Cookie Policy

INFORMATION ABOUT OUR USE OF COOKIES    

   

Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This helps us to improve your experience while you navigate through our website and also allows us to improve our site.   

   

A cookie is a small piece of data (file of letters and numbers) that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer or device  if you agree . Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer’s hard drive or devise. It is used in order to enhance websites and analyse the preferences and actions of the visitors.  

   

We would like you to accept the cookies we serve, however we appreciate that you may not desire to do so. We therefore require your  explicit    acceptance of the cookies . Because we respect your right to privacy you can choose not to allow some types of cookies. You can withdraw any consent to the use of cookies or manage any other cookie preferences by using our privacy dashboard on our website on the icon at the bottom of any page. It may be necessary to refresh the page for the updated settings to take effect.  

You block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. The processes for controlling and deleting cookies vary depending on which browser you use. To find out how to do so with a particular browser, you can use the Help function of the particular browser. However, if you elect to opt -out of these cookies by using your browser settings to block all cookies (including necessary cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site and this may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer.  

 

Cookies may be categorised as either “persistent” cookies or “session” cookies. A persistent cookie will be stored by a web browser and will remain valid until its set expiry date, unless deleted by the user before the expiry date; whilst a session cookie, will expire at the end of the user session, when the web browser is closed.  

 

We use the following cookies:  

   

Cookies may be set either by instant.com.cy (“first party cookies”) or by third party websites (“third party cookies”).  

 

  1. Strictly necessary  cookies . These are cookies that are vital for the operation of our website. It includes exclusively those cookies which ensure the core functionalities and security features of our website. In the absence of these cookies we cannot offer essential operation of our website. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.  
  2. Analytical/performance  cookies . They allow us to apprehend how our visitors interact with the website. This may include understanding the pages a visitor has navigated, to recognise and count the number of visitors, the duration which a visitor stated and what you clink on. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. If you opt out of these cookies this will not affect your user experience of the website.  
  3. Functionality  cookies . These are   used to improve the functionality and personalization of our site . This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region). They may be activated by us, or by third parties whose services are used on the pages of our website.  
  4. Targeting  cookies . These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.  

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:  

Cookie NamePurpose
XSRF-TOKENThat information is used to protect your site against Cross Site Request Forgery. A purely technical protection mechanism.
botble_sessionThis hold information about the current session of the logged in user of the application. It is necessary to track it for again, purely technical reasons. 

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies. 

Except for necessary cookies, all cookies will expire after 30 days.