Cookie policy

When you visit our website www.hpf.cz (hereinafter referred to as the “Website”), we use cookies to make your use more enjoyable and to collect information about your visits to the Website in order to improve it.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites function or work more efficiently. The Website remembers what actions you carried out, and when you visit the Website again, your browser will send cookies back to the Website. This way, we can recognize your device and customize the Website to suit your preference. In other cases, cookies are used to customize viewed content for a better user experience (e.g. your preferred language, font size and other preferences and information about your activity).

Types of cookies

  • Session cookies – they are only stored on your device during a browser session and will be deleted when you close the browser.
  • Persistent cookies – they remain stored on your device for different periods of time even after the browser has been closed; these cookies make it possible to recognize your device when you visit the Website again.
  • First-party cookies – cookies that are stored on your device by the Website.
  • Third-party cookies – cookies that are stored on your device by the websites of our partners for social media, advertising and analytics pages.

Why do we use cookies?

With cookies, the use of the Website is much more enjoyable for users. They also enable us to monitor and assess the way you use the Website, thereby improving the quality and content of the Website, as well as better targeting our advertising campaigns to offer you what you are really interested in.

For these purposes, we use both our own cookies and third-party cookies. This means that cookies of the operators of marketing tools we use can be stored on your device through the Website. Alternatively, we may share information provided by using cookies with these providers. Using these tools makes it possible to constantly improve our services and better respond to your personal preferences, and to target advertising campaigns in order to attract those who may be most interested in our services.

Both cookies used by third parties and the way of using data obtained through them are governed by the privacy policies of the third parties concerned. These third parties may combine the information they have obtained through cookies with any other information that you provide them with or that they have obtained as a result of your using their services.

Specifically, we use the following cookies:

Necessary (1)
Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Name Provider Purpose Expiration Type
__RequestVerificationToken hpf.cz Helps prevent Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks. Session  HTTP
Statistics (4)
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously.
Name Provider Purpose Expiration Type
_ga hpf.cz Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the web site. 2 years HTTP
_gat hpf.cz Used by Google Analytics to throttle request rate. Session HTTP
_gid hpf.cz Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the web site. Session HTTP
collect google-analytics.com Used to send data to Google Analytics about the visitor's device and behaviour. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels. Session Pixel
Marketing (3)
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.
Name Provider Purpose Expiration Type
fr facebook.com Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers. 3 months HTTP
NID google.com Registers a unique ID that identifies a returning user's device. The ID is used for targeted ads. 6 months HTTP
tr facebook.com Unclassified Session Pixel
Unclassified (1)
Unclassified cookies are cookies that we are in the process of classifying, together with the providers of individual cookies.
Name Provider Purpose Expiration Type
SelectedLanguage hpf.cz Unclassified 30 days HTTP

Consent to the use of cookies

When you visit the Website, a notification bar is displayed informing you that the Website uses cookies. By using the Website, you agree to storing cookies. You can disable storing cookies on your device at any time. You can do so in your browser settings, where you can also delete previously stored cookies.

How to disable storing cookies on your device

You can change your cookie storing preferences at any time. You can set your browser to disable or block cookies on your device, including third-party cookies. It is also possible to block or allow cookies for certain websites only. The cookies that are already stored on your device can be deleted at any time. If you completely disable cookies, including necessary cookies, the Website may not work properly and its functionality may be limited.

Specific procedures for the most common browsers can be found here: