Cookies Policy
Automated Data Collection by Cookies
Panasonic collects Personal Data automatically through the use of cookies which may require your consent under the applicable law. You may withdraw your consent at any time. Cookies are small text files that create notes about Internet browsing behaviour and are installed by websites on your computer or mobile device. This means that you can be recognized again and, for example, convenient Internet browsing and buying are facilitated, e.g., by avoiding having to sign in repeatedly and by positioning relevant advertisements. There are a large number of different cookies that serve specific purposes.
The cookies we use are "analytical" cookies. They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around the site when they are using it and thus can be used for profiling purposes. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. Panasonic may also use third party cookies. You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them in the table below:
Panasonic uses the following cookies on the Website:
| Cookie | Purpose | Recipient | Deletion |
| Frontend1 | website user preferences | Panasonic Corporation | Session |
| cc_cookie_accept / cc_cookie_declined | Cookies Policy banner | Panasonic Corporation | Session |
You can deactivate these cookies at any time by clicking on the Opt-Out button on this page (see button at end of this Policy).
Google Analytics
This website uses Google Analytics, a Web analysis service of Google Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses so-called "cookies", text files that are stored on your computer and enable analysis of your use of the website. The information generated by the cookie about your use of this website are usually transmitted to a Google server in the United States and stored there. In the event that IP anonymisation is activated on this website, your IP address will be shortened by Google within Member States of the European Union or in other States party to the agreement on the European Economic Area. The full IP address is transferred to a Google server in the United States and shortened there only in exceptional circumstances. Google will, on behalf of the operator of this website, use this information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports about website activities and to provide further services related to website activity and Internet usage to the website operator. The IP address sent as part of Google Analytics from your browser will not be merged with other Google data.
The following cookies are set by Google Analytics:
| Cookie | Purpose | Data | Recipient | Deletion |
| _utma | Aleatory | number | Google Analytics | 2 years |
| _utmb | Aleatory | number | Google Analytics | 30 minutes |
| _utmc | Aleator | number | Google Analytics | Session |
| _utmx | Aleator | number | Google Analytics | 2 years |
You can prevent the storage of cookies by adjusting your browser software; we point out however, that this may possibly lead to you not being able to fully use all the functions of this website. In addition, you can prevent the collection of data by the cookie and collection of data related to your use of the website (including your IP address) as well as the processing of such data by Google, by downloading and installing the browser plugin available via the following link: (http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=de).
You can find further information about terms of use and privacy policy at http://www.Google.com/analytics/terms/de.html or under http://www.Google.com/intl/de/Analytics/privacyoverview.html . We must point out that on this site, the Google Analytics code “gat._anonymizIip();” has been expanded to ensure anonymous collection of IP addresses (so-called IP-masking).
Prohibiting the use of Cookies
You can block cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to refuse the setting of all or some cookies. You may withdraw your consent at any time by blocking the cookies in your browser.
Useful links:
- Internet Explorer (link to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/19695)
- Firefox (link to http://support.mozilla.org/de/kb/cookies-informationen-websites-auf-ihrem-computer)
- Chrome (link to https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=de)
However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies you may not be able to access all or parts of our site. If you continue with your visit to this site, you consent to the use of our cookies. You may also remove existing cookies from your computer.