Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) when you visit. They are widely used to make websites work efficiently and to provide information to website owners. Cookies are not programs and cannot carry viruses or access other data stored on your device.

This Cookie Policy explains which cookies the IMMS website uses, what purpose each cookie serves, and how you can manage your cookie preferences. It should be read alongside our Privacy Policy, which provides broader information on how we handle personal data.

2. Cookies We Use

Strictly necessary cookies are essential for the website to function and cannot be disabled. They do not store any personally identifiable information. These include a session cookie that keeps you on the same server during your visit and a language preference cookie that remembers whether you selected English or Korean so the correct version displays on each page.

Analytics cookies are set by Google Analytics and help us understand how visitors use the site — for example, which pages are visited most often and whether visitors encounter errors. All data collected by Google Analytics is anonymized before being sent to Google. These cookies persist for up to 2 years but can be deleted at any time through your browser settings.

We do not use any marketing or advertising cookies. We do not use cookies to build personal profiles or to track your activity across other websites.

3. Third-Party Cookies

The only third-party service that sets cookies on the IMMS website is Google Analytics (operated by Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA). Google Analytics cookies collect anonymized data about how visitors interact with this site. This data is processed by Google on our behalf under a data processing agreement and is subject to Google's Privacy Policy.

Some pages on this website may include embedded content from external platforms — for example, YouTube video players on event pages. If you interact with this embedded content, those platforms may set their own cookies according to their own privacy policies. We do not control those cookies. You can prevent third-party cookies from being set by adjusting your browser settings as described in the section below.

4. Managing Cookies

You have full control over cookies through your browser settings. Most modern browsers allow you to view cookies currently stored on your device, block all or specific cookies, delete existing cookies, and receive a notification before a new cookie is set. Please refer to your browser's help documentation for detailed instructions: Chrome — Settings › Privacy and security › Cookies; Firefox — Settings › Privacy & Security › Cookies and Site Data; Safari — Preferences › Privacy › Manage Website Data; Edge — Settings › Cookies and site permissions.

Please be aware that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of this website. In particular, disabling strictly necessary cookies will prevent the site from working correctly, and disabling functional cookies means your language preference will not be saved between pages. Disabling Google Analytics cookies will not affect your ability to browse the site but will mean we cannot use your visit to improve our content.

5. Contact

If you have questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us: IMMS — Institute for Multiscale Matter and Systems, Ewha Womans University, 52 Ewhayeodae-gil, Seodaemun-gu, Seoul 03760, Republic of Korea. Email: e600315@ewha.ac.kr. This Cookie Policy was last reviewed and updated in June 2025.