Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded and may be stored on any of your web browsers or internet enabled devices (e.g., your computer or smartphone) that can later be read by the server. It often includes a user anonymous unique identifier. A cookie can be used to identify an internet enabled device but will not be used to collect any personal information. In other words, it does not have the function of personally identifying an individual user of the eMPF Website.

We use the following types of cookies:

• Strictly necessary cookies: These cookies allow our services to operate in a secure and reliable manner and provide basic service functionalities within the eMPF Website;
• Analytical/performance cookies: These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around and use the eMPF Website. These cookies are used for web enhancement and optimization purposes and to aggregate statistics on how our visitors reach and browse the eMPF Website. This helps us to improve the way the eMPF Website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily and helping us to understand what interests our users, and measuring how effective our advertising is;
• Functionality cookies: These are used to recognize your preferences on the eMPF Website. This enables us to personalize our content for you, tailor the eMPF Website to your needs and remember your preferences, such as your choice of language and font size;
• Marketing cookies: These cookies are used to assist us to optimize our marketing campaigns. They do not collect or use information to personalize advertising content. These cookies are primarily third-party cookies; and
• Targeting cookies: These cookies record your visit to the eMPF Website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make the eMPF Website and any material displayed on it more relevant to you. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.

In addition to first-party cookies placed on your device by us, we also use third-party cookies which are placed on your device by external parties. These cookies are managed by external service providers, and we have no control over them aside from permitting their use. In particular, we use third party “analytical / performance cookies” and “marketing cookies” provided by Google Inc. (“Google”), to gain a comprehensive understanding of visitor behaviors and volumes and to enhance the overall quality of our services. The data collected by the Google cookies regarding your use of our website (including your IP address) will be sent to and stored by Google on servers located in the United States. However, our website utilizes Google Analytics with the "anonymize" feature, which ensures that Google will shorten or anonymize the last segment of the IP address for users within the European Union. Please refer to Google’s website for further information on its cookies.

You may choose to block certain cookies, including the Google cookies by managing the cookie settings in your browser. The Google cookies can also be removed by downloading and installing an add-on for your web browser from Google. Please be aware that if you use your browser settings to block certain cookies, you may not be able to access certain functions on the eMPF Website.

Miscellaneous

This Cookie Policy may be updated from time to time. Please refer to the latest version available here.

If there is any inconsistency or ambiguity between the English and Chinese versions of this Cookie Policy, the English version will prevail.

Last revision date: 12/11/2025