A cookie is a small text file or information stored on your computer or mobile device (such as a smartphone or tablet) when you visit our sites (hscmetal.com) using mobile or desktop devices. Cookies usually contain the name of the website they come from, their lifespan, and a random value.
We use cookies to make our site easier to use, to tailor it to your interests and needs, and to personalize content, including smart advertisements for our users. Websites can read and write these cookie files, enabling them to recognize you and remember important information about you (such as your preference settings) to provide a more suitable website experience.
Cookies also help to accelerate your future interactions with our site. Additionally, we may use cookies to gather statistical data about the usage of our site to understand how visitors use it and improve its design and usability.
We use cookies to personalize users’ interactions with our website, mobile application, and/or mobile site. This usage includes:
Cookies that save your password and keep your session open on the website/mobile application/mobile site, so that you are not required to enter your password multiple times on each visit, and cookies that recognize and remember the user during subsequent visits.
Cookies are used to determine how users use the website, mobile application, and/or mobile site—including where and from which devices they access the site, what content they view on the website/mobile app/mobile site, and how long they stay on it.
They are also used to deliver content and ads suitable for the user's areas of interest, in other words, for targeted advertising or promotional purposes.
We use two types of cookies across our sites: session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies are temporary and only remain valid until you close your browser. Persistent cookies remain on your hard drive until you delete them or until they expire (depending on their “lifespan”).
We may allow our partners, advertising platforms, social media platforms, and analytics service providers to save cookies on your device when you visit our sites in order to provide their services. For more information about these cookies and how to control them, please refer to the privacy or cookie policies of these third-party organizations.
hscmetal.com may also use cookies to offer ads it thinks may interest you when you visit search engines, the hscmetal.com website, its mobile app or site, or websites where hscmetal.com places advertisements. To offer these personalized ads, it uses information about your previous visits to the website, mobile app, mobile site, and websites where hscmetal.com advertises. To recognize you and provide these personalized ads, a unique third-party cookie may be placed in your browser. hscmetal.com also uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”). Google Analytics uses cookies to analyze statistical data and reports about how users use the website, mobile application, and/or mobile site. For more information about Google Analytics (including opt-out options), please visit: http://www.google.com/intl/tr/policies/privacy/#infocollect
In mobile applications, instead of cookies, the application’s SDK (Software Development Kit) is used.
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 section for detailed instructions on how to adjust your settings.
You can manage cookies according to the type of browser you use by following the steps below:
Google Chrome: Click the “lock icon” or the “i” icon in the address bar of your browser, then manage cookies from the "Cookies" section.
Internet Explorer: Click “Tools” at the top-right corner of your browser, then go to the “Security” tab to allow or block cookies.
Mozilla Firefox: Click the “Open menu” button in the top-right corner, select “Options,” and use the “Privacy & Security” tab to manage cookies.
For other browsers (like Opera, Microsoft Edge), please refer to the relevant browser's help or support pages.
Safari: Go to your phone’s “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 parts of the site or access personalized content.
If you are using different devices to access the hscmetal.com site (e.g., computer, smartphone, tablet), make sure each browser on each device is adjusted according to your cookie preferences.