Cookie Policy
1. Introduction
1.1. Objective
Umicore's cookie policy (below referred to as “cookie policy”) applies to the use by Umicore N.V. (below referred to as “Umicore”, “we”, “us” or “our”) of cookies and other similar technologies on the umicore.com website (below referred to as “this website”).
References in this cookie policy to “you” or “your” are references to individuals who use this website.
1.2. Scope
The purpose of this cookie policy is to provide you with information about what cookies are and to also explain which cookies we use and for what purpose we use them and how you can manage which ones we use when you visit our website.
To know how and why we use your personal data when you are using this website we strongly encourage you to read our privacy policy which gives full details of how and why and provides details about your rights in relation to your personal information and how to contact us if you want to file a complaint.
2. What are cookies and why do we use cookies:
Cookies are small text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded and may be stored on any of your devices that enable internet usage e.g. your computer, smartphone or tablet - like a memory for a web page. We use several different types of cookies.
Umicore uses certain monitoring and tracking technologies (such as cookies, beacons, pixels, tags and scripts). These technologies are used in the first place in order to maintain, provide and improve our services on an ongoing basis, and in order to provide our customers with a better experience.
Our website also uses cookies, web beacons and similar technologies to track information provided to us by your browser when you use our website.
Some information that may constitute personal data such as your browser type, operating system, IP address, domain name, number of times you visited the website, dates you visited the website, date and time of an online request, the time required to download information you requested, error codes generated while your browser is in contact with our website and the amount of time you spent viewing the website may be collected via cookies and other tracking technologies. We use the following cookies on our website:
2.1 Necessary cookies
These cookies are essential for you to browse the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site. Cookies that allow web shops to hold your items in your cart while you are shopping online are an example of strictly necessary cookies. These cookies will generally be first-party session cookies. While it is not required to obtain consent for these cookies, what they do and why they are necessary should be explained to the user.
2.2 Preferences
Also known as “functionality cookies,” these cookies allow a website to remember choices you have made in the past, like what language you prefer, what region you would like weather reports for, or what your user name and password are so you can automatically log in.
2.3 Statistics
Also known as “performance cookies,” these cookies collect information about how you use a website, like which pages you visited and which links you clicked on. None of this information can be used to identify you. It is all aggregated and, therefore, anonymized. Their sole purpose is to improve website functions. This includes cookies from third-party analytics services as long as the cookies are for the exclusive use of the owner of the website visited.
2.4 Marketing
These cookies track your online activity to help advertisers deliver more relevant advertising or to limit how many times you see an ad. These cookies can share that information with other organizations or advertisers. These are persistent cookies and almost always of third-party provenance.
Update your preferences
You can update your cookie preferences at any time by selecting the Cookiebot icon in the bottom-left corner of the page
Strictly necessary
| Name | Provider / Domain | Expiration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| CookieScriptConsent | www.extramilematerials.com | 1 year | This cookie is used by Cookiebot.com service to remember visitor cookie consent preferences. It is necessary for Cookiebot.com cookie banner to work properly. |
| PHPSESSID | www.extramilematerials.com | Session | 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. |
Performance
| Name | Provider / Domain | Expiration | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | www.extramilematerials.com | 1 year 1 month | This cookie name is associated with Google Universal Analytics - which is a significant update to Google's more commonly used analytics service. This cookie is used to distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request in a site and used to calculate visitor, session and campaign data for the sites analytics reports. |
| _ga_39H97G0G9X | www.extramilematerials.com | 1 year 1 month | This cookie is used by Google Analytics to persist session state. |
3. Opting out of cookies?
There are a number of options available to avoid the storage of cookies. Please visit the websites of the different browsers to learn how to delete any cookies that are on your device and block the future storage of cookies.
- Google Chrome: about deleting existing cookies and refusing new cookies. Click here
- Microsoft Edge: about deleting existing cookies and refusing new cookies. Click here
- Firefox/Mozilla: about refusing new cookies. Click here
- Firefox/Mozilla: about removing existing cookies. Click here
- Safari: about deleting existing cookies and refusing new cookies. Click here
- Opera: about deleting existing cookies and refusing new cookies. Click here
It’s worth bearing in mind that if you decide to delete all of your cookies, you will likely have to re-enter all of your usernames and passwords on all of the websites that you visit, which you previously didn’t even have to think about. As mentioned before, cookies can be a real asset to your web surfing experience.
In addition, the rejection or deletion of cookies only affects the computer and the browser on which you perform the action. If you use multiple computers and/or browsers you need to repeat the above action(s) as often as needed.
4. Modification of this Policy
We may change this Policy at any time without prior notice; you are advised to regularly consult it. Any changes to this Policy will become effective when we make the revised Policy available through the website. Your continued use of the website following such changes means that you accept the revised Policy.
This Cookie Policy was last updated and reviewed on June 08, 2024.