Cookies

Cookies are small text files that contain letters and numbers and are placed on your computer or device. Cookies are set when you visit a website that uses cookies and may be used to keep track of pages visited within the site, help you continue where you left off or remember your preferences, such as language settings.

Cookies cannot be used alone to identify you, but they may be linked directly or indirectly to you when combined with other information. In these cases, cookies may be treated as personal data. We make no effort to identify you personally from cookies. If we do, we make sure that all cookie information is processed as personal data in accordance with applicable data protection laws.

Please read this Notice carefully to understand how cookies may improve your user experience on our websites, and how you can manage cookies on your device.

Why do we use cookies?

We use cookies to

• give you a better user experience when you visit our websites,
• allow you to set personal preferences
• provide you relevant content and information (e.g. targeted adverts)
• ensure the security of our websites
• monitoring the usage history and changes of our websites
• create statistical information about the use of our websites and to measure the effectiveness of advertising

What cookies do we use?

We use the following categories of cookies on our websites:

Functional cookies

These cookies are essential to enable you to move around the website and use its features. For example, functional cookies are used to remember your login information and language settings. Functional cookies can also be used to make your visit to our websites more tailored.

Performance cookies

These cookies collect anonymous statistical information on how people use our website. For example, performance cookies may help us understand how users browse or use our website and highlight areas that are used the most.

Targeted advertising cookies

These cookies collect information about your browsing habits. They are used to make advertising more relevant to you and your interests. We may also use these cookies to limit the number of times you see an advert, and to estimate how the advertisements on our websites reach our users. The cookies are usually placed by third party advertising networks to create information about your interests through your online behavior.

Other third-party cookies

We also may have social media cookies on our websites. These cookies allow you to share what you’ve been doing on the website on social media, such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. We are not responsible for such cookies. Please read the privacy policies of these third parties carefully.

Cookies:

• SM
  Domain: .c.clarity.ms
  Microsoft Clarity cookie set this cookie for synchronizing the MUID across Microsoft domains.
  (Expires: session)
  Type: Analytics
  
  
• MUID
  
   Domain: .clarity.ms
  Bing sets this cookie to recognise unique web browsers visiting Microsoft sites. This cookie is used for advertising, site analytics, and other operations.
  (Expires: 1 year 24 days)
  Type: Advertisement

• CONSENT
  Domain: .youtube-nocookie.com
  
  YouTube sets this cookie via embedded YouTube videos and registers anonymous statistical data.
  (Expires: 2 years)
  Type: Analytics

How long are cookies retained on my device?

The storage time for cookies on your device is divided into two categories.

Session cookies

Session cookies are typically used to remember relevant settings of your browsing session. Session cookies are set per session, meaning that they last until you close your browser. Session cookies are not stored on the hard drive of your device.

Persistent cookies

Persistent cookies may typically be used for targeted advertising and gaining insight on how you use our websites. Persistent cookies are stored on your hard drive in between browser sessions until you delete them, or they reach their expiry date. We will not store cookie information from persistent cookies for longer than a maximum of 10 years.

What are my options to manage cookies on my device?

You can accept or refuse cookies through your browser settings. You can also clear your cookie history from your browser settings. Typically, browsers enable various means to disable cookies and manage your cookie history. You can usually find the navigation settings relating to cookies in the “Settings”, “Options” or “Internet Options” menus of the browser you use to access our websites.

Accepting cookies is usually the best way to make sure you get the best from our websites. If you refuse cookies, some aspects of our websites site may not work on your device, and you may not be able to access all areas of our websites. For this reason, we recommend that you accept cookies.