Effective Date: 18-May-2018
1. How we use cookies and similar technologies
Firmenich SA (hereafter "
Firmenich") uses cookies and similar technologies including web beacons,
embedded scripts and e-tags (together referred to as "cookies", unless otherwise stated) to provide
users an efficient experience in using the website.
Cookies are small text files that are sent to your computer when you visit a website. Cookies are
widely used by web site owners in order to make their web sites work, like letting you navigate
between pages efficiently, storing your preferences and generally improving your experience of a
website.
A cookie file can contain information such as a user ID that the site uses to track the pages you have
visited, but the only personal data a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie
cannot read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. Some parts of our
website use cookies to track user traffic patterns. Firmenich does this in order to determine the
usefulness of our website information to our users and to see how effective our navigational structure
is in helping users reach that information. Firmenich does not connect this information with data about
individual users, nor does it share this information or sell it to any third party.
By using our website you accept our use of these cookies. If your browser settings are set up as ‘Do
Not Track’, we will not use cookies and tracking technologies. See section four below for more details
on how you can opt-out of cookies.
Here are some additional things you should know about our use of cookies:
• you may encounter cookies from our third party service providers, that we have
allowed on our website that assist us with various aspects of our website operations
and services.
• you also may encounter cookies from third parties on certain pages of the websites
that we do not control and have not authorized. For example, if you view a web page
posted as a link from our website, there may be a cookie placed by that web page.
2. Cookies used on our website
Firmenich uses cookies for a variety of reasons, including providing you the service you have
requested, to enhance the performance of and analyse how our website is used and to enhance your
online experience, for example, by, remembering your log-in status and viewing preferences from a
previous use of our website.
Our use of cookies falls into four categories:
•
Strictly necessary cookies: these are essential in order to enable you to
move around the website and use its features. Without these cookies, the
services you have asked for cannot be provided.
•
Performance cookies: also known as "analytical" cookies. These cookies
allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors
move around the sites when they are using them. For example, they allow us
to understand which pages are visited most often, and if they get error
messages from web pages. All information collected by these cookies is
aggregated and therefore anonymous.
•
Functionality cookies: these cookies are necessary for our website to
operate and allow us to remember what choices you make and provide
enhanced, more personal features. The information these cookies collect may be anonymised and they cannot track your browsing activity on other
websites.
•
Advertising and marketing cookies: these cookies are used to send you
advertising and marketing-related material tailored to you and your interests.
They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as
well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaigns. They
are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s
permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this
information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers.
We may change our use of cookies over time, but our use of cookies will generally fall into the above
categories. Please visit this page regularly so that you are aware of any changes.
3. Google Analytics
This Website uses Google Analytics to collect information about how users use the Website. The
information generated by the cookie about your use of the Website will be transmitted to and stored
by Google on servers in the United States. In case IP-anonymization is activated on this Website,
your IP address will be partially used within the European Union or just in the European Economic
Area if it is used by other parties. Only in exceptional cases will the full IP address be transferred to a
Google server in the United States, and then shortened so it is only partially used there. The IPanonymization
is active on this Website.
Google will use this information on behalf of the operator of this Website for the purpose of analysing
your use of the Website, compiling reports on Website activity for Website operators and providing
them other services relating to Website activity and internet usage. The IP address that your browser
conveys within the scope of Google Analytics will not be associated with any other data held by
Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser;
please note, however, that if you do this you may not be able to use the full Website. You can also
opt-out from being tracked by Google Analytics in the future by downloading and installing ‘Google
Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on’ for your current web browser:
http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de.
Alternatively, you can opt-out from being tracked by Google Analytics in the future by clicking on the
following link:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
4. Opting out of cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. If you don’t want to receive cookies,
you can modify your browser so that it notifies you when cookies are sent to it or you can refuse
cookies altogether. You can also delete cookies that have already been set. If you wish to restrict or
block web browser cookies which are set on your device then you can do this through your browser
settings; please visit your browser's help menu for further details. Please note that if you choose to
reject cookies, doing so may impair some of our web site functionality.
For more information and how cookies they can be managed and deleted please visit
http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ or
http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/.