USE OF COOKIES

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

A cookie is a small text file that is sent to your computer or mobile device during a website visit and stored on your computer or mobile device when you open the site. Each subsequent visit sends the cookies back to the originating website or another website that recognizes the cookie. Cookies function as the memory of a specific website, allowing it to remember your computer on future visits. They can remember your settings or improve user convenience. You can find more information about cookies, as well as how to manage or delete them, on the website https://www.aboutcookies.org (ENG), as well as on https://www.dvi.gov.lv/lv/jaunums/dviskaidro-kas-man-jazina-par-sikdatnem-jeb-cookies?utm_source=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F (LV).

WHAT ARE COOKIES USED FOR?

We use cookies to improve your user experience and to gather data that can help us ensure our website is designed and created to provide you with the best possible services. Therefore, cookies are used when you visit our websites.

WHAT TYPES OF COOKIES DO WE USE?

ESSENTIAL COOKIES 

These cookies are necessary for you to freely visit and browse the website and use its offered features, including obtaining information about services and purchasing them. These cookies identify your device but do not disclose your identity, nor do they collect or compile information. Without these cookies, the website cannot function fully, such as providing you with necessary information, ensuring requested services, or allowing you to log in to your profile or apply for a service. These cookies are stored on your device until the browser is closed.


ANALYTICAL COOKIES

Analytical cookies collect information about how you use the website, identify the most frequently visited sections, including the content you choose while browsing the site. This information is used for analysis purposes to understand what interests website users and to improve the website's functionality, making it more user-friendly. Analytical cookies only identify your device but do not disclose your identity.
In certain cases, some of the analytical cookies are managed on our behalf by third parties, such as data processors like Google Analytics, according to our instructions and only for the specified purposes.

 ADVERTISING (TARGETING) COOKIES

Targeting (advertising) cookies are used to collect information about the websites visited by the user and to offer services from K-PUNKTS or partners that are specifically of interest to the user or targeted offers that match the user's expressed interests. Usually, these cookies are placed by third parties, such as Google Adwords, with the website owner's permission and according to the specified purposes. Targeting cookies are stored permanently on the user's device.

ESSENTIAL COOKIES

COOKIE LINK DESCRIPTION
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA youtube.com This cookie is used to store the user's consent and privacy preferences in their interaction with the website. It records data regarding the visitor's consent to various privacy policies and settings, ensuring that their preferences are respected in future sessions.
AWSALB www.k-punkts.lv This cookie allows us to allocate server traffic to make the user experience as smooth as possible. A load balancer is used to determine which server currently has the best availability. The information generated does not identify you as a person.
PHPSESSID www.k-punkts.lv A cookie generated by applications based on the PHP language. It is a general-purpose identifier used to maintain user session variables. Usually, it is a randomly generated number, and its usage may be specific to the website, but a good example is maintaining the logged-in status of a user between pages.

ANALYTICAL COOKIES

COOKIE LINK DESCRIPTION
_ga www.k-punkts.lv This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - a significant update to Google's more frequently used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in every site request and used to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data for site analytics reports.
_ga_F65ZJ05F38 www.k-punkts.lv This cookie is used by Google Analytics to maintain session state.
_ga_P3TH6MT6Q2 www.k-punkts.lv This cookie is used by Google Analytics to maintain session state.

ADVERTISING (TARGETING) COOKIES

COOKIE LINK DESCRIPTION
YSC .youtube.com This cookie is set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE .youtube.com This cookie is set by YouTube to track user preferences for embedded YouTube videos; it may also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the YouTube interface.

HOW TO DISABLE COOKIES?

If you wish, you can control and delete cookies. You can delete all cookies stored on your device, and most browsers can be set to block cookies from being placed on your device. However, in that case, you will need to manually adjust the settings each time you visit a website.