How we use cookies and similar technologies
This Cookie Policy explains how Osennyaya-Smetana ("we", "us", or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies on our website osennyaya-smetana.com (the "Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
We use cookies to enhance your browsing experience, analyze site traffic, personalize content, and serve targeted advertisements. By continuing to browse our site, you agree to our use of cookies.
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the owners of the site.
Cookies allow a website to recognize your device and remember if you've been to the website before. They can be used to remember your preferences, analyze how you use the website, personalize content, and display more relevant advertisements.
We use the following types of cookies on our Website:
These cookies are necessary for the Website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the Website. The Website cannot function properly without these cookies, and they can only be disabled by changing your browser preferences.
These cookies collect information about how visitors use our Website, such as which pages they visit most often and if they receive error messages. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. They help us improve the way our Website works.
These cookies allow the Website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for, such as watching a video or commenting on a blog.
These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign. They are usually placed by advertising networks with our permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers.
| Cookie Name | Type | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| cookieConsent | Essential | Stores your cookie consent preferences | 1 year |
| _ga | Analytics | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users | 2 years |
| _gid | Analytics | Used by Google Analytics to distinguish users | 24 hours |
| _gat | Analytics | Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate | 1 minute |
| session | Functionality | Remembers your session information | Session |
| preferred_language | Functionality | Remembers your language preference | 1 year |
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of the Website and deliver advertisements on and through the Website.
We use Google Analytics to analyze the use of our Website. Google Analytics uses cookies to gather information about website activity. The information gathered is used to create reports about the use of our Website. Google's privacy policy is available at: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
We use social media buttons and/or plugins on this site that allow you to connect with your social network in various ways. For these to work, social media sites including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube, will set cookies through our site which may be used to enhance your profile on their site or contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.
You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish. 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.
When you first visit our Website, you will be shown a cookie banner giving you the option to accept all cookies, accept only necessary cookies, or customize your cookie preferences. You can change your preferences at any time by clicking on the "Cookie Settings" button at the bottom of our Website.
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
We may use web beacons (also known as clear GIFs or pixel tags) on our Website. Web beacons are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies, that are used to track the online movements of web users. Unlike cookies, which are stored on a user's computer hard drive, web beacons are embedded invisibly on web pages.
We may use Local Storage Objects (LSOs) such as HTML5 to store content information and preferences. Various browsers may offer their own management tools for removing HTML5 LSOs.
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the cookies we use or for legal or operational reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the bottom of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
Our legal basis for processing information about you is:
If you would like to find out more about cookies and their use on the Internet, you may find the following links useful:
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:
Osennyaya-Smetana
123 Board Game Lane
London, EC1A 1BB
United Kingdom
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +44 20 1234 5678
This Cookie Policy was last updated on January 15, 2025.