Cookie Policy

This Cookie Policy applies for the visit and use of the websites www.winfest.com, operated by Home Gaming Entertainment Limited, No. 2, Geraldu Farrugia Street, Zebbug, ZBG 4351, Malta, as the Data Controller.

Home Gaming Entertainment Limited uses cookies on its websites. Cookies are small files that are automatically created by the user’s browser and are stored locally (on the accessing laptop, tablet, smartphone, etc.) when visiting the websites of Home Gaming Entertainment Limited. Cookies do not harm the device and do not contain viruses, trojans or other malicious software.

About cookies

Cookies may store information of a user’s visit of the websites of Home Gaming Entertainment Limited. However, cookies do not serve to identify a particular user on the websites of Home Gaming Entertainment Limited.

The use of cookies serves to make the use of Home Gaming Entertainment Limited’s offers more pleasant for the visitor and allows Home Gaming Entertainment Limited to tailor the content of its websites to the particular customers’ needs and preferences.

Types of cookies

Home Gaming Entertainment Limited uses different types of cookies on its websites:

Home Gaming Entertainment Limited uses so-called session cookies to recognise that a user has already visited individual pages on the websites. These cookies are automatically deleted after leaving the websites.

In addition, in order to improve usability, Home Gaming Entertainment Limited also uses temporary cookies that are stored on the user’s device for a specified period of time. When visiting the websites of Home Gaming Entertainment Limited again, it will automatically recognise that the particular user has already been with Home Gaming Entertainment Limited and what settings have been made, so that it is not necessary to re-enter them.

Furthermore, Home Gaming Entertainment Limited uses cookies to statistically record the use of its websites and to evaluate it for the purpose of optimizing the offered services. These cookies allow to automatically recognise that a particular user has already been with Home Gaming Entertainment Limited when visiting the websites again. These cookies are automatically deleted after a defined time.

Also, Home Gaming Entertainment Limited allows third party cookies on its websites. These cookies are provided by third party companies placing content and/or running advertisement on the websites of Home Gaming Entertainment Limited and survey the user’s behaviour regarding the placed content and/or running advertisements.

Further information on the transmission of personal data within the operations of Home Gaming Entertainment Limited and how Home Gaming Entertainment Limited protects the fundamental rights of its customers can found in the Privacy Policy Statement.

How to manage cookies

Most browsers accept cookies automatically. However, one can configure the browser in a way that no cookies are stored on its computer or always a hint appears before a new cookie is created. Please see the particular operator’s advice for the deactivation of cookies.

Disabling cookies completely may lead to decreased functionality regarding certain features of Home Gaming Entertainment Limited’s websites.

More information on cookies, their functioning and how to manage them can be found at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/.

Third-party cookies on the websites of Home Gaming Entertainment Limited

The following schedule displays the third-party cookies implemented to the websites of Home Gaming Entertainment Limited and links to the particular operator’s privacy policy. For details on the performance, functioning and handling of data please see the respective operator’s privacy policy statement.

Software                                 Datenschutzbestimmungen

Facebook Connect                  https://www.facebook.com/legal/FB_Work_Privacy

Facebook Impressions           https://www.facebook.com/legal/FB_Work_Privacy

Facebook Social Plugin          https://www.facebook.com/legal/FB_Work_Privacy

Google Analytics                     https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.html

Google Tag Manager              https://policies.google.com/privacy

Zendesk                                    https://www.zendesk.com/company/customers-partners/privacy-policy/

Hotjar                                        https://www.hotjar.com/legal/policies/privacy/

Legitimate interest

The data processed by using cookies are necessary for the purposes mentioned above.

Home Gaming Entertainment Limited’s legitimate interest for the collection of data via cookies are

• the enabling, optimisation and improvement of the services offered by Home Gaming Entertainment Limited, and
• the promotion of the services offered.

Third parties may have own legitimate interests for the use of cookies provided by them.

Inquiries

For inquiries regarding the use of cookies and the information collected by Home Gaming Entertainment Limited, please contact our Data Protection Officer at dpo@hge.com.mt.