What are cookies?

SSM uses cookies to improve the efficiency of the website’s individual use. A cookie is a small data file, saved on your computer or device when you access and / or use a website, that SSM’s or a third-party server can read back later.

Cookies are used to detect your browser and allow SSM to recognize you as the same user who visited SSM’s website in the past and associate your visit to SSM’s website with other information about you, such as your website usage information (see the Privacy Statement) or personal information collected through other means. Cookies can be "session cookies" (i.e. they only exist during a browser session) or "permanent" cookies (i.e. they remain on your device until they expire or are deleted).

Depending on their function and purpose, SSm divides cookies into two categories: Essential (indispensable) cookies and analysis and marketing cookies.