Privacy policy and cookies

Privacy policy and cookies

  1. The website uses cookies to improve the service.
  2. The Service does not collect any information automatically, with the exception of information contained in cookies.
  3. Cookies represent IT data, in particular text files, which are stored in the Service User's end appliance and which are designated for use with the Service's website. Cookies usually contain the name of the Internet page from which they come, the time of storage on the end appliance and a unique number.
  4. The body which places cookies on the Service User's end appliance and also is able to access them is the Service operator: the National Archives in Krakow with its head office at 30-960 Kraków, ul. Sienna 16.
  5. Cookies are used for creating statistics which help us to understand how the Service User uses the website, which allows the structure and content to be improved.
  6. The Service uses two basic types of cookies: session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies are temporary files, which are stored in the User's appliance until the User logs out, leaves the website or turns off the browser. Persistent cookies are stored in the User's appliance for a time defined in the parameters of the cookies files or until the User removes them.
  7. The Service uses efficiency cookies, enabling the collection of information about the usage of the Service's website.
  8. In many cases, browsers are set to allow the storage of cookies in the User's end appliance. Users of the Service may carry out changes in the settings concerning cookies. These settings may be changed in such a way as to automatically block cookies in browsers or to inform about each placement in the Service User's appliance. Detailed information about the options and methods of using cookies is available in the browser settings.
  9. The Service operator informs that restricting the use of cookies may affect some functionalities available on the Service's website.
  10. More information concerning cookies is available at, among others, wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie, youronlinechoices.com or in the Hel section in the browser menu.