Cookie policy

What are cookies and other technologies?

We use cookies, scripts, web beacons, tracking URLs, pixel tags and other tracking technologies (in this policy hereinafter referred as cookies) to offer you the best possible experience on our website and display personalized website content.

Cookies are small text files sent from a web server (such as that of www.airbaltictraining.com) to your browser whenever you visit a website. Cookies pose no risk to your device and can either be saved or rejected, depending on your browser settings and your choices.

A web beacon is a small image file that are used on our websites and emails to collect information from your device, such as an IP address, the time you opened the e-mail or viewed the website, the browser type and the existence of cookies previously set by the same server.

A tracking pixel is an HTML code snippet which is loaded when a user visits a website or opens an email. It is useful for tracking user behaviour and conversions. With a tracking pixel, advertisers can acquire data for online marketing, website analysis or email marketing. With log file analysis, long data evaluation or using appropriate analytical tools, this data can be used for different purposes, for example retargeting.

Cookies can be divided in two main groups, such as first party cookies and third-party cookies. First party cookies come from airBaltic Training and send information only to us. Third-party cookies are placed by third parties on our website and send information to such third parties that recognize the relevant cookie. The usual practice is that there is no purpose to identify you as an individual, therefore the information is pseudonymized or anonymized because cookies tend to identify your device. However, there are some cases when certain cookies include also personal data (for example, if you consent, we may share your flight search history with social media service provider (third party), which reflects relevant advertisement at your social media profile, such as Meta (previous – Facebook).

There are several types of cookies used at our website, depending on its purpose, such as Necessary cookies, Statistics cookies, Personalized website content cookies and Personalized advertisement cookies. The Necessary cookies are required to ensure our website functionality and that services are available for you at our website. These are necessary cookies and for this type of cookies we are not collecting your consent. However, for other types of cookies, such as Statistics cookies, Personalized website content cookies and Personalized advertisement cookies – we collect your consent at the pop-up window screen, when you visit the website.

You can decide for what purposes you allow us to track your data through the above-mentioned technologies. You are free to choose which cookies you allow us to use, except Necessary cookies since they are required to ensure our website operates and you may receive our service.

The cookies are necessary in order to operate and maintain our website, to ensure its management and governance, security and provide services to you. Cookies are also used to make our content and adverting more relevant to your interests; if you consent, we may also collect and share information about your behaviour in our website with our social media and other advertising partners by using cookies and other similar technologies like server-side API and object placement in our website.

We are using different types of cookies. There are cookies, which are used by default for necessary functional purposes and are considered as necessary cookies to allow the user to browse the website and use and access the service offered in the website, to ensure management and governance, security of the website. Necessary cookies cannot be disabled, but you can delete them at a browser level. However, if you enter our website again, then again new pop-up window will be reflected and necessary cookies will still be mandatory. The legal basis for the processing of these cookies is our legitimate interests pursuant to Article 6, Subparagraph 1(f) of EU General Data Protection Regulation No. 679/2016 (in this policy hereinafter referred as GDPR). The base of our legitimate interest is to ensure the security and functionalities of the website.

For other purposes of cookies such as Statistics, Personalized website content and Personalized advertisement, we seek your consent pursuant to Article 6, Subparagraph 1(a) of GDPR, which you have given to us or decided not to give your consent – by making relevant choices and selections in the cookies consent pop-up screen when you visit our website. You can freely decide for what purposes you allow to use cookies (except Necessary cookies that are embedded to allow website to operate).  Besides, you may freely change your mind and change your cookies settings at our website, in this Cookie policy (in particular – Section 03) or at a browser level.

3.1. Necessary cookies

These are necessary cookies, which are placed on your device to provide you with the services available throughout our websites, as well as to enhance website operation and functionality (e.g., improve website loading speed) and ensure governance and management, security of the website. We use the information we collect for operational purposes such as controlling data flow and communication, identify the session, complete the payment process, manage payment, for spam and abuse prevention, to identify and prevent fraudulent activities, to identify security gaps or errors and enforcing our content license restrictions, determining preferred language and providing and improving the service. Without Necessary cookies operation of our website is not possible and may be significantly interrupted.

3.2. Statistics

We use cookies for statistical purposes, based on your consent. The purpose of these cookies is to evaluate and improve user experience, for example, these cookies help us to understand which websites of our website are more interesting for visitors. These cookies collect information about the way airBalticTraining.com is used by its visitors in an aggregated form. This allows us to continuously improve the quality and the content of our websites.

We are using first party and third-party cookies for Statistics purposes. We may process and analyse aggregate anonymous information for this purpose. Our intention is not to analyse data at individual level; therefore, no personal details are processed for this purpose, only aggregated data about traffic and information about which sections of our website are interesting for visitors.

Please find more details on cookies used for Statistics purposes in the table below:

Statistics

3.3. Personalized website content

These are first party (airBaltic Training) or third-party cookies, which stores your preferences from previous visits for more convenient use of our website (for example, the language you have chosen, your searched flights), as well as collect user feedback to improve our website and evaluate your interests to provide you with unique customized content and offers.

Additionally, these types of cookies, if enabled, allow servers to recognize the device when you return to our websites. By using this technology, we are able to simplify and optimize your digital experience with airBaltic Training, as well as to allow you to benefit from personalized website content and offers tailored to your needs. These cookies are also used to track the effectiveness of the third-party websites that provide us with marketing or other services.

Please find more details on cookies used for Personalized website content in website purposes in the table below:

Personalized website content

3.4. Personalized advertisement

Several technologies are used to show you more relevant airBaltic Training content, advertisements and offers, when you visit social media and other websites. With a help of third-party cookies, API connection or other technologies the information about your behavior on our website (for example, taking into account your flight search preferences) is transferred to our social media partners and advertising networks, who afterwards may reflect personalized advertisement to you (for example, you may see your latest searched flight with the current prices when you visit social media). The data is transferred in secure hashed format.

Please find more details on cookies used for Personalized advertisement in website purposes in the table below:

Personalized advertisement

How to manage your cookies?

If you wish to manage or disable cookies, you can do so by setting your browser to not accept certain or all cookies or by adjusting your cookie settings below. Please note that if you select to disable all or certain types of cookies, we still need to place a cookie in your device’s internet browser. This cookie is placed by “airbaltictraining.com” and carries the name: “gdpr_settings”. It will disable data collection on this particular device or browser. If you use multiple devices and browsers, we kindly ask you adjust your cookie settings on all of them. This cookie must not be deleted as long as you continue to object to the collection of data.

Necessary cookies

If you disable this type of cookies, we cannot guarantee that you would still be able to use all airBalticTraining.com functionality, including securely booking a ticket.

Statistics

We use cookies for statistical purposes, based on your consent. We are using first party and third-party cookies for Statistics purposes. The purpose of these cookies is to evaluate and improve user experience, for example, these cookies help us to understand which websites of our website are more interesting for visitors. These cookies collect information about the way airBalticTraining.com is used by its visitors in an aggregated form. This allows us to continuously improve the quality and the content of our websites.

Personalized advertisement

If you opt out from from this type of cookies and data sharing, you will not see airBaltic Training offers tailored to your interests on social media and other media channels.

4.1. Cookies preferences in the pop-up window – collecting consent from a user.

When you visit our website, you will see a pop-up window on cookies, explaining general information and types of cookies. In this pop-up window you may manage your cookies preferences by making a choice on what type of cookies you allow us and third parties to use. You may make a decision and consent to certain types of cookies, by actively ticking the respective cookie type and accepting chosen preferences. If you are willing to accept all types of cookies, you may choose option to accept all cookies. At the same ease, you may also choose to accept only Necessary cookies – in such a case we will use only Necessary cookies for website functionality and other types of cookies (such as Statistics, Personalized website content, Personalized advertisement cookies) will be automatically rejected. Please, note that you can change your mind freely at any time, by changing your cookies preferences at this Cookie policy, in particular the Section 03 by activating or de-activating certain type of cookies) or deleting cookies at a browser level.

Please, be informed that you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. The withdrawal of consent shall not affect the lawfulness of processing based on consent before its withdrawal.

Your consent is not required for the Necessary cookies that are mandatory for website to operate as mentioned in the Section 3 of this Cookie policy.

Please note that choices you make at a pop-up window screen will be considered as your consent to the cookies and other similar technologies.

4.2. Browser settings

Mainly all browsers allow all type of cookies, however, there are some browsers offering browser’s extension to set cookies’ rejection (some offer opportunity to set “Do not track” set-up, which means that tracking cookies may be rejected). In such a case even if you will agree on visited website to certain types of cookies, the browser may reject such cookies by default. Usually, the purpose of such cookies’ blockers is to limit online tracking, however, some of them may block also some Necessary cookies. If some Necessary cookies are blocked, then the functioning of the website may be negatively impacted and the website may not function or function with significant disruption.

Please, note that browser settings may impact only cookies’ technology and it may not impact other similar technologies employed, for example, API connection, which operates without cookies. For example, in case you consent to Personalized advertisement cookies, then additionally to the cookie’s technology, we employ also other similar technology. This other similar technology involves API connect, which does not involve the browser. In such a case data is shared with third parties directly from the website (ensuring sufficient protection when sending the information). Such type of solution is employed when we are sharing information with social media service providers, such as Meta (previous – Facebook) in order that you could see the relevant advertisements on your social media account.

Remember that you can change browser settings at any time. Please, note that we do not have access to your browser settings, therefore, only you can change such settings.

Please, note that you can delete already accepted cookies at a browser level at any time. In such a way you can withdraw your already given consent at a browser level. Deletion of cookies at a browser level will have impact on cookies technology, however, it will not have impact on other similar technologies since other type of technologies may have solutions not related to the browser. In such a case you can always withdraw your consent at our website, Cookies policy, Section 3 – by de-activating the relevant category of cookies you want to reject.

Please, see below information on how you can manage your cookies in some browsers:

Google Chrome browser

Microsoft Internet Explorer browser

Mozilla Firefox browser

Apple Safari browser

Opera Web browser

4.3. Changing your cookies preferences at our website – Section 3 of this Cookies policy.

In order to make the process more convenient for you and give opportunity to manage your cookies’ (cookies and other similar technologies) preferences at any time, namely, withdraw the given consent at the same ease as it is given or giving new consent, we have included in the Section 3 of this Cookie policy the opportunity to activate (give new consent) or de-activate (withdrawing the given consent) cookies, except Necessary cookies since they are necessary for website to operate sufficiently and no consent is required for such type of cookies. Please, get acquainted with the information on cookies available in this Cookie policy and make free choice on the cookies you would prefer and remember that you can always change your mind and adjust cookies preferences according to your needs.

Since we are improving our operation day by day, there might be a necessity to update this Cookie policy from time to time. Please, follow our website and the topical version of the Cookie policy will be always available therein. We invite you to follow any updates in the Cookie policy in order that you are aware and informed on the topical cookies and other technologies employed on our website.

In case you have any questions concerning this Cookie policy, please, do not hesitate to contact us by writing free text message to [email protected] and indicating your question and/or concern. We will be happy to help you and provide you with an answer and explanation (if needed).

Please, be informed that information on personal data processing and your rights towards your personal data is available in our Privacy Policy, available: https://www.airbaltic.com/en/privacy-policy