MET Alumni Club
Website Cookie Policy
In this Cookie Policy, “MET”, “we”, “us” and “our” shall mean MET Holding AG as data controller in relation to the technical operation of the www.met.alumni.com website.
Apart from information you provide to us knowingly, our website uses tracking technologies (“cookies”) to gather information about the use of our website and optimize our services.
By using our website, you approve cookies being used and stored on your computer/device. For cookies that are not strictly necessary to the proper functioning of the website, we will ask for your consent.
What are the cookies?
Cookies are small text files containing small amounts of data about what you do when you visit a website, which are placed on your computer by the websites you visit. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more effectively, and to provide information to website owners. The usage of cookies is standard today on most websites.
In terms of the retention period on your device, cookies can be:
- Session cookies. These are such temporary cookies that remain in the browser's cookie file until the user closes the website. These cookies are essential for the operating of the website‘s certain applications and functions.
- Persistent cookies. Our website also uses persistent cookies to ensure a better user experience. This type of cookie stays in the cookie file of the user's browser for a longer time. This period depends on how the user has set up their web browser. The persistent cookies provide information to the web server whenever the user visits the website. The persistent cookies are also called tracking cookies.
Does any other party use the information gathered via cookies from the website?
Our website may include services provided by third parties. These third parties may also use cookies (likely to be analytical/performance cookies), over which we have no control.
Some pages of the website transmit content and services from third party service providers, e.g. by YouTube or LinkedIn. Access to such content or services (e.g., share an article on a LinkedIn page) requires that you accept the terms of use of that third party. By accepting the third-party’s terms of use, you also agree to the third party's policy on the handling of cookies.
The website may also contain beacons or pixel-tags. A beacon is typically a transparent graphic image, usually no larger than 1x1 pixels, that is placed on a web page or in an email to monitor the online activity of a person who visits the website or sends an email. The beacons are used by third parties’ technologies to monitor the activity of the visitors of our website (e.g. Facebook pixels). This allows to gather information about which websites when and where (country, city) were visited through which computer.
Cookies on MET Alumni Club’s website
Our website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of our website. This will make it easier for you to browse on our website, and cookies will also help us improve our website and its services.
The website currently uses the following cookies:
Necessary
The necessary cookies are needed for the proper functioning of the website. Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies. The legal basis of the data processing is provided by such legal rules which allow the website operator to process personal data that are strictly necessary for the functioning of the website for the purpose of making the website available, as it is our legitimate interest to properly operate this website and maintain its security. The provision of these data is mandatory when visiting the website.
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Name |
Provider |
Expiry |
Purpose |
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__auth__ |
portal (first-party) |
session |
Identification of user's session. |
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__guest__ |
portal (first-party) |
7 days |
Identification of guest user's session. |
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__sess__ |
portal (first-party) |
session |
User session hardening. |
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_cookie_remember_me_username |
portal (first-party) |
30 days |
Encrypted username. Used for the login-form remember-me functionality. |
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hash |
portal (first-party) |
30 days |
Security measure needed for the remember-me functionality. |
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iwCookieAccepted |
portal (first-party) |
1 year |
Indicates that you agree with the usage of cookies on our webpages. It is set automatically upon closure of the 'Use of cookies' information layer. If this cookie exists, the information layer will not be shown again for the next 12 months. |
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iwLoggedInfo |
portal (first-party) |
session |
Info about last activity in given session. Stores user's last activity, timestamp and last selected language. Does not contain personal data. This cookie is needed in the situation when the user has been logged in before but was now logged out because of inactivity. We need the cookie to display warning message "You were logged out because of inactivity". We need the language info to display the message in the right language. |
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_cookie_mobile_access AND _cookie_mobile_access_register AND _cookie_mobile_access_first_login |
portal (first-party) |
1 year |
Used for mobile application functionality (e.g., authentication of users coming via mobile application). |
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iwMobileAppAdvertUsed |
portal (first-party) |
6 months |
Stores user's decision to close the mobile app advertisement ribbon. Shown only on mobile devices but with no further OS detection. |
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iwPanelClosedOnDesktop |
portal (first-party) |
unlimited |
Stores information that user has closed menu on the desktop. This cookie handles the toggling of the navigation menu, indicating whether it should be open or closed. |
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iwExternalContentConsent |
portal (first-party) |
unlimited |
Stores information that user gives consent to external content. This cookie is responsible for enabling the default loading of external content. |
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_cookie_theme |
portal (first-party) |
unlimited |
Stores name of the selected portal theme |
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Statistics
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously. The legal basis of the data processing is your consent. The provision of these data is voluntary.
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Name |
Provider |
Expiry |
Purpose |
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Google Analytics (__utmva, ...) |
third party (Google) |
see link |
Are set by Google Analytics. For information about the types of cookies, their usage and purpose please read more: https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/cookie-usage#gajs |
Cookies improving user experience
We may place cookies in order to improve user experience by making possible the use of some extra functions on the website. The legal basis of the data process is your consent. The provision of the data is voluntary.
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Name |
Provider |
Expiry |
Purpose |
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__iw_guest |
portal (first-party) |
1 month |
Identifier used for tracking of activity within the platform. |
Server log files
When the website is viewed, our web servers automatically store the IP address of the user and some other technical data as logfiles, to maintain security. The data of the log files are analysed in an anonymised form. Based on the available technology, the storage of log files is essential to ensure access to the website. The duration of the storage of the logfiles is 4 weeks.
How do I block cookies in my browser?
You can change the settings of your browser if you do not want to accept cookies. This automatically disables the storage of cookies or informs you each time a website requests to store a cookie.However, you cannot disable the necessary cookies, because these are saved on your endpoint automatically when visiting any website. Should you not want us to use cookies, you may activate the respective settings in your browser. For opting-out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, you may consider switching off the Google Analytics cookies when accepting the cookie policy.
How can I check which cookies have been stored, and delete installed cookies?
You can check and delete previously stored cookies in your browser. See your browser’s help section for more information.
Recipient of personal data and information on transfer to third countries
MET Holding AG is located in Switzerland. As you provide your data directly us, there is no formal transfer of data from the EU to a third country. We note however, that there is an adequacy decision of the European Commission 2000/518/EC in place in relation to data transfers from the EU to Switzerland. The adequacy decision is available here. Please also note that Swiss data protection law is fully compliant with EU data protection law.
When transferring data to another company that is not established in an EU Member State (e.g. to another MET group company), the transfer will be governed by the Standard Contractual Clauses according to the COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION EU (2021/914) on standard contractual clauses for the transfer of personal data to third countries pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2016/679.
Our website uses Google Analytics. The cookies used by Google Analytics allow the analysis of the use of the website. We will use these data to understand how our visitors use our website and thus we may improve our website’s features and functionality. More information about the Google Analytics can be found here and here.
As Google has joined the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework that has been approved by the European Commission, the data transfer by Google Analytics from the EU to the US is deemed legal without additional safeguards.
To provide website visitors the ability to prevent their data from being used by Google Analytics, Google has developed the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on for websites using the supported version of Google Analytics JavaScript (analytics.js, gtag.js). If you want to opt-out, download and install the add-on for your web browser. The Google Analytics opt-out add-on is designed to be compatible with Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Microsoft Edge. In order to function, the opt-out add-on must be able to load and execute properly on your browser. Learn more about the opt-out and how to properly install the browser add-on here.
PeoplePath GmbH (Address: Friedenheimer Brücke 20, 80639 Munich, Germany) is hosting the MET Alumni Club platform application and providing services in relation to our website, therefore may access to technical data collected through our website.
In the operation of the website or coordination of the MET Alumni Club, we may use other subcontractors as well, who act as data processors, such as IT service providers, to assist with website development or maintenance or to host our website or support the MET Alumni Club in coordination and communication related tasks.
What are the consequences for me as a user if I reject cookies?
Statistics about your behavior on the website will not be saved and thus certain functions may not work properly (e.g. YouTube video player). In case of rejecting to the us of marketing cookies, the ads you may receive will not be personalized.
Are cookies hazardous?
No, cookies are not hazardous.
Privacy notice and more information
For more information about how MET manages personal data and what rights do you have in relation to your personal data, please read our Privacy Notice.
Contact
Should you have any questions with the use of your personal data, please contact us at:
MET Holding AG
Address: Neuhofstrasse 24, 6340 Baar, SwitzerlandRegistration number: CHE- 135.897.834E-mail: alumni@met.com