Cookies policy

To make this site work properly, we sometimes place small data files called cookies on your device. Most big websites do this too.

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer, or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.

Types of cookies:

Session Cookies. Also called a transient cookie, a cookie that is erased when the user closes the Web browser. The session cookie is stored in temporary memory and is not retained after the browser is closed. Session cookies do not collect information from the user’s computer. They typically will store information in the form of a session identification that does not personally identify the user.

Persistent Cookies. Also called a permanent cookie, or a stored cookie, a cookie that is stored on a user drive until it expires (persistent cookies are set with expiration dates) or until the user deletes the cookie. Persistent cookies are used to collect identifying information about the user, such as Web surfing behaviour or user preferences for a specific Web site.

Security Cookies. Cookies which are used for security purposes.

Advertising Cookies. Advertising Cookies are used to serve you with advertisements that may be relevant to you and your interests.

You may opt out of the use of these cookies by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy and http://www.privacychoice.org/companies or http://www.aboutads.info/choices. To learn more about this behavioural advertising practice or to opt-out of this type of advertising, you can visit www.networkadvertising.org.

What types of cookies do we use?

We use session cookies, they expire at the end of your browser session and allows us to link your activity during that particular browsing session, it is also a First-party cookies initiated by our webserver site in order to preserve your settings. The purpose of using these strictly necessary or essential cookies is to let you move around the website without negative experience. With out it, our services cannot be provided, it is necessary for the functionality of our website.The cookie-related information is not used to identify you personally and the pattern data is fully under our control. These cookies are not used for any purpose other than those described here.We also use persistent cookies on our website.

Amistat Group does not allow the site to place identifying analytics cookies on our visitors’ browsers for whatsoever reason. We chose to disable this setting on our website site to deliver better privacy for our visitors, they don’t have to disclose any identifiable information while browsing this website neither to be concerned about non-identifiable information gathered from such analytical cookies texts, like persistent cookies or third-party cookies.

How do we use cookies?

A number of our pages use cookies to remember:your display preferences, such as contrast colour settings or font sizeif you have already replied to a survey pop-up that asks you if the content was helpful or not (so you won’t be asked again)if you have agreed (or not) to our use of cookies on this siteEnabling these cookies is not strictly necessary for the website to work but it will provide you with a better browsing experience. You can delete or block these cookies, but if you do that some features of this site may not work as intended.The cookie-related information is not used to identify you personally and the pattern data is fully under our control. These cookies are not used for any purpose other than those described here.

How to control cookies?

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish – for details, see aboutcookies.org.You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work.You can obtain updated information about blocking and deleting cookies via these links:https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en (Chrome);https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences (Firefox);https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-c ookies (Internet Explorer);https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21411 (Safari); andhttps://privacy.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10-microsoft-edge-and-privacy (Edge)http://www.opera.com/help/tutorials/security/cookies/ (Opera);More information about cookiesUseful information about cookies, including information about deleting or blocking cookies, can be found at: http://www.allaboutcookies.orgA guide to behavioral advertising and online privacy has been produced by the internet advertising industry which can be found at: http://www.youronlinechoices.eu

The list of the cookies that we use on our website, and the purposes for which they are used are set out below:

Name	Scope	Owner	Expires (in)
PHPSESSID	Informs your browser that we are using PHP for developing our website. Preserves user session state across page requests.	amistatgroup.com	Once you leave our website.
NID	Contains a unique ID Google uses to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language (e.g. English), how many search results you wish to have shown per page (e.g. 10 or 20), and whether or not you wish to have Google’s SafeSearch filter turned on.	google.com	Permanent for Google.com & Google Chrome users, unless you clear your cookies.
_gali	Specifies the user’s country for Google Analytics.	google.com/analytics/	30 seconds
_gid	Distinguishes users. This cookie does not store any user information.	google.com/analytics/	24 hours
_gat	Limits the number of requests that have to be made to doubleclick.net. This cookie does not store any user information.	google.com/analytics/	10 minutes
_ga	Identifies unique users across Google Analytics sessions through client ID. The client ID is stored in Google Analytics cookie. The GA cookie is set when a person visits our website for the first time.	google.com/analytics/	2 years, unless you clear your cookies.
woocommerce_cart_hash	Contains information about the cart as a whole and helps WooCommerce know when the cart data changes.	woocommerce.com/	1 day
woocommerce_items_in_cart	Contains information about the cart as a whole and helps WooCommerce know when the cart data changes. No personal information is stored within this cookie.	woocommerce.com/	1 day
wp_woocommerce_session_	Contains a unique code for each customer so that it knows where to find the cart data in the database for each customer. No personal information is stored within this cookie.	woocommerce.com/	48 hours
tk_ai	Registers data on visitors’ website-behaviour. This is used for internal analysis and website optimization	amistatgroup.com	5 years, , unless you clear your cookies.
tk_qs	Registers data on visitors’ website-behaviour. This is used for internal analysis and website optimization		1 day
tk_lr	Collects data on visitors’ preferences and behaviour on the website – This information is used make content and advertisement more relevant to the specific visitor.	amistatgroup.com	1 years, unless you clear your cookies.
tk_or	Collects data on visitors’ preferences and behaviour on the website – This information is used make content and advertisement more relevant to the specific visitor.	amistatgroup.com	5 years, unless you clear your cookies.
tk_r3d	Collects data on visitors’ preferences and behaviour on the website – This information is used make content and advertisement more relevant to the specific visitor.	amistatgroup.com	Once you leave our website.
t.gif	To display the photos, you see on our website.	amistatgroup.com	Once you leave our website.