Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that a website stores on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit it. They are placed either in your browser's memory or in a folder on your hard drive, depending on the type of cookie. Cookies allow websites to remember information about your visit — such as your preferences or previous actions — so that returning to the site or navigating between its pages functions more smoothly.

Cookies are not programs and cannot execute code independently. They cannot carry viruses or install software. A cookie can only be read by the website that set it, and only if the cookie is still present in your browser when you visit that site again.

Cookies serve different functions depending on their type. Some are essential to the basic operation of a website; others are used for analytical tracking, behavioral profiling, or advertising. This platform uses only the first category.

2. Types of Cookies Used on This Platform

Hysotem uses only essential cookies — sometimes also referred to as "strictly necessary cookies." These are cookies without which the basic functions of this platform would not operate correctly.

Essential cookies do not:

• Track your browsing behavior across websites
• Build a profile of your interests or preferences
• Enable personalized advertising
• Share data with advertising networks or data brokers
• Identify you personally by name, email, or any other directly identifying attribute

Essential cookies are set for functional reasons only — to make the website work as described below.

3. Cookie Reference Table

The following table describes the specific cookies set by this platform:

This is the complete list of cookies set by Hysotem. No other cookies are created by this platform's own code.

4. Cookies Not Used on This Platform

The following categories of cookies are not used on Hysotem and are explicitly absent from this platform:

• Analytics cookies — such as those set by Google Analytics, Adobe Analytics, or similar services that track page views, user journeys, or behavioral patterns across sessions.
• Advertising cookies — cookies placed by advertising networks to build profiles of users for the purpose of serving targeted advertisements.
• Social media cookies — cookies set by social media platforms through embedded share buttons, follow widgets, or similar social integrations.
• Performance cookies — cookies used to measure and improve the performance of a website through behavioral data collection.
• Personalization cookies — cookies that remember your preferences to customize the content or layout shown to you.
• Third-party cookies — cookies set by any domain other than hysotem.info. With the exception of web fonts loaded from Google Fonts infrastructure (which may set a cookie in certain browser configurations as part of CDN delivery), no third-party cookies are set by this platform.

5. Managing Cookies in Your Browser

You have full control over cookies through your browser settings. All major browsers allow you to view, manage, restrict, and delete cookies. Below is a brief reference for the most commonly used browsers:

Disabling or deleting the cookie used by this platform (hy_cookie_consent) will result in the cookie consent banner reappearing on your next visit. It will not affect your ability to access or read any content on the platform.

Blocking all cookies in your browser may affect the functionality of other websites you visit that depend on cookies for core features. On Hysotem specifically, blocking all cookies will have no practical effect on your ability to use the platform.

6. Your Consent

When you first visit Hysotem, a cookie consent banner is displayed at the bottom of the page. This banner informs you that only essential cookies are used and provides three options:

• Accept — You acknowledge the use of the single essential cookie described above. The banner is dismissed and will not reappear.
• Decline — You decline the cookie. The banner is dismissed. Note that because the consent preference itself is stored in the cookie, declining means the banner may reappear on future visits depending on your browser session settings.
• Learn More — You are brought to this Cookie Policy page for full details before making a choice.

Because only one essential cookie is used, your interaction with the consent banner does not affect what is tracked — no tracking or behavioral data is collected regardless of your response. The consent banner exists to inform you transparently, in accordance with international standards for cookie disclosure.

7. Changes to this Policy

This Cookie Policy will be updated if the nature or scope of cookies used by this platform changes. The date shown at the top of this page reflects the date of the most recent update. Continued use of the platform after publication of a revised policy constitutes acknowledgment of those changes.

The foundational commitment of this policy — that Hysotem uses only one essential cookie and no tracking, advertising, or analytical cookies of any kind — will not change without explicit, prominent notice and a revision to this document.

8. Common Questions About Cookies

9. Contact

For questions or communications regarding this Cookie Policy, please contact Hysotem: