Cookie Policy
Our website www.syngenta.com uses Cookies, as almost all websites do, to help provide you with the best experience we can.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files which a website may install on your computer or mobile device when you first visit a site or page. A Cookie will help the website, or another website, to recognize your device the next time you visit. Web beacons or other similar files can also do the same thing. We use the term "Cookies" in this policy to refer to all files that collect information in this way.
There are many functions Cookies serve. For example, they can help us to remember your preferences, analyze how well our website is performing, or even allow us to recommend content we believe will be most relevant to you.
Certain Cookies contain Personal Information – for example, if you click to "remember me" when logging in, a cookie will store your username.
The Cookies used by www.syngenta.com:
- won't collect information that personally identifies you
- will collect more general information such as how users arrive at and use our websites, or a user's general location.
- will not be used to give information to third party marketing companies or media advertisers.
To learn more about how businesses use cookies go to:
The Cookies we use for www.syngenta.com
| Name | Purpose | Expiry | Cookie Banner category / Cookie New Category to comply with new ICO cookies guideline | Category | Who Provides the Cookie? | First party cookie or Third party cookie? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWSALB | AWS ELB application load balancer | 7 days | Essential / Strictly Necessary | Strictly necessary cookie | Amazon Web Services | First Party |
| AWSALBCORS | This cookie is managed by AWS and is used for load balancing. | 7 days | Essential / Strictly Necessary | Strictly necessary cookie | First Party | |
| _gat_UA-nnnnnnn-nn | This is a pattern type cookie set by Google Analytics, where the pattern element on the name contains the unique identity number of the account or website it relates to. It appears to be a variation of the _gat cookie which is used to limit the amount of data recorded by Google on high traffic volume websites. | End of browser session | Essential | Performance cookie | First Party | |
| _gid | Used to distinguish users by Google Analytics – third-party analytics cookies: google analytics for statistical purposes. Type of data processed: IP addresses. To maximize the privacy of users / visitors, we use the “masking IP” feature, which imposes on the system the darkening of the last 8 digits of the IP address of the user / visitor before any type of processing is performed, making in fact the analyzed Purpose: to collect information, in aggregate form, on the number of users and on how they visit our site, to process statistics. | 1 day | Essential | Performance cookie | First Party | |
| _ga | Used to distinguish users by Google Analytics – third-party analytics cookies: google analytics for statistical purposes. Type of data processed: IP addresses. To maximize the privacy of users / visitors, we use the “masking IP” feature, which imposes on the system the darkening of the last 8 digits of the IP address of the user / visitor before any type of processing is performed, making in fact the analyzed Purpose: to collect information, in aggregate form, on the number of users and on how they visit our site, to process statistics. | 730 days | Essential | Performance cookie | First Party | |
| _fbp | Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers | 90 days | Essential | Performance cookie | First Party | |
| fr | Contains browser and user unique ID combination, used for targeted advertising. | 90 days | Essential | Performance cookie | Third Party | |
| test_cookie | This domain is owned by Doubleclick (Google). The main business activity is: Doubleclick is Googles real time bidding advertising exchange | End of browser session | Essential | Performance cookie | Third Party |
You can block Cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some Cookies.
However, if you use your browser settings to block all Cookies (including essential Cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
Links to other Syngenta websites
This Site contains hyperlinks to other websites operated by Syngenta or other Syngenta entities ("Other Syngenta Website(s)"). These Other Syngenta Websites are separate and distinct websites. Each serves a different purpose. Each Other Syngenta Website is therefore governed by its own Cookies Policy. If you access Other Syngenta Websites through links on this site, please take a few minutes to review the Cookies Policy on each Other Syngenta Website you visit.
Links to other web sites
This Site may contain embedded content from, or links to, web sites operated by other companies, including websites operated by our third-party service providers, our affiliates, and other third parties including social media websites such as YouTube, Twitter, LinkedIn or Facebook.
As a result, when you visit a page with embedded content, or follow a link to a third-party site, you may be presented with Cookies from these websites. Syngenta has no control or liability over these Cookies, so you should check the relevant third party's cookie policy for more information.
We also offer a 'share page' widget on some of our web pages, where content can be shared easily on sites such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. These sites may use a cookie when you are logged into their service. Syngenta has no control or liability over these cookies, so you should check the relevant third party's Cookie Policy for more information.
