With this cookie policy, we would like to explain what cookies and cookie-like technologies are, how we and other service provider use them on this website, what information they collect, for how long and for what purposes we use them.

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Controller of the website

Addition to the privacy policy

This cookie policy is a supplement to this website's privacy policy. The cookie policy specifies how a website uses cookies and what data it collects through them, while the privacy policy is a more comprehensive overview of all data processing activities on the website and beyond.

Cookies are small pieces of information similar to text files that can be stored and read on the end device. They serve various purposes, including maintaining basic functionalities of the website, security and privacy, providing optional functions of the website, collecting statistic data on visitor flows and providing marketing systems. Practical examples of what can be stored in cookies are the storage of login status in user accounts, the content of shopping baskets in e-commerce platforms, or a user ID for tracking behavior on the website.

The information can technically be stored in various ways. The best-known examples of this are HTTP cookies and cookie-like technologies like local storage, session storage or IndexedDB. Each type of storage has different properties, which determine the technical handling, accessibility and controllers authorized to access the information. All these types of storage are usually summarized under the term "cookies" and are therefore called as such in this cookie policy.

The setting and reading of cookies in the European Union (EU) and the European Economic Area (EEA) is in accordance with Art. 5 (3) ePrivacy Directive and Recital 66 ePrivacy Directive only permitted if a user has given his consent on the basis of comprehensive information about the purposes of the processing. The website operator may also set cookies if they are strictly necessary to provide you as a user with the expressly requested service, e.g. the basic content of this website or other strictly necessary cookies for basic functionality of the website to be displayed to you without your consent.

The setting and reading of cookies in Switzerland is in accordance with Art. 45c (b) FMG (Fernmeldegesetz) only permitted if a user has the option to object the processing of data on the basis of comprehensive information about the purposes of the processing. In exceptional cases, consent must be obtained for the processing of personal data in cookies in Switzerland.

What rights does the website visitor have?

Services and their cookies can be set and read on the legal basis of your consent or a legitimate interest. When you first visited this website, you were asked for your consent and you had the opportunity to object to the use of certain services. We explained which legal basis is used for which service in our consent dialog.

You have the right to view the history of your decisions, change your privacy settings, object to the use of services and revoke your consent at any time. Below you find possibilities to exercise your rights:

How to manage cookies in a browser?

  • How to remove cookies in a browser: To remove cookies from your device, you can clear the browsing data in the settings of your browser. This action will remove all cookies from all websites you've visited, potentially including saved login details and site preferences. In some browsers, you can just delete the cookies and similar data without deleting the whole browsing history.
  • How to control cookies in a browser: For more granular control over cookies specific to certain websites, navigate to the privacy and cookie settings within your used browser. Here, you can adjust preferences related to individual sites' cookie usage.
  • How to block cookies in a browser: It's possible to configure most modern browsers in their settings to block all cookies from being placed on your device. But blocking cookies could lead to certain services and functionalities not functioning correctly, e.g. logins as a user. You can also use extensions for many browsers which can block the setting of cookies on websites.
  • How to manage cookies on this website: To tailor your preferences regarding cookies on this website, you can change your preferences at any time by clicking on the link in the section "Rights of the website visitor".

You can find more information on the handling of cookies devowl.io/rcb/cookie-handling/.

What types of cookies exist?

  • Essential cookies are indispensable for the basic functionality of a website and enable functions such as saving login information or access to secure areas of the site. These include, for example, security cookies, which can identify a bot that is not wanted on the website by storing an authentication key in a cookie.
  • Functional cookies improve the user experience by storing information and preferences such as language settings or appearance settings of the website to provide personalized. This includes, for example, preference cookies that store the user's preferred video quality on a website.
  • Statistics cookies collect data about the use of a website to gain insights into user behavior and optimize the performance of the site. This includes, for example, a randomly assigned user ID that makes it possible to attribute whether you have visited a subpage of the website.
  • Marketing cookies are used to track user behavior across different websites and to display personalized advertising based on the interests and surfing behavior of users. This includes, for example, advertising cookies that store an interaction with an advertisement on the website and pass it on to advertisers or a chat system for pre-sale questions and customer support.

In addition, cookies can also be used by services from the following groups or for the following purposes: Personalization

Who can set cookies on this website?

On this website, both the operator of the website and third-party services which are used on this website may set cookies and access its content. Who can access which cookies and their content differs between first-party and third-party cookies. First-party cookies are created by the visited website and can only be read by the website operator and integrated third-party services on this website. Third-party cookies are set by usually third-party services on other domains, can be read on all websites on which the service that controls the domain is embedded and, for example, used by advertising networks to track user behavior across different websites and offer personalized advertising.

Which cookies are used on this website?

The cookie policy was last updated on August 26, 2025.

Additional information: Cookie report for witalex.com

Strictly Necessary cookies

Cookie key      Domain           Path     Cookie type     Expiration        Description

_GRECAPTCHA

www.google.com       /recaptcha      Third-party      5 months 4 weeks

Google reCAPTCHA sets a necessary cookie (_GRECAPTCHA) when executed for the purpose of providing its risk analysis.

PHPSESSID

witalex.com       /          First-party       Session

Cookie generated by applications based on the PHP language. This is a general purpose identifier used to maintain user session variables. It is normally a random generated number, how it is used can be specific to the site, but a good example is maintaining a logged-in status for a user between pages.

 

Performance cookies

Cookie key      Domain           Path     Cookie type     Expiration        Description

_ga_K8S2BTN778

.witalex.com      /          First-party       1 year 1 month

This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state.

_ga

.witalex.com      /          First-party       1 year 1 month

This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics – which is a significant update to Google’s more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports.

 

Storages

Storage key     Type     Category

_uetvid            local    Strictly Necessary

lastExternalReferrerTime       local    Strictly Necessary

socialKey         local    Strictly Necessary

_uetsid_exp    local    Strictly Necessary

persist:snowball-app   local    Strictly Necessary

_uetsid            local    Strictly Necessary

_uetvid_exp    local    Strictly Necessary

ease_search_index     local    Strictly Necessary

ease_search_last        local    Strictly Necessary

Menu_ShowBlog_Indicator-state      local    Strictly Necessary

persist:snowball-auth local    Strictly Necessary

snowball-analytics-referrer    local    Strictly Necessary

cashlist-storage           local    Strictly Necessary

gh_search_migration local    Strictly Necessary

visited session            Strictly Necessary

sj_v_id local    Strictly Necessary

lastExternalReferrer   local    Strictly Necessary

AMP_unsent_bb1a3b9b1e     local    Strictly Necessary