Cookies

What are cookies?

The website you are currently looking at uses cookies to function. Cookies consist of text files with small pieces of data that are stored by your internet browser on your computer. They allow your computer to identify which websites you have already visited and to save your work-in-progress. Most websites need cookies to function properly. Cookies enable your computer to be identified by websites when you restart your browser. They also make it easier to customise website preferences and help with logging into your account. The use of cookies enables you to browse the web more comfortably and quickly.

In accordance with applicable law, namely Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation, known as “GDPR”), certain cookies are considered personal data due to their nature.

Under applicable law, websites are allowed to store cookies on your devices without your consent only if they are essential for the correct functioning of the website. These are called technical cookies. For all other types of cookies, your consent must be obtained. Their use is implemented only once your consent has been acquired. Until then, the website cannot create them or store them on your computer.

Different types of cookies may be stored on your computer for different lengths of time. Some are deleted once you exit the browser window, others when you close the browser itself. Others are stored on your computer for even longer, up to 25 months, or until you delete them yourself.

Consent to the use of cookies

You have the right to consent or refuse consent to the use of cookies (with the exception of technical cookies) for particular types of cookies or for all cookies by ticking the checkboxes located on the cookie bar on the website. If you refuse consent, only technical cookies (essential for the functioning of the website) will be used on the website and can be used without the consent of the user. Please note that certain website functions may be unavailable or limited.

You consent to the use of cookies for the individual purposes of processing personal data, i.e., loading and storing cookies, analysis, evaluation of user preferences, and marketing purposes. For detailed information on how individual types of cookies are processed and used, please see below (Categories of cookies used by this website).

The processing of personal data occurs on the legal basis of obtained consent to the processing of personal data pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) of the General Data Protection Regulation.

Withdrawal of consent to the use of cookies

You have the right to withdraw your consent to the use of cookies at any time. If you wish to withdraw or change your consent to the use of cookies once you have given it, please click here.

Please note that withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing of cookies based on the consent given prior to the withdrawal. 

Third-party cookies

The website uses content that is hosted on social media. These third-party services may use their own cookies, store data about users, and use this data for their own tracking or advertising purposes. These cookies are also used to evaluate and report on the use of the site and to improve their own services. This applies to posts on the social media sites Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, as well as YouTube and Spotify services used by this website.

This website also uses Google Analytics provided by Google to monitor traffic and improve its content. This service stores cookies that allow us to measure and analyse traffic on pages and posts. These cookies allow us to tailor the content of the site more closely to what you are interested in. Cookies used by Google Analytics are anonymised. The company may provide this data to third parties if required by law or if these third parties process the information for the company. However, Google will not merge this data with any other data at its disposal. It is necessary to obtain the consent of the website user in order to do so. These cookies can also be disabled.

Categories of cookies used by this website

When using this website, your browser may store the following types of cookies:

STRICTLY NECESSARY COOKIES

These cookies are used by the website for data transmission and network communication only to the extent necessary for the website to function properly. They are not used for any other purpose and the user’s consent is not required.

ANALYTICS/PERFORMANCE COOKIES

Analytics cookies (e.g., Google Analytics) are anonymised and used exclusively for statistical purposes of the website admin. They are used to track which parts of the site are of most interest to users, which texts are most popular, and which features of the site could be improved. Thanks to these cookies, it is possible to make the website more accessible and user-friendly. The user’s consent is required in order to use performance cookies.

TRACKING/MARKETING COOKIES

This type of cookie stores data in order to tailor advertising to the specific interests of the user. These cookies may be used by third-party services used by this website. Social media sites, for instance, use them to display personalised advertising (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Spotify, or YouTube). The user’s consent is required in order to use marketing cookies.

Categories of personal data recipients

Your personal data is also accessible to the following categories of recipients:

• Meta Platforms, Inc. (social media platforms Facebook and Instagram), Twitter, Inc., Spotify AB, and Google LLC (YouTube services) in the case of tracking/marketing cookies
• The transfer of personal data to these recipients may in some cases result in the transfer of personal data to a third country (i.e., a country outside the European Union and the European Economic Area). This applies to Google LLC and Meta Platforms, Inc. (transfer to the U.S.), where the transfer of personal data is based on the existence of a European Commission adequacy decision (EU–U.S. Data Privacy Framework) under Article 45 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In the case of Spotify AB, the transfer of personal data is based on the use of standard contractual clauses under Article 46 of the GDPR and the existence of a European Commission adequacy decision under Article 45 of the GDPR (transfers to the UK, Canada, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and Switzerland)

Additional information

• The processing of personal data via cookies does not involve automated decision-making in the sense of Article 22(1) and (4) of the GDPR.
• The provision of personal data in the context of this processing is not a legal requirement and is not mandatory.

Your rights

You have the right to:

• request confirmation from the controller that your personal data is being processed and, if it is being processed, you have the right to access that data;
• erasure or restriction of processing of your personal data;
• rectification or data portability;
• object to the processing of your personal data, where the GDPR allows;
• file a complaint with the Office for Personal Data Protection, located at Pplk. Sochora 27, Prague 7, 170 00, e-mail: posta@uoou.cz;
• revoke the consent given to the processing of personal data at any time, if the processing of personal data is based on such consent. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of the processing based on the consent given prior to the withdrawal.