Hydrotex Cookie Notice for Publicly Accessible Website Areas

Hydrotex and its vendors use pixels, tags, scripts, cookies and similar technologies (together “Cookies”) to make the website at hydrotexlube.com (the “Website”) more user-friendly, effective and secure. We also use Cookies for analytics and targeted advertising. This Cookie Notice should be read in conjunction with our Privacy Policy. Cookies store data such as a unique identifier and your preferences in small text files managed by your browser. Other categories of Cookies use images or small pieces of code to send information about your use of the Website to us or our vendors. We use the following categories of Cookies:

Strictly Necessary Cookies are essential to the operation of the Website and cannot be disabled through our consent manager. For example, Strictly Necessary Cookies store information that you enter into forms on the Website. You can configure your browser to block these Cookies, but some parts of the Website will not work.
Performance Cookies measure visits to and usage of the Website. Data from Performance Cookies is aggregated to help us understand which pages are most frequently viewed, whether users receive error messages from specific pages, and other metrics to help us improve the Website.
Functional Cookies improve the functionality and personalization of the Website, for example, by storing your settings and preferences. Any analysis performed based on this information is aggregated.
Targeting/Advertising Cookies help us and our vendors understand your interest and show you personalized advertising on the Website or on third-party websites.

We use first- and third-party Cookies. First-party Cookies are directly managed by us and send information only to us. Third-party Cookies are set by our vendors and send information directly to those vendors. We use session Cookies, which are stored for individual online sessions and deleted when you close your browser. We also use persistent Cookies, which are retained until an expiration date that is stored in the Cookie or are deleted by the user. Legal basis of processing: We use the Cookies listed as Strictly Necessary based on our legitimate interest as a controller. We obtain consent for other categories of Cookies. Refer to the tables below for additional information regarding the purpose and storage periods of the various categories of Cookies used on the Website.

(1) Strictly Necessary Cookies

Name	First / Third Party	Domain	Purpose	Storage Period
__cf_bm	First Party	.www.hydrotexlube.com	This cookie is used to distinguish between humans and bots. This is beneficial for the website, in order to make valid reports on the use of their website.	29 minutes 58 seconds
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA	Third Party	.youtube.com	This cookie is used to store the user’s consent and privacy choices for their interaction with the site. It records data on the visitor’s consent regarding various privacy policies and settings, ensuring that their preferences are honored in future sessions.	5 months 4 weeks
CookieScriptConsent	First Party	www.hydrotexlube.com	This cookie is used by Cookie-Script.com service to remember visitor cookie consent preferences. It is necessary for Cookie-Script.com cookie banner to work properly.	1 month

(2) Performance Cookies

(3) Functional Cookies

(4) Advertising Cookies

Name	First / Third Party	Domain	Purpose	Storage Period
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	Third Party	.youtube.com	This cookie is set by YouTube to keep track of user preferences for YouTube videos embedded in sites; it can also determine whether the website visitor is using the new or old version of the YouTube interface.	5 months 4 weeks
YSC	Third Party	.youtube.com	This cookie is set by YouTube to track views of embedded videos.	Session