Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy relates to the website https://kyprianou.com.mt/ and/or any sub-website and/or associated domains (and/or sub-domains) of https://kyprianou.com.mt/ (hereinafter referred to as the “Website” owned by Michael Kyprianou (Malta) Ltd.). In this Cookie Policy, (“We“, “Us“, “Our“, “Ourselves” and/or “MK”) shall refer to Michael Kyprianou (Malta) Ltd. (C 60709) and “You” and “Your” and “User” refer to an identified or identifiable natural person being the User of this Site and/or client of any of MK’s services. Our full details, including contact details, can be read below. For more information about how We process Your Personal Data, please read Our Master Privacy Policy.

Cookies are small text files containing small amounts of information which are sent to and stored on Your computer, smartphone or other device You use to access a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit or to another website that recognises that cookie. Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognise a user’s device. We use cookies on this website to make sure it works properly, improve Your user experience, and to ensure services promoted are relevant to Your needs. Our cookies don’t store personal information like Your name, address or payment details.

Cookies are used for a number of reasons on the website which include but are not limited to:

1. efficiently allow users to re-log in to their accounts;
2. enable users to customise their log-in preferences;
3. allow Us to monitor and collect transactional information with regards to transactions conducted on the website;
4. prevent fraud and fraudulent transactions and safeguard the privacy of Our customers and website users.

It is Our intention to utilise cookies in the best way possible to ensure the functionality of Our website as well as improve and enhance the end user’s experience on Our website.

We classify Cookies in the following manner:

1. Essential Cookies: These are strictly necessary to ensure that the Site functions in Your everyday use of it or for Us to provide You with the service(s) You expect from Us. Cookies used for the sole purpose of carrying out or facilitating the transmission of a communication will also be considered as essential cookies. We do not require Your consent to use such essential cookies but You may still block or delete them.

Some examples of essential cookies as found in the European Commission’s EU Internet Handbook (see https://ec.europa.eu/ipg/basics/legal/ cookies/index_en.htm) are as follows:

• USER-INPUT cookies (session-id) such as first-party cookies to keep track of the User’s input when filling online forms, shopping carts, etc., for the duration of a session or persistent cookies limited to a few hours in some cases;
• AUTHENTICATION cookies, to identify the User once he has logged in, for the duration of a session;
• USER-CENTRIC SECURITY cookies, used to detect authentication abuses, for a limited persistent duration;
• MULTIMEDIA CONTENT PLAYER cookies, used to store technical data to play back video or audio content, for the duration of a session;
• LOAD-BALANCING cookies, for the duration of session;
• USER-INTERFACE CUSTOMISATION cookies such as language or font preferences, for the duration of a session (or slightly longer);
• THIRD-PARTY SOCIAL PLUG-IN CONTENT-SHARING cookies, for logged-in members of a social network.

2. Non-Essential Cookies: These are not required for the essential functioning of the Site, although they may greatly enhance Your experience of using Our Site. For example, non-essential cookies may be used for the following reasons:

• PREFERENCES. These cookies would remember Your custom preferences. For example, this helps You avoid having to re-enter certain information when You visit the same page later;
• MARKETING. Here, the cookies would be used to gather information about Your browsing habits allowing Us to provide You with more relevant information and material that would be of interest to You;
• STATISTICS. These help Us gather information about users on Our Site(s), such as when You first visited the Site and/or how often You access it and at what particular time. These also include cookies that log how You came across the Site, using which search engine or other link.

We also use cookies to obtain statistical data about the manner in which the users utilise Our website. These cookies allow Us to recognise and count the number of users and track the manner in which they move around Our Website. By obtaining this data, We are able to improve the way Our website functions and creating a better experience for Our users.

Apart from the cookies We make use of Ourselves, various third-party cookies may also be stored on Your computer or mobile device, including Google Analytics https://analytics.google.com/. We strongly suggest that You read the cookie policies of any such third-party cookies. 

When pressing any link on Our website which re-directs the user to third party websites, it is important to note that this Cookie Policy will not cover the manner in which cookies are used on such website and the user should read the Cookie Policy provided by the third party website in question. This also applies to Our Master Privacy Policy.

Should the user wish to delete cookies already stored on his device, or stop the cookies which keep track of browsing patters on the website, the user may delete the existing cookies and/or modify the browser’s privacy settings which will differ according to the browser being used. Please note that many of Our website’s functions might not work properly should You disable cookies.

For more information about cookies and how they work, please visit: www.allaboutcookies.org.