In compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), ArcelorMittal Construction Slovakia (“we”, “us”, “our” or “ArcelorMittal”) explains through its cookie policy (the “Cookie Policy”) what cookies are, how we use them on our website https://construction-slovensko.arcelormittal.com (the “Website”) and how visitors (“you” or “your”) can exercise their choices in this regard. This policy applies to all our website visitors regardless of location.
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device when you visit an online service such as an application, an online platform or a website. They are used to store information about your browsing activity so that it can be accessed later.
Some cookies are placed only for the time you are active on the online service (such as "session cookies", which disappear as soon as you leave the website concerned), while some others are "permanent" and remain stored on your device until they expire or until you delete them.
We use cookies for a variety of purposes, including:
When you browse our Website, different types of cookies may be placed on your device, directly by us or by third parties as described below, depending on your choices and preferences.
Essential cookies: These cookies are key for the proper functioning of our Website. They allow us:
Such cookies may be installed and managed by us or by third parties whose services are used on the pages of our Website.
The use of these cookies does not require your consent. You can however technically refuse the deposit of such cookies by changing your browser’s settings. In this case, the Website may not function normally.
Please see the following table that presents the cookies in this category:
| Cookie Name | Provider | Type | Expiry |
| __cf_bm | fonts.net | HTTP | 1 day |
| Cookie purpose description : This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. | |||
| Initiator : Script tag. | |||
| Cookie Name | Provider | Type | Expiry |
| algoliasearch-client-js | cdn.jsdelivr.net | HTTP | Persistent |
| Cookie purpose description : Necessary to optimize the web site's search-bar function. | |||
| Initiator : Script tag. | |||
| Cookie Name | Provider | Type | Expiry |
| PHPSESSID | https://construction-slovensko.arcelormittal.com | HTTP | Session |
| Cookie purpose description : Preserves visitors’ session state across page requests. | |||
| Initiator : Script tag. | |||
Analytical and Marketing cookies: These cookies collect information and statistics that allow us to better understand how our website is used in order to optimise its functioning and improve the performance of our Website by analysing in particular the number of visits, visitors and pages visited, the links you click, the time of visit, error messages…
Such cookies may be installed and managed by third parties whose purposes will be limited to requested analytical and performance purposes.
We must obtain your consent before placing these cookies on your device. If you refuse their use, we will not be able to analyse performance of our Website. However, refusing the use of or deleting such cookies does not affect your use of the Website.
Please see the following table that presents the cookies in this category:
| Cookie Name | Provider | Type | Expiry |
| _pk_id# | https://construction-slovensko.arcelormittal.com | HTTP | 1 year |
| Cookie purpose description : Collects statistics on the user's visits to the website, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website and what pages have been read. | |||
| Initiator : Script tag. Source : https://matomo.construction.arcelormittal.com/matomo.js |
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| Cookie Name | Provider | Type | Expiry |
| _pk_ses# | https://construction-slovensko.arcelormittal.com | HTTP | 1 day |
| Cookie purpose description : Used by Piwik Analytics Platform to track page requests from the visitor during the session. | |||
| Initiator : Script tag. Source : https://matomo.construction.arcelormittal.com/matomo.js |
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| Cookie Name | Provider | Type | Expiry |
| route | construction.arcelormittal.com | HTTP | Session |
| Cookie purpose description : Registers statistical data on users' behaviour on the website. Used for internal analytics by the website operator. | |||
| Initiator : Script tag. Source : https://matomo.construction.arcelormittal.com/matomo.js |
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Google Maps and YouTube functionality cookies: these cookies are used to have access to geo-localised Buildings in the projects page and to watch YouTube videos available in some of the Website pages.
Please see the following table that presents the cookies in this category:
| Cookie Name | Provider | Type | Expiry |
| Google Maps API | HTTP | Session | |
| Cookie purpose description : We use Google Maps to display maps within our buildings when such address has been included in the building webpage. This cookie reads the user's IP address. | |||
| Initiator : script | |||
| Cookie Name | Provider | Type | Expiry |
| CONSENT / VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE/ YSC | YouTube | HTTP | Session |
| Cookie purpose description : : This service is used for video displaying when a YouTube video is embedded in one of our pages. We embed videos from our official YouTube channel using YouTube’s privacy-enhanced mode. This mode may set cookies on your computer once you click on the YouTube video player, but YouTube will not store personally identifiable cookie information for playbacks of embedded videos using the privacy-enhanced mode. | |||
| Initiator : Youtube | |||
We encourage you to read more on such cookies using the following hyperlinks:
ArcelorMittal does not place cookies on your device without your prior consent, except for necessary cookies for which consent is not required as stated above and which will be systematically deposited.
When you first visit our Platform, you will be given the opportunity to accept or refuse the use of cookies for which your prior consent is required. Where your consent is required, we will not place any cookies on your device unless you have expressly consented to them.
If you do not want cookies to be placed on your device, a refusal cookie will be stored on your device so that we can keep track of your choice. If you delete this cookie, we will no longer be able to know that you have refused the use of cookies. Similarly, when you accept cookies, a consent cookie is placed on your device. Consent or refusal cookies remain on your device and are stored for a specific period according to each cookie. Please see details given per cookie in the chapter 3. What cookies do we use?
You can confirm or withdraw your consent at any time and thus change the choice and preferences of cookies placed on your device. To do so, please refer to the "How can I manage cookies" section below.
To manage the types of cookies we are using and to which you have given your consent, you have the option to choose to (i) accept all cookies, (ii) reject all cookies, or (iii) allow only certain times of cookies when using the Website.
From the cookie management tool Tarte au Citron: this cookie management tool is available in a banner on every page. Even when you have a cookie selection you can have access to the cookie management tool by clicking on the lemon icon below to your right and make modifications.
From the browser settings: you can also regularly delete cookies from your device via your browser settings. As mentioned above, you must remember that if you set your browser to reject all cookies, some features of the Website may not function properly.
From cookies management platforms: you can also disable certain cookies placed and used by advertising companies wishing to offer you targeted ads based on your interests through the following platforms:
Where cookies are used to collect personal data about you, this data is processed and stored in accordance with our Privacy Policy which we invite you to consult https://construction-slovensko.arcelormittal.com/en/privacy
We also invite you to consult the privacy policies of our third-party partners available via the module for managing your preferences.
This Cookie Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect changes in our online information practices.
The latest version will always be available on our Website. When changes are made to this Cookie Policy, it will be posted to the Website and the “last update” date at the bottom of this Cookie Policy will the revised accordingly.
If you have any questions about our Cookie Policy and our use of cookies, please contact us using the following email address: martina.schrojfova@arcelormittal.com.
Last update: November 2023