Cookie policy and similar technologies
This policy applies to cookies and similar technologies used, as the case may be, in the websites and applications operated by EPM, (hereinafter referred to as EPM) on the site www.ep-m.com and www.ep-m.de (hereinafter referred to as the site). Cookies are used for the following purposes: site performance, site visitor behavior analysis and advertising. This policy is complemented by the EPM Privacy Policy in general that you can find above and the Terms and Conditions of the Site that you can find here, which we encourage you to read, including useful additional information , including EPM Personal Data Protection Officer, all EPM data processing purposes, your rights, as well as their exceptions and limitations, etc.
What are cookies?
The cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that will be stored on your computer, mobile terminal or other equipment of a user accessing the Internet. The cookie is installed through the request issued by the user’s terminal to a EPM server or to a third-party server.
What are cookies used for?
These files make it possible in particular to recognize the user’s terminal and to present the content in a relevant way, adapted to the user’s preferences. Cookies provide users with a pleasant browsing experience and support EPM efforts to provide more tailored services such as: – Online Privacy Preferences or Relevant Advertising. They are also used in the preparation of aggregated anonymous statistics that help us understand how a user benefits from our web pages, allowing us to improve their structure and content without allowing the user to personally identify themselves.
What cookies do we use?
We use two types of cookies: per session and fixes. Session cookies are temporary files that remain in the user’s terminal until the end of the session or closing the application. Fixed cookies remain on the user’s terminal for a period determined by the cookie parameters or until they are deleted manually by the user.
How are cookies used by this site?
A visit to this site may place the following types of cookies: cookies strictly required for the operation of the site, analysis cookies and cookies for advertising. Cookies and / or similar technologies strictly necessary are essential for good site activity, being set up on your device when accessing the site or following actions on the site, as appropriate. You can set your browser to block cookies, but in this case certain sections of the site will not work properly.
Do they contain cookie or similar personal data?
Cookies or similar technologies in themselves do not require personal information to be used and, in many cases, do not personally identify internet users. However, there are situations when personal data can be collected by using cookies to facilitate certain user functionalities or to give the user an experience more suited to his or her preferences. Such data is encrypted in a way that makes unauthorized persons access to them.
Block cookies
If you want to block cookies, some features of the site will be stopped, and this may cause some malfunctions or errors in the use of our site. For example, blocking cookies can prevent you: buy online, log in to your account. If you agree to these limitations and want to block cookies, follow the instructions below: Most browsers are default set to accept cookies, but you can change settings to block some or all cookies CPCs.
Managing your cookie preferences
In general, an application used to access web pages allows saving cookies and / or similar technologies on the terminal by default. These settings can be changed in such a way that the automatic cookie administration is blocked by the web browser or the user is informed whenever cookies are sent to his or her terminal. Detailed information about the possibilities and ways of managing cookies can be found in the application settings area (web browser). Restricting the use of cookies may affect certain features of the website.
Why are cookies and / or similar technologies important to the Internet?
Similar cookies and / or technologies are a central focus of the Internet’s efficient operation, helping to generate a friendly browsing experience and tailored to the preferences and interests of each user. Denying or disabling cookies can make some sites or parts of sites unusable. Disabling cookies does not mean that you will no longer receive online advertising – but that it will no longer be able to keep your preferences and interests highlighted by your browsing behavior. Examples of important uses of cookies (which do not require authentication of a user through an account):
– Content and services tailored to user preferences.
– Product and service categories.
– Offers tailored to the interests of users.
– Retaining passwords.
– Retaining Child Protection Filters on Internet content (family mode options, safe search functions).
– Limit ad serving frequency.
– Limit the number of impressions of an ad for a particular user on a site – Providing relevant advertising for the user.
– Measuring, optimizing and adapting analysis features.
– Such as confirming a certain level of traffic on a website, what type of content is viewed, and how a user reaches a website (e.g. search engines, directly from other websites, etc.). Websites are conducting these analyzes of their use to improve their services for the benefit of users.
Security and confidentiality issues
In general, browsers have built in privacy settings that provide different levels of cookie acceptance, shelf life, and automatic deletion after the user has visited a specific site. Other security issues related to cookies:
– Customize browser settings for cookies to reflect a comfortable level for your cookie security.
– If you are the only person using your computer, you can set long expiration dates if you want to store your browsing history and personal access data.
– If you share access to your computer, you can consider the browser setting to delete individual browsing data each time you close your browser. This is a way of accessing sites that place cookies and deleting any visitor information at the end of the browsing session.
Effective: February 24, 2023
