1. SCOPE

This Cookie Notice (“Notice”) sets out how ASM’s Careers website (the “Website”) makes use of cookies, pixels, plugins and other similar or related technologies (together “cookies”) that are used to store or access information on your device. This Notice is maintained by ASM International N.V. on behalf of itself and affiliates in the ASM group of companies (“ASM”, “we”, “us” or “our”).

2. COOKIES AND PERSONAL DATA
Wherever possible, ASM chooses to use cookies which collect information on an anonymous basis or in a way which protects the privacy of users. In addition, we do not link the information we collect in cookies to the personal data you submit while on this Website (for example, personal data in your profile).

However, some cookies may collect and use personal data. For example, the cookie may collect access times, hardware and software information, information about the device you used, your Internet Protocol (IP) address (including geolocation), MAC address, mobile device identifier (IDFA or GAID), cookie ID, or browsing behavior. This Notice may be read in conjunction with our Privacy Notice which is available here.

3. WHAT ARE COOKIES?
Cookies (including pixels, plugins and similar techniques) are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device by a browser when you visit a website. Software on your device (such as your web browser) can store cookies and send them back to the website next time they visit. Cookies allow the website to remember your internet settings, actions and preferences (such as language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time they can also be used to inform the website owner about how the website is used or about user behavior.

Some cookies expire at the end of your browsing session (these are called ‘session cookies’), while others remain stored for a certain amount of time (‘persistent cookies’).

The cookies on this Website can be divided into the following categories:
  • Necessary cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary for proper functioning of the Website and use of their features, such as page navigation and accessing secure areas. They remember your cookie choices and allow you to log in or complete a form. Necessary cookies are always enabled because refusing them would severely impact how the Website works. The Website gathers certain information automatically when you interact with it and stores that information in log files. This information includes the Internet Protocol (IP) address of your machine, browser type, Internet service provider (ISP), referring/exit pages, operating system, date/time stamp ad clickstream data. The IP address will only be recorded for the period of time that you visit this Website.
  • Analytics cookies: These cookies collect information about your visit and use of the Website. For instance, we collect information about the pages visited most often, the time spent on the Website and if you encounter any problems or error messages. We use this information, which does not identify individual users, to (i) analyze trends; (ii) administer the Website; (iii) track how users move around the Website; and (iv) gather demographic information about our user base as a whole. 
         In particular this Website hosts the following third-party analytics cookies:
            - Google Analytics: The Website uses Google Analytics to track non-personally identifiable information about visitors to this Website in the aggregate 
              (browser version, geographic region, click path, and bounce rates) to improve the end-user experience.
  • Functional and social cookies: These cookies allow us to include third party features and make third party services available through the Website. They are also used to enhance the performance and functioning of this Website and provide a personalized experience to users. These cookies are non-essential, however, without these cookies, certain functionalities may become unavailable. We use both session cookies and persistent cookies for this purpose.
                        In particular this Website hosts the following third-party functional and social cookies:
                        - LinkedIn: If you log into this Website through a LinkedIn profile or choose to make an application via a LinkedIn profile, LinkedIn will use a third-party
                           cookie on the Website.
                        - Dropbox: If you upload any documents via a DropBox account, DropBox will use a third-party cookie on this Website.
                        - Google Drive: If you upload any documents via a Google Drive account, Google Drive will use a third-party cookie on the Website.
                        - Google Maps: The Website provides geographical information for job applications. You can deny the use of this permission by declining the browser
                           prompt to access your location information. By declining consent to the Google Maps cookie, certain features such as job distance, will be
                           unavailable.


  • Advertising and other tracking cookies: These cookies are used to tailor advertising to your interests both within and beyond our website. The intention is to display ads that might be relevant and engaging for you. This Website does not use any advertising or other tracking cookies.

4. WHY DOES THIS WEBSITE USE COOKIES?
We use cookies to (i) ensure the Website functions adequately, (ii) personalize user experience of our Website, and (iii) to gain a better understanding of how visitors use the Website and to generate statistics so that we can optimize the attractiveness, content, and functionality of the information we provide.

5. WHICH COOKIES DO ASM USE?
Name cookieDescriptionProviderDuration
Essential cookies
in_refOriginal referring source of traffic to the career site; this is essentially the site that the candidate came fromphenompeople.com (first party) Session
PHPPPE_ACT (formerly JSESSIONID)Used to avoid profile duplication in the CRMphenompeople.com (first party) Session
jwtTokenUsed for login session management when using a feature with username/password (e.g. Candidate Home/Profile)phenompeople.com (first party) Session (if using login functionality)
PLAY_SESSIONUsed to prevent malicious actors from tampering with a user's sessionphenompeople.com (first party) Session
PHPPPE_GCCTracks if the user has declined cookie tracking on cookie banner / settings pagephenompeople.com (first party) 90 Days
PHPPPE_NPSTracks if the candidate has seen the NPS feedback popup or not. It's an optional feature to capture a candidate's feedback on the site (pops up in the corner of the site after the user has navigated to a few pages).phenompeople.com (first party) Session
PHPPPE_EXINTTracks if the user has seen exit intent popup or not. It's an optional feature that can be turned on to ask a user if they're sure they want to leave a sitephenompeople.com (first party) Session
PHPPPE_CVDTracks if the user has accepted or declined the COVID banner; only used if the customer has implemented an informational COVID banner (optional feature)phenompeople.com (first party) Session
ext_trkExternal Apply Tracking Parameters in case of re-direct to ATS; also used with Phenom Hosted Apply to send source information to the ATSphenompeople.com (first party) Session
VISITED_VARIANTVisited Site type or persona (student/professional); only applicable if using persona sites (personas are used to present different experiences within the same site for different brands, business units, etc.)phenompeople.com (first party) 365 Days
VISITED_LANGCareer site Language (ex: en,fr) the candidate picks; only applicable if using multiple language sitesphenompeople.com (first party) 365 Days
VISITED_COUNTRYThe country that the candidate chooses if they're not automatically redirected to a language subtenant.phenompeople.com (first party) 365 Days
Non-Essential cookies
utm_contentUsed to differentiate similar content, or links within the same ad from the referring URL (article here on UTM: https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/what-are-utm-tracking-codes-ht)phenompeople.com (first party) Session
utm_campaignThe individual campaign name of the referring URL (article here on UTM:  https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/what-are-utm-tracking-codes-ht)phenompeople.com (first party) Session
utm_mediumThe advertising or marketing medium specified by the referring URL marketing team (article here on UTM: https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/what-are-utm-tracking-codes-ht)phenompeople.com (first party) Session
utm_sourceIdentifies the advertiser, site, publication, etc of the referring URL (article here on UTM: https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/what-are-utm-tracking-codes-ht)phenompeople.com (first party) Session
utm_termKeyword to identify a campaign (article here on UTM: https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/what-are-utm-tracking-codes-ht)phenompeople.com (first party) Session
P_REF_CNGFlag to avoid wrong referring source when using social account sign-in feature; when using social media to sign in, it overwrites the referring URL; this flag is used to keep the original referring URL intactphenompeople.com (first party) Session
Per_UniqueIDSystem generated unique Identifier for browser thumbprint; used to remember personalization across sessions for job recommendations (browsing history, any interests specified)phenompeople.com (first party) 365 Days

6. ADJUSTING YOUR COOKIE SETTINGS
You can adjust your cookie preferences on this Website at any time by accessing the ‘Career Site Cookie Settings’ functionality at the top of this Cookie Notice webpage.

In addition, you can change your browser settings to prevent cookies from being placed on your device or if you want to delete cookies that you may have accepted earlier. The controls will vary depending on which browser you are using and it is important to check with the browser provider how you can do this. The ‘help’ section in your browser should provide information on how to manage your cookie settings.

You can also switch off geo-location tracking on some devices. By turning off the location tracking, any geographically based services on this Website will no longer be provided.

You can find more information about third-party cookies and opt out of certain marketing cookies from many ad networks using one of the industry-based ad choices tool go to:
•    Canada: http://youradchoices.ca
•    EU: http://youronlinechoices.com
•    US: https://youradchoices.com/
•    All: http://thenai.org

These websites enable you to block cookies from specific third parties. You can also visit the third-party websites to understand and control the settings of cookies from each specific third party.

Please note that if you reject or delete cookies, you will still be able to visit our Websites (including use our online portals and tools) but certain sections or some of the features may not work correctly.

7. CHANGES TO THIS NOTICE
We will update this Notice from time to time to ensure that the list of cookies in section 4 remains up to date. In addition, this Notice may be amended due to changes of relevant laws and regulations, technical reasons, or any other reasonable basis.

Version March 2023