What are cookies?
Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. Cookies are then sent back to the originating web domain on your subsequent visits to that domain. Most web pages contain elements from multiple web domains so when you visit the Website, your browser may receive cookies from several sources.
Cookies are useful because they allow a website to recognize a user’s device. Cookies allow you to navigate between pages efficiently, remember preferences and generally improve the user experience. They can also be used to tailor advertising to your interests through tracking your browsing across websites.
Session cookies are deleted automatically when you close your browser and persistent cookies remain on your device after the browser is closed (for example to remember your user preferences when you return to the site).
What types of cookies does TMEIC use?
We describe below the categories of cookies Toshiba Mitsubishi-Electric Industrial Systems Corporation (TMEIC) and its affiliates and its contractors use on this website (https://www.tmeic.com/) (the “Website”) .
We use the following kinds of cookie:
- Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our Website. They include, for example, session cookies tracking your current user session for secure login, [setting your user region,] for network management (to improve the speed at which pages load), and for accessibility. These cookies don’t gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you have been on the internet.
- Analytical/performance cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our Website when they are using it, for example [which advertisements you view or interact with and] whether you receive error messages.This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. The information collected by these cookies is anonymous and they are not used to target you with online advertising.
- Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our Website and remember the choices you make. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region). The information these cookies collect cannot track your browsing activity on other websites.
- Advertising/targeting cookies. These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our Website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests and for example to limit the number of times you see the same advertisement. We may share this information with other organisations, such as advertisers and platforms on which we advertise, for the same purposes. Although these cookies and similar technologies can track your visits to other websites, they don't usually know who you are.
You can find more information about targeted advertising at http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/.
The table below provides more information about the individual cookies we use, the purposes for which we use them and the period for which they will remain on your computer's hard drive:
| Name | Type | Purpose | Retention period | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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session |
Strictly necessary |
Tracks current user session |
200,000 seconds |
This cookie allows the site to show the content relevant to the logged in user. For example, in the support section, users will see service alerts for products that are associated with their account. |
|
cookieWebsite |
Strictly necessary |
Tracks user’s current set region |
200,000 seconds |
This cookie allows the site to remember the user’s region and language preferences as they navigate the site. |
|
Google Analytics |
Analytical/ performance |
Collect usage and traffic of website for statistical purposes |
38 months |
Google privacy and opt-out: https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/181881?hl=en |
|
LinkedIn Analytics |
Analytical/ performance |
LinkedIn insights and advertising tags |
6 months |
LinkedIn privacy and opt-out: https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy?trk=uno-reg-guest-home-privacy-policy |
|
LuckyOrange |
Analytical/ performance |
Tracks user activity including page view, scroll activity and heat mapping |
Session to 2 years |
LuckyOrange privacy and opt-out: https://help.luckyorange.com/article/151-how-do-i-add-an-opt-out-privacy-button-on-my-website |
|
Eloqua |
Functionality |
Tracks activity such as which pages are viewed for communication purposes |
2 years |
Oracle privacy and opt-out: https://www.oracle.com/legal/privacy/marketing-cloud-data-cloud-privacy-policy.html |
[We are currently reviewing our analytical and targeting cookies and will be updating this notice in due course.]
Our use of cookies
We use “strictly necessary” cookies to make our Website work, for example by setting the appropriate language version of the Website for you, for security authentication, network management, and accessibility. We do not require your consent to use these strictly necessary cookies, but you can disable them if you prefer by changing your browser settings as explained [below], although this may affect how the Website functions.
We do not set other optional types of cookies (performance/functionality/advertising/targeting) on your device unless you consent by enabling them [through the pop up which appears on your first visit to this Website]; this will set a cookie on your device to remember your preferences, so the pop up will not usually automatically reappear on subsequent visits.
You may withdraw your consent at any time by following the instructions [on the pop-up or as set out] below.
Disabling cookies
If you do not agree to the use of these cookies, or would like to withdraw consent at any time, you can do so. By default, the browsing experience of website visitors is tracked by Google Analytics in order to produce anonymised statistics. Furthermore you can prevent Google’s collection and use of data (cookies and IP address) by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available under https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en. Please note that on this website, Google Analytics code is supplemented by “gat._anonymizeIp();” to ensure an anonymized collection of IP addresses (so called IP-masking).
[Please note we are currently working on a technical solution to provide you with increased control over our use of cookies.]
You can also disable cookies by adjusting your browser settings. Through these settings, you can accept or decline cookies or set your browser to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the Website. You should be aware that you may not be able to use all Website features if you set your browser to disable cookies entirely. You can delete any cookies that have been installed in the cookie folder of your browser.
The various browsers provide different procedures to manage your settings. Click on any of the browser links below for instructions:
Where the organisation setting the cookie provides an automated disabling tool in respect of its cookie(s) we list the name of that organisation, the category of cookies it sets together with a link to its automated disabling tool in the table above. In all other cases, we list the names of the cookies themselves or their source at the date of this Cookies policy so that you can easily identify and disable them if you want through your browser controls.
Some browsers make it possible for you to signal that you do not want your internet browsing activity to be tracked. Disabling tracking may interfere with some uses of the Website and the services provided on the Website.
After your initial visit to the Website we may change the cookies we use. This cookies policy will always allow you to know who is placing cookies, for what purpose and give you the means to disable them so you should check it from time to time.
Advertising cookies
You can choose to turn off advertising cookies only, by blocking specific companies. You'll still receive advertising on the internet, but the adverts you see may not be tailored to your likely interests or preferences. You can set your preferences here: www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/your-ad-choices.
Third party cookies and websites
Please note that this Cookies Policy does not apply to, and we are not responsible for, the privacy practices of third party websites which may be linked to this Website. If a third party, such as an advertiser, ad network or marketing analytics company, places a cookie on your device when you visit our Website then they and not TMEIC are responsible for obtaining your consent.
