Website Cookies Policy

 

Last updated: July 18, 2024

Nissan Motor Co., LTD (hereinafter "Nissan", "us" or "we") considers that it is important to inform you in a clear and transparent way about our use of cookies and other trackers prior to your browsing on the website https://global.nissannews.com/  (hereinafter the "Website"). 

 

1. What is a cookie/tracker?

Cookies and other trackers (hereinafter "Cookies") are small technologies placed on a user's terminal (computer, tablet, mobile, etc.) through a navigation browser when visiting online services to allow a website to recognise you as a user when you return to the website, either for the duration of your visit (using a 'session cookie') or for repeat visits (a 'persistent cookie'). Cookies are widely used by websites.

Cookies do not recognize you personally, but rather the terminal you use. Cookies simply give information about your browsing activities in order to notably recognize the terminal later on, improve the browsing experience, and supply audience information. Cookies also gather information concerning the online preferences of users and allow the adaptations of the Website and Nissan's services to users' centers of interest. Cookies cause no damage to your terminal.

Cookies can be "First Party" (which are set by us) or "Third Party" (placed on your device by another company when you use our website), for example Google Analytics and Facebook. Third party cookies may be placed on your device by someone providing a service to us (for example, we use Google Analytics to help us understand how our website is being used). Facebook may use cookies, web beacons and other storage technologies to collect or receive information from our website and use that information to provide measurement services and target ads. We cannot access third party cookies. Likewise, third-party providers cannot access the data in the cookies we use on our website.

You can block, at any time, the Cookies used on the Website:

We also would like to let you know that some of the information collected through the Cookies we place are personal data according to the relevant personal data protection and privacy laws. Please refer to our Privacy Notice, Opens in a new tab. which supplements this Cookies Policy where personal data is collected through Cookies.

 

2. How to change cookie settings?

By using the information below, you can access the complete list of Cookies used on the Website, and choose to accept or refuse their use. You can consent to our use of Cookies according to the categories of Cookies or choose from the complete list, except for the necessary Cookies that do not require your consent. The list is updated regularly.

 

Necessary Cookies

Necessary Cookies enable the proper functioning of the Websites (security, facilitate browsing, display of the webpages, etc.). You may disable these by changing your browser settings as described below. In this case, you will still be able to navigate on the Website, but some of the Website's functions will be affected.

Nissan uses the following necessary Cookies:

Name Provider Purpose Retention Period Type
locale Global Nissan Newsroom Used to determine the user's locale and store the language setting. Session First-party
TZ Global Nissan Newsroom Used to determine and set the user's time zone and adjust the time display and functionality to make it appropriate for the user. 1 week First-party

 

Analytics Cookies

We use analytics Cookies (or audience measurement Cookies) to improve the Website by collecting information on how you interact with the Website. Analytics Cookies notably allow us to gather information such as which pages on the Websites are the most popular, the websites from which users arrive, or users' browsing patterns on the Website. These Cookies collect information or generalized statistical data in an aggregated form.

Name Provider Purpose Retention Period Type
_ga Google To distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request and used to calculate user, session and campaign data for the Website analytics reports. ~ 1 year, 1 Month Third Party
_ga_YWTH4YZJFY Google To distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request and used to calculate user, session and campaign data for the Website analytics reports. ~ 1 year, 1 month Third Party
_gid Google To store and update a unique value for each page accessed. ~ 1 Day Third Party
_fbp Facebook To store and track visits across different websites. ~ 3 Months Third Party
ln_or LinkedIn Used to determine if Oribi analytics can be carried out on a specific domain. ~ 1 Day Third Party
OhcNlheA46cMF Global Nissan Newsroom A parameter that is passed in when someone views a site that tells us the medium they used to get on the website. It is used to track the effectiveness of different mediums in driving traffic to a website. ~ 1 Day Third Party
OhcBfdM80C5KHlI7W Global Nissan Newsroom Tracks the hostname that the visitor is currently on or came from. It is used to further track the source of the visit and the hostname they are currently on. ~ 1 Day Third Party
Oh3end8 Global Nissan Newsroom A randomly generated unique identifier and tracks that identifier. It is used to distinguish one visitor on the same IP from another. ~ 1 Year, 1 Month Third Party
Oh3enqB3 Global Nissan Newsroom A randomly generated unique identifier and tracks that identifier. It is used to distinguish one visit(session) from another. ~ 1 Day Third Party
OhcNlheH4Ig Global Nissan Newsroom A parameter that is passed in when someone views a site that tells us the search term they used on a search engine to visit the site. It is used to track the effectiveness of terms that are driving traffic to a website. ~ 1 Day Third Party
OhcNlheGCLl69 Global Nissan Newsroom A parameter that is passed in when someone views a site that tells us the search term they used on a search engine to visit the site. It is used to track the effectiveness of terms that are driving traffic to a website. ~ 1 Day Third Party
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress HotJar Used to detect the first page view session of a user. ~ 1 Day Third Party
_hjSession_{site_id} HotJar Holds current session data to ensure subsequent requests in the session window are attributed to the same session. ~ 1 Day Third Party
_hjFirstSeen HotJar Identifies a new user's first session by recording filters to identify new user sessions. ~ 1 Day Third Party
_hjSessionUser_{site_id} HotJar Set when a user first lands on a page to ensure data from subsequent visits to the same site are attributed to the same user ID. ~ 1 Year Third Party
_hjIncludedInSessionSample_{site_id} HotJar Set to determine if a user is included in the data sampling. ~ 1 Day Third Party

 

Functional Cookies

Functionality Cookies are used to recognise you when you return to our Website and to embed functionality from third party services. They assist with improving the functionality and security of the Website, including by managing the performance of the website.

Name Provider Purpose Retention Period Type

nr2market

Global Nissan Newsroom

Used to determine and set the user's newsroom market selection for future visits.

~ 1 year, 1 month

First-party

Locale

Global Nissan Newsroom

Used to determine the user's locale and store the region and language setting.

Session

First-party

TZ

Global Nissan Newsroom

Used to determine and set the user's timezone and adjust the time display and functionality to make it approriate for the particular user.

~1 Week

First-party

_gat_UA-189796225-1

Google Analytics

To limit the amount of data that Google records on busy websites.

~1 Day

Third-party

NID

Google Analytics

This cookie serves the purpose of authentication, preferences storage, advertisement personalization, and analytics tracking across Google services and websites.

6 Months

First-party

 

Advertising Cookies

We use advertising Cookies in order to deliver ads, measure their effectiveness, and make them more relevant to you and your interests according to your profile. In particular, Nissan may present ads to you on other websites to promote relevant services, articles or events that Nissan thinks you would like to hear about. Some of these Cookies use geolocation data. Furthermore, we may use this information to send you personalized electronic advertisement that would better address your expectations, but only after asking for your consent separately.

Name Provider Purpose Retention Period Type

_lfa

Lead Feeder

To store and track audience reach, the cookie registers data such as IP-addresses, time spent on the website and page requests for the visit.

1 year

Third Party    

__qca

Quantcast

To store and track audience reach.

~1 Year

Third Party

YSC

YouTube

Track user interactions with embedded YouTube videos in the newsroom, helping to collect statistics on video views and manage video settings for the user's experience.

Session

Third Party

VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE

YouTube

This cookie is used to track user preferences for YouTube videos embedded in the newsroom and to gather information about user interactions with those embedded videos.

180 Days

Third Party

 

3. What third-party companies are using Cookies on the Website?

As indicated above, the Website uses Cookies from third-party companies.

In this context, Nissan acts as a joint data controller for the collection and transmission of data to the third-party but only to the extent that it is technically necessary. Beyond the collection and technical transmission, Nissan does not have any control over third-party Cookies. Nissan is not responsible for the sharing, publications, comments or any other contents and any other data processing activities of the third-party websites.

Nissan therefore recommends that you review the Privacy Policies and the Terms of Use of these third-party companies before accepting third-party Cookies.

 

4. How to manage your Cookies preferences?

Browser settings

Most browsers are set by default to accept Cookies. However, you can set up your browser so that Cookies cannot be placed on your terminal.

If a user wishes to receive a notification when the browser receives a Cookie request, refuse all Cookies or accept only certain Cookies, most browsers allow some control of Cookies through browser settings.

Please note that if all Cookies are disabled through browser settings, certain aspects of the Website may be difficult to use or not work properly and access to certain information might be restricted. You may also be required to enter user information more than once or manually adjust your settings each time you visit the Website.

To change your Cookies setting on your browser, please click on the relevant link below:

Mobile devices settings

If you are using a mobile device, you can also manage personalized ads on your device by adjusting the settings provided by your device manufacturer or the operating system provider:

Other preference management tools

For more information about Cookies, in order to see the Cookies placed on your terminal and how to manage your Cookies preference, you can also use

https://www.youronlinechoices.eu , Opens in a new tab.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit

http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptou , Opens in a new tab.

 

5. How we use your information

We use the personal data we obtain through the Cookies we use on the Website for the following purposes and by relying on the following legal reasons (i.e. 'lawful bases'):

Where there is a LEGAL REQUIREMENT in relation to certain strictly necessary cookies

We use your personal information to comply with our legal obligations, including where the law requires us for the following purposes:

Where there is a LEGITIMATE INTEREST in relation to other strictly necessary cookies

We use your personal information to pursue the legitimate interest of ensuring the operation of the website with strictly necessary cookies for the following purpose:

Where you have provided CONSENT in relation to analytics cookies, functionality cookies, and advertising cookies

We may use and process your personal information where you have provided consent for the following purposes:

 

6. Changes to this Cookies Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time, in particular to reflect the changes about the Cookies used on the Website or the applicable regulations. While we will inform you and seek your consent whenever necessary, we recommend you to consult this Cookies Policy each time you visit the Website.

If you have any questions or wish to exercise your rights, you can directly contact our Data Protection Contact Point:

Nissan Data Protection Contact Point