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Cookies used on this website
Below you can see all cookie types that are used on this website. This list is dynamically updated on a regular basis to maintain our cookie information and comply with regulations.
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small text file that a website stores on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site.
- First party cookies are cookies set by the website you are visiting. Only that website can read them. In addition, a website might potentially use external services, which also set their own cookies, known as third-party cookies.
- Persistent cookies are cookies saved on your computer and that are not deleted automatically when you quit your browser, unlike a session cookie, which is deleted when you quit your browser.
Every time you visit this websites, you will be prompted to accept or refuse cookies.
The purpose is for the site to remember your preferences (acceptance of cookies, making compatibility searches, making support questions, etc.) for a certain period of time.
That way, you do not have to re-enter them when browsing around the site during the same visit.
Cookies can also be used to establish anonymised statistics about the browsing experience on our sites.
How do we use cookies?
In this website managed by the HMS Industrial Networks AB mostly use first-party cookies. These are cookies set and controlled by the HMS Industrial Networks AB, not by any external organisation.
The 3 types of first-party cookie we use are to:
- Store visitor preferences
- Make our websites operational
- Gather analytics data (about user behaviour).
- Third-party cookies
1. Visitor preferences
These are set by us and only we can read them. They remember:
Visitors' preference cookies are set by us and can only be read by us, and are:
| ic-cookies-consent | |
|---|---|
| Name: | ic-cookies-consent |
| Type: | Visitor preferences cookie |
| Used: | First Party |
| Lifespan: | 1 Year |
| Purpose: | Stores your cookie preferences (so you won’t be asked again) |
2. Operational cookies
There are some cookies that we have to include in order for certain web pages to function. For this reason, they do not require your consent. In particular:
| PHPSESSID | |
|---|---|
| Name: | PHPSESSID |
| Type: | Authentication cookie |
| Used: | First Party |
| Lifespan: | Session |
| Purpose: | The identifier stored in this cookie allows the server to maintain the session state between different HTTP requests, and serves to |
| ic-request-limited | |
|---|---|
| Name: | ic-request-limited |
| Type: | Technical cookie |
| Used: | First Party |
| Lifespan: | 1 Day |
| Purpose: | Used to know if a user has reached the daily request creation limit |
| ic-search-limited | |
|---|---|
| Name: | ic-search-limited |
| Type: | Technical cookie |
| Used: | First Party |
| Lifespan: | 1 Day |
| Purpose: | used to know if a user has reached the daily limit for performing compatibility searches |
3. Analytics cookies
These cookies anonymously evaluate the interaction of users on the website (the data collected does not allow personal identification). They are used exclusively for internal research purposes in order to improve the service offered to users.
These data are not shared with third parties or used for any other purpose.
The user is free to reject these types of cookies, using the cookie banner or through preferences.
Currently, this type of cookies is not used on the website.
4. Third-party cookies
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
Currently, this type of cookies is not used on the website.
How can you manage cookies?
Removing cookies from your device
You can delete all cookies that are already on your device by clearing the browsing history of your browser. This will remove all cookies from all websites you have visited.
Be aware though that you may also lose some saved information (e.g. usage limits, site preferences).
Manage site cookies
To have a more precise control of site-specific cookies, users can adjust their cookie settings using the options in this section.
Blocking cookies
You can set most modern browsers to prevent cookies from being placed on your device, but you may need to manually adjust some preferences each time they use a functionality or page.