Cookies policy

1. The Website does not automatically collect any information, except for the information contained in cookies.
2. Cookies are computer data, in particular text files, which are stored in the end device of the User and are intended for use on the Service website. Cookies usually contain the name of the website from which they come, the duration of their storage on the terminal and a unique number.
3. The entity placing cookies on your end device and accessing them is World Chess Community IM Pawel Weichhold.
4. Cookies are used for: 

• adjustment of the content of the Service’s websites to the user’s preferences and optimization of the use of the websites; in particular, these files allow for recognition of the user’s device and appropriate display of the website, adjusted to his/her individual needs; 
• the production of statistics that help to understand how users use websites, thereby improving their structure and content; 
• maintain the user’s session;

5. There are the types of cookies used on the Website: 

• “session” cookies and “persistent” cookies. “Session” cookies are temporary files that are stored on the User’s terminal equipment until they log off, leave the website or turn off the software (web browser). “Persistent” cookies are stored in the User’s terminal equipment for the time specified in the parameters of the cookies or until they are deleted by the User.
• “necessary” cookies to enable the use of services available on the Website, such as authentication cookies used for services that require authentication on the Website; 
• cookies used for used for security purposes, e.g. used for detecting authentication abuses within the Website services; 
• “performance” cookies, which allow collecting information about the use of the Website’s websites; 
• “functional” cookies, which allow ” saving” the user’s selected settings and personalizing the user’s interface, e.g. with regard to the user’s chosen language or region of origin, font size, website design, etc.

6. In many cases, your web browsing software (web browser) allows cookies to be stored on your end device by default. Users can change their cookie settings at any time. These settings may be changed, in particular, in order to block the automatic handling of cookies in the settings of your browser or to inform you about each time cookies are placed in the user’s device. Detailed information about the possibility and methods of using cookies are available in the settings of the software (web browser).
7. Limitation of the use of cookies may affect some of the functionalities available on the Website.