Cookies Policy
COOKIES POLICY OF Devoti Sailing 

Last updated: 2/08/2024

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

Cookies are small files that are installed in the hard drives or web browsers of computers, tablets, smartphones or similar devices with Internet navigation functions and help websites to customise services, facilitate navigation and usability, obtain aggregate information about the website’s visitors, enable the playing and displaying of multimedia content, provide interaction elements between users and the website and enable security tools.

DEFINITIONS USED IN THIS COOKIES POLICY

Web usability: this can be defined as the user’s experience when browsing, using and interacting with a website.

Aggregate information: information with individual identities removed, typically numerical and for the purpose of providing statistical information.

Terminal equipment: the user’s equipment (computer, smartphone, tablet, etc.) for browsing the Internet.

Publisher: manager or owner of the website.

Third party: external partner, service provider or entity related to the publisher, involved in the management of some cookies.

Cookies manager: the publisher, manager or owner of the website or even a third party in some cases.

Browsing habits: habits shown by the user when browsing a website, for example, time spent visiting, parts visited, most frequent sections, origin of the visit, destination of the visit, among others.

WHAT TYPES OF COOKIE EXIST?

According to the entity that manages them:

Own cookies: these are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain managed by the publisher itself and from which the service requested by the user is provided.

Third-party cookies: these are sent to the user’s terminal equipment from a computer or domain that is not managed by the publisher, but by another entity that processes data obtained through the cookies.

According to the length of time they remain activated in the terminal equipment:

Session cookies: a type of cookie designed to collect and store data while the user accesses a website.

Persistent cookies: a type of cookie in which the data remains stored in the terminal and can be accessed and processed for a period of time defined by the cookie manager, and can remain for a few minutes or several years.

According to the purpose for processing the data obtained through the cookies:

Technical cookies: these allow the user to navigate a website, platform or application and use the different options or services that exist, for example, controlling data traffic and communication, identifying the session, accessing restricted sections, remembering the elements that make up an order, carrying out the process of purchasing an order, requesting registration or participation in an event, using security features while browsing, storing content for broadcasting videos or sound and sharing content via social networks.

Customisation cookies: these allow users to access the service with some general, predefined characteristics based on a set of criteria in the user’s terminal such as language, the type of browser used to access the service, the configuration of the region from which the service is accessed, etc.

Analysis cookies: these allow the manager to monitor and analyse the behaviour of the users of websites to which they are linked. The information gathered through this type of cookie is used to measure the activity of websites, applications or platforms and create navigation profiles for the users of these sites, applications and platforms with the aim of introducing improvements based on the analysis of data relating to how users use the service.

Advertising cookies: these enable the management, in the most effective manner possible, of advertising spaces that the publisher has included on a website, application or platform from which the requested service is provided based on criteria such as published content or the frequency with which ads are shown.

Behavioural advertising cookies: these enable the management, in the most effective manner possible, of advertising spaces that the publisher has included on a website, application or platform from which the requested service is provided. These cookies store information about user behaviour obtained through the continuous observation of browsing habits, which enables the development of a specific profile to display ads based on it.

HOW CAN COOKIES BE DISABLED?

Blocking or disabling all cookies helps to protect privacy, but can also limit the experience on some websites, restrict functionality or even prevent proper browsing or the use of some services. If you would like to know how to disable cookies on the most popular web browsers, access the following tutorials:

Google Chrome

Mozilla Firefox

Internet Explorer

Safari

Chrome for Android

Opera

If you have any questions or queries regarding our Cookies Policy, you can contact us at: info@devoti.com.au

Complete information about legislation regarding cookies can be found here.