Cookie Policy

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They allow the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size, and other display settings) for a certain period, so you don't have to re-enter them each time you return to the site or navigate from one page to another.

Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your device until they are manually or automatically deleted, while session cookies are deleted when you close your browser.

How do we use cookies?

We use cookies for the following purposes:

• Necessary cookies: These cookies are needed for the site to work and cannot be switched off. They are set in response to your actions: your choice in the cookie banner and the protection of the contact forms.
• Analytics and marketing cookies: Google Analytics shows us how visitors use the site, Google Ads measures the results of our ads on Google, and Meta Pixel measures the results of our ads on Facebook and Instagram. These cookies are set only if you choose "Accept All" in the consent banner.
• Functional cookies: If you start the fly game at the bottom of the site, we remember whether it is on and your score. These cookies are set only when you use the game.
• Consent Management cookies: These cookies record your choices regarding cookie consent made via our banner. They remember whether you have accepted all cookies or only necessary ones, and prevent the banner from reappearing on subsequent visits once a choice is made.

Your Choices via Our Consent Banner

When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie consent banner that allows you to make choices about the cookies we use:

• 'Accept All': With this choice you consent to all cookies in this policy, including the analytics and marketing cookies of Google Analytics, Google Ads and Meta Pixel.
• 'Accept Necessary Only': By selecting this option, only Necessary cookies required for the basic functioning of the website will be active. Analytical and other non-essential cookies will not be used.

Cookies We Use and Your Consent

Our website uses the following types of cookies. Your choices on our cookie consent banner determine which of these are active:

• biogard_consent_interaction_complete: This cookie is set when you interact with our cookie consent banner by making a choice ('Accept All' or 'Accept Necessary Only'). It prevents the banner from reappearing on subsequent visits for the duration of the cookie. Purpose: Consent Management. Storage period: 365 days.
• biogard_analytics_consent: This cookie stores your preference for analytical cookies. It is set to 'granted' if you 'Accept All' cookies, or 'denied' if you 'Accept Necessary Only'. This cookie determines if Google Analytics and other analytical tools are active. Purpose: Consent Management & Analytics. Storage period: 365 days.
• __Host-csrf-token: Necessary cookie that protects the contact forms against forged requests. It is set when you open a form. Purpose: Security. Storage period: 24 hours.
• flyGameActive, flyGameScore: Functional cookies of the fly game: they remember whether it is on and your score. Set only if you start the game. Storage period: 7 days.
• Google Analytics cookies (_ga, _ga_ET4WX0L5NB): They distinguish visitors and visits so we can see which pages are read, for how long and where visitors come from. Set only if you choose "Accept All". Purpose: Analytics. Storage period: up to 2 years.
• Google Ads cookies (_gcl_au, _gcl_aw and related _gcl_*): A marketing tool of Google Ireland Limited. They link your visit to the Google ad you came from, so we can measure which ads lead to a call or an enquiry (conversion measurement). Google Ads also uses the visit for remarketing: showing our ads to people who have visited the site. The Google Ads tag loads only if you choose "Accept All". Purpose: Advertising and measurement. Storage period: 90 days. Google may also set its own cookies on its domains (for example doubleclick.net) under Google's advertising policies.
• Meta Pixel cookies (_fbp, _fbc): _fbp recognises your browser so we can measure the results of our ads on Facebook and Instagram; _fbc keeps the ad identifier when you arrive from an ad. Set only if you choose "Accept All". Purpose: Advertising and measurement. Storage period: 90 days. Meta may also set its own cookies on the facebook.com domain (for example fr) under Meta's Cookie Policy.

The map of the areas we serve on the Contact page loads from Google Maps only after you press "Show the map". Google may then set its own cookies, which Google's rules govern. Before that, the map is not loaded and Google receives no data from it.

Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You can change or withdraw your consent at any time with the "Cookie settings" button at the bottom of every page. You can also delete the cookies for biogard.bg in your browser settings; the consent banner then appears again on your next visit. To learn more about cookies, including how to see which are set and how to delete them, visit aboutcookies.org or allaboutcookies.org.

Please note that if you disable or refuse cookies, some parts of this website may become inaccessible or not function properly. Necessary cookies are essential for the site to work.

To manage and disable specific cookies directly in your browser, follow the instructions in your browser settings. Here are some useful links for popular browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Microsoft Edge
• Safari

Changes to the cookie policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect, for example, changes in the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please visit this page regularly to stay informed about our latest policies regarding cookies.

Any changes to this Cookie Policy will be posted on this page and, if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice.