Cookie notice
Since MCM is using cookies on its website, clear and mandatory information must be mentioned in this Cookies notice, as set out below.
INFORMATION ABOUT COOKIES
1. What are cookies?
A cookie is a text file, normally consisting of letters and numbers, sent by a web server to a web browser and stored by the browser on the user’s device (e.g., computer, telephone, tablet). These cookies can be used to identify or to collect information about you.
2. What types of cookies are there?
First-party cookies: They are created, sent to your device, and stored by the website you are visiting directly. They allow MCM to collect customer analytics data, remember language settings, and carry out other useful functions that help provide a good user experience.
Cookies can also be classified depending on the purpose of their placement. The main categories are:
- Strictly necessary cookies (also called “technical cookies”): they allow you to browse a website, a platform or an app, and to use the various options or services on it (e.g., control traffic, identify data or session, access to restricted sections or content, etc.).
- Functional cookies: they help MCM to make the website usable by providing you with some basic features and by remembering your preferences and choices when using MCM’s website (e.g., language, the region from where the service is accessed, etc.). Not accepting cookies may cause slow website performance or poorly adapted recommendations.
- Statistics cookies: they allow MCM to have a better understanding of how you interact with the website (e.g., which pages are visited the most) to optimize the functioning of the website.
- Analytical cookies: they enable MCM to monitor your behavior on the website. The aim is to ensure that the display of information is meaningful and attractive to you.
Cookies may also be divided into two categories depending on the period for which they are stored:
- Session cookies: they allow MCM to recognize and link your actions during a browsing session. When you go to the login page, these temporary cookies will be created to determine whether or not your browser accepts cookies.
- Persistent cookies: they are placed on your device between sessions. They can be used to remember your preferences or actions on MCM’s website.
3. How to use cookies?
Cookies in no way give MCM access to your device or any information other than the data you choose to share with MCM.
Concretely, these cookies help to improve the functioning of the website of MCM and can be used to analyze traffic to the website.
| Cookie Name | Type | Purpose | Service Provider |
Retention period |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Analytics | Cookie used to count and track pageview | Google Analytics | 2 years |
| _ga_W3ECEKBCTP | Analytics | Cookie used to store and count pageviews | Google Analytics | 1 year |
| _gat_gtag_UA_107453815_1 | Analytics | Cookie used to store a unique user ID | Google Tag Manager | 1 minute |
| _gid | Analytics | Cookie used to count and track pageviews | Google Analytics | 1 day |
4. How to manage cookies?
Strictly necessary cookies are automatically collected. It is justified based on the legitimate interests of MCM as technical cookies enable you to browse efficiently the website. Other types of cookies are based on your consent. You can accept or decline cookies when you enter MCM’s website and see the cookies notice. If you change your opinion, you can also return to your preferences at any time by icon available on all pages.
Alternatively, you can manage your cookie preferences through your browser settings. However, in some cases, some functions of the website may not work.
To find out more about cookies, including seeing what cookies have been set up and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org or https://www.aboutcookies.org/.
Find out how to manage cookies on those popular browsers:
To find information relating to other browsers, visit the browser developer's website.
To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit – http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
5. Who placed cookies?
The information stored through cookies is only used by MCM except those identified in section 3 as “Third-Party cookies”, which are used and managed by external entities aiming to improve MCM’s services and your experience when browsing on the website.
Please note that MCM does not have any control over how the information in these cookies is used by these external parties nor do MCM have access to it. Please refer to the cookie policies of the relevant parties for more information.
6. How to contact us?
For any question regarding this Cookies Notice, you may contact MCM, who, if required, will contact its Data Protection Officer ("DPO"): mcm.dpo@mydata-trust.info
Last Edited on 2025-23-10