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- Cookie files (so-called "cookies") are IT data, in particular text files, which are stored on the Website User's end device and are intended for using the Website's pages. Cookies usually contain the name of the website from which they originate, their storage time on the end device and a unique number.
- The entity placing and accessing cookies on the Website User's end device is the Website operator, the Provincial Public Library and the Animation Center of Culture in Poznań with headquarters at the address: ul. Bolesława Prusa 3, 60-819 Poznań.
- Cookies are used to:
a. adapt the content of the Website pages to the User's preferences and optimizing the use of websites; in particular, these files allow to recognize the Website User's device and properly display the website, tailored to his/her individual needs;
b. create statistics that help understand how Website Users use websites, which allows improving their structure and content;
c. maintain the Website User's session (after logging in), thanks to which the User does not have to re-enter the login and password on each subpage of the Website; - The Website uses two basic types of cookies: "session" cookies and "persistent" cookies. Session cookies are temporary files that are stored on the User's end device until logging out, leaving the website or turning off the software (web browser). Persistent cookies are stored on the User's end device for the time specified in the cookie file parameters or until they are deleted by the User.
- The Website uses the following types of cookies:
a. "necessary" cookies, enabling the use of services available on the Website, e.g. authentication cookies used for services that require authentication on the Website;
b. cookies used to ensure security, e.g. used to detect fraud in the field of authentication on the Website;
c. "performance" cookies, enabling the collection of information on how to use the Website's pages;
d. "functional" cookies, enabling "remembering" the settings selected by the User and personalizing the User's interface, e.g. in terms of the language or region the User comes from, font size, website appearance, etc.;
e. "advertising" cookies, enabling users to provide advertising content more tailored to their interests. - In many cases, the software used for browsing websites (web browser) by default allows the storage of cookies on the User's end device. Website Users can change cookie settings at any time. These settings can be changed in particular in such a way as to block the automatic handling of cookies in the web browser settings or to inform about them every time they are placed on the Website User's device. Detailed information about the possibilities and ways of handling cookies is available in the software (web browser) settings.
- The Website Operator informs that restrictions on the use of cookies may affect some of the functionalities available on the Website.
- Cookies placed on the Website User's end device may also be used by advertisers and partners cooperating with the Website operator.