COOKIE POLICY

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 This Cookie Policy aims to give you information about the cookies and other similar technologies we use on our website,www.osw.energy, including subdomains of our website:

(a) https://osw.energy/nl/;

(b) https://osw.energy/pl/;

(c) https://osw.energy/it/;

(d) https://osw.energy/fr/; and

(e) https://osw.energy/de/,

(“Website”).

1.2 Our Website uses cookies and similar technologies (including tracking pixels, web beacons and tags) to, for example, distinguish you from other users of our Website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Website and also allows us to improve our Website.

1.3 A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your computer if you agree. Cookies contain information that is transferred to your computer's hard drive.

2 TYPES OF COOKIES

2.1 We may, from time to time, use the following cookies:

(a) Strictly necessary cookies. These are cookies that are required for the operation of our Website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our Website.

(b) Analytical or performance cookies. These allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our Website when they are using it. This allows us to carry out research and statistical analysis which helps us improve our content and the way our Website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily and making your online experience more efficient and enjoyable.

(c) Functionality cookies. These are used to recognise you when you return to our Website. This enables us to personalise our content for you, greet you by name and remember your preferences.

(d) 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 any advertising that we may display on it more relevant to your interests.

2.2 You can find out more information about the cookies and similar technologies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:

Cookie name	Purpose	Cookie expiration	More information
Locale	Functional	14 days duration	Facebook sets this cookie to enhance the user's browsing experience on the website, and to provide the user with relevant advertising while using Facebook’s social media platforms.
_osw_session	Other	14 days duration	No description.
YSC	Targeting	Session duration	YSC cookie is set by Youtube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on Youtube pages.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	Targeting	5 months, 27 days	A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface.
DEVICE_INFO	Other	5 months 27 days	No description.
_gcl_au	Analytics	3 months	Provided by Google Tag Manager to experiment advertisement efficiency of websites using their services.
test_cookie	Targeting	15 minutes	The test_cookie is set by doubleclick.net and is used to determine if the user's browser supports cookies.
UserMatchHistory	Functional	1 month	LinkedIn sets this cookie for LinkedIn Ads ID syncing.
AnalyticsSyncHistory	Analytics	1 month	Linkedin set this cookie to store information about the time a sync took place with the lms_analytics cookie.
Lang	Functional	Session duration	LinkedIn sets this cookie to remember a user's language setting.
bcookie	Functional	1 year	LinkedIn sets this cookie from LinkedIn share buttons and ad tags to recognize browser ID.
Lidc	Functional	1 day	LinkedIn sets the lidc cookie to facilitate data center selection.
_ga_SL4Z1NF9PX	Analytics	2 years	This cookie is installed by Google Analytics.
_ga	Analytics	2 years	The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors.
ln_or	Other	1 day	No description.
lang	Functional	Session duration	LinkedIn sets this cookie to remember a user's language setting.
bscookie	Functional	1 year	LinkedIn sets this cookie to store performed actions on the website.
li_gc	Functional	5 months, 27 days	Linkedin set this cookie for storing visitor's consent regarding using cookies for non-essential purposes.
_hjSession_2412751	Other	30 minutes	No description.
_hjIncludedInPageviewSample	Analytics	2 minutes	Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's pageview limit.
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress	Analytics	30 minutes	Hotjar sets this cookie to detect the first pageview session of a user. This is a True/False flag set by the cookie.
_fbp	Targeting	3 months	This cookie is set by Facebook to display advertisements when either on Facebook or on a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising, after visiting the website.
AWSALBCORS	Necessary	7 days	This cookie is managed by Amazon Web Services and is used for load balancing.
CONSENT	Analytics	2 years	YouTube sets this cookie via embedded youtube-videos and registers anonymous statistical data.
_hjFirstSeen	Analytics	30 minutes	Hotjar sets this cookie to identify a new user’s first session. It stores a true/false value, indicating whether it was the first time Hotjar saw this user.

3 THIRD PARTY COOKIES

3.1 Please note third parties may also use cookies on our Website, over which we have no control. Such third parties may include, for example, advertising networks and providers of external services like web traffic analysis services. These third party cookies are likely to be analytical cookies, performance cookies, or targeting cookies.

3.2 Further information about these third parties is set out in the table above.

4 CHANGING YOUR COOKIE SETTINGS

4.1 You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. You can also set your cookie preferences directly via the Website. However, please note that disabling or refusing cookies may affect the functionality and features of our Website.

4.2 For information about how to manage your cookie settings generally through your browser, the following links may be useful:

(a) Internet Explorer – https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/description-of-cookies-ad01aa7e-66c9-8ab2-7898-6652c100999d

(b) Google Chrome - https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en

(c) Safari (computer) - https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac

(d) Safari (mobile) - https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265

(e) Firefox - https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookies-information-websites-store-on-your-computer

4.3 We may need to update our Cookie Policy from time to time and so would encourage you to review our cookie policy periodically whenever you visit our Website. This policy was last updated on 25 January 2023.