Cookie Policy
Information on the use of cookies
What do you need to know about cookies?
By accessing the websites operated by Octopwn GmbH (hereinafter referred to as "Octopwn"), the website may, if your browser settings allow it or if you explicitly agree to it when you first visit the site, automatically save information about your computer or the device you use to browse the website (tablet, smartphone, wearable smart devices) and may place so-called computer "cookies" or similar programs on it for this purpose.
A cookie is a file that is or may be placed on a computer or other browsing device when a visitor visits a website. Cookies have several functions and can be used for several purposes, such as:
- collect information about the visitor or their device,
- remember the visitor's individual preferences,
- are used when making online transactions, or
- are used to optimise advertising content on the website and other websites.
In general, cookies or other similar programs facilitate the use of the website, help to make the website a real web experience and an efficient source of information for visitors, and ensure that the website operator can monitor the functioning of the site, prevent abuse and ensure the smooth and adequate provision of services on the site.
Please note that the purpose of placing cookies is primarily to facilitate the usability of our website and to ensure a quality user experience. However, accepting or authorising the use of cookies is not mandatory. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your computer or other browsing device or by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser, however, without cookies you will not be able to use all the features and services of our website or we cannot guarantee you a comfortable use of our website.
The cookies collect and process the following information about you and your computer or browsing device:
- the IP address you use,
- the browser type,
- the operating system characteristics of the browsing device (e.g. type, language set),
- the exact date of the visit,
- the address of the page you visited previously,
- the page, sub-page, feature or service visited, time spent on the page.
Please note that these cookies alone cannot personally identify the visitor.
The data related to the use of the website will be kept by Octopwn for 6 months for the operation of the website, after which it will be deleted or anonymized. The data recorded may only be transferred in cases and for purposes specified by law and to those authorised by law (typically for law enforcement or national security purposes). Anonymised data relating to the use of the website may be used for statistical purposes.
What cookies does Octopwn use on the websites it operates?
Octopwn GmbH. uses cookies and other similar programs:
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to tell us whether you have visited our website before, what sub-pages or other companion pages you have visited, what features or services you have used, what information you have requested or what may be of most interest to you. In other words, these cookies are basically used to collect information in order to provide you with an even better and higher quality user experience and to improve our website.
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to make it easier for you to navigate around our website and to make it easier for you to use the various features and services available through our website, thereby ensuring a seamless user experience.
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to optimize the ads that we display, and to determine how ad impressions, other uses of advertising services, interactions with ad impressions, and advertising services are related to visits to our website.
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Finally, to place targeted ads that are likely to be of interest to you on our website or other websites.
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Cookies to help you use
Some of these cookies are strictly necessary to enable users to browse our website, to use its functions and the services available through our website fully and smoothly. These are the so-called session cookies, which, among other things, allow us to record the actions performed by the visitor on a particular page, function or service during a visit. The validity period of these cookies is limited to the current visit, and this type of cookie is automatically deleted from the computer at the end of the session or when the browser is closed, if it is set to do so.
Another type of cookie, known as a "facilitator cookie", allows us to remember the information a visitor provides so that they do not have to re-enter it on a subsequent visit or when they return to the site. These cookies remain on the visitor's computer or browser until the visitor deletes them.
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Statistical cookies
We use so-called statistical cookies to collect information about how our visitors use our website. These cookies collect information such as which page or sub-page a visitor visited, which part of the page or sub-page they clicked on, how many pages or sub-pages they visited, which other pages they visited, how long they spent on each page, etc. All of this is to improve and optimise the services of our website and its features, and thus improve the user experience and ensure the smooth and appropriate quality of service.
Third-party cookies and other similar programs used by our website:
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Google Analytics (e.g. remarketing, Google Display network display reports, or Google Analytics demographic and interest reports),
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Stripe to facilitate payment
For detailed privacy policies for each platform, please follow the links below
- For more information about Google Analytics cookies, please click here.
- You can read more about Google's cookie management here
- For more information on Stirpe’s privacy and cookie policy click here.
If you would like to control or modify the placement of cookies on your computer or other browsing device, or the settings of your browser used to access the website, or if you would like to block the use or placement of cookies, you can do so, as all browsers and other browsing devices on your computer or other browsing device allow you to change the cookie settings. Cookies are usually handled by the browsers
In the Tools/Preferences menu, under Privacy settings, you have the option to set a cookie.
To find out more about changing your browser settings, check your browser instructions or help.
You can find out about cookie settings for the most popular browsers by following the links below:
Learn more about how to set up Google Analytics:
- Visitors can access the browser extension to disable Google Analytics here: link.
- The "Advanced" version of Google Consent Mode allows Google meter codes to be sent in the form to which the user has given consent. More information about Advanced Mode can be found here: link
Learn more about how to set up Stripe:
For more information about the processing of personal data, the name and contact details of the data controller and further detailed information about your rights and enforcement options, please see our
Privacy Policy on our website, which you can access by clicking
here.
For more information about the type of cookies and their retention period, please see
the detailed list of cookies used on the Octopwn website