SMK-Global

Cookie Policy

The purpose of this text is to inform you about how your personal data, obtained through the placement of cookies on your device by the https://www.smk-global.com/ website, is collected, used, and protected.

In accordance with the GDPR, explicit prior consent is required to place non-essential cookies on users’ devices. In addition to the strictly necessary cookies used to perform services on the website you are visiting, there are analytical cookies, behavioral cookies, marketing cookies, advertising cookies, and local storage cookies.

What is a Cookie?

Cookies are small text formats in rich text format that allow certain information about users to be stored on users’ terminal devices when a web page is visited. Cookies may be stored on your device via your browser during your first visit to a website, and when you visit the same site again with the same device, your browser checks whether there is a cookie registered on behalf of the site on your device. If a record exists, it transmits the data within the record to the website you are visiting. In this way, the website detects your previous visit and determines the content to be delivered to you accordingly.

Why are Cookies Used?

Cookies are used to ensure the website operates more efficiently and to provide services more suited to the personal needs of users. The cookies we use perform functions such as collecting information, increasing the functionality and performance of our website, improving the user experience, and fulfilling legal obligations. In addition, thanks to the cookies we use:

  • Your session information is protected, and your security is ensured.
  • Your on-site experience is improved and accelerated.
  • Your preferences are remembered, and personalized content is offered to you.
  • Service quality is increased by analyzing site usage.

Types of Cookies Used and Purposes of Use

Analytical Cookies

Analytical cookies are cookies that allow statistical measurements to be made for the purpose of analyzing user behavior. These cookies are used to increase the performance of the website and the quality of the service provided.

Behavioral Cookies

Behavioral cookies are used to track users’ activities on the website, analyze and profile these activities, and thus provide users with a more personalized experience.

Marketing Cookies

Marketing cookies are used to track users’ online movements, determine their personal interests, and display advertising and marketing content directed toward these interests.

Advertising Cookies

Advertising cookies are cookies placed by advertising partners through the website, and the responsibility for them belongs to the third parties who place them. These cookies are used by third parties to profile users according to their interests and to determine and display appropriate advertising content.

Local Storage

Local storage is a technology used to store data in web browsers. This system is used to remember users’ preferences, store session information, and increase the performance of the website. Unlike cookies, this data is not automatically sent to the server.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly necessary cookies are cookies essential for the operation of a website. These cookies are used by necessity to fulfill an information collection service requested by the user (such as logging in, filling out forms, or remembering privacy preferences). If strictly necessary cookies—which do not have a marketing purpose—are blocked, some parts of the website will not work, and the website will not be able to perform its expected functions.

Cookie Management

You can change your cookie preferences at any time from your browser settings. You can completely disable cookies or allow certain types of cookies. Most browsers are set to accept cookies by default, but you can change your browser settings to reject cookies or to alert you when a cookie is being sent. For more information, you can contact us at [email protected].

Browser Settings

Users can see the types of cookies used on our website through the cookie management panel and set their preferences for all cookies other than Strictly Necessary Cookies. You can use the following links to change the cookie settings of popular browsers:

  • Google Chrome: chrome://settings/cookies
  • Mozilla Firefox: about:preferences#privacy
  • Safari: Preferences > Privacy
  • Microsoft Edge: edge://settings/privacy
  • Opera: opera://settings/privacy

Updates

This Cookie Policy is updated as necessary. Changes take effect as soon as they are published.

Last update date: February 19, 2026