Cookies and related technologies

Information we collect through cookies and related technologies

When you use sompo.com (our Site), we automatically collect technical information, including your device’s IP address, browser type and version, time zone setting, browser plug-in types and versions, operating system, unique device identifiers and advertising identifiers.

We also collect information about your visit, including the URL clickstream to, through and from our Site, pages that you view or interact with, page response times, download errors, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information (such as scrolling, clicks, and mouse-overs), and methods used to browse away from the page.

Some of this information is collected using cookies and related technologies.

Essential cookies

We use cookies on our Site which are essential for your proper use of the Site and its features, for example, to navigate to different pages of the website.

We must use these cookies to make the website work as intended, and you are required to use them if you want to use our Site properly.

Cookies for tracking users and usage patterns 

We also use cookies to estimate the number of users accessing the Site and usage patterns, to recognize when you return to our Site and to store information about your preferences so that we can provide you with a better service when you use our Site.

Consent to cookies

In order to place most types of cookies on your device, we require your consent, which we obtain when you first visit our Site.

If you do not want to allow cookies at all, or only want to allow the use of certain cookies, please refer to your browser settings. You can also use your browser settings to withdraw your consent to our use of cookies at any time and delete cookies that have already been set.

Each browser is different, so please look at your browser’s Help menu or instructions to learn the correct way to modify your cookie settings or to determine how to delete the cookies we have set on your device. You should also consult with your browser’s provider or developer if you have any questions regarding disabling cookies.

However, if you choose to reject our cookie/s, you will be unable to access specific parts of our Site.

To learn more about cookies and how to adjust your browser settings to control cookies, please visit: http://www.allaboutcookies.org/ 

Data processing and analytics 

In our business we use data processing and internet analytics about users of our Site provided by various third parties. Third party services such as Google Analytics provided by Google, Inc. often use cookies and other tracking technologies to allow us to undersatnd the usage of our Site.

Such service providers use and share personal information about your visits to our Site. The use and sharing of such data and information is described by each such third-party provider. For Google, Inc. the use and sharing of such information is included in the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy.

The Google Terms of Use and Google Privacy Policy and the terms of use and privacy policies of other such third parties are subject to change by such third party from time to time.

Google analytics opt-out

You can prevent Google Analytics and any other such service providers from recognizing you on return visits to our sites by disabling cookies in your browser.

Google, for example, provides an opt-out tool that must be installed in your browser. According to Google, this tool is intended to prevent your browser from making your site activity available to Google Analytics. The Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on is available by clicking here.

We are, however, not responsible for this tool. If you choose to use it or go through the opt-out process, you do so at your own risk.

Different types of cookies