What are cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that your browser stores on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies allow the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a longer period, so you do not have to enter them again every time you return to the website or browse its different pages.

How do we use cookies?

The Agency for Vocational Education and Training and Adult Education (hereinafter: “the Agency” or “ASOO”), Garićgradska ulica 18, 10000 Zagreb, OIB: 40719411729, collects, uses and manages your personal data on the website www.asoo.hr.

The Agency uses cookies and similar technologies for several purposes, depending on the context or product, including:

• temporary user input cookies (session-id) and/or persistent cookies limited to a few hours – we use them to store your preferences and settings on your device and to improve your user experience. For example, saving your personal preferences in cookies means you do not have to set them again and again;
• authentication cookies, used for authentication services for the duration of the visit – we use them to verify your identity. This cookie allows you to move from page to page without having to log in again on each page;
• user security cookies, used to detect authentication abuse, of limited duration – we use them to process information that allows us to ensure security and to detect fraud and abuse;
• multimedia content cookies, for the duration of viewing video or other multimedia content;
• load-enabling cookies, for the duration of the visit – we use them to remember information you give us, storing it in a cookie so that we can remember it (such as the selected language).

The Agency cannot influence the processing of personal data carried out by third parties.

The Agency does not use cookies for any purpose other than those described in our Privacy Policy and in this Policy.

Analytical and marketing cookies, as well as content embedded from external services (YouTube videos and Google Maps), are loaded only after you give your consent through the cookie banner. Necessary cookies are required for the website to work and cannot be switched off.

Cookies used on this website

In addition to cookies, the consent management tool may, only with your consent to statistics, store the items fp_current_session (expires after 60 minutes of inactivity) and fp_recent_sessions (30 days from the last visit) in your browser’s local storage (localStorage).

Transfers to third countries

The Agency uses tools and services of companies and social networks that do not operate within the European Union. We are obliged to warn you that third parties such as Google LLC may transfer your personal data to the USA, where it may become accessible to US government services, if the transfer is not in line with the mechanisms for lawful and secure transfer laid down by the General Data Protection Regulation.

We care about protecting your data, which is why we use various legal options for the lawful transfer of personal data that ensure an even higher level of protection.

The European Commission has adopted an adequacy decision on the basis of which personal data may flow freely from the European Union to companies in the USA that participate in the Data Privacy Framework.

The adequacy decision is based on Article 45 of the General Data Protection Regulation and is a mechanism that ensures the safe and lawful transfer of data to third countries. US companies wishing to participate in the Data Privacy Framework must complete a self-certification process and be included in the list of companies that have joined the Data Privacy Framework.

For the transfer of personal data to service providers that successfully self-certify and join the Data Privacy Framework, the Agency will rely on the adequacy decision.

For the transfer of personal data to service providers that do not join the Data Privacy Framework, the Agency will use the applicable standard contractual clauses under the General Data Protection Regulation.

We will inform you additionally of all measures taken and, once the transition period has expired, we will amend our policies accordingly.

If you are interested in how third parties change their data protection rules, please see the following link: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en-US.

Which cookies are used by Google LLC and its affiliated companies?

The website also uses certain Google services (Google Analytics), through which Google LLC (hereinafter: Google) collects certain personal data by means of cookies.

Google services include:

• Google apps,
• Google websites and
• devices such as Search, YouTube and Google Home, platforms such as the Chrome browser and the Android operating system,
• products integrated into third-party apps and websites, such as ads, and
• embedded Google Maps.

When you are signed in and interact with some Google services, for example by commenting on a YouTube video, your name and photo will be displayed next to your activity. Google may also display this information in ads, depending on your settings.

Google may share certain categories of data publicly and with its partners, such as advertisers or developers. Google also allows certain partners to collect data from your browser or device for advertising and measurement purposes using their own cookies or similar technologies.

Google uses cookies for many purposes – for example, to remember your SafeSearch settings, to make the ads you see more relevant, to count the visitors to a page, to help you sign up for Google services, to protect your data or to remember your ad settings.

Use of “Analytics” cookies

Google Analytics is Google’s analytics tool that helps website and app owners, including the owner of www.asoo.hr, understand how their visitors use their websites and apps. It may use a set of cookies to collect information and report website usage statistics without disclosing the identity of individual users to Google. The main Google Analytics cookie is “_ga”. For more details on which analytical cookies the controller uses, see the table above showing the cookies used by www.asoo.hr.

In addition to reporting website usage statistics, Google Analytics may also be used, together with some of the advertising cookies described above, to display more relevant ads on Google products (e.g. Google Search) and across the web, and to measure interactions with the ads we show.

Learn more at https://developers.google.com/analytics.

Exporting and deleting data collected through cookies when using Google services

You can export a copy of your data or delete it from your Google Account at any time. If you wish, you can export a copy of the content from your Google Account to back it up or to use it with a service outside Google.

To delete your data, you can:

• delete content from specific Google services,
• search for and then delete specific items from your account using the My Activity page,
• delete specific Google products, including the data associated with them,
• delete your entire Google Account.

For additional help with your Google Account, please contact your administrator.

The Agency cannot influence how you use and set up your Google Account and web browser.

If you have further questions or anything is unclear, you can contact Google and its privacy office, and you can also contact the Croatian Personal Data Protection Agency (AZOP).

Which cookies are used by Meta Platforms Ireland Ltd.?

www.asoo.hr collects, uses and manages your personal data that is also available on the Facebook page “Agencija za strukovno obrazovanje i obrazovanje odraslih” and accessible through the use of that page.

Meta uses cookies if you have a Facebook account, if you use Meta Products, including our Facebook page and apps, or if you visit other websites and apps that use Meta Products (including the “Like” button or other Meta technologies).

Cookies enable Meta to offer you Meta Products and to understand the information it receives about you, including information about your use of other websites and apps, whether or not you are registered or logged in.

Cookies help provide, protect and improve Meta Products, for example by personalising content, tailoring and measuring ads and providing a safer experience. Although the cookies Meta uses may change from time to time as Meta Products are improved and updated, they are used for the following purposes: authentication; security, site and product integrity; combating activities that violate Meta policies or otherwise prevent the proper provision of Meta Products; advertising, recommendations, insights and measurement; measuring the performance of advertising campaigns for businesses that use Meta Products; enabling you to opt out of seeing ads on Facebook based on your activity on other websites; providing content relevant to your location; performance; analytics and research.

Meta cookies are placed on your computer or device also when products provided by other members of the Meta companies are used, as well as websites and apps provided by other companies that use Meta Products, including companies that incorporate Meta technologies into their websites and apps. This means that, under certain circumstances, in addition to the controller of www.asoo.hr, your data may also be collected by other Meta partners and other companies that may use Meta’s services.

Meta uses cookies and receives information when you visit its websites and apps, including device information and information about your activity, without any further action on your part. This happens whether or not you have a Facebook account and whether or not you are logged in.

Do other parties use cookies in connection with Meta Products?

Yes, other parties may use cookies on Meta Products to provide services to us and to businesses that advertise on Facebook.

Meta’s and our measurement partners, for example, use cookies on Meta Products to help advertisers understand the effectiveness of their Meta advertising campaigns and to compare the performance of those campaigns with ads displayed on other websites and in other apps.

Third parties also use cookies on their own websites and in their own apps in connection with Meta Products. To learn how other parties use cookies, please review their policies.

How to control how Meta uses cookies to display ads?

You can control how Meta uses data to display ads using the tools described below; the controller cannot influence this.

Everyone: you can opt out of seeing online interest-based ads from Meta and other companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance in the USA, the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada in Canada or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance in Europe, or through your mobile device settings. Please note that ad blockers and tools that restrict our use of cookies may interfere with these controls.

More information about online advertising: advertising companies that Meta works with generally use cookies and similar technologies as part of their services. To learn more about how advertisers generally use cookies and the choices they offer, see the following resources: Digital Advertising Alliance, Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada and the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance.

Managing cookies in your browser: in addition, your browser or device may offer settings that allow you to choose whether cookies are stored in your browser and to delete cookies. For more information about these controls, see the help for your browser or device.

How can you control cookies?

You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish.

You can delete all cookies already stored on your computer, and most browsers can be set to block cookies from being stored.

If you block cookies, you may have to adjust some preferences manually every time you visit a website, and some services and functions may not be available.

The Agency allows you to update your cookie settings at any time: Cookie settings.

How to delete cookies?

If you do not wish to manage your preferences through our website, please note that there are currently several websites for disabling the storage of cookies for various services.

You can find more information on the following websites:

• www.allaboutcookies.org
• www.youronlinechoices.com/hr
• www.aboutads.info/choices
• https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage

The websites of the following browsers and organisations may also be of great help: European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance (EU), Internet Advertising Bureau (US), Internet Advertising Bureau (EU), Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari (Desktop), Safari (Mobile), Android Browser, Opera.

Other questions

If you wish to contact us regarding this Policy or the way the website uses your data, please use the following contact details:

Agency for Vocational Education and Training and Adult Education
Garićgradska ulica 18
10000 Zagreb

or the e-mail address of our Data Protection Officer: zastita.podataka@asoo.hr

Re-adjusting and controlling cookies

Each time you visit our website, you can choose to re-adjust and control cookies, and you can delete and/or change them at any time.

The Agency reserves the right to amend this Policy at any time.

In the event of changes to the cookies listed in this Policy or the introduction of new ones, the Agency will amend this Policy and, where necessary, request new consent from data subjects.