Cookies

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small text file that is stored on a user’s device while browsing a particular site. It should be taken into account that RNP collects anonymous cookies that do not allow to identify the user, respectively, the use of cookies does not imply the processing of personal data.

How do we use cookies?

RNP processes cookies for the following purposes:

to remember the sections of the website visited by the user to provide the website visitors with an engaging content and continue to publish topics relevant to the user;
to make navigation smooth for the visitors by checking and ensuring the compatibility of the website with the version of the device and the version of the web browser;
to maintain statistics on how often users visit specific sections of the website; site developers use these data to improve the usability and performance of the site.

RNP will only use cookies for the purposes specified above.

Types of cookies

There are two types of cookies – sessions, or mandatory cookies, and permanent cookies. Cookies are also classified as first-party or third-party cookies. The following explains the above concepts so that you can better understand the nature of cookies and why we use them.

Sessions, or mandatory cookies

Sessions, or mandatory cookies, allow for the recognition of the browser and your device, the Internet Protocol (IP) address assigned to your device when you visit a particular website, and memorise any changes or choices on that website so that they can be used in other sections of the website, for example – you will have access to other restricted sections of the website after you have successfully logged in to the website until you have an active logout. These cookies allow you to use several pages of one website quickly and easily, avoiding the need to log in to the website to visit each protected section of the website. Session cookies are non-permanent – they expire when you close the browser in which you viewed the website or end the session on that website.

Permanent cookies

Permanent cookies are cookies that are stored on your device with which you browse the website for a specific predefined period of time, in which the time is counted after the end of the website browsing session. Stored cookies allow you to use previously made choices or actions on the website every time you visit this website.

First-party cookies

First-party cookies are cookies created by our website. They can be identified by the domain name of our website.

Third-party cookies

Third-party cookies are cookies from websites that do not belong to us. The domain names of such websites are different from the domain of our website. Third-party cookies may also be stored on your device from which you browse our website.

List of cookies used on our website www.rnparvaldnieks.lv

Website domain	Cookie	Cookie type	Cookie use (purpose)	Cookie expiration time
www.rnparvaldnieks.lv	_ga _gid _gat _gid	Third-party cookies	Used to improve our website by analysing user behaviour. These cookies provide us with information such as the number of website visitors and pages visited by users and the total time spent on our website (for more info visit Google Analytics Cookie Usage on Websites)	Permanent
www.rnparvaldnieks.lv	PHPSESSID	Session cookie	Sessions, or mandatory cookies, allow for the recognition of the browser, the device you use, and the Internet Protocol (IP) address assigned to it when visiting a website. Session identifiers become necessary in cases where the communications infrastructure uses an information exchange protocol such as HTTP.	Session These cookies are deleted when you close the browser.
www.rnparvaldnieks.lv	textmode, contrast, textsize	Website cookie	It determines the user-defined background colour, text size and whether the content displayed should include images	1 week
www.rnparvaldnieks.lv	ldz_cp	Website cookie	It determines whether the user has accepted the terms and conditions for the use of cookies, and whether the cookie use notification should be displayed further.	1 year

Information about the person’s consent for the creation of cookies

Our website technically stores information (IP address, date, time, etc.) about your consent to the creation of website cookies on your device, as well as information (IP address, date, time, etc.) when you revoke your consent to the creation of website cookies on your device.

Withdrawal of personal consent and restriction of the use of cookies

You can change the cookie settings at any time in your device’s Internet browser. For example, you can revoke your consent to the storage of cookies by checking the function in your browser that allows you to reject all proposals for the storage of cookies. You can find these settings in the “Options” or “Preferences” menus of your web browser. You can find more information on how to configure your device’s Internet browser on the following Internet browser websites: