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- Purpose: Website functionality and security
- Duration: Session (deleted when you close your browser)
- Legal basis: Legitimate interest (Article 6.1.f GDPR) - these cookies do not require consent as they are strictly necessary
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These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and if users receive error messages. This information helps us improve how our website works.
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- Data collected: Pages visited, time on site, traffic sources, device information (anonymized)
- Legal basis: Consent (Article 6.1.a GDPR)
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As participants in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, we use affiliate tracking cookies. These cookies are placed when you click on Amazon affiliate links on our website.
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- Legal basis: Consent (Article 6.1.a GDPR)
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