Cookie usage policy

Last updated: 28 Jul 2022

What are cookies?

Cookies are small pieces of text used to store information in web browsers. Cookies are used on computers, phones and other devices to store and receive identification data and other information. Other technologies, including data stored in web browsers or devices, identification data related to your device and other software, are used for similar purposes. In this policy, we refer to all of these technologies as "cookies".

We use cookies if you have an IKOL account, use IKOL services, including our website and applications, or visit other websites that use IKOL services (e.g. IKOL widgets). The IKOL cookie enables IKOL to provide services based on web applications and to understand information received about them, including information about their use of other websites and applications, regardless of whether they are registered or logged in.

Why do we use cookies?

We use cookies for the following purposes:

  • Authentication. We use cookies to verify your account and whether you are logged in to enable access to IKOL services. Cookies also allow us to remember you logged in to the IKOL system so that you don't have to log in every time you open your web browser.
  • Security, website and product integrity. We use cookies to keep your IKOL account safe. Cookies allow us to reduce the frequency of verification data transmission and to capture unwanted behaviour for the IKOL system, such as trying to log in with a randomly selected password.
  • Analyses and research. We use cookies to better understand how users use IKOL services and to improve them. IKOL checks how IKOL users use IKOL services in order to be able to introduce improvements to the system, cookies allow you to check what functions and how often you use IKOL.