Cookies Policy

Please read the following information carefully:

Purpose and use of cookies

The website of the National Authority for People with Disabilities installs cookies only to improve the functions offered, so that the visit to the website is more pleasant. The National Authority for People with Disabilities does not use cookies to collect, process, disseminate or store personal data.

"Cookies" play an important role in facilitating access and provision of many services that users access on the Internet, such as:

- Adjustment of certain settings, such as:

the language in which a website is displayed;

the currency in which certain prices or tariffs are expressed;

- keeping options for different products (dimensions, other details, etc.) in the shopping cart (and saving these options) - this creates the flexibility of the "shopping cart";

- Access to old preferences by clicking on the "forward" and "back" buttons.

- Cookies provide website operators with feedback on how their websites are used by users so that they can make them even more efficient and accessible to users;

- Enabling multimedia or other applications from other websites to be incorporated into a given website to create a more valuable, useful, and enjoyable browsing experience;

- improve the effectiveness of online advertising.

What are the advantages of cookies?

A cookie contains information that connects a web browser (user) to a specific web server (website). When a browser accesses this web server again, it can read the information already stored and respond accordingly. Cookies provide users with a pleasant browsing experience and support the efforts of many websites to provide convenient services to users: E.g. online privacy settings, website language options, shopping carts or relevant advertising.

What is the lifetime of a cookie?

Cookies are managed by web servers. The lifetime of a cookie can vary greatly depending on the purpose for which it is set. Some cookies are only used for one session and are no longer stored once the user leaves the website, while other cookies are stored and reused each time the user returns to this website ("persistent cookies"). However, cookies can be deleted by the user at any time via the browser settings.

What are cookies set by third parties?

Certain parts of the content on some websites may be provided by third parties/providers (e.g. new box, video or advertising). These third parties may place cookies through another website and are referred to as "third-party cookies" because they are not placed by the owner of that website. Third-party providers must also comply with applicable law and the website owner's privacy policy.

These cookies may come from the following third parties: facebook.com, twitter.com, etc.

How cookies are used by the website

When visiting the website, cookies may be set for the following purposes:

• Increase the performance of the website;
• Analysis of visitors;
• Geotargeting;
• Registration of users.

Other third party cookies

On some sites, third parties may set their own anonymous cookies to track the success of an application or to customize an application. Due to the nature of the use, the website cannot access these cookies, nor can third parties access the cookies of this website. For example, if the user distributes an article via a social network button on a website, the user's activity will be recorded by that social network, not by the website where the button is located.

What kind of information is stored and retrieved by cookies?

Cookies store information in a small text file that allows a website to recognize a browser. The web server recognizes the browser until the cookie expires or is deleted. The cookie stores important information that improves the web browsing experience, such as:

• the language settings in which you want to access a website;
• logging a user into your webmail account;
• the security of online banking;
• Storage of products in your shopping cart

Why are cookies important for the Internet?

Cookies are the central point for the efficient functioning of the Internet and help to create a friendly browsing experience adapted to the preferences and interests of each user.Refusing or disabling cookies may make it impossible to use some websites. The refusal or disabling of cookies does not mean that the user will no longer receive online advertising, but only that it will no longer be able to take into account the preferences and interests of the user resulting from his browsing behavior.

Examples of important uses of cookies (which do not require authentication of a user via an account):

• Content and services tailored to user preferences - categories of news, weather, sports, maps, public and government services, entertainment websites, and tourism services;
• Offers tailored to the interests of the users - storage of passwords, language preferences
• Maintain child protection filters for Internet content (family mode options, safe search functions);
• Measurement, optimization, and analytics capabilities - such as: Confirming a certain level of traffic to a website, what type of content is viewed, and how a user arrives at a website (e.g., via search engines, directly from other websites, etc.). Website owners perform these analyses to improve websites for the benefit of users.

Security and data protection

Cookies are NOT viruses! They use simple text formats. They do not consist of pieces of code and therefore cannot be executed or run automatically. Therefore, they cannot be duplicated or replicated on other networks to be executed or replicated again. Since they cannot perform these functions, they cannot be considered viruses. However, cookies can be used for negative purposes. Since they store information about user preferences and browsing history both on a particular website and on other websites, cookies can be used as a form of spyware. Many anti-spyware products are aware of this fact and constantly mark cookies for deletion as part of anti-virus/anti-spyware removal/scanning procedures. Generally, browsers have built-in privacy settings that provide different levels of cookie acceptance, validity period and automatic deletion after visiting a particular website.

Other security aspects related to cookies

Since identity protection is very valuable and is the right of every Internet user, it is advisable to know what possible problems cookies can cause.

Since they constantly transmit information in both directions between the browser and the website, the information contained in the cookie can be intercepted if an attacker or unauthorized person interferes during the transmission of the data. This can happen, although very rarely, if the browser connects to the server over an unencrypted network (for example, an unsecured WiFi network).

Other cookie-based attacks involve incorrect cookie settings on web servers. If a website does not require the browser to use only encrypted channels, attackers can use this vulnerability to trick the browser into sending information over unsecured channels. The attackers then use the information to gain unauthorized access to certain websites.

It is very important that users choose the most appropriate method to protect personal data.

Tips for safe and responsible browsing based on cookies

Due to their flexibility and the fact that most of the most visited websites, including the largest ones, use cookies, they are almost unavoidable. Disabling cookies denies the user access to the most widely used and popular websites, including: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Gmail, Yahoo and others.

Here are some tips that can ensure that you navigate without worry, but with the help of cookies:

• Adjust your browser settings regarding cookies so that you get a level of cookie security that is comfortable for you;
•  if you don't mind cookies and you are the only person using your computer, you can set long expiration times for storing your browsing history and personal credentials;
• If you share your computer, you can set your browser to delete individual browser data each time you close the browser. This is a way to access the websites that set cookies and delete all visited information when the browser session is closed;
•  Install and update your antispyware applications constantly. Many of the spyware detection and prevention applications also detect attacks on websites. This prevents the browser from accessing websites that might exploit browser vulnerabilities or download dangerous software;
•  Make sure that your browser is always up to date. Many of the cookie-based attacks are carried out by exploiting the vulnerabilities of old browser versions.