Cookie Policy

Effective date: 24 February 2026

What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device by websites you visit. They are widely used to make websites function correctly, remember preferences, and provide analytical and advertising information to site operators. Similar technologies — including web beacons, pixel tags, and local storage — serve analogous functions and are covered by this policy.

ZUG OIL uses cookies in four categories:

Category 1: Strictly Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the Site to function. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and access to the Site. These cookies cannot be disabled without impairing the Site’s operation.

Examples:

Session management cookies
Security cookies (CSRF protection)
Load balancing cookies

Legal basis: Legitimate interest / necessity. Consent is not required for strictly necessary cookies under Swiss and EU law.

Retention: Session duration or up to 24 hours.

Category 2: Analytics Cookies (Google Analytics)

These cookies allow us to measure and understand how visitors interact with the Site — which pages are most visited, how long visitors stay, where they come from, and how they navigate through the content. This helps us improve the Site’s content and user experience.

Provider: Google Ireland Limited (Google Analytics 4)

Cookies set:

_ga — distinguishes users; expires after 2 years
_ga_[ID] — session state; expires after 2 years
_gid — distinguishes users; expires after 24 hours

Data collected: Anonymised IP address, browser type, device type, pages viewed, session duration, traffic source, geographic region (country/city level only).

IP anonymisation: Enabled. Full IP addresses are not stored.

Data transfer: Google processes analytics data in the United States under Standard Contractual Clauses.

Legal basis: Consent (you may decline via our cookie consent interface).

Opt-out: Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on

Category 3: Advertising Cookies (Google Ad Manager)

These cookies are used to deliver advertisements on the Site. They may track your browsing activity across websites to build a profile of your interests and serve you relevant advertisements. Google Ad Manager may combine data from multiple websites.

Provider: Google Ireland Limited (Google Ad Manager / DoubleClick)

Cookies set:

IDE — used by Google DoubleClick to register and report site interactions; expires after 13 months
test_cookie — checks whether your browser supports cookies; expires after 15 minutes
DSID — used to identify a signed-in user; session cookie
Various google.com advertising cookies

Data collected: Advertising ID, ad impressions served, interactions with advertisements, interests and demographic inferences.

Data transfer: Google processes advertising data in the United States under Standard Contractual Clauses.

Legal basis: Consent (you may decline via our cookie consent interface).

Opt-out: Google Ads Settings | Network Advertising Initiative Opt-Out

Category 4: Preference/Functionality Cookies

These cookies remember choices you make on the Site to provide enhanced, personalised features.

Examples:

Cookie consent preferences (remembering your cookie choices)
Display preferences (font size, theme)

Legal basis: Legitimate interest / consent.

Retention: Up to 12 months.

You can manage your cookie preferences in several ways:

1. Cookie consent interface: When you first visit the Site, you will see a cookie consent notice. You can accept all, reject non-essential, or customise your preferences.

2. Browser settings: Most browsers allow you to block or delete cookies. Consult your browser’s help documentation:

Note: blocking all cookies may impair the Site’s functionality.

3. Third-party opt-outs: Use the specific opt-out mechanisms provided for Google Analytics and Google Ad Manager listed above.

Do Not Track

Some browsers support a “Do Not Track” (DNT) signal. The Site does not currently respond to DNT signals. You may use the cookie management methods above to control tracking.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. Material changes will be indicated by updating the effective date above.

Contact

The Vanderbilt Portfolio AG Zurich, Switzerland [email protected]