Global Cookie Policy
WS Audiology is a global company with websites in many countries around the world. This global cookie policy (the “Policy”) informs you how WS Audiology A/S and our affiliates (“WS Audiology”, “We” or “Us”) use cookies on our websites and on our apps (the “Websites”).
We want to offer manageable websites with content that is most relevant to you. To make this possible, We use technologies that may collect information about you and how you and other visitors use our Websites. With the Policy, We want to create transparency and give you a full overview of what our use of cookies entails, what you need to be aware of, as well as what options you have for opposing Our use of cookies.
Processing of personal data using cookies
Our use of cookies may result in the processing of personal data about you. Therefore, We recommend that you also read the privacy notice, which describes our processing of personal data and your rights. A privacy notice will be available on each of our Websites, covering the specific processing of personal data by the WSA-entity responsible for the website.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small data file that is stored on your computer, tablet, or mobile phone by the website you visit. A cookie is not a program that may contain malicious programs or viruses.
What are cookies used for?
Some cookies are necessary to make our Website work (so called “necessary cookies”), other cookies help us to get an overview of your visit to our Website, so that we can continuously optimize and target our Website to your needs and interests. Cookies remember, for example, whether you have previously visited the site, which language you would like to have displayed on the website or whether you are logged in.
We also use cookies to target our ads to you on other websites. Overall, cookies are used as part of our service to display content that is as relevant as possible for you.
How long are cookies stored?
The length of time cookies are stored on your device varies depending on the type of cookie:
Persistent cookies: these cookies remain on your device for the period of time specified in the cookie. They are activated each time that you visit our Website that created that particular cookie.
After expiration, cookies will be automatically deleted.
For information about the duration of a specific cookie, please see the information provided in the cookie banner for each Website.
Session cookies: these cookies allow us to link the actions of a user during a browser session. A browser session starts when you open the browser window and finishes when you close the browser window. Session cookies are created temporarily. Once you close the browser, all session cookies are deleted.
What types of cookies are there?
In addition to persistent and session cookies, there are first and third-party cookies.
Whether a cookie is ‘first’ or ‘third’ party refers to the domain placing the cookie. First-party cookies are those set by a website that is being visited by the user at the time (e.g. cookies placed by www.widex.dk).
Third-party cookies are cookies that are set by a domain other than that of the website being visited by the user. If a user visits a website and another entity sets a cookie through that website, this would be a third-party cookie.
Consent
In some countries, we are required to collect your consent before we use cookies when you visit our Website, e.g. by clicking ‘OK’ to cookies on a cookie banner the first time you visit our Website or by continuing to use our Websites after we have informed you of the use of cookies.
For countries where we are not required to collect your affirmative consent, your continuous navigation of our Website will be taken to signal your acceptance to the use of cookies.
You can revoke, object or change your consent by changing your cookie preferences using the “cookie-preference”-button at the bottom of our Websites, just as you can block cookies in your browser.
Rejection and deletion of cookies
You can always reject cookies on your computer, tablet, or phone by changing the settings in your browser. Where you find the settings depends on which browser you use. You can opt out of cookies from Google Analytics here.
It is possible to opt out of some ad networks that share information across different networks here.
cookies that you have previously accepted can subsequently be easily deleted. If you use a PC with a newer browser, you can delete your cookies using the shortcut keys: CTRL + SHIFT + Delete.
If the shortcut keys do not work and / or you use a MAC, you must first find out which browser you are using and then click on the relevant link:
- Internet Explorer
- Mozilla Firefox
- Google Chrome
- Opera
- Safari
- Flash cookies (all browsers)
- iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
- Phones with Android operating system
- Phones with Windows 7
Remember: If you use several Internet browsers, you must delete or block cookies in all of them. Please also note that if you choose to refuse or delete cookies, you may not be able to fulfill some functions or purposes, like verifying login status, protecting security of your login.
Which cookies are used and for what purposes?
For information about the duration, use and purpose of the specific cookies for the website, please see the information available in the cookie banner available on each of our Websites.
Do you have questions?
If you have comments or questions in connection with our information and / or processing of personal information, you are welcome to contact us at DPO@wsa.com.
Changes to the Policy
The Policy is subject to change at any time. You can always find the latest version of the Policy on our websites.
The Policy was last updated on 2025-02-01.