SOCOTEC Cookie Policy

How we use Cookies

SOCOTEC’s website uses cookies to recognise a user device and help with analytics to improve your user experience. However, we do not use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you.

On your first visit to the SOCOTEC website, you will be given the opportunity to block cookies if this would make you more comfortable. By accepting cookies, we will be able to track your user experience through Google Analytics and you will also be able to share pages with social networks, such as Twitter and LinkedIn. But, please be aware that if you opt to restrict cookies on this website, it could impact on the functionality and your user experience.

We may collect information about your computer such as your IP address, operating system and browser type for the purposes of system administration and to create reports. This is all statistical data and does not identify any individual or personal information. The cookies in use for our website are for Google Analytics, which is a web analytics tool that helps website owners to understand how visitors to their website interact with their site. This can help website owners track who visits their website and to assist with improving the site.

Moreover, by using cookies when logged in to SOCOTEC Online, the website will remember that you are logged in and that your session is secured.

What is a cookie?

Cookies are very small text files that are stored on your computer’s hard drive when you visit some websites. The information stored on your hard drive, includes the time that you visited the website, whether you have visited the site before and what site referred you to the current website. For example, we use them to help identify your computer so we can tailor your user experience, but they will not collect personally identifiable information about you or share any personal information with third parties.

How to delete cookies

If you would like to restrict or block the cookies which are set by our website you can do this through your browser settings. You can disable any cookies already stored on your computer, but these may prevent our website from functioning properly for you.

You can accept or reject them, either globally or on a case-by-case basis. You can also choose at any time to deactivate these cookies by clicking « here ».
If you choose to limit or block the cookies that our website sets, you can do so from your browser settings or by clicking « here ».

More information on Cookies

For more information on cookies, you can visit www.aboutcookies.org