Resonac Group Companies Cookie Policy

1. Introduction

We are committed to transparency and the protection of your privacy at Resonac Group Companies ("Resonac Group Companies", "we", "our", or "us"). This document tells you about our information gathering and data processing practices related to cookies and similar technologies we use on our website, https://www.resonac.com ("our website"), which is operated by us.

1.1 Cookies

"Cookies" are small capacity text files that are saved in your browser or onto your device when you visit or use websites, applications, or online media, or see online advertising.

There are a number of different types of cookies. The type of cookies provided by us while you are visiting our website is a "first party cookie". This is because it is provided by us and we operate the domain you are accessing. A cookie provided by a company that does not operate the domain you are accessing is called a "third party cookie". While you are visiting our website, we allow third parties to set cookies on your browser (For details, see 2.2 below.).

Each cookie lasts for a different period of time. A "session cookie" will last only while your browser is open. When you close the browser, this cookie will be automatically deleted and your computer will forget you. A "persistent cookie" will survive even after the browser has been closed. As such, this cookie will recognise your device when you browse the internet by opening up the browser again. While this document is a Cookie Policy, it is also intended to cover the use of other identification technologies that we can use or which we can allow to be used when providing our website. When this Cookie Policy mentions cookies, it should be understood to include such similar technologies: “Local storage” generally refers to other places on a browser or device where information can be stored by websites, ads, or third parties (such as HTML5 local storage and browser cache).

1.2 Similar identification technologies

While this document is a Cookie Policy, it is also intended to cover the use of other identification technologies that we can use or which we can be allowed to be used when providing our website. When this Cookie Policy mentions cookies, it should be understood to include such similar technologies:

• "Pixel tracker" (also called beacons) are small blocks of code installed in a webpage, application, or online advertisement which can retrieve certain information about your device and browser, including, for example, device type, operating system, browser type and version, website visited, time of visit, referring website, IP address, advertising identifiers, and other similar information, and including the cookie that uniquely identifies the device. Pixels provide the means for third parties to set and read browser cookies from a domain that they do not themselves operate and collect information about visitors to that website, with the permission of the website owner.

2. How do we use cookies?

2.1 Cookies on our website

"Preference cookies": Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are in. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services.

The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this site. For all other types of cookies we need your permission.

This site uses different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third party services that appear on our pages.

You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website.

Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy[here].

Please state your consent ID and date when you contact us regarding your consent.

3. Technically necessary cookies

3.1 Type and purpose of processing

We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the calling browser can be identified even after a page change.

The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of a website for visitors. Some functions of our website such as language settings cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser is recognised even after a page change.

3.2 Legal basis under GDPR

The processing is carried out in accordance with point (f) Art. 6(1) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in a user-friendly design of our website.

3.3 Recipient

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as order processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

3.4 Prescribed or required supply

The supply of the aforementioned personal data is necessary.

4. Technically unnecessary cookies

4.1 Type and purpose of processing

In addition, we use cookies to better understand and match the visitors' interest in our offer or to generally improve the offer on our website on the basis of statistical evaluations.

Please refer to the information below on the display-, tracking-, remarketing- and web analytics- technologies used to find out which providers use cookies.

4.2 Legal basis under GDPR

The legal basis for these processing operations is in each case your consent, based on point (a) Art. 6(1) GDPR.

4.3 Recipient

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as order processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

For further recipients, please refer to the information below on the display-, tracking-, remarketing- and web analytics-technologies used.

4.4 Prescribed or required supply

Of course, you can also view our website without cookies in principle. Web browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings or our Cookie Consent Tool (see Section 9 and 4.6).

Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if you have disabled the use of cookies.

5. Explanation regarding Google’s Technology

5.1 Google Analytics

If you have given your consent, Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA (hereinafter: "Google") will be used on our website. Google Analytics uses cookies to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and will be stored there. However, due to the activation of IP anonymisation on these websites, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases the full IP address will be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

More information to the terms of use and data protection you will find at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/ and at https://policies.google.com/.

On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activities and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. We have concluded the corresponding order processing agreement with Google for this purpose.

The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user IDs or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 14 months. The deletion of data whose retention period has been reached takes place automatically once a month.

5.2 Google Web Fonts

In order to display our contents correctly and in a graphically appealing manner across browsers, we use "Google Web Fonts" from Google on our website to display fonts.

These are the "Google Fonts" of the company Google Inc. For the European area, the company Google Ireland Limited (Gordon House, Barrow Street Dublin 4, Ireland) is responsible for all Google services. The files (CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), fonts) are requested via the Google domains fonts.googleapis.com and fonts.gstatic.com. According to Google, the requests for CSS and fonts are completely separate from all other Google services. Google records the use of CSS and the fonts used and stores this data securely. When you visit our website, the fonts are reloaded via a Google server. This external call-up transmits data to the Google servers. In this way, Google also recognises that you or your IP address is visiting our website. Google stores requests for CSS assets for one day on its servers, which are mainly located outside the EU. The font files are stored by Google for one year.

The data is automatically transmitted to Google when the page is called up. To delete this data prematurely, you must contact Google support at https://support.google.com/. You can also find out what data is generally collected by Google and what this data is used for at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

You can find more information about Google Web Fonts under https://developers.google.com/fonts/faq.

5.3 Embedded YouTube-Videos

We embed YouTube videos on our website. The operator of the corresponding plugins is YouTube, LLC, 901 Cherry Ave, San Bruno, CA 94066, USA (hereinafter "YouTube"). YouTube is a subsidiary of Google. When you visit a page with the YouTube plugin, a connection to the YouTube servers will be established. This tells YouTube which pages you are visiting. If you are logged into your YouTube account, YouTube can assign your surfing behaviour to you personally. You can prevent this by logging out of your YouTube account first.

If a YouTube video is started, the provider uses cookies that collect information about the user behaviour.

For more information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by YouTube, please refer to the provider's privacy policy, where you will also find further information on your rights in this regard and setting options for protecting your privacy at https://policies.google.com/privacy.

6. Your choices

For the use of cookies, we ask for your consent through a pop-up displayed on our website when you first visit it, when you visit after you have removed the cookies on your device, and when we have added new cookies.

6.1 Your consent

We use cookies listed in Section 2 except for necessary cookies only if you have given your consent to do so by checking the checkbox for each category of cookies in the Cookie Declaration.[here]

Please note that if we have collected information via our cookies from your device which may identify you ("personal data") we will process such information on the basis of your consent.

6.2 How to withdraw your consent

• Cookie Declaration

You can withdraw your consent by checking the checkbox off for each category of cookies in the Cookie Declaration.[here]

• Browser settings

You can also, at any time, delete the cookies that have been set and change your browser settings to block some or all of any other cookies that are set on your device in the future. Please see the following links of commonly used browsers for instructions on how to manage cookie preferences via the browser settings:

• Chrome
• Edge
• Mozilla Firefox
• Safari
• Opera

You can also visit www.aboutcookies.org, which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers.

Moreover, you can use another online service enabling you to manage the advertising cookies set in your devices: http://www.youronlinechoices.com.

• Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on

You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: Download page for the browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics.

7. Your rights

With regards to your rights, please refer to our Privacy Policy.[here]

With regards to your rights under GDPR, please refer to EU and UK annex of our Privacy Policy.[here]

8. Contact details

For any questions or requests relating to this Cookie Policy, you can contact us by Inquiry Form.

We would like to remind you to visit our Privacy Policy[here] if you want to learn more about how we collect, use and protect personal information.

All future changes we make to our Cookie Policy will be displayed on this page. It will appear at the bottom of the page when the latest version was published. When relevant, we will also notify you of any changes via email. This Cookie Policy was last updated January 1st 2023.