Cookie Policy

1. Introduction

This Cookie Policy (the Policy) explains how "VELA CONSULTING" d.o.o. Banja Luka, Save Mrkalja no. 19, 78000 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina (the Company) uses cookies and similar technologies on the website vela.ba (the Website).

The processing of personal data in general, including your rights and how to exercise them, is governed by the Privacy Policy published on the Website.

2. What cookies are

Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device (computer, phone, tablet) when you visit it and that are sent back to that or another website with subsequent requests. Similar technologies include, for example, the browser's local storage and scripts that read technical data about the device. In this Policy, the term "cookies" is used for all of them.

Cookies may be:

• session cookies – deleted when you close the browser, or persistent cookies – kept on the device until they expire or you delete them;
• first-party cookies – set by the Website, or third-party cookies – set by another provider whose content or service is loaded on the Website.

3. Types of cookies used on the Website

• Strictly necessary cookies – needed for the Website or its functions (e.g. the contact form and its protection against abuse, remembering your cookie choice) to work properly. They are used without consent.
• Analytics cookies – collect data on how the Website is used (pages visited, duration of the visit, source of the visit) in order to measure traffic and improve the Website. They are used only with your consent.
• Marketing cookies – measure the performance of the Company's advertisements and link a visit to the Website with advertisements you have seen. They are used only with your consent.
• Embedded content cookies – set by the provider of content embedded on the Website (the map on the "Contact" page). The map is loaded only with your consent.

4. Cookies used on the Website

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You can review the exact and current list of cookies in the consent management tool on the Website and in your browser settings. The duration of third-party cookies is determined by their providers.

When the Website loads, the Google Fonts and Font Awesome services are also used to load fonts and icons. These providers process your IP address in doing so.

5. Legal basis and consent

Strictly necessary cookies are used on the basis of the Company's legitimate interest in ensuring the proper functioning and security of the Website and the contact form, in accordance with the Law on Personal Data Protection ("Official Gazette of BiH", No. 12/25). They do not require your consent.

Analytics, marketing and embedded content cookies are used solely on the basis of your consent. On your first visit to the Website a cookie notice is displayed, in which you can accept all cookies, reject all cookies that are not strictly necessary or choose individual types of cookies. Until you give consent, these cookies are not set.

You can change or withdraw your consent at any time through the "Cookie settings" link in the Website footer, as easily as you gave it. Withdrawal of consent does not affect the lawfulness of processing before the withdrawal.

6. Social networks

The Website does not load plug-ins or pixels of social networks. If you click a link to a social network on the Website and go to its page, that network's rules apply.

7. Data transfers

The providers listed in Section 4 also process data outside Bosnia and Herzegovina, including in the United States of America. The basis and safeguards are described in Section 6 of the Privacy Policy.

8. Managing cookies in your browser

You can view, block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Instructions are available on the browser providers' websites: Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge.

If you block strictly necessary cookies, some parts of the Website, in particular the contact form, may not work properly.

9. Changes to this Policy

The Company may amend this Policy to align it with regulations or changes to the Website. The current version, with its date of application, is always published on this page.

10. Contact

For questions regarding this Policy, you can contact us at info@vela.ba or by post at "VELA CONSULTING" d.o.o. Banja Luka, Save Mrkalja no. 19, 78000 Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.