In order to ensure the highest quality of our service, we use files called cookies. When using our website, the cookie files are downloaded onto your device. You can change the settings of your browser at any time.
For your convenience, the instytutpolski.pl website, which is part of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland, uses cookies to adapt the service to the needs of users as well as for statistical purposes.
Cookie files are small text files sent by the visited website to the user’s device (computer, smartphone, etc.). They do not contain any personal data.
The instytutpolski.pl website uses two types of cookies:
- performance (collecting information on how visitors use the site, e.g. most visited pages or error messages, etc.),
- functional (saving user’s settings, e.g. language, consent granted, etc.),
such as:
- google-analytics.com cookies – used to keep statistics for instytutpolski.pl; The exact operation and privacy policy of Google Analytics can be found at: http://www.google.com/analytics/learn/privacy.html
- session cookies – these are temporary information stored in the browser’s memory until the session ends, i.e. until its closure.
Third-party websites, to which instytutpolski.pl website sometimes redirects, may also use different cookies from those listed above, including, in particular, files enabling users to log in and having their ads match user preferences and behaviors. These types of cookies are:
- on YouTube.com – containing user preferences and the number of clicks; YouTube’s privacy policy is described at: http://www.google.pl/intl/pl/policies/privacy/
- on player.vimeo.com and av.vimeo.com – allowing users to log in, as well as cookies placed by advertisers to match the content and forms of advertising; Vimeo’s cookie policy is available at: http://vimeo.com/cookie_policy
In most web browsers, you can: delete cookies from your computer’s hard drive (from the browser settings), block all cookies sent or set a warning before saving them on the disk.
Please bear in mind that changes to the settings of these files can result in limiting their use which may affect some functionalities available on websites which use them, e.g. by preventing logging in to an e-mail account. If you do not change these settings, you accept the use of cookies.
Below we outline ways of changing cookie settings in the most popular search engines:
Google Chrome
Menu > Settings > Advanced settings > Privacy > Content settings > Cookies – select appropriate option.
Internet Explorer
Menu > Tools > Internet options > Privacy – select appropriate option.
Mozilla Firefox
Menu > Options > Privacy > History – select appropriate option.
Opera
Menu > Preferences > Advanced > Cookies – select appropriate option.
Safari
Menu > Preferences > Privacy > Cookies – select appropriate option.