To ensure the best possible quality of the website, we occasionally analyse log files to determine which pages are visited more often than others, which web browsers are used and whether the page structure is free of errors, etc.
V. Use of data:
The collected data are stored as supporting material used for website administration. The information contained in them is not disclosed to anyone other than the individuals authorised to perform server and network administration and the attached tools. Log files may be used to generate statistics, which are helpful for administrative purposes. Overall summaries in the form of such statistics do not contain any identifying features of the individual users visiting the website.
VI. Types of cookies:
The www.lab.polimer.tech website uses the following cookies:
1) Standard / Purpose – the basic role of this type of cookie, necessary for managing websites. They allow us to identify what type of user you are and ensure that we provide the appropriate services.
2) Performance / Analytics – we use cookies to analyse the accessibility, use and performance of our websites. We need this information to maintain, manage, and constantly improve our services.
3) Functionality – this type of cookies allow us to manage certain functions of our websites in accordance with your settings. This means that when you continue to use the website or you return to it, we can provide you our services in the way you selected, so that your username is recognised (for example if the website requires login, the User is not required to enter his or her login and password on every page).
The website uses two types of cookies: session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies are temporary files, stored in the User’s end device until the User logs out, leaves the website or quits the browser. Persistent cookies are stored in the User’s end device for a period specified in their parameters or until removed by the User.
VII. What third-party cookies we use.
The cookies used on our website may include the following third-party cookies::
1) LinkedIn
2) Google, such as:
a) Google Analytics;
b) Google My business;
c) Google Tag Manager;
d) Google Ads.
LinkedIn Plugin
Our website contains a plugin for the LinkedIn social networking service. The LinkedIn Plugin on our website is visible as the LinkedIn logo. This plugin directly connects you with our LinkedIn profile. In the process, LinkedIn may receive information that you have visited our website from your IP address. When you are visiting our website while being logged in on your LinkedIn profile, LinkedIn will record information about your visit. Even if you are not logged in, LinkedIn will be able to obtain information on your IP address.
We want to emphasise that the purpose and scope of data collection by LinkedIn are not known to us. To receive additional information regarding your privacy on LinkedIn we suggest that you directly contact LinkedIn or read the service’s privacy policy on https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy.
If you do not wish LinkedIn to receive information regarding your visits on our websites, we recommend logging out of your LinkedIn account before visiting our site.
Google
Our pages use web analysis services provided by Google Inc. (”Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA “): Google Analytics, Google Ads, Google My Business and Google Tag Manger. Google Analytics and Google Tag Manger use cookies, which facilitate analysing the ways in which websites are used. The data collected by cookies are transmitted to Google servers located in the US and archived. We conduct our activities in this regard on the basis of our legitimate interests involving the creation of statistics and their analysis for the purposes of optimising our websites
If the IP address anonymisation feature is on during the use of our website, and the User’s IP address is shortened by Google. This relates to the Member States of the European Union and other states listed in the Agreement on the European Economic Area. It is only in exceptional cases that the full IP address is only sent to Google’s server in the US and then shortened there. The IP address anonymisation function is active on our website. At the request of website operators, Google uses the collected information to analyse the use of the website, prepare reports on its use and provide other services connected with using the web. The IP address provided by the User’s browser under the Google Analytics program is not stored along with other Google data.
The User can prevent the browser from saving cookies. However, in such a case it will not be possible to use all the functions of this website. In addition, the User can prevent saving data collected by cookies about the usage of the website (including the IP address) and sending them to Google, as well as transferring these data by Google, by downloading and installing the plug-in available on: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=pl
Thanks to the Google Ads tools, we can present our products and services in Google’s search engine and on websites making up Google’s ad network. A user who enters specific keywords in the search engine may see our ad. With Google Ads, we analyse the effectiveness of ads published on Google’s websites, which allows us to better adapt our range to user expectations. After clicking the banner of an ad published by Google, Google Ads cookies are saved on the User’s computer. Only statistical information needed to identify the ad banner are obtained. Google My Business allows placing the most important information about our activities in the search engine. The business card on Google also allows writing reviews about our activities. Google may receive information that you have visited our website. The purpose and scope of data collection by Google are not known to us. To receive additional information regarding your privacy on Google we suggest that you directly contact Google or read the service’s privacy policy on https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=p
VIII. How to manage your privacy settings
We answer this question in multiple places in this Privacy and Cookie Policy. We have compiled all this information here for your convenience. Below you will find an example list of options to manage your privacy settings:
1) Cookie settings in the web browser;
2) Web browser plugins supporting cookie management;
3) Additional software for managing cookies;
4) Incognito mode in your web browser;
5) Google Analytics Opt-out: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.