Terms of use of cookies
Version date 8 May 2024
These Mikskaar AS (hereinafter Mikskaar) terms of use of cookies describe how Mikskaar uses cookies on the website www.mikskaar.com.
Personal data controller
Mikskaar AS (registry code 10168344)
Katusepapi 4, Tallinn 11412, Estonia
E-mail: info@mikskaar.ee
What are cookies?
In technical terms, a cookie is a short text file stored on a website user’s device by a web server. This allows Mikskaar to collect data about how and when the website is used and which other websites the user is interested in.
Cookies are classified as:
a) depending on the time of installation:
| temporary or session cookies | which allow temporarily linking the activities of a user during the same browsing session of a web browser and which are therefore only valid during the web browser session, i.e. from the moment the user enters the website until closing the website or until 10 minutes have passed since the user’s last activity on the website. After visiting the website, all session cookies are deleted. |
| permanent cookies | which are permanently stored on the user’s device for the period of time specified in the cookie and which are activated every time the user visits the website. Persistent cookies are not deleted when the website is closed and are activated each time the website is visited. |
b) depending on their affiliation:
| first-party cookies | which originate at the website and which can be used to store information that is reused the next time the user visits the website. Installer of the first-party cookie who manages the website visited is the data controller for the purposes of data protection regulation. |
| third-party cookies | which originate from third parties, such as advertisements of other websites on the website visited by the user. For the purposes of data protection regulation, the data controller in respect of the third-party cookie is the person who is not the administrator of the website visited. |
Third-party cookies
Privacy rules of third-party cookies apply to the third-party cookies on the Mikskaar website.
Google’s privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads?hl=en-US.
Youtube’s privacy terms: https://www.youtube.com/t/terms.
c) depending on the purpose of their use:
| strictly necessary cookies | allow using the functions of the website and remember the information entered on the website even if the user navigates on other websites during the session. It is not possible to provide website services without these cookies. Strictly necessary cookies do not collect information for marketing purposes or remember which pages are accessed on the internet. |
| statistics cookies | collect information about the use of the website and help to improve the functionality of the website and thus the customer experience. Statistics cookies do not collect personal information and the collected information is anonymous. |
| functionality cookies | remember the user’s choices on the website and provide enhanced and more personal features. |
| advertising or marketing cookies | help to monitor which websites the user visits, which allows displaying relevant and interesting advertisements to the user on the internet. |
Mikskaar uses cookies that:
- allow recognising the user’s web browser and thereby to provide a more secure use of the website, avoiding the need to log in multiple times during one session;
- help to create the best user experience;
- provide information about how and how often the website is visited, what are the user groups and what search tools are used;
- help to develop offers that best meet the user’s needs;
- show the user’s display preferences (including browsing language, contrast, font size, device used and preferences related to search results and notifications).
Cookie list and consent management
Specific cookies, their validity period and their installers are listed on Mikskaar’s cookies notification page, which allows the user to manage the use of cookies, i.e. to enable or disable the use of cookies as they see fit. You can open the cookies notification page by clicking on the icon in the bottom left corner of the website.
However, Mikskaar points out that if the user has decided to disable cookies, not all features or services of the website may function correctly.
Additional information about cookies can be found on the website: https://allaboutcookies.org/