I.What are cookies
Cookies are small files that some websites or applications stored on your device. They help the website remember information about your visit to the website or application, so that you may access that website or application more easily again. A cookie typically contains the name of the domain name that generated the cookie, the validity period of the cookie, and a randomly generated unique number or other identifiers. Cookies also contain information about your device, such as user settings, browsing history, as well as history of your usage of a website or application.
The cookies described in this Policy also contain cookies similar technologies, including:
- Website beacons or pixel tags, that are tiny graphical files that contain a unique identifier enabling us to recognize when someone has visited our website, opened an e-mail that we have sent them and verify any clicks through to links within the email. We may use this information to determine the content of email that interests you more, to check if users who do not have our email open want to continue to receive it, etc.
- Tracking URLs that are custom generated links to help us understand where the traffic to the website comes from.
- Local storage which is a technology that allows websites to store and retrieve data from your browser. We use local storage to more effectively manage temporary storage of information about our website. You can control the use of local storage using your browser settings.
II.Cookies that Epec uses
Epec's website may use cookies.
First-party cookies and third-party cookies
Cookies may be set by the website you visit (i.e. first-party cookies) or by a third party (such as the entity providing content or advertising or analysis services on the website) (i.e. third party cookies).
- First-party cookies: We will deploy some cookies in our website. When you visit our website, we may use cookies to automatically collect information about you so that you may use our website more easily. For example, we may adapt services that are more in line with your language habits for you according to the language preference set by your browser.
- Third-party cookies: Epec's use of cookies also contain cookie files stored on your device by third parties. For example, we may use third-party cookies to count the number of users of our website to help us better understand how often you use the product, what happens within the product, and the overall audience profile of the user community, so that we may analyze trends, manage the website, and track user behavior on the website.
Session cookies and persistent cookies
- Session cookies are temporary cookies. We use session cookies to remember you during the course of your visit to the website, and they expire or will be removed when you close the web browser.
- Persistent cookies are used to remember your preferences within the website. They will remain on your device after you close your browser or restart your computer. We use persistent cookies to analyze user behavior in order to improve our website functionality for you and others who visit our website. These cookies also allow us to serve you with targeted advertising and measure the effectiveness of our site functionality and advertising. Persistent cookies contain expiration dates. After the expiration date, the cookie will be removed from your device.
Types of cookies that we use
We use different types of cookies to help us run our website. The cookies we use mainly involve the following types:
1.Strictly necessary cookies
These cookies are essential in order to enable you to browse and use related functions on the website. They perform functions like ensuring the website pages load quickly, and preventing any fraudulent payment activity, etc. You may set up your browser to block or prompt you for these cookies, but some website features may not work due to such settings. Our website currently mainly uses the following strictly necessary cookies:
| Cookie Name | Cookie Source | Types of Information Collected | Purpose of Use | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| epecsessionid | global.epec.com | Record the global session ID | Session tracking | - |
| machineIdentifier | global.epec.com | Randomly generated machine identifier | one year | |
| JSESSIONID | global.epec.com | Used to maintain the uniqueness of the session in the web server | - | |
| sam_ecmall_cookie | .sinopec.com | Username/Login Time/Domain Name | User login authentication use | 30mins |
| sam_ecmall_cookie | .epec.com | Username/Login Time/Domain Name | User login authentication use | 30mins |
| app_ecmall_cookie | .epec.com | Username/Login Time/Domain Name | User login authentication use | 30mins |
| _gid | .epec.com | Record the visitor’s browsing data, traffic source, access path, session duration, bounce rate | These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors used our website. We use this information to compile reports and help us to improve the website. | - |
| _gat_gtag_UA_192166021_1 | .epec.com | |||
| _ga_6XCEVSR9BX | .epec.com | |||
| _ga | .epec.com | |||
| _ga_6XCEVSR8BX | .epec.com | |||
| yandexuid | .yandex.ru | |||
| yuidss | .yandex.ru | |||
| yabs-sid | .mc.yandex.ru | |||
| ymex | .yandex.ru | |||
| i | .yandex.ru |
2.Performance Cookies
These cookies collect information about how you use our website, such as which pages are visited most by users. These cookies help us calculate traffic and traffic sources in order to measure and improve the performance of our website, help us understand which pages are popular, which are not, etc. If you disable these cookies, we will not be able to know when you visited our website. Our website currently uses the following performance cookies:
| Cookie Name | Cookie Source | Types of Information Collected | Purpose of Use | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pageViewNum | member.epec.com | Record the number of page visits (PV) | Count page views | - |
3.Functionality Cookies
These cookies enable our website to remember the choices you made or the information you filled in while browsing, such as your username, language setting, or your region, to provide you with more personalized services. If you choose to disable these cookies, we will not be able to provide you with these personalized services. Our website currently uses the following functional cookies:
| Cookie name | Cookie source | Type of information collected | Purpose of use | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| accessId | member.epec.com | Online customer service system access ID | Chinese online customer service | 90secs |
| qimo_seokeywords_27b7d800-2f5b-11e9-bed6-9f6dfd4beaf7 | member.epec.com | Site source | Chinese online customer service | - |
| qimo_seosource_27b7d800-2f5b-11e9-bed6-9f6dfd4beaf7 | member.epec.com | Site source | Chinese online customer service | - |
4.Advertising/Targeting Cookies
These cookies collect information about browsing habits associated with your device, and are used to recommend advertisements that interest you more, to limit the number of times you see them, and to help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaigns. If you disable these cookies, it is possible that the advertisements (including our advertisements) may continue to be displayed in front of you when browsing the website, but these advertisements are not displayed according to your personal interests. Our website mainly uses the following advertising/targeting cookies:
| Cookie name | Cookie source | Type of information collected | Purpose of use | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | - |
III.How do you manage and disable cookies
You can manage the use of cookies through the following:
| Cookie types | Status |
| Strictly necessary cookies | Always active |
| Performance cookies | Off |
| Functional cookies | Off |
| Advertising/Targeting cookies | Off |
In principle, we will only enable cookies and collect your information via cookies with your explicit consent. It is important to note that certain features of our products and/or services depend on cookies, and if you decline or delete cookies, you may not be able to log on to or use the services or features we provide that depend on cookies.
You can also turn on the cookie function or perform corresponding operations to manage cookies and set your cookie preferences in the browser software. We will strictly respect your choice on use of cookies. The guidance on how to disable, delete or manage cookies in commonly used browser software is detailed as follows:
IV.Cookies policy does not cover third party websites
If you click on a hyperlink to access a third party website from our websites, those third party websites may send cookies to you. Third-party websites will have their own cookies policy, and Epec cannot control them. For more information about cookies from these third party websites and how to manage them, please contact the third party website.
V.Updates to cookies policy
We may update this Cookies Policy and recommend that you review it from time to time to understand how we use cookies. The latest update to this cookies policy is on [9] [29] [2021].
If you have any questions about this Cookies Policy, please contact us at [global.epec@sinopec.com ].