We are committed to transparency and the protection of your privacy at Resonac Group Companies ("Resonac Group Companies", "we", "our", or "us"). This document tells you about our information gathering and data processing practices related to cookies and similar technologies we use on our website, https://www.shodex.com ("our website"), which is operated by us.

"Cookies" are small capacity text files that are saved in your browser or onto your device when you visit or use websites, applications, or online media, or see online advertising.

There are a number of different types of cookies. The type of cookies provided by us while you are visiting our website is a "first party cookie". This is because it is provided by us and we operate the domain you are accessing. A cookie provided by a company that does not operate the domain you are accessing is called a "third party cookie". While you are visiting our website, we allow third parties to set cookies on your browser (For details, see 2 below.).

Each cookie lasts for a different period of time. A "session cookie" will last only while your browser is open. When you close the browser, this cookie will be automatically deleted and your computer will forget you. A "persistent cookie" will survive even after the browser has been closed. As such, this cookie will recognise your device when you browse the internet by opening up the browser again. While this document is a Cookie Policy, it is also intended to cover the use of other identification technologies that we can use or which we can allow to be used when providing our website. When this Cookie Policy mentions cookies, it should be understood to include such similar technologies: “Local storage” generally refers to other places on a browser or device where information can be stored by websites, ads, or third parties (such as HTML5 local storage and browser cache).

While this document is a Cookie Policy, it is also intended to cover the use of other identification technologies that we can use or which we can be allowed to be used when providing our website. When this Cookie Policy mentions cookies, it should be understood to include such similar technologies:

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them or that they’ve collected from your use of their services.

We use cookies to make our website more user-friendly. Some elements of our website require that the calling browser can be identified even after a page change.

The purpose of using technically necessary cookies is to simplify the use of a website for visitors. Some functions of our website such as language settings cannot be offered without the use of cookies. For these, it is necessary that the browser is recognised even after a page change.

The processing is carried out in accordance with point (f) Art. 6(1) GDPR on the basis of our legitimate interest in a user-friendly design of our website.

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as order processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

The supply of the aforementioned personal data is necessary.

In addition, we use cookies to better understand and match the visitors' interest in our offer or to generally improve the offer on our website on the basis of statistical evaluations.

Please refer to the information below on the display-, tracking-, remarketing- and web analytics- technologies used to find out which providers use cookies.

The legal basis for these processing operations is in each case your consent, based on point (a) Art. 6(1) GDPR.

Recipients of the data may be technical service providers who act as order processors for the operation and maintenance of our website.

For further recipients, please refer to the information below on the display-, tracking-, remarketing- and web analytics-technologies used.

Of course, you can also view our website without cookies in principle. Web browsers are regularly set to accept cookies. In general, you can deactivate the use of cookies at any time via your browser settings or our Cookie Consent Tool (see Section 9 and 4.6).
Please note that individual functions of our website may not work if you have disabled the use of cookies.

If you have given your consent, Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA (hereinafter: "Google") will be used on our website. Google Analytics uses cookies to help the website analyse how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website is usually transmitted to a Google server in the USA and will be stored there. However, due to the activation of IP anonymisation on these websites, your IP address will be shortened beforehand by Google within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states of the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases the full IP address will be transmitted to a Google server in the USA and shortened there. The IP address transmitted by your browser as part of Google Analytics will not be merged with other Google data.

More information to the terms of use and data protection you will find at https://www.google.com/analytics/terms/ and at https://policies.google.com/.

On behalf of the operator of this website, Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activities and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage to the website operator. We have concluded the corresponding order processing agreement with Google for this purpose.
The data sent by us and linked to cookies, user IDs or advertising IDs are automatically deleted after 14 months. The deletion of data whose retention period has been reached takes place automatically once a month.

For the use of cookies, we ask for your consent through a pop-up displayed on our website when you first visit it, when you visit after you have removed the cookies on your device, and when we have added new cookies.

We use cookies listed in Section 2 except for necessary cookies only if you have given your consent to do so by checking the checkbox for each category of cookies in the Cookie Declaration.

Please note that if we have collected information via our cookies from your device which may identify you ("personal data") we will process such information on the basis of your consent.

You can withdraw your consent by checking the checkbox off for each category of cookies in the Cookie Declaration. (See Section 2 )

You can also, at any time, delete the cookies that have been set and change your browser settings to block some or all of any other cookies that are set on your device in the future. Please see the following links of commonly used browsers for instructions on how to manage cookie preferences via the browser settings:

You can also visit www.aboutcookies.org, which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers.

Moreover, you can use another online service enabling you to manage the advertising cookies set in your devices: http://www.youronlinechoices.com.

You can also prevent the collection of data generated by the cookie and related to your use of the website (including your IP address) to Google and the processing of this data by Google by downloading and installing the browser plug-in available at the following link: Download page for the browser add-on to deactivate Google Analytics.

With regards to your rights, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

With regards to your rights under GDPR, please refer to EU and UK annex of our Privacy Policy.

For any questions or requests relating to this Cookie Policy, you can contact us by Inquiry Form.

We would like to remind you to visit our Privacy Policy if you want to learn more about how we collect, use and protect personal information.

All future changes we make to our Cookie Policy will be displayed on this page. It will appear at the bottom of the page when the latest version was published. When relevant, we will also notify you of any changes via email. This Cookie Policy was last updated January 1st 2023.