Cookie Policy
Information about our use of cookies
This is a website operated by MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. (hereinafter “MSC,” “we,” “our,” or “us”). MSC is registered in Switzerland at 12-14 Chemin Rieu 1208, Geneva.
MSC is committed to protecting your privacy. This Cookie Policy accounts for the Cookies used via the https://www.msc.com website (including the myMSC.com portal) (hereinafter “Website”).
Our Website uses cookies to distinguish you from other visitors of our Website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Website.
WHAT ARE COOKIES?
Cookies are small text files assigned to your browser to collect internet log on and visitor tracking information
(including IP address, browsing history, and geolocation data, where and as allowed by applicable law).
Cookies helps us track your use and provide the best possible user experience by allowing us to know how to improve
our Website. We also may use cookies to provide you with information on our services that may be of interest to you,
where and as allowed by law.
Cookies can be identified as "persistent" or "session", and “first-party” or “third-party”.
Our Website notifies you when you are receiving cookies, giving you the choice to accept them or not.
THE COOKIES WE USE
We use cookies that are strictly necessary for the correct functioning of our Website. These cookies are always
activated and do not require your consent.
We also use cookies that are still reasonably necessary or important, but they are non-essential and, therefore,
require your consent.
For these cookies (i.e., performance, targeting, functional & analytic cookies), we request your consent (by the
“accept all cookies” button in our cookie banner or through our cookies settings or your browser cookie
settings) before placing them on your device.
More specifically, this Website uses the following types of cookies, as listed below:
1. STRICTLY NECESSARY COOKIES
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the Website may consequently not work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
| Name | Domain | Purpose | Expiry | Policies |
| OptanonConsent | msc.com | This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the Website uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables us to prevent cookies in each category from being set by the visitors browser, when consent is not given. | 1 year | Read More |
| OptanonConsent | hotjar.com | This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the Website uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category. This enables us to prevent cookies in each category from being set by the visitor’s browser, when consent is not given. | 1 year | Read More |
| OptanonAlertBoxClosed | msc.com | This cookie is set by the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen our cookie information notice/banner. It enables us to show the message only once to a visitor. | 1 year | Read More |
| ASP.NET_SessionId | msc.com | Session Id’ stores a ‘Session ID’ which is used by Microsoft | 1 year | Read More |
| OptanonConsent | msc.com | This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It stores information about the categories of cookies the Website uses and whether visitors have given or withdrawn consent for the use of each category of cookies. This enables us to prevent cookies in each category from being set in the visitor’s browser, when consent is not given. | Session | Read More |
| OptanonAlertBoxClosed | msc.com | This cookie is set by the cookie compliance solution from OneTrust. It is set after visitors have seen a cookie information notice/banner and in some cases only when they actively close the notice down. It enables our Website not to show the message more than once to a visitor. | 1 year | Read More |
2. PERFORMANCE COOKIES
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our Website. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the Website. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our Website and we will not be able to monitor its performance.
| Name | Domain | Purpose | Expiry | Policies |
| AKA_A2 | msc.com | Used to speed up content delivery on the Website by leveraging Akamai’s adaptive acceleration features and caching. | 1 hour | Read More |
| ajs_anonymous_id | hotjar.com | This period shows the length of the period at which a service can store and/or read certain data from your computer by using a cookie, a pixel, an API, cookieless tracking, or other resources. | 1 year | Read More |
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acq_homepage_ctas_ starting_on_basic_ assignment |
hotjar.com | See how visitors are really using your website, collect user feedback and turn more visitors into customers. | 1 year | Read More |
| _gid | hotjar.com | Used by Google Analytics to store information about the pages you visit on our Website. | 24 hours | Read More |
| _gid | msc.com | Used by Google Analytics to store information about the pages you visit on our Website. | 24 hours | Read More |
| _hjid | msc.com | Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set when the customer first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the random user ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID. | 1 year | Read More |
| _hjTLDTest | msc.com | Hotjar cookie. This cookie is set when the customer first lands on a page with the Hotjar script. It is used to persist the random user ID, unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID. | Session | Read More |
| _hjSessionUser_ | hotjar.com | This period shows the length of the period at which a service can store and/or read certain data from your computer by using a cookie, a pixel, an API, cookieless tracking, or other resources. | 1 year | Read More |
| _hjSessionUser_ | msc.com | This period shows the length of the period at which a service can store and/or read certain data from your computer by using a cookie, a pixel, an API, cookieless tracking, or other resources. | 1 year | Read More |
| _hjFirstSeen | msc.com | Identifies a new user's first session on a website, indicating whether or not Hotjar's seeing this user for the first time. | Session | Read More |
| _cs_id | hotjar.com | This cookie contains the user identifier | 1 year | Read More |
| _hjFirstSeen | hotjar.com | Identifies a new user’s first session. Used by Recording filters to identify new user sessions. | 24 hours | Read More |
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_hjAbsoluteSession InProgress |
hotjar.com | Used to detect the first pageview session of a user. | 24 hours | Read More |
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_hjIncludedIn SessionSample |
msc.com | This cookie is set to let Hotjar know whether that visitor is included in the data sampling defined by your site's daily session limit. | 1 year | Read More |
| __hssc | msc.com | This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It is reported by them as being used for website analytics. | Session | Read More |
| ai_user | msc.com | This cookie is associated with the Microsoft Application Insights software, which collects statistical usage and telemetry information for apps built on the Azure cloud platform. This is a unique visitor identifier cookie which enable to count the number of visitors accessing the Website over time. | 1 year | Read More |
| ai_session | msc.com | This cookie is associated with the Microsoft Application Insights software, which collects statistical usage and telemetry information for apps built on the Azure cloud platform. This is a unique visitor identifier cookie which enable to count the number of visitors accessing the Website over time. | 1 year | Read More |
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SC_ANALYTICS_ GLOBAL_COOKIE |
msc.com | It tracks a visitor’s multiple visits to our Website. We use this information to help improve our Website. This cookie is not used to identify individuals using the Website. | 1 year | Read More |
| CLID | bing.com | This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity and stores information about how visitors use the Website. The cookie contributes to the creation of an analysis report. The data collection includes numbers of visitors, where they visit the website from and pages visited on the Website. | 1 year | Read More |
| RT | msc.com | Part of Akamai's Boomerang product which is used to measure page load times experienced by the visitors. | 7 days | Read More |
| _cs_s | msc.com | This cookie contains the number of pageviews within the running session for Content Square Solution. | 24 hours | Read More |
| Name | Domain | Purpose | Expiry | Policies |
| OIDI | bing.com | This is set by a third-party service Bing for advertisement tracking purposes. | 14 days | Read More |
| HPVN | bing.com | This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie that ensures the proper functioning of the website. | 1 year | Read More |
| BFB | bing.com | This cookie helps us to target and track performance of advertising campaigns on the Bing advertising network. | 1 year | Read More |
| SRCHUID | bing.com | This cookie allows us to serve relevant advertisements to visitors across the Microsoft Bing network. | 2 years | Read More |
| SRCHD | bing.com | This cookie allows us to serve relevant advertisements to visitors across the Microsoft Bing network. | 2 years | Read More |
| MUID | bing.com | Microsoft User Identifier tracking cookie used by Bing Ads. | 1 year | Read More |
| MUID | clarity.msc | Microsoft User Identifier tracking cookie used by Bing Ads. | 1 year | Read More |
| OIDR | bing.com | This cookie helps us to target and track performance of advertising campaigns on the Bing advertising network. | 3 months | Read More |
| _uetvid | bing.com | This is a cookie utilized by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a visitor that has previously visited our Website. | 1 month | Read More |
| OID | bing.com | This cookie is used as an identifier for an object in Microsoft’s identity system. | 3 months | Read More |
| _uetsid | bing.com | This is a tracking cookie used by Microsoft Bing advertising to allow us to engage with a visitor that has previously visited our website. | 24 hours | Read More |
| _uetvid | hotjar.com | Store and track visits across websites. | 1 year | Read More |
| _scid | hotjar.com | This cookie collects information about your actions on websites that have embedded a Vimeo video. | 1 year | Read More |
| _clsk | msc.com | Used to store and combine pageviews by a visitor into a single session recording. | 1 year | Read More |
| _clsk | hotjar.com | Used to store and combine pageviews by a visitor into a single session recording. | 1 year | Read More |
| SRCHHPGUSR | bing.com | This cookie is an analytics service that connects data from the Bing advertising network with actions performed on the website. | 3 months | Read More |
| _RwBf | bing.com | This is set by a third-party service Bing for advertisement tracking purposes. | 1 year | Read More |
| _SS | bing.com | This cookie is used for Bing tracking. (Session, third party). | Session | Read More |
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_gac_gb_ <container-id> |
msc.com | Contains campaign related information. When we link our Google Analytics and Google Ads accounts, Google Ads website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt-out. | 3 months | Read More |
| _ga | hotjar.com | The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. | 1 year | Read More |
| _gcl_au | msc.com | To store and track conversions. | 2 months | Read More |
| _gcl_au | hotjar.com | This period shows the length of the period at which a service can store and/or read certain data from your computer by using a cookie, a pixel, an API, cookieless tracking, or other resources. | 3 months | Read More |
| _fbp | hotjar.com | This period shows the length of the period at which a service can store and/or read certain data from your computer by using a cookie, a pixel, an API, cookieless tracking, or other resources. | 3 months | Read More |
| _gcl_aw | msc.com | To store ad click information (only if remarketing cookies are enabled), generate unique IDs for visitors to remember preferences and track and gather statistics and conversion rates through the website. | 2 months | Read More |
| _gcl_dc | msc.com | To store ad click information (only if remarketing cookies are enabled), generate unique IDs for visitors to remember preferences and track and gather statistics and conversion rates through the website. | 2 months | Read More |
| _ts_yjad | msc.com | Collects information on visitor behavior on multiple websites. This information is used in order to optimize the relevance of advertisement on the Website. | 2 years | Read More |
| currentLocation | msc.com | Location | 2 months | Read More |
| _uetsid | msc.com | This cookie is used by Bing to determine what ads should be shown that may be relevant to the end user browsing the Website. | 24 hours | Read More |
| _uetvid | msc.com | This is a cookie utilized by Microsoft Bing Ads and is a tracking cookie. It allows us to engage with a user that has previously visited our Website | 1 year | Read More |
| XA | yahoo.com | x-a-cookie response header information and usage statistics. | 1 year | Read More |
| XB | yahoo.co.jp | x-a-cookie response header information and usage statistics. | 2 years | Read More |
| _clck | msc.com | This cookie is installed by Microsoft Clarity to store information of how visitors use a website and help in creating an analytics report of how the website is doing. The data collected includes the number of visitors, the source where they have come from, and the pages visited in an anonymous form. | 1 year | Read More |
| IDE | www.doubleclick.net |
To provide ad delivery or retargeting. | 1 year | Read More |
| SRCHUSR | www.bing.com | This cookie is an analytics service that connects data from the Bing advertising network with actions performed on the website. | 8 months | Read More |
| _cs_cvars | msc.com | Stores the URL-encoded custom variables from the session | session | Read More |
| _cs_id | msc.com | Used to store ContentSquare’s user identifier | 11 months | Read More |
| CurrentAgency | msc.com | Location | 1 year | Read More |
| _ga_7960BT6SN5 | msc.com | Calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. | 1 year | Read More |
| _ga_ | msc.com | Calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. | 1 year | Read More |
| _ga_9HMJRMP77C | msc.com | Calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. | 1 year | Read More |
| _gat_UA-55168891-1 | msc.com | Used to limit the number of user requests | session | Read More |
| MSPTC | www.bing.com | This cookie allows to serve relevant advertisements to visitors | 1 year | Read More |
| _yjsu_yjad | msc.com | Collects data on visitor behaviour from multiple websites, in order to present more relevant advertisement - This also allows the website to limit the number of times that they are shown the same advertisement. | 1 year | Read More |
4. Functional Cookies
| Name | Domain | Purpose | Expiry | Policies |
| _cs_c | hotjar.com | This cookies is used by ContentSquare to save the user consent to be tracked | 1 year | Read More |
| jcoPageCount | msc.com | Page count | Session | Read More |
| lang | msc.com | Remembers Visitor’s language preferences. | Session | Read More |
| _EDGE_V | bing.com | Enables us to display map content using Bing Maps. | 1 year | Read More |
| _HPVN | bing.com | This is a Microsoft MSN 1st party cookie that ensures the proper functioning of the Website. | 1 year | Read More |
| CMSPreferredCulture | msc.com | Set by the Kentico CMS to identify the language of the page, stores a language-country code combination | 1 year | Read More |
| hubspotutk | msc.com | This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. HubSpot report that its purpose is user authentication. As a persistent rather than a session cookie it cannot be classified as Strictly Necessary. | Session | Read More |
| msccargo#lang | msc.com | Remembers Visitor’s language preferences. | Session | Read More |
| shell#lang | msc.com | Remembers Visitor’s language preferences. | Session | Read More |
5.Google Analytics Cookies
| Name | Domain | Purpose | Expiry | Policies |
| 1P_JAR | google.com | This Google cookie is used to optimize advertising, to provide relevant ads to visitors, to improve campaign performance reports, or to prevent a visitor from seeing the same ads multiple times. | 3 months | Read More |
| CONSENT | google.com | This cookie is used to save the visitor’s preferences and other information. This includes in particular the preferred language, the number of search results to be displayed on the page as well as the decision as to whether the Google SafeSearch filter should be activated or not. | 2 years | Read More |
| CONSENT | google.ch | This cookie is used to save the visitor’s preferences and other information. This includes in particular the preferred language, the number of search results to be displayed on the page as well as the decision as to whether the Google SafeSearch filter should be activated or not. | 2 years | Read More |
| _gcl_dc | google.com | The cookie is set by Google Tag Manager to track conversions. | 3 months | Read More |
| APISID | google.com | This period shows the length of the period at which a service can store and/or read certain data from your computer by using a cookie, a pixel, an API, cookieless tracking, or other resources. | 1 year | Read More |
| APISID | google.ch | This period shows the length of the period at which a service can store and/or read certain data from your computer by using a cookie, a pixel, an API, cookieless tracking, or other resources. | 1 year | Read More |
| SAPISID | google.com | Set by Google on pages with embedded YouTube videos. YouTube uses this cookie to store your measured bandwidth; It does not gather information identifying a visitor. | 1 year | Read More |
| SAPISID | google.ch | Set by Google on pages with embedded YouTube video. YouTube uses this cookie to store your measured bandwidth; It does not gather information identifying a visitor. | 1 year | Read More |
| _gac_gb_<container-id> | google.com | Contains campaign related information. When we link our Google Analytics and Google Ads accounts, Google Ads website conversion tags will read this cookie unless you opt-out. | 3 months | Read More |
| _gcl_aw | google.com | To store ad click information (only if remarketing cookies are enabled), generate unique IDs for visitors to remember preferences and track and gather statistics and conversion rates through the Website. | 2 months | Read More |
| _gcl_dc | google.com | To store ad click information (only if remarketing cookies are enabled), generate unique IDs for visitors to remember preferences and track and gather statistics and conversion rates through the Website. | 2 months | Read More |
| _gcl_au | google.com | To store and track conversions. | 2 months | Read More |
| _gcl_au | google.ch | This period shows the length of the period at which a service can store and/or read certain data from your computer by using a cookie, a pixel, an API, cookieless tracking, or other resources. | 3 months | Read More |
| _ga | google.com | The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. | 1 year | Read More |
| _gac_UA | google.com | The _gac cookie value contains a version number followed by a timestamp, and campaign information in the form of a GCLID value. | 3 months | Read More |
| _gid | google.com | Used by Google Analytics to store information about the pages you visit on our Website. | 24 hours | Read More |
| DV | google.com | This cookie is used to save the visitor's preferences and other information. This includes in particular the preferred language, the number of search results to be displayed on the page as well as the decision as to whether the Google SafeSearch filter should be activated or not. | 24 hours | Read More |
| HSID | google.com | This cookie is used to save the visitor's preferences and other information. This includes in particular the preferred language, the number of search results to be displayed on the page as well as the decision as to whether the Google SafeSearch filter should be activated or not. | 1 year | Read More |
| NID | google.com | This cookie is used to save the visitor's preferences and other information. This includes in particular the preferred language, the number of search results to be displayed on the page as well as the decision as to whether the Google SafeSearch filter should be activated or not. | 6 months | Read More |
| NID | google.ch | This cookie is used to save the visitor's preferences and other information. This includes in particular the preferred language, the number of search results to be displayed on the page as well as the decision as to whether the Google SafeSearch filter should be activated or not. | 6 months | Read More |
| OGP | google.com | Google cookie used for Google Maps. | 15 days | Read More |
| OGP | google.ch | Google cookie used for Google Maps. | 15 days | Read More |
| OTZ | google.com | The cookie also allows Google Ads and Google Analytics to compile information on visitors for marketing purposes. | 15 days | Read More |
| SID | google.com | This cookie is used to save the visitor's preferences and other information. This includes in particular the preferred language, the number of search results to be displayed on the page as well as the decision as to whether the Google SafeSearch filter should be activated or not. | 1 year | Read More |
| SID | google.ch | This cookie is used to save the visitor's preferences and other information. This includes in particular the preferred language, the number of search results to be displayed on the page as well as the decision as to whether the Google SafeSearch filter should be activated or not. | 1 year | Read More |
| SSID | google.com | These cookies are used by Google to store visitor preferences and information while viewing the pages with Google maps. | 1 year | Read More |
| SIDCC | google.com | This cookie is used to save the visitor's preferences and other information. This includes in particular the preferred language, the number of search results to be displayed on the page as well as the decision as to whether the Google SafeSearch filter should be activated or not. | 1 year | Read More |
| SOCS | google.com | Used to store a visitor’s state regarding their cookies choices. | 1 year | Read More |
| SOCS | google.ch | Used to store a visitor’s state regarding their cookies choices. | 1 year | Read More |
6. Security Cookies
| Name | Domain | Purpose | Expiry | Policies |
| AEC | google.com | Ensure that requests within a browsing session are made by the visitor, and not by other Websites. | 6 months | Read More |
| rtFA | msc.com | The root federation authentication cookie (rtFA) is used in all SharePoint Online. When a user visits a new top-level site or another company's page, the rtFA cookie is used to silently authenticate them in silent mode without being prompted. When a visitor logs out of SharePoint Online, the rtFA cookie is deleted. | 5 days | Read More |
| __Secure-ENID | google.com | To secure digitally signed and encrypted data from the unique Google ID and store the most recent login time that Google uses to identify visitors, prevent fraudulent use of login data and protect visitor data from unauthorized parties. This can also be used for targeting purposes to display relevant and personalized advertising content. | 1 year | Read More |
Cookie Storage
Data concerning Website visitors will not be stored for a longer period than the above-mentioned expiry period for each cookie type. Moreover, no information coming from our Website will ever be either communicated or disseminated to unspecified recipients.
How do I change my Cookie Settings
If you agree with MSC’s cookies policy click ACCEPT on
the banner or pop-up that appears when you enter our Website.
Should your cookie preferences change at a later stage, and you wish to withdraw your
consent to any non-essential cookies, you will need to modify your preferences in the
cookies settings or delete, block or disable cookies via your web browser settings.
Please note that disabling or blocking some or all of the categories of cookies will
affect the functionality of our Website and may impact your access and experience with
our Website.
Additionally, your cookies preferences are limited to this Website only and not to other
third-party owned websites. For more information on cookies used by those websites,
please refer to their specific privacy notice or cookies policy.
Please note, it is possible that, at times, these links and descriptions may not
correspond to the latest version published by the developer of each web browser, however
here are some instructions to assist you should you decide to change your cookie
preferences:
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BROWSER
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STEPS TO DISABLE COOKIES |
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Google Chrome |
Open Chrome on your computer. Go to the top right and click More. Click More tools Clear browsing data. At the top, choose a time range. To clear all data, select All periods. Check the boxes next to "Cookies and other site data" and "Cached files and images". Click Clear data. |
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Microsoft Edge 10 or earlier version |
Go to "Tools" in the menu bar, which should open, and click on "Internet Options". Click on the "Privacy" tab at the top. Go to "Settings" and move the slider up to the "Block all Cookies" button. |
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Microsoft Edge 11 |
Go to "Tools" in the menu bar, which should open, and click on "Internet Options". Click on the "Privacy" tab at the top. Go to "Settings" and then "Advanced" to allow or block first-party and third-party cookies or if you prefer to be prompted. |
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Firefox |
Click the Menu button and select Options. Select the Privacy and Security panel and go to the Cookies and Site Data section. Click Manage data.... The Manage Cookies and Site Data window will open. In the Search for websites: field, type the name of the website whose cookies you want to delete. The cookies that match your search will be displayed. To delete all cookies and site storage data, click Delete All. To delete selected items, select an entry and click Delete Selected. Click Save changes. A confirmation window titled Delete cookies and site data will open: click OK. |
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Safari |
Go to the Safari menu, click "About" to determine which version of Safari you are using. In the Safari menu, click on "Preferences". Once in the Safari preferences window, click on "Privacy". Set preferences to accept cookies next to "Block Cookies". |
For more information on cookies you can also visit: https://www.aboutcookies.org/, https://allaboutcookies.org/, which contains general information about cookies and comprehensive information on how to modify the cookie settings on a wide variety of web browsers along with information on how to delete cookies from your computer.
Additional Information
This Cookies Policy may be modified whenever there are changes to the configuration
and/or use of the Website. In order to maintain maximum transparency with you, MSC will
always keep the updated version published on our Website stating the date of update at
the bottom of this page.
If you notice any unidentified cookie or you would like more information on cookies
installed through our Website, you may contact our DPO at the following email address:
CH001-data.protection@msc.com
Cookie policy last updated on May 2023