Cookie Policy

Introduction

This cookie policy explains what cookies are and how the data controller HIVELINQ LTD , Ammochostou, C43, 7040, Larnaca, Cyprus (hereinafter, “Hivelinq”, “the Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”) uses them on the websites https://hivelinq.com/. We encourage you to read the policy in full so that you can understand what information we collect using cookies and how that information is used. By using our sites, you are agreeing that we can use cookies in accordance with this policy.

What are cookies?

Cookies are text files, containing small amounts of information, which are downloaded to your browsing device (such as a computer or smartphone) when you visit a website. Cookies can be recognized by the website that downloaded them — or other websites that use the same cookies. This helps websites know if the browsing device has visited them before.

What are cookies used for?

Cookies work to make your experience browsing our website as smooth as possible and they remember your preferences (your browsing habits, actions, and settings) so you don’t have to insert your details again and again. Also, cookies might allow monitoring the frequency of visits to the website and collect general statistical information on the number of visitors to the website, as well as deliver advertised content that could be relevant to you or track the effectiveness of our ad campaigns on third party websites.

What types of cookies there are?

In general, there are three different ways to classify cookies: by their duration, by their purpose, and by which party implements them.

By their duration:

• Session cookies – these cookies will only stay on your device until you stop browsing (or once your session ends).
• Persistent cookies – these cookies stay on your browsing device after you have finished browsing until they expire or are deleted.

By their purpose:

• Strictly necessary cookies – these cookies are essential to make the websites work. They enable you to move around the site and use its features. Without these cookies, services that are necessary for you to be able to use on the sites such as accessing secure areas cannot be provided.

• Statistical (performance) cookies – these cookies collect information about how people are using the websites, for example, which pages are visited the most often, how people are moving from one link to another, and if they get error messages from certain pages. These cookies don’t gather information that identifies you. All information these cookies collect is grouped together with information from other people’s use of the site on an anonymous basis. Overall, these cookies provide analytical information about how the site is performing and how it can be improved.

• Functional (preferences) cookies – these cookies allow us to remember choices you make and tailor our sites to provide enhanced features and content to you. For example, these cookies can be used to remember your username, language choice or country selection, they can also be used to remember changes you’ve made to text size, font, and other parts of pages that you can customize.

• Marketing cookies – these cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. They remember that you have visited a website and this information may be shared with other organizations such as advertising partners. This means after you have been to our site you may see some advertisements about our services elsewhere on the Internet. Also, in order to enhance your internet experience and to make the sharing of content easier, some of the pages on our websites may contain tools or applications that are linked to third-party social media service providers such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, or Google+. Through these tools or applications, the social media service provider may set its own cookies on your device. We do not control these cookies and you should check the social media service provider’s website for further details about how they use cookies

By the party which implements the cookies:

• First-party cookies – are cookies that belong to us and that we place on your device.
• Third-party cookies – are cookies that another party places on your browsing device when you visit our site. Third parties setting cookies from our website will be providing a service to us or a function of the site, but we do not always control how third-party cookies are used. You should check the third party’s website for more information about how they use cookies.