This website uses cookies. 

What are cookies?

To facilitate the functioning of our website we may – subject to visitors’ consent – place small data files called cookies on your device. The only exception concerns a “technical cookie” which is installed when a user first accesses the website for the sole purpose of allowing the website to function correctly (“transmission of communication over an electronic communications network”). 

Cookies are pieces of text generated by the web services that a user has visited; these text files can be set on the users’ devices by the website they are currently visiting (“first party cookies”) or by a different website to the one they are currently visiting (“third party cookies”).

Below you can find information on the choice to accept (“opt-in”) or refuse the placement of cookies, the types of cookies used by our website and their purpose.

You will also find information on the possibility of opting-out from the use of cookies (if you have already chosen to opt-in).

The full list of cookies cookies used on the CASSINI Matchmaking website can be seen at the bottom of this cookie policy.

 

How this website uses Cookies

On the CASSINI Matchmaking website the following types of cookies are used: ‘first-party persistent cookies' and ‘session cookies’..

'First-party persistent cookies' enable the tracking of the following information about the visitors to our website:

  • IP address (anonymised);
  • Location: country, region, city, approximate latitude and longitude (Geolocation);
  • Date and time of the request (visit to the site);
  • Title of the page being viewed (Page Title);
  • URL of the page being viewed (Page URL);
  • URL of the page that was viewed prior to the current page (Referrer URL);
  • Screen resolution of the user's device;
  • Time in local visitor's time-zone;
  • Files that were clicked and downloaded (Download);
  • Links to an outside domain that were clicked (Outlink);
  • Pages generation time (the time it takes for webpages to be generated by the webserver and then downloaded by the visitor: Page speed);
  • The main language of the browser being used (Accept-Language header);
  • Browser version, browser plugins (PDF, Flash, Java, …) operating system version, device identifier (User-Agent header);
  • Language of the visited page;
  • Campaigns;
  • Site Search;
  • Events;

 

The collected data will not be shared with any other organisations for marketing, market research or commercial purposes. Moreover, the abovementioned data cannot be used to identify a particular visitor.

'First party' cookies are created by the CASSINI Matchmaking website and enable:

  • Proper functioning of the website;
  • The CASSINI Matchmaking team to collect statistics to improve website functionalities;

'Persistent' means that these cookies expire after thirteen months (13), after which they are automatically removed from the users’ device.

‘Session’ Cookies do not contain any data - they are placed for the duration of a user session (time spent browsing the website). These cookies are necessary to keep the visitor’s choice selection when the website is accessed.

 

Opting in cookies

When the website is accessed first, the website visitor is provided with a choice to accept (“Allow all”), refuse (“Deny”) or allow the limited placement of cookies (“Allow selection”).

Allow all:

By clicking this option, the visitor gives consent to the placement of all the cookies for the:

  • Optimal functioning of the website
  • Collection of statistics

Deny: 

By clicking this option, the visitor does not give consent to the placement of any of the abovementioned cookies. In this case, only a session cookie is placed; this is a technical cookie, the main purpose of which is to remember the visitors’ selection choice. This cookie is placed for the duration of a user session (time spent browsing the website) and will automatically be deleted when said session expires. Choosing not to accept cookies does not hinder your navigation experience on the CASSINI Matchmaking website.

Allow Selection: 

By clicking this option, the visitor has the ability to select which cookies to accept or refuse. Necessary cookies for the basic functioning of the site remain active with this option, however visitors are able to de-select Statistics cookies. 

No selection made: 

If a visitor neither accepts nor refuses cookies, the website treats this as a refusal to the placement of cookies and all related functions are on hold until a selection is made. No cookies shall be placed on visitors’ devices, unless consent has been given by clicking on the “OK, I agree” option.

 

Opting Out Cookies

In case a visitor has opted into the placement of cookies, it is always possible to change this decision and opt-out. In order to opt-out, visitors need to delete all the cookies from their browsers. 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. Each browser has a slightly different system – please see below some examples:

  • For  Chrome go to: Settings › Privacy and Security › Delete browsing data › Select “Cookies and other site data” > Click “Delete data”;
  • For Internet Explorer go to:  Safety › Delete Browsing History › Select “Cookies and website media” › Click “Delete”;
  • Microsoft Edge go to: Settings › Cookies and site permissions > Manage and delete cookies and site data > See all cookies and site data > Click “Remove all”;
  • For Firefox go to:  Settings › Privacy and Security › Cookies and Site Data › Click “Clear data”
  • For Safari go to: Settings › Privacy › Click “Manage Website Data” (Mac) or “Remove All Website Data”. (Windows), › Select “Remove” or “Remove All” to delete all the cookies.

To learn more on how to clear your cookies in different browsers you may visit https://www.aboutcookies.org/.

 

Do not track option

Do Not Track is a technology that enables visitors to opt out from being tracked by websites for whatever purpose, including the use of analytics services, advertising networks and social platforms. You can enable the 'Do not track' option directly in your web browser. Google Analytics will not track users who have enabled this option in their web browsers.Google Analytics

The CASSINI Matchmaking website uses Google Analytics in order to track the information of visitors described above. For this purpose, the abovementioned data collected via cookies (if a user has opted to accept cookies) are transmitted to Google Inc. The IP addresses of visitors are anonymised by the CASSINI Matchmaking website prior to their transmission to Google Inc; this protects the anonymity of the visitors that have opted for the full website functionalities. The transfer to non-EU countries happens only after anonymisation. 

Google Analytics has implemented a data retention control feature. This feature provides website owners with the flexibility to define a retention period for the data stored within the Google Analytics account. The CASSINI Matchmaking team has opted for a retention period of 26 months; any data beyond this period is deleted from Google servers.