Cookie policy
This Cookie Policy explains how BALAYAN | GROUP ("Company", "we", "us", and "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our websites at https://balayangroup.com/, ("Websites"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
In some cases we may use cookies to collect personal information, or that becomes personal information if we combine it with other information. A cookie does not identify you directly, but it does recognize your browser or device.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, BALAYAN | GROUP) are called "first party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third party cookies". Third party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g. like advertising, interactive content and analytics). The parties that set these third party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
Why do we use cookies?
We use first and third party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Websites to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. Third parties serve cookies through our Websites for advertising, analytics and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.
The specific types of first and third party cookies served through our Websites and the purposes they perform are described below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties you visit):
Issuers.
Most cookies and local storage on our Websites are issued and set by BALAYAN | GROUP. On some of our services we also use audience measurement cookies set by trusted third-party partners, including Yandex. In addition, some videos on our Websites are provided via YouTube embed frames. These frames may set audience measurement cookies which are used by YouTube.
How can I control cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. When you first visit our Websites, you may see a cookie preferences window which explains which cookies we use on our Websites. You can exercise your cookie rights by setting your preferences in the Cookie Consent Manager. The Cookie Consent Manager allows you to select which categories of cookies you accept or reject. Essential cookies cannot be rejected as they are strictly necessary to provide you with services.
The Cookie Consent Manager can be found in the notification banner and on our Websites. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our Websites may be restricted.
You may also set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. You can block cookies using the following instructions for your browser:
- For Internet Explorer
- For Safari
- For Chrome
- For Firefox
- For other browsers, please refer to the help menu of the browser.
In addition, most advertising networks offer you a way to opt out of targeted advertising. If you would like to find out more information.
The specific types of first and third party cookies served through our Websites and the purposes they perform are described in the table below (please note that the specific cookies served may vary depending on the specific Online Properties you visit):
Essential cookies:
Some of the cookies that we set are essential to the features you use on our Websites. Using the Cookie Consent Manager you will be informed about these cookies, but you won’t have the option to opt out. This might include cookies that remember your language or cookie preferences, and cookies that are set by our third-party search provider (Yandex).
Performance and functionality cookies:
These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Websites but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality (like videos) may become unavailable.
Name: PHPSESSID
Purpose: Cookie generated by applications based on the PHP language. This is a general purpose identifier used to maintain user session variables. It is normally a random generated number, how it is used can be specific to the site, but a good example is maintaining a logged-in status for a user between pages.
Provider: balayangroup.com
Service: PHP.net View Service Privacy Policy
Country: Russia
Type: server_cookie
Expires in: 7 days
Analytics and customization cookies:
These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Websites are being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Websites for you.
Name: _ym_uid
Purpose: Used by Yandex Metrica as a unique user ID to help track a user in a website
Provider: balayangroup.com
Service: Metrica View Service Privacy Policy
Country: Russia
Type: html_local_storage
Expires in: persistent
Name: _ym_isad
Purpose: Used by Yandex Metrica to determine if a visitor has ad blockers installed in their browsers
Provider: .balayangroup.com
Service: Metrica View Service Privacy Policy
Country: Russia
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 20 hours
Name: _ym_uid
Purpose: Used by Yandex Metrica as a unique user ID to help track a user in a website
Provider: .balayangroup.com
Service: Metrica View Service Privacy Policy
Country: Russia
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 11 months 30 days
Name: i
Purpose: Used by Yandex Metrica for identifying site users. This cookie exists for a period of 1 year maximum.
Provider: .yandex.ru
Service: Yandex Metrica View Service Privacy Policy
Country: Russia
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 9 years 11 months 28 days
Name: _ym_d
Purpose: Used by Yandex Metrica to determine the date of the user's first site session.
Provider: balayangroup.com
Service: Metrica View Service Privacy Policy
Country: Russia
Type: http_cookie
Expires in: 11 months 30 days
What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?
Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enable us to recognize when someone has visited our Websites or opened an e-mail including them.
This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within a website to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to our Websites from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of e-mail marketing campaigns. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning.
Do you serve targeted advertising?
Third parties may serve cookies on your computer or mobile device to serve advertising through our Websites. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services that you may be interested in. They may also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness of advertisements. This can be accomplished by them using cookies or web beacons to collect information about your visits to this and other sites in order to provide relevant advertisements about goods and services of potential interest to you. The information collected through this process does not enable us or them to identify your name, contact details or other details that directly identify you unless you choose to provide these.
How often will you update this Cookie Policy?
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.