To ensure the proper functioning of our website and to provide the most relevant products and services to our visitors, we place small data files - including cookies, web beacons, pixels, and similar scripts (collectively referred to as “cookies”) - on your device. This Cookie Policy provides you with information about our practices regarding the use of cookies on this website.
What is a Cookie?
A cookie is a small text file that is sent to the browser of your computer, tablet, or mobile phone (“device”) by a website and stored on your device’s hard drive. Each website can send its own cookies to your browser if your browser settings allow it, and your browser enables the originating website to access the cookies it has already sent to you in order to record online traffic flows and build logs of user activity.
Some cookies are deleted once you close your browser (session cookies), while others remain stored even after you close your browser so that you can be recognized when you return to a website (persistent cookies). Additionally, some cookies are placed by the website you are visiting (first-party cookies), while others are placed by third parties (third-party cookies).
When you use our website, you may encounter embedded content, or you may be redirected to other websites for activities such as event and webinar registrations, surveys, or job applications. These websites and embedded content may use their own cookies. We have no control over the placement of cookies by other websites, even if you are redirected to them from our website.
Legal basis for using cookies
We use cookies in accordance with:
- the GDPR (Regulation (EU) 2016/679)
- the ePrivacy Directive (2002/58/EC, as amended)
- applicable guidance from the European Data Protection Board (EDPB)
Strictly necessary cookies are used based on our legitimate interest in ensuring the proper functioning and security of the website.
All other cookies (analytics, marketing, and preferences) are used only with your prior, explicit consent, which you may withdraw at any time.
How does Konto.com use cookies?
The cookies on our website are generally divided into the following categories:
Necessary (Essential) Cookies:
These are always active cookies that our website needs in order to function properly and that allow you to navigate and use the website and its features. Without these essential cookies, the website would not perform as well as we would like, and we might not be able to provide the website or certain services or features that you request.
Examples of how these cookies are used include: determining when you are logged in, detecting when your account has been inactive, and for other troubleshooting and security purposes.
Marketing Cookies:
Marketing cookies may be placed by us or by third parties to allow third-party advertising networks to recognize a unique cookie on your computer or mobile device. The information collected and shared by these types of cookies may also be linked to the device identifier you use, allowing us to track the websites you have visited that are associated with the advertising network. This information may be used to deliver targeted advertisements on our website and on third-party websites based on your interests. By enabling marketing cookies, you grant permission for personalized advertising across various platforms.
Analytical Cookies:
Analytical cookies provide us with information about how visitors navigate and interact with our website. These cookies help us understand, for example, how many visitors our website has, how often they visit, and how many times a user has viewed specific pages on our website. Among other analytical cookies, we use Google Analytics cookies for these purposes. For more information about Google Analytics, please refer to “How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services”, available at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/ or any other URL that Google may provide from time to time.
Preference Cookies:
Preference cookies allow the website to remember the choices you make (such as your username, language, or region) and to provide enhanced, more personalized features.
Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser settings to prevent this. If you disable cookies, your ability to use certain features of the website may be limited. For mobile devices, you may be able to manage certain cookies through your device’s built-in settings and controls. Any cookie preferences are specific to each browser and/or device. If you delete cookies from your browser on any of your devices, your preferences will need to be reset. You should check how to do this on your particular device(s) and operating systems.
To learn more about how to opt out of other cookies or to find out more about cookies in general, please visit https://allaboutcookies.org/.
Some of these cookies may be placed by third-party service providers to help determine the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns or email communications. The use of cookies by third-party service providers is under their control, not ours. We do not control their websites or their data protection policies and practices, and you should be aware that different rules may apply to the collection, use, or disclosure of your personal data by third parties in connection with their advertisements, promotions, and other websites you may encounter on the internet.
This Cookie Notice does not cover any use of personal data that a third-party service provider may collect directly from you, and we do not undertake to verify, monitor, or oversee their practices.
What happens if you do not want cookies or similar tracking technologies?
You can adjust your cookie preferences through our Cookie Settings Center. If you wish to remove existing cookies from your device, you can do so using your browser options.
You can choose to accept or reject cookies by modifying your browser settings. You can also delete existing cookies. However, disabling cookies may make it difficult or impossible to use this website properly.
Below you can find more information on how to disable cookies or manage cookie settings for your browser:
- Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
- Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
- Internet Explorer: https://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-vista/Block-or-allow-cookies
- Safari: https://help.apple.com/safari/mac/8.0/#/sfri11471
If you are using any other browser, please contact your browser’s developer to adjust your cookie settings.
Additional information about the protection of personal data can be found at https://www.konto.com/legal/privacy-policy.
How to check and delete cookies:
You can modify your cookie preferences by clicking on Cookie Settings, available here and in the footer of our website, above our Cookie Policy.
What happens when you use our mobile app?
When you use our mobile app, we might record information that is unique to you and associated with your device (such as IP-address, operating system, browser and device type, unique device identification number), your activities within the app and your network location.
In general, this is done by third-party SDKs that are integrated in our mobile app’s source code.
This information is used to measure and improve the performance and usability of the mobile app.
How to manage your consent and cookie preferences?
You can use our cookie banner when you first visit our website to manage your cookies on our website. You can select the specific cookie types you want to accept and which you don’t, there is also an option to simply accept all of them.
Your consent to data processing of necessary cookies can be withdrawn at any time via the app or on the website. Moreover the cookie settings can also be changed or updated by clicking on “Cookie settings” on our website.
