Cookie Statement

This Cookie Statement was update on 30.04.2024.

This Cookie Statement describes how SAP (hereinafter also “We”, “Our”) uses cookies and similar technologies to collect and store information when you visit SAP Alumni Portal (https://sap-alumni.com). SAP’s Privacy Statement applies in addition to this Cookie Statement. SAP’s Privacy Statement informs you about the way SAP uses, stores and protects personal data collected. It also informs you of your data protection rights and how to exercise them. We recommend that you read SAP’s Privacy Statement: https://sap-alumni.com/privacy-policy/

What are cookies and similar technologies?

Cookies are small files placed on your device (computer, tablet or smartphone). When you access a website, a cookie is placed on your device and it will send information to the party that placed the cookie. There are other technologies at perform a similar function to cookies. These include inter alia web beacons, clear gifs, and social plug-ins. These are often used in conjunction with cookies to help a website owner understand its users better.

What are first party cookies?

SAP’s websites contain first party Cookies. First party cookies are cookies that are specific to the website that created them. These cookies enable SAP to operate an efficient service and to track patterns of user behavior to SAP’s website.

What cookies are used on SAP websites?

SAP wants you to be in a position to make an informed decision for or against the use of cookies which are not strictly necessary for the website’s technical features on SAP Alumni Portal (https://sap-alumni.com). If you elect to reject cookies used for advertising, you will be shown advertising that is less targeted to your interests. This will still allow you to use all of the functionality of the website SAP Alumni Portal (https://sap-alumni.com).

When tracking and evaluating the usage behavior of users of the Web Presence by means of cookies or similar technologies includes the processing of your personal data, SAP is conducting the processing based on the following legal permissions: Include this header and wording as is.

GDPR Article 6.I (a) if it is necessary that We ask you for your consent to process your personal data,
GDPR Article 6.I (b) if necessary to fulfill (pre-)contractual obligations with you,
GDPR Article 6.I (f) if necessary to fulfill (pre-)contractual obligations with the company or other legal body you represent as a customer contact (legitimate interest to efficiently perform or manage SAP’s business operation),
or equivalent legal permissions under other relevant national laws, when applicable.

On SAP Alumni Portal (https://sap-alumni.com) only Required Cookies are used.

SAP differentiates between Required Cookies that are absolutely necessary to enable technical core functionalities, Functional Cookies that allow SAP to analyze the site usage, and Advertising Cookies that are used to serve ads relevant to your interests.

Required cookies

Name	Purpose	Lifespan
clst02	Saves id of webnode for user	Session
PHPSESSID	Identification of user's session.	Session
prevent_loop	Prevents redirection loop after remember me redirect.	1 min
remember_me_cookie	Redirects user to portal if remember me is active.	900 days
wordpress_test_cookie	WordPress sets this cookie when you navigate to the login page. The cookie is used to check whether your web browser is set to allow or reject cookies.	Session
SimpleSAMLSessionID	Identification of user's SAML SSO session.	Session
ohhohmin	SAPAlumni Portal uses more webservers than one to serve requests. This is identification of the webserver used for the latest requests.	1 day
_cookie_remember_me_username	Encrypted username. Used for the login-form remember-me functionality.	1 month
Hash	Security measure needed for the remember-me functionality.	1 month
iwCookieAccepted	Indicates that you agree with the usage of cookies on our webpages. It is set automatically upon closure of the 'Use of cookies' information layer. If this cookie exists the information layer will not be shown again for the next 12 months.	1 year
iwLoggedInfo	Encrypted information containing internal SAP Alumni Platform user id, timestamp of last activity in browser, user's iddle time, actual language.	Session

What third party cookies are on SAP Alumni Portal (https://sap-alumni.com)?

We are not using any third party cookies on our website.

How can you manage and delete cookies?

You can also block and delete cookies by changing your browser settings. To manage cookies using your browser settings, most browsers allow you to refuse or accept all cookies or only to accept certain types of cookies. The process for the management and deletion of cookies can be found in the help function integrated in your browser.

If you wish to limit the use of cookies, you may not be able to use all the interactive functions.

What are social plug-ins?

A social plug-in embedded on a website allows you to share content on a third party social media provider’s website. You can recognize social plug-ins as buttons displayed on website pages that feature the logo of the social media provider; e.g., for the Facebook page plug-in, you can recognize the button by a white "f" on a black background.

SAP does not have influence or control over the processing of personal data on the social media provider’s website, and the social plug-in remains active until you deactivate it or delete your cookies. Please refer to the privacy and cookie statement or policy of the respective social media provider for more information about the social media provider’s data protection and privacy policies.

On which legal basis does SAP makes social plug-ins available?

SAP uses social plug-ins on its websites on the basis of its legitimate interest to make SAP visible on social media pursuant to Article 6 (1) lit. f DSGVO or the applicable national law.

How do social plug-ins on SAP websites work?

If you see one of the social plug-ins and you want to use one of these social plug-ins, click on the respective social plug-in to establish a direct connection to the server of the respective social media provider and you will be redirected to that social media provider's website.

If you have a user account on the social media provider and are logged in at the time you activate the social plug-in, the social media provider can associate your visit to SAP’s websites with your user account. In this situation, data transmissions can also take place that are initiated and controlled by the respective social media provider. Your connection to a social media provider, the data transfers taking place between the network and your system, and your interactions on that platform are governed solely by the privacy and cookie statement or policy of that social media provider. Personal data may also reach providers in countries outside the European Economic Area that may not guarantee an "adequate level of protection" for the processing of personal data in accordance with EU standards. If you do not want to share any data with the social media provider in connection with an SAP website, do not click on the social media plug-in on SAP’s website.

What are Media Plug-Ins?
A Media plug-in embedded on a website allows you to watch remote content from a third party media provider’s website. You can recognize media plug-ins as views displayed on website pages; e.g., for YouTube, you can recognize the media plugin by a video showing the play button.

How do media plug-ins on SAP websites work?

If you want to use one of content of these media plug-ins, click on the play-symbol within the media plug-in to establish a direct connection to the server of the respective media provider. The stream of the media will be redirected from the media provider to your browser.

If you have a user account on the media provider and are logged in at the time you activate the media plug-in, the media provider can associate your visit to SAP’s websites with your user account. In this situation, data transmissions can also take place that are initiated and controlled by the respective media provider. Your connection to a media provider, the data transfers taking place between the network and your system, and your interactions on that platform are governed solely by the privacy and cookie statement or policy of that media provider. Personal Data may also reach providers in countries outside the European Economic Area that may not guarantee an "adequate level of protection" for the processing of Personal Data in accordance with EU standards. If you do not want to share any data with the media provider in connection with SAP’s website, do not click on the media plug-in on SAP’s website.

On which legal basis does SAP makes media plug-ins available?

SAP uses media plug-ins on its websites on the basis of its legitimate interest to make remote content visible to the user according to Article 6 (1) lit. f GDPR or the applicable national law.

Use of You Tube Video:

This website contains a plugin from YouTube, belonging to Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Irland (Google LLC, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, US). We use the YouTube No-Cookies function, i.e. we have activated extended data protection, videos are not accessed via youtube.com, but via youtube-nocookie.com, which, according to the provider, only starts storing user information when the video is played. As soon as you start playing an embedded video by clicking on it, the IP address, in particular, which of our web site you have visited is communicated. However, this information cannot be assigned to you if you are not permanently logged in to YouTube or another Google service when you call up the page. SAP does not have influence or control over the processing of personal data on the media provider’s website, and the media plug-in remains active until you deactivate it or delete your cookies.

Email Tracking:

When SAP sends you newsletters or other messages, SAP uses these technologies so that SAP can track email open and click rates. In order to determine a user's ability to receive HTML e-mail in addition to whether or not an e-mail has been opened, SAP includes a "web beacon" in the majority of HTML e-mail messages SAP sends. A web beacon (a small .gif image) is activated when an HTML e-mail is opened via a request for the image on Our servers. This capability helps SAP send e-mail in a format that users can read and enables SAP to track the aggregate number of e-mails opened. The web beacon does not collect any personal data.