GEORG UTZ HOLDING AG

COOKIE POLICY

Our Site (“www.utzgroup.com”) uses cookies to distinguish you from other visitors of our Site. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Site and also allows us to improve our Site. (By continuing to browse the Site, you are agreeing to our use of cookies.)

When you enter our Site for the first time and where we wish to issue your computer with a cookie, you will be asked to consent to such use. If you wish to reject our cookie, you can decline our request, in which case you may not be able to use the Site or some parts of it. Additionally you can configure your browser to do so, or you can ask your internet browser to alert you when a cookie is being set up. Cookies in themselves do not identify the individual user, just the computer used. A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Many websites do this whenever a visitor visits their website in order to track traffic flows.

We use the following cookies:

• Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our Site. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our Site, use a shopping cart or make use of e-billing services.

• Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of users and to see how users move around our Site when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our Site works, for example, by ensuring that visitors are finding what they are looking for easily.

• Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our Site. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences.

• Targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our Site, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our Site and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the list below.
 

Session Cookie

• Name: dtsid
• Purpose: This cookie is essential to our Site and is used in a way that makes your browsing experience more convenient, for example, by allowing you to store items in an electronic shopping basket between visits. If you register with us or complete our online forms, we will use cookies to remember your details during your current visit.
• More information: This cookie is deleted by the web browser automatically when closed.

Shopping Cart Cookie

• Name: dtcart
• Purpose: This cookie is used to display information about the shopping cart contents to the user.
• More information: This cookie is deleted by the web browser automatically when closed.

Session Cookie

• Name: dtusr
• Purpose: This cookie is used to display personal greeting and login state to the user.
• More information: This cookie is deleted by the web browser automatically when closed.

Session Cookie

• Name: dtipc
• Purpose: This cookie is used to help us identify the user country. This allows us to offer a version of the Site better suited to your country, should one be available.
• More information: This cookie is deleted by the web browser automatically when closed.

Analytical Cookie

• Name: dtcid
• Purpose: This cookie is used to recognise you when you return to our Site.
• More information: This cookie is stored between website visits.

Please note that third parties (including, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services) may also use cookies, over which we have no control. These cookies are likely to be analytical/performance cookies or targeting cookies.

Blocking Cookies

You are able to block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our Site.

Information on how to block cookies can usually be found within the “Help” feature of your browser. Information can also be found on the main browser websites.

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http://www.microsoft.com/ (Internet Explorer)

http://www.mozilla--europe.org/en/firefox (Mozilla Firefox)

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