Cookie Policy

 

 

Last updated date: 2022-10-27

 

Welcome to www.geely.com! Geely Auto International Corporation ("Geely" or "we") has created this Cookie Policy as we respect your privacy and value Internet security. This Policy describes the types of cookies we use on our website and explains what cookies are and how we use them.

 

We may use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience when you visit our website. These cookies are related to you, your preferences, or your device. Usually, they are not for identification, but to provide a more personalized website experience for you. We respect your right to personal information. You can choose to block certain types of cookies, but that may affect your experience in using our website and the services we provide for you.

 

We will use cookies to record your choices in our cookie privacy manager. You need to tell us your preferences again if

• you revisit our website after deleting your cookies.

• you visit our website through a different device or browser.

 

 

1. What are cookies?

 

Cookies are small text files that are stored on the browser or hard drive of your computer or mobile device when you visit the website. Cookies collect data about your device and interactions with the website such as the browser type, operating system, IP address, device type, location, browsing date and time, and your language preferences.

 

Cookies are widely used by website owners to make their websites work better or more efficiently and report information. Those set by website owners are "first-party cookies". Those set by parties other than site owners are "third-party cookies". The third-party cookies allow third-party functions (including advertising, interactive content, and analytics) on or through the website. Parties that create these third-party cookies can identify you when you visit relevant websites or other websites.

 

 

2. Why do we use cookies?

 

For technical reasons, we need to create some cookies to ensure the operation of our website. Such cookies are "strictly necessary". Other cookies also enable us to further understand our user preferences so that we can optimize the user experience on our website.

 

 

3. What types of cookies are used and how we use them?

 

The cookies on the website www.geely.com have been categorized according to the ICC UK Cookie Guide. The following are the main types of cookies we use and the reasons we use them:

 

Strictly Necessary Cookies

 

These cookies are necessary for the operation of our website and thus cannot be closed on our website. Their settings are usually made according to your operations, equivalent to requesting services. You can configure your browser to block the use of these cookies, but this may make some functions of the website unavailable. Strictly necessary cookies will not store any personally identifiable information.

 

Functional Cookies

 

These cookies enable websites to provide enhanced functions and personalized information and remember custom settings, such as text sizes and fonts that may be set by us or third-party providers. We have added their services to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies, part or all of such services may not work properly. These cookies collect anonymized information, rather than information that confirms your identity.

 

Analytics Cookies

 

In order to analyze how you use our website and analyze how successful our marketing is, cookies from Google's analytics service are placed on your browser. These cookies place a random ID on your browser to distinguish you as a visitor and see patterns in your usage of our website. We collect information about your encrypted IP address, your location and other information on how you use our website, e.g. what you click on, from which website you are browsing and how many times you have visited our website. The information is used to optimize functioning, loading speed and to modify the website and our marketing to become better adapted to our visitors. For the same purposes as those mentioned above, we also place similar cookies from Sitecore. You can avoid cookies from Google Analytics by downloading and installing this browser program.

 

If you block/delete the above cookies, we will have less data to develop our website and marketing.

 

 

4. How to control or delete cookies

 

You have the right to accept or reject the use of cookies on the website. You can set the use of cookies by configuring them in your browser. The options in the Cookies Settings allow you to accept or reject the collected cookies. Strictly necessary cookies cannot be rejected considering their strict necessity to serve you. Taking Chrome as an example. Users can manage requests for cookies collection by clicking Settings-Advanced-Privacy and Security-Page Settings.

 

The options in Cookies Settings can be found on the cookie banner and on our website. If you choose to reject cookies, you can still access our website, but restrictions may be imposed on certain functions and areas of the website. You can also configure or modify the website browser settings to accept or reject cookies. As the way to reject cookies via website browser settings varies from one browser to another, you are recommended to visit the Help menu on the browser for more information. You can update your preferences at any time. Most devices (such as mobile apps) and browsers (such as webpage apps and pages) allow you to change your cookie settings. These settings are usually located in the Options or Preferences menu of the browser. The following link provides information about the management of cookies on a frequently used browser. You can also acquire more information using the Help option in your browser.

• Google Chrome

• Microsoft Edge

• Mozilla Firefox

• Microsoft Internet Explorer

• Opera

• Apple Safari

 

For information about other browsers, please visit the website of browser developers. For any questions about changing your preference settings, please contact us at

geelyauto.privacy@geely.com.

 

 

5. REVISIONS

 

We will update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in our operations and services. When revisions to this Cookies Policy are issued, we will revise the "Last updated date" at the beginning of this Cookies Policy. For any material changes to the way we collect, use and/or share the information contained in the cookies, we will inform you by posting a change notice in a conspicuous location when you log in to our website or use our services. Therefore, please check this Cookie Policy on a regular basis to understand our use of cookies and related technologies.

 

The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates the latest updated date.

 

 

6. For more information?

 

For more information about cookies and their applications on the Internet, the following link may be helpful:

• All About Cookies

 

 

7. Cookies set in the past

 

If you have blocked one or more cookies, we may still use the information that such cookies have collected before your blocking. However, we will no longer use the blocked cookies to collect any further information.

 

 

8. Contact us

 

For any questions or comments about this Policy or general privacy matters, please contact us at geelyauto.privacy@geely.com.