COOKIE POLICY

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I. DEFINITIONS.

1. Data Controller REFEREEWISE SPÓŁKA Z OGRANICZONĄ ODPOWIEDZIALNOŚCIĄ with its registered office in Wrocław at Jana Czochralskiego 9/7, 50-231 Wrocław, entered in the register of businesses of the National Court Register kept by the District Court in Wrocław, VI Commercial Division of the National Court Register, as KRS number: 0001041139, Taxpayer Identification Number (NIP): 8952258141, National Business Registry Number (REGON): 52554040200000, e-mail address: contact@refereewise.com
2. Cookies – IT data, small text files saved by the websites you visit and stored on the Devices through which you use the Data Controller’s Website. The information contained in Cookies is necessary for the proper functioning of the Website, and these files are encrypted to prevent unauthorised access. The information collected in cookies can be read by the Controller and its counterparties (due to technical reasons).
3. Device – an electronic device through which you access the Controller’s Website.
4. User – anyone visiting refereeking.refereewise.com
5. Website – refereeking.refereewise.com including subpages.

II. USE OF COOKIES.

1. The Controller uses Cookies through the Website.
2. Cookies are only used insofar as the User has consented to them (except for essential cookies required for basic site operation).
3. The information collected on the basis of Cookies is used for the proper optimisation of the Website’s performance, as well as for statistical and functional purposes.
4. Cookies record the Website User’s activity by recognising the Device, thus allowing the Website to be displayed in a manner optimised to the individual User’s preferences.
5. The solutions employed on the Website are safe for the Devices of Users using the Data Controller’s Website. It is not possible for dangerous or malicious software to enter User Devices.
6. The Controller employs two types of Cookies:
   1. Session cookies: these are files that are stored on the User’s Device and remain there until the User leaves the Website or the web browser is closed. The information stored is then permanently deleted from the memory of the Device. The mechanism of session cookies does not permit the collection of any personal data or any confidential information from the User’s Device,
   2. Persistent cookies: these are stored on the User’s Device and remain there until they are deleted. These type of files remain on the User’s Device for the time determined by the file parameters or until they are manually deleted by the User. Ending a browser session or turning off the Device does not result in the deletion of these files from the Device.
7. With respect to the source of given Cookies, the Controller employs:
   1. First-party cookies: cookies generated by the Website and placed on it by the Controller (for example: essential and, where consented, analytical cookies set in connection with self-hosted Matomo),
   2. Third-party cookies: this Website does not currently set third-party advertising cookies. If that changes, this Policy will be updated before such cookies are used.
8. Cookies are divided according to their function on the Website:
   1. Technical/essential cookies – cookies which are essential for the proper functioning of the Website, including: for the correct display of the Website depending on the Device the User is using or the settings of that Device; for the adaptation of content on the Website which is technically relevant for the performance of the Website (e.g. the language of the Website via the URL path); for remembering whether the User has consented to the display of certain content,
   2. Analytical cookies – cookies used to improve the functioning of our Website, including for the purpose of: researching statistics on Website traffic and verifying the source of traffic (so-called redirection directions); detecting misuse of Website traffic (e.g. artificial Internet traffic – bots); measuring the effectiveness of actions carried out on behalf of the Controller. On this Website we use self-hosted Matomo (metrics.refereewise.com). Analytical cookies are set only after you accept them via the cookie banner.
9. The User can delete Cookies from the browser at any time.
10. Non-essential (analytical) cookies are set only after you accept them via the cookie banner. You can change your choice at any time using Cookie settings in the site footer. This Website does not use marketing or advertising cookies (for example Meta / Facebook Pixel).

III. METHODS OF DETERMINING THE CONDITIONS FOR STORING OR ACCESSING COOKIES.

1. The User has the option to restrict or disable access to Cookies on their Device. In the event that this option is used, the use of the Administrator’s Website will be possible, except for functions that by their nature require Cookies.
2. The User may, independently and at any time, change their cookie settings, specifying the conditions for storing and accessing Cookies on the User’s Device.
3. The User can change the settings referred to above via the settings of his/her browser or via the configuration of the service. These settings can be changed in particular so as to block the automatic handling of Cookies in the settings of your Internet browser or to inform you each time they are placed on your Device. Detailed information on the possibility and handling of Cookies is available in the settings of your software (web browser). Below you can find links to information on how to delete Cookies in several popular web browsers:
   1. Google Chrome;
   2. Mozilla Firefox;
   3. Microsoft Edge
4. The User can delete Cookies at any time using the available functions in the web browser they are using.
5. Restricting the use of Cookies may affect some of the functionality available on the Controller’s Website.

IV. INFORMATION ON THE TECHNOLOGIES EMPLOYED FROM SUPPLIERS

V. DETAILED INFORMATION ON COOKIES

See also our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.