Energy in Data Cookie Policy

Effective Date 23 November 2020

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small piece of data that a website asks your browser to store on your computer or mobile device. The cookie allows the website to "remember" your actions or preferences over time. Most browsers support cookies and allow you to delete them whenever you like, but you also can set your browser to decline them.  Keep in mind that refusing to accept cookies can sometimes impede the functionality of the website, but that is your right.

What are the types of cookies?

Cookies can be classified by its lifespan and the domain to which it belongs. By lifespan, a cookie is either a:

• Session cookie which is erased when you close your browser or
• Persistent cookie which remains on your computer/device for a pre-defined period of time.

As for the domain to which it belongs, there are either:

• First-party cookies which are set by the web server of the visited page and share the same domain
• Third-party cookies stored by a different domain to the visited page's domain.

How we use cookies

Our website uses cookies that are intended to provide you with a better browsing experience. The cookie-related information is forgotten at the time you sign out of the website session. Our cookies are not used for any purpose other than those described here.

• Upon signing in to the site, SESSION cookies allow us to:
  • Auto-populate your contact information when completing a registration form online.
  • Auto-populate your address details when completing a shopping cart transaction.
  • Enable you to sign up for newsletters and other email lists without having to enter your contact information.
  • Enable you to navigate between our website and our partner websites that provide additional services to you.
• Regardless of sign-in status, SESSION cookies allow us to:
  • Track activity through our website to gather general analytic data. This activity is tied to a general location, but cannot be used to identify you personally. It is only used to provide us aggregated feedback on what services our customers engage in the most, so we can improve our offerings.
  • Allow embedded multi-media videos to play, for example through the use of youtube.com.
• Upon navigating to our website through a link within a direct marketing email, PERSISTENT cookies are placed in your browser to track your activity on the SEG website. This information is collected and used to provide you with more timely and relevant emails in the future. We only email you with your direct consent in accordance with our privacy policy.

We want to emphasize again that enabling these cookies is not strictly necessary for the website to work, but it will provide you with a better browsing experience. You can delete or block these cookies using your browser settings, but if you block the use of cookies, some features of this site may not work as intended.