Implementation Date: 25.09.2019.
Cookies
This website (the “Website”) uses cookies to improve the user experience and ensure that it is functioning effectively. Cookies are small text files that are downloaded to your device by visiting the Website. We use both session cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent cookies (which stay on your device for a set period of time or until you delete them). You may change your browser settings to delete and/or block cookies.
We use the following types of cookies for the purposes explained:
Cookie: _gat
Type: Session
Qualification: Functional
Function: Google Analytics cookie used to throttle request rate.
Cookie: _hjIncludedInSample
Type: Session
Qualification: Functional
Function: Hotjar cookies which lets Hotjar know whether a visitor is included in the sample which is used to generate funnels.
Cookie: _gid
Type: Persistent
Qualification: Performance and tracking cookies
Function: Google Analytics cookies to track users as they navigate the Website and help improve the Website’s usability.
These allow us to recognize and count the number of users of our Website and understand how such users navigate through our Website. This helps to improve how our Website works, for example, by ensuring that users can find what they are looking for easily. We use Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager (for more information see Section 2 Tracking System below).
Cookie: _ga
Type: Persistent
Qualification: Performance and tracking cookies
Function: Google Analytics cookies to track users as they navigate the Website and help improve the Website’s usability.
These allow us to recognize and count the number of users of our Website and understand how such users navigate through our Website. This helps to improve how our Website works, for example, by ensuring that users can find what they are looking for easily. We use Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager (for more information see Section 2 Tracking System below).
Cookie: fr
Type: Persistent
Qualification: Targeting
Function: Facebook cookies which help Facebook provide visitors with more personalized advertisements. It collects information about your browsing habits in order to make advertising relevant to you and your interests.
Cookie: _fbp
Type: Persistent
Qualification: Targeting
Function: Facebook cookies which help Facebook provide visitors with more personalized advertisements. It collects information about your browsing habits in order to make advertising relevant to you and your interests.
Cookie: _icl_current_language
Type: Persistent
Qualification: Performance and tracking cookie
Function: Stores the current language.
Cookie: _hjid
Type: Persistent
Qualification: Performance and tracking cookie
Function: Hotjar cookie which ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the Service will be attributed to the same user ID. This improves the functional performance of our Website and make it easier for you to use.
Cookie: __cfduid
Type: Persistent
Qualification: Functional
Function: CloudFare cookie used to speed up page load times.
Tracking Systems
We may employ a tracking system such as Google Analytics (including Universal Analytics), Facebook Pixel or similar services on our Website. These are services provided by third parties, which may be located in any country worldwide (in the case of Google Analytics, Google LLC is in the U.S., www.google.com) and which allow us to measure and evaluate the use of our Website (on an anonymized basis). For this purpose, permanent cookies are used, which are set by the service provider.
The service provider does not receive (and does not retain) any Personal Data from us, but the service provider may track your use of the Website.
The information generated through the cookies about the utilization of this website (including your IP address) is transferred to and stored on a central server. If appropriate, this information will be passed on to third parties to the extent this is prescribed by law or to the extent that third parties process the data under contract.
SONECT AG reserves the right, if required, to employ other tracking systems than those named in the section on tracking data for the specified purpose.
Contact Information
If you have any questions or comments relating to this Cookie Policy, please contact us at [email protected]
Modifications and Additions to this Cookie Policy
We reserve the right to update and change this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect any changes to the way in which we process your Personal Data or changing legal requirements. The effective date of our Cookie Policy is posted above, and we encourage you to visit our Website periodically to stay informed about our cookie practices.