Cookie Policy
This website is operated by STORENT SIA (hereinafter – "Storent", "we", "us", or "our"). On this website, we use cookies and similar technologies (collectively referred to as "cookies"). This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, why we use them, how the data related to them is processed, and what choices are available to you. This Policy should be read together with the Storent Privacy Policy, of which it forms an integral part.
Controller: STORENT SIA, Registration No. 40103164284, Zolitūdes iela 89, Riga, LV-1046, Latvia. For questions regarding cookies and the processing of personal data, please contact: [email protected].
1. What Are Cookies
A cookie is a small text file or another data unit that a website stores on your device or accesses when you visit the website. Cookies help the website recognize your browser, maintain your session, and remember your preferences. In this Policy, similar technologies also include pixels, browser local storage, and other technical solutions that store information on or access information stored on your device.
Cookies may enable the identification of a specific browser or device. Individually or together with other information, cookie data, such as an IP address or online identifier, may constitute personal data.
2. Why We Use Cookies
We use cookies to:
Some cookies are essential for the operation of the website. Functional, analytical, and advertising cookies are only used after you have given your consent for the relevant category.
3. Categories of Cookies
Strictly Necessary Cookies. These cookies are required for the website to function securely and properly, for example to ensure secure login, maintain your session, provide the functions you have requested, and store your cookie preferences. These cookies cannot be disabled through the cookie settings.
Functional Cookies. These cookies allow the website to remember your preferences and provide additional features, such as embedded content or social media sharing. Where these cookies are not strictly necessary for the service you have requested, they are only used with your consent.
Analytics (Statistics) Cookies. These cookies help us understand how visitors use the website, such as which pages are visited and how users navigate the site. They are only used with your consent.
Advertising (Targeting) Cookies. These cookies are used to measure the effectiveness of advertising, build audiences, and display advertisements that are more relevant to your interests on Storent and third-party websites. They are only used with your consent.
4. Legal Basis
The storage of non-essential cookies on your device or access to information stored on your device is based on your consent in accordance with Section 7¹, Paragraph One of the Information Society Services Law. Where personal data is processed through cookies, the legal basis for such processing is your consent pursuant to Article 6(1)(a) of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Consent is not required for strictly necessary cookies where they are essential for the transmission of communications over an electronic communications network or for providing a service explicitly requested by you. Depending on the purpose, the processing of personal data related to such cookies may be based on the performance of a contract or Storent's legitimate interest in ensuring the security and reliable operation of the website.
5. Analytics and Advertising Tools
For analytics purposes, we use Google Analytics 4, provided within the European Economic Area by Google Ireland Limited. For advertising purposes, we use Google Ads and Meta Pixel, provided within the European Economic Area by Google Ireland Limited and Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, respectively. Certain stages of data processing may also involve other companies within these corporate groups, including Google LLC and Meta Platforms, Inc.
Google Consent Mode is implemented on this website in Basic Consent Mode. Google Analytics and advertising tags that require consent are not activated until you have made your selection in the cookie banner and are only enabled if you provide the relevant consent. If you do not consent, analytics and advertising data is not transmitted to Google through these tags. Likewise, Meta Pixel and other non-essential tools remain blocked until the relevant consent has been obtained.
6. Data Processed and Profiling
If you consent to analytics or advertising cookies, information about your device and browser, IP address, approximate location, pages visited, actions performed on the website, visit time and duration, the website or advertisement from which you arrived, as well as cookie identifiers and advertising click identifiers, may be processed.
With your consent, Google and Meta may use this information for audience creation, conversion measurement, and displaying interest-based advertising in accordance with their own terms of service and privacy policies. Storent does not use cookie data to make decisions based solely on automated processing that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you.
7. Data Recipients and Transfers Outside the EEA
Depending on the cookie categories you have selected, data related to cookies may be received by Storent, Google Ireland Limited, Google LLC, Meta Platforms Ireland Limited, Meta Platforms, Inc., as well as approved subprocessors of these service providers. The provider and purpose of each individual cookie are specified in the "Cookie Settings" section.
When using Google and Meta services, data may be processed in countries outside the European Union and the European Economic Area, including the United States. Depending on the specific recipient, such transfers are based on an adequacy decision of the European Commission, including participation in the EU–U.S. Data Privacy Framework for certified U.S. organizations, or on the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses together with additional safeguards where required.
8. Consent, Its Management and Withdrawal
When you visit the website, a cookie banner is displayed. You may accept all cookies, reject all non-essential cookies, or select individual categories using the "Accept All", "Reject All", and "Settings" options. Non-essential categories are not pre-selected. Rejecting cookies is as easy as accepting them.
You may change or withdraw your consent at any time by using the "Cookie Settings" link, which is always available in the website footer. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing carried out before the withdrawal. You may also restrict or delete cookies through your browser settings; however, this does not replace the consent withdrawal mechanism provided on the website.
9. Complete List of Cookies
A complete and up-to-date list of the cookies used on this website is available in the "Cookie Settings" section, which forms an integral part of this Policy. The list specifies the name, category, domain or provider, storage period, and purpose of each cookie. The list is reviewed and updated regularly to reflect the tools actually used on the website.
10. Effect of Blocking Cookies
If you reject functional, analytics, or advertising cookies, the core functionality of the website should remain available; however, certain additional features or embedded content may not function properly. If you also block strictly necessary cookies in your browser, the website may not function correctly, and some essential features may become unavailable.
11. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Policy from time to time. The latest version will always be available on this website, together with the date of the most recent update. If there are material changes to the purposes of cookie use, cookie categories, data recipients, or other circumstances requiring renewed consent, we will ask you to provide your consent again.
12. Contact Information
If you have any questions regarding this Cookie Policy or the processing of your personal data, please contact us at [email protected]. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the supervisory authority – the Data State Inspectorate of Latvia: www.dvi.gov.lv .