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COOKIE POLICY

Last revised December 5th, 2018

1. WHAT IS A COOKIE?

A cookie is a small text file a web portal installs on your computer, tablet or smartphone when you visit the portal. Cookies can help us in many ways, they make it for example possible for the portal to remember certain entries and settings (e.g. login info, language, font size and other display preferences) for a specific period of time so you do not have to re-enter this information every time you visit and navigate the portal., for example, by allowing us to tailor a Web site to better match your interests or to store your password to save you having to re-enter it each time. Furthermore, when you visit our website you may notice some cookies that aren't related to us. If you go on to a web page that contains embedded content, you may be sent cookies from these websites. We don't control the setting of these cookies, so we suggest you check the third-party websites for more information about their cookies and how to manage them. If you do not wish to receive cookies, please configure your Internet browser to erase all cookies from your computer’s hard drive, block all cookies or to receive a warning before a cookie is stored.

2. HOW WE USE COOKIES AND FOR WHICH PURPOSE:

Here's a list of the cookies we use and what we use them for.

2.1. COOKIES HOSTED BY KAO

These cookies are used to protect Kao’s font from being used by other websites:

Cookie Acceptance
privacy_notice - Saves information on the user's acceptance of the use of cookies.

Visitor Id
kao_Cook - Stores individual visitor id.

Adobe Analytics

s_cc - This cookie is used to determine in the archive whether the browser permits the use of cookies.
s_sq - This cookie is used to save information as to whether the Click Map function for the current website has been activated.
s_vi - This cookie saves the time and date related to the individual visitor ID.
s_fid - This cookie is required to store the individual visitor ID as well as the time and date if the s_vi cookie should not be available for technical reasons.

2.2. COOKIES HOSTED BY THIRD PARTIES

When you visit our website, you may notice some cookies that aren't related to Kao. If you go on to a web page that contains embedded content, you may be sent cookies from these websites. We don't control the setting of these cookies, so we suggest you check the third-party websites for more information about their cookies and how to manage them.

Google
Google uses Cookies to distinguish users and events on the website. Google Analytics tracks unique visitors. Stored in this cookie is a unique visitor ID, the date and time of their first visit, the time their current visit started and the total number of visits they have made. Google uses Cookies to decide whether a visit has timed out and also how deep a visit has gotten. The Data is used to analyze the user interaction on the website. The tracked data is anonymous. It also uses the data to measure conversions and helps us to improve our website.

Opt-Out Options for Google Analytics
You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customize Google Display Network ads by using the Ads Settings, or by using the Google Analytics opt-out Browser add-on: https://adssettings.google.com/

You may stop or restrict the placement of cookies on your computer or flush them from your browser by adjusting your web browser preferences and browser plug-in settings, in which case you may still use our web site, but it may interfere with some of its functionality.
As an alternative to the browser add-on and especially for mobile browsers, you may click on the following link to set an opt-out cookie: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en

3. CONTROLLING COOKIES

You can randomly manage and/or delete these cookies. You can delete all of the cookies stored on your computer and you can set up most browsers in such a manner that the archiving of cookies is prevented in the first place.

However, if you do this, you may have to manually adjust some settings every time you visit and live with the impairment of some of the functions.

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