A cookie, also known simply as a "cookie", is a small text file or piece of information stored on your computer or mobile device (such as a smartphone or tablet) when you visit our websites (hscmetal.com) using mobile or desktop devices. Cookies generally contain the name of the website they come from, their lifespan, and a randomly generated unique value.
We use cookies to make our website easier to use, tailor it to your interests and needs, and personalize content and intelligent advertising for our users. Websites can read and write these cookie files, allowing important information about you to be remembered (such as your preference settings) in order to recognize you and provide a more suitable browsing experience.
Cookies also help speed up your future interactions with our website. In addition, we may use cookies to collect statistical information about how visitors use our website in order to understand usage patterns and improve the design and usability of our site.
They are used to personalize users' experiences on the website, mobile application, and/or mobile site. This usage includes:
Cookies that save your password and keep your website/mobile application/mobile site session active, eliminating the need to enter your password repeatedly during each visit, as well as cookies that remember and recognize users on subsequent visits to the website, mobile application, and/or mobile site.
They are also used to determine how users interact with the website, mobile application, and/or mobile site, including identifying where users connect from, which devices they use, what content they view, and how long they stay on the site.
They are used to provide content and advertisements that match users' interests, in other words, for targeted advertising and promotional purposes.
We use two types of cookies across our websites: session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies are temporary cookies that remain active only until you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain on your hard drive until you delete them or until they expire (the duration depends on the cookies' lifespan settings).
Our business partners, advertising platforms, social media platforms, and analytics service providers used throughout our website may place cookies on your device on our behalf when you visit our websites in order to provide their services. For more information about these cookies and how to control them, please review the privacy or cookie policies of the relevant third-party organizations.
hscmetal.com cookies may also be used to display advertisements that may be of interest to you when you visit search engines, the hscmetal.com website, mobile application, mobile site, or websites where hscmetal.com advertises. For this purpose, information related to your previous visits to our website, mobile application, mobile site, and websites displaying our advertisements may be used to provide personalized advertising. While providing these personalized advertisements, a unique third-party cookie may be placed in your browser to recognize you. hscmetal.com also uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses cookies to analyze how users interact with the website, mobile application, and/or mobile site through statistical reports and information. For more information about Google Analytics (including opt-out options), you may visit: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/#infocollect
Instead of cookies, mobile applications use the relevant application's SDK (Software Development Kit).
Most internet browsers are set to automatically accept cookies by default. You can change these settings to block cookies or to alert you when cookies are being sent to your device. There are several ways to manage cookies. Please refer to your browser's help or support documentation for detailed information on how to modify your browser settings.
Depending on the type of internet browser you use, you can learn about cookies and exercise your right to allow or reject them by following the instructions below:
Google Chrome: Click the lock icon or the "i" icon in your browser's address bar and manage cookie permissions from the "Cookies" section.
Internet Explorer: Click the "Tools" section in the upper-right corner of your browser, select the "Security" tab, and manage your cookie settings by allowing or blocking cookies.
Mozilla Firefox: Click the "Open Menu" button in the upper-right corner of your browser. Select "Options" and use the "Privacy & Security" section to manage your cookie preferences.
For other browsers (such as Opera and Microsoft Edge), please refer to the browser's help or support pages.
Safari: On your device, go to "Settings", select "Safari", and manage all cookie settings from the "Privacy & Security" section.
If you disable the cookies we use, this may affect your experience on hscmetal.com. For example, you may not be able to view certain sections of the website or access personalized information tailored to your preferences.
If you use different devices (e.g., computer, smartphone, tablet, etc.) to access hscmetal.com, you should ensure that each browser on every device is configured according to your cookie preferences.
