Cookies Policy
Fair use of Cookies
Our Company, NP Labs (hereinafter referred to as “the Company”), respects your privacy and is bound to gather only your personal data that is necessary for its proper operation, while ensuring a high level of experience arising from its use.
While cookies cannot search or process your information or search your computer on their own, they store your personal information about your website traffic history or your preferences. For this purpose, we inform you about the use of cookies on our website and we ensure that we are trying to be as safe as possible with the least possible interference with your privacy.
How and why we use cookies
We use cookies on our website to improve your website experience and security. Some of the cookies we use allow you to choose how you access our website and help us store your preferences for your next visit. Cookies can also be used to compile anonymous, cumulative statistics that allow us to understand how the public uses our website and help improve its structure and content. We cannot verify your personal identity with this information.
By browsing this website and by clicking the “Accept” button, you provide your consent for the use of all the Cookies that it uses. You can modify the browser settings to discard certain or all cookies, except for the necessary ones. You should be aware that some features are only available through the use of cookies and if you choose to reject cookies, these features may not be available.
What are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer, smartphone, or other device used to access the Internet whenever you visit a website. Cookies are neither viruses nor code fragments. Therefore, they cannot multiply and spread to other networks. Since they cannot perform these functions, they do not fall into the standard definition of the virus. Some cookies are necessary because they allow a website to recognize a user’s device and to adapt its content to it.
For example, the website remembers your actions and preferences (such as language, font size, and other display preferences) for a time, so you do not have to enter these preferences each time you visit the website or another page in it. If you want to know more about cookies, you can visit one of the specialized websites such as https://cookies.insites.com/
The Cookies we use
Necessary Cookies
The necessary cookies, which are absolutely necessary, are essential for the proper functioning of our website, as they allow you to browse and use their functions, such as access to safe areas. The absolutely necessary Cookies are needed to provide the services of our website and therefore its use is impossible or extremely difficult without them. The absolutely necessary cookies we use are as follows:
_gid:?It is kept for a minute and is used to generate statistics about how the visitor uses the site.
Statistic Cookies
Statistics cookies concern the functionality and analysis of the traffic of our website in order to receive information and to improve the experience of its use or to offer you personalized content. The cookies that our website uses for this purpose are:
_ga: This Google Analytics cookie records users’ visits to the site and their activity on the site. It is kept for almost 2 years.
_gat:?This Google Analytics cookie reduces the percentage of request that restricts data collection to high-traffic sites. Expires 1 day after its creation.
Advertising Cookies
Advertising cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you, performing functions like ensuring that ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and -in some cases- selecting advertisements that are based on your interests. The cookies that our website uses for this purpose are:
1p_jar, consent, nid, dsid: These cookies are used by Google to identify users and their preferences for advertising purposes.
_Secure-3PSID, _Secure-3PAPISID, _Secure-3PSIDCC:?These cookies create a profile of the user based on his interests, in order to be presented with relevant ads. They are kept for 2 years.
IDE:?Used by Google DoubleClick to record and report the actions of the user of the website after viewing or clicking on one of the advertiser’s ads, in order to measure the effectiveness of an ad and present targeted ads to the user.
RUL:?Used by DoubleClick to determine whether website advertisement has been properly displayed – This is done to make their marketing efforts more efficient.
Where to find more information about the general use of cookies
For more information about Cookies, you can visit one of the specialized websites, such as: https://cookies.insites.com/. In case you wish to enable or disable the use of cookies by the browser settings, you can visit the following websites and be informed about the necessary actions you need to take.
- Internet Explorer //support.microsoft.com/kb/278835
- Firefox //support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/delete-cookies-remove-info-websites-stored
- Chrome //support.google.com/accounts/answer/61416?hl=en
- Safari //support.apple.com/kb/PH5042
- Safari for iPad and iPhone //support.apple.com/kb/HT1677
Updates to this policy
This Cookie Policy may be modified at any time. That is why we consider it appropriate to refer to this Policy regularly. In the event of an amendment, the date on which it took place shall be stated. The valid Cookie Policy is the one most recently amended.