WHAT KIND OF COOKIES DO WE USE?
We use the following categories of cookies:
Category 1: Necessary Cookies
Necessary cookies enable you to use our websites and all their features, such as enabling access to secure areas of the website. Without these cookies you may not be able to use all the features of our websites.
Category 2: Performance Cookies
Performance cookies collect information about how you use our websites so we can improve them for you in future. For example, they collect information on which pages you visit most often and any error messages you may get. The information collected by these cookies is anonymous. They do not collect any information that can identify you personally.
- Google Analytics (universal): We are using Google Universal Analytics to monitor our website performances and check visitor activities to adapt our content based on their expectations
- Hotjar: We are using Hotjar to validate that our website design and user experience are performing as expected and offer the best possible experience to our visitors. We also use it to perform surveys on pages and collect visitor feedback, when they want to share it with us
Category 3: Functionality Cookies
Functionality cookies enable us to provide you with a more personalized experience. They help us to remember data, such as your username and language preference, to save you having to enter them again the next time you visit. The information these cookies collect is anonymous. They cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
Category 4: Targeting / Advertising Cookies
We and our service providers may use advertising cookies to deliver ads that we believe are relevant to you and your interests.
Category 5: Social Media Cookies
SGS websites use third-party cookies from social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to enable in-depth campaign reporting and to track social network users when they visit our websites, by using a tagging mechanism provided by those social networks. These cookies can also be used for event tracking and remarketing purposes. Any data collected with these tags will be used in accordance with the SGS privacy policy and with the social network’s privacy policies. SGS websites will not collect or store any personally identifiable information from the user.
- LinkedIn: We use LinkedIn tracking to measure social media campaign efficiency related to the LinkedIn platform
- Twitter: We use Twitter tracking to measure social media campaign efficiency related to the twitter platform
Details of how you can opt out of accepting these cookies are found in the following links:
HOW CAN YOU MANAGE YOUR COOKIE SETTINGS?
To ensure you get the best possible experience when visiting our websites, we recommend that you accept cookies. However, you can opt-out of each cookie category (except strictly necessary cookies) here:
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