At https://poroand.com/, we strive to respect the privacy and security of the data we collect from visitors using our website, while acting as a data controller under relevant data protection rules and regulations.
Our website uses cookies, in combination with pixels, local storage objects, and similar devices (collectively, “cookies,” unless otherwise noted) to distinguish you from other users of the website. This helps us provide you with a good experience, improve our service, and personalize ads and content for you as you use the site.
This cookie policy describes the types of cookies we use on the site and the purposes for which we use them.
If you have any questions about this Cookie Notice, please contact us at [email protected] / link web form.
For a more complete description and list of the cookies we currently use on the site, please see our Cookie List located in section 5 of this document.
For more information about our privacy practices, please see our “Privacy Policy“.
Please read this Cookie Notice carefully for detailed information about why we use cookies and the information we collect from you.
Cookie definitions
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or on your device's hard drive, which is like your computer's memory.
First and third-party cookies: Whether a cookie is “first” or “third-party” refers to the domain that sets the cookie.
First-party cookies are those set by a website that is being visited by the user (for example, cookies set by our website domain).
Third-party cookies are cookies set by a domain other than the site visited by the user. If a user visits a site and another entity sets a cookie through that site, this would be a third-party cookie.
Persistent cookies: These cookies remain on the user's device for the period of time specified in the cookie. They are activated each time the user visits the website that created that particular cookie.
Session cookies: These cookies allow website operators to link a user's actions during a browsing session. A browser session begins when a user opens the browser window and ends when the user closes it. Session cookies are created temporarily. After closing the browser, all session cookies are deleted.
What cookies do we use and why?
Generally, the site uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of the site. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse the site and also allows us to improve it. The cookies we may use on the site can be categorized as follows:
Strictly necessary
Performance
Functionality
Segmentation / Marketing
*Some cookies may serve more than one of these purposes.
“Strictly necessary” cookies allow you to move around the website and use essential features such as secure areas. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided.
We use these strictly necessary cookies to:
- Identify you as connected and authenticated on the site;
- For security reasons;
- To ensure that when you connect to the desired service on the website, if we make any changes to its operation, it will continue to be operational;
If you prevent these cookies, we cannot guarantee the performance of the site or its security during your visit.
“Performance” cookies collect information about how you use the site, for instance which pages you visit and if you experience errors. These cookies do not collect any information that can identify you and are only used to help us improve the way the site works, understand our users’ interests and measure the effectiveness of our advertising.
We use performance cookies to:
- Perform web analytics: provide statistics on how the site is used;
- Affiliate Tracking: Provide information to affiliate entities that one of our visitors has also visited their site;
- Obtain data on the number of site users who have consulted a product or service;
- Help us improve the site by measuring any errors that occur;
- Test different layouts for the site; and
*Some of our performance cookies are managed for us by third parties.
Functionality cookies are used to provide services or remember settings to improve your visit.
We use “Functionality” cookies for purposes such as:
- Remind us of settings you've applied, such as layout, text size, preferences and colours.
- To remember if we have asked you to complete a survey
- to remind us if you have interacted with a particular component or listing on the site, so that it does not happen again
- To show you when you are logged into the site
- Provide and display embedded video content
*Some of these functionality cookies are managed by third parties
“Targeting/Marketing” cookies are used to track your visit to the Site, as well as other websites, applications and online services, including the pages you have visited and the links you have followed, allowing us to show you targeted advertisements on the Site.
We may use targeting cookies to:
- Display specific ads within the site.
- To improve the way we deliver personalized content and ads and measure the success of advertising campaigns on the site.
- When we need your consent
All cookies require your consent.
We ask for your consent before placing them on your device. You can give your consent by clicking the appropriate button on the banner displayed to you.
If you do not wish to consent or wish to withdraw your consent to any cookies at any time, you will need to delete and block or disable cookies via your browser settings - see below for more information on how to do this. Please note that disabling these cookies will affect the functionality of the site and may prevent you from accessing certain features of the site.
How to delete and block our cookies
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including strictly necessary cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of the website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies as soon as you visit the site.
Change cookie settings.
Browser settings to change cookie settings are usually found in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your Internet browser. To understand these settings, the following links may be helpful. If not, please use the “Help” option in your Internet browser for more information.
Internet Explorer Cookie Settings
Microsoft Edge Cookie Settings
Cookie settings in Firefox
Cookie settings in Chrome
List of cookies
We currently use these third-party services to store and access your data:
Google Analytics: We use Google Universal Analytics to monitor the performance of our website and check visitor activities in order to tailor our content to your expectations.
Type of cookie: Performance
Facebook Pixel: We use Facebook pixel tracking to measure social media campaign effectiveness through the Facebook platform.
Type of cookie: Performance and advertising
Facebook Policy
Google Adwords (conversion): We use Google Adwords cookies to personalize the advertising and content you receive on our website, limit the number of ads you see on our website, and measure the effectiveness of our campaign.
Google Adwords (remarketing): We use Google AdWords remarketing cookies to collect data about your activities when you visit our websites, the websites of the legal entities that advertise (advertisers), or the websites and online services on which we advertise.