The website cookies (hereafter: cookies) are small pieces of data sent by the web server to the user’s browser during the user’s visit to a website. In turn, the browser loads the small data files on the device (computer, tablet, smart phone) the user is accessing the website with.
A website uses cookies to acquire information about the method of using the website. Cookies mostly allow the analysis of website browsing frequency and browsed content as well as of certain user behaviour patterns (e.g. user’s interests, habits, behaviour, choices and settings) through information about the internet protocol (IP) address.
On the website www.ihs.systems, the provider i.H.S. uses its own cookies, while at the same time allowing the selected third parties to install their cookies on the user’s equipment (i.e. third-party cookies). By allowing the use of cookies, the user gives consent to the provider i.H.S. and third parties (Google).
Information on specific cookies, managers of cookie-acquired data, the purpose of processing the collected data, and time sessions of cookies is provided hereafter:
Mandatory cookies
| Cookie name | Purpose | Duration |
| scc-allowed-cookies | Cookie choice. | 10 years |
| viewed_cookie_policy | Cookie choice. | 1 year |
Analytic cookies
| Cookie name | Purpose | Duration |
| _gat_UA-10023507-1 | The purpose of internet cookies is to follow the internet statistics and user activities on the website (data about the first visit, site impressions, browsing times, point of entry/exit). More information on cookies, how they work and the purpose of using the cookie-collected data is available here. | end of session |
| _gid | The purpose of internet cookies is to follow the internet statistics and user activities on the website (data about the first visit, site impressions, browsing times, point of entry/exit). More information on cookies, how they work and the purpose of using the cookie-collected data is available here. | 1 day |
| _ga | The purpose of internet cookies is to follow the internet statistics and user activities on the website (data about the first visit, site impressions, browsing times, point of entry/exit). More information on cookies, how they work and the purpose of using the cookie-collected data is available here. | 2 years |
By allowing the use of cookies, the user gives consent to cookies being stored and accessed (i.e. cookie-acquired information) at the user’s device.
By selecting adequate settings in his internet browser, the user can decide which particular cookies, if any, the manager or provider can install on the user’s equipment.