Information about our use of cookies and other tracking technologies
As you use our website, including those features, tools, or software made available through it (the “Website”), we may collect certain information by automated or electronic means, using cookies and other tracking technologies. Please review our Privacy Policy for details on the categories of information we collect through these technologies.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files containing a string of characters that can be placed on your computer or mobile device that uniquely identify your browser or device and which are transmitted back to us by your computer(s) or mobile device(s). The information from cookies and related technology is stored in web server logs and also in web cookies kept on your devices, which are then transmitted back to us by your devices. When we use the term “cookies” in this policy, we mean cookies, pixels, and other tracking technologies.
These cookies are managed by, us, our business partners, third parties, and/or our service providers. For example, when you access the Website and/or the Services, we may place cookies on your computers or mobile devices. Cookies can store information about your registration and your use of the Website and/or the Services. They allow us to provide you with a good experience when you use our Website and/or Services and to recognize you when you return so you will not be required to register again to use the Website and/or Services. Cookies will also track your use of the Website and/or the Services and can help us to detect certain kinds of fraud. Cookies may also be used to provide you with personalized and targeted advertisements, including on third-party websites and applications, and to determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns.
Some cookies are temporary, whereas others may be configured to last longer. “Session” cookies are temporary cookies used for various reasons, such as to manage page views. Your browser usually erases session cookies once you exit your browser. “Persistent” cookies are more permanent cookies that are stored on your devices even beyond when you exit your browser. We use both types of cookies.
Pixel tags and web beacons are tiny graphic images that may be placed on Website and/or Services that often interact with cookies and allow us to determine whether you have performed specific actions. When you access these pages or open email messages or advertisements, the pixel tags and web beacons generate a notice of that action to a server. Like cookies, these tools are managed by, us, our business partners and/or our service providers, and provide functionality similar to cookies.
We use the following types of cookies:
- Necessary cookies. These are cookies that are essential for the operation and security of our Website.
- Analytics cookies. These cookies collect information about how you interact with our Website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
- Performance cookies. Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website, which helps in delivering you a better user experience.
- Functional cookies. These are used to recognize you when you return to our Website and remember the choices you make. This enables us to personalize our content for you and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
- Advertising cookies. These cookies are used to provide you with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of the ad campaigns. We will use these cookies to make our Website and the advertising displayed on it and other sites more relevant to your interests. We may also disclose this information to third parties to help create and deliver personalized and targeted advertising.
What is the difference between first and third party cookies?
Cookies may be set by the website you are visiting or by another website prior to or during your visit. These are known as first and third party cookies.
First party cookies belong to the website domain that appears in the browser address bar and we may set these cookies when you visit our Website. Third-party cookies belong to website domains different from the one shown in the address bar.
Third party cookies
When using our Website, you may encounter third party cookies. Some of these cookies may be used to track your activities across time and services for purposes of associating the different devices you use, and delivering relevant ads and/or other content to you (“Interest-based Advertising”).
You can find more information about the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them below:
CookieYes. Our Website uses a CookieYes cookie to remember your consent preferences so that your preferences are respected on subsequent visits to the Website.
Word Press Multilingual Plugin. Our Website uses the Word Press Multilingual Plug in to detect your language preference.
Cloudflare. Our Website uses Cloudflare to the protect the Website from malicious traffic.
Google reCAPTCHA. Our Website uses Google reCAPTCHA cookies to protect the website against malicious spam attacks.
Google Analytics. Our Website uses Google Analytics to collect information about how visitors use our Website. We use the information to compile reports and to help us understand and improve our Website and Services. For more details of how Google uses data when you use our Website and Services, please click here. To opt out of Google’s use of cookies, click here.
YouTube. Our Website uses YouTube cookies to store your preferences for viewing embedded videos and tracking views.
Facebook. Our Website uses Facebook pixels which provide us with statistics and insights that help us understand how people are engaging with our Website as well as our content on and off of Facebook. For more information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by Facebook and how to opt-out, please click here.
LinkedIn. We use the LinkedIn Insight Tag which provides reports about our audience and ad performance. For more information on the purpose and scope of data collection and processing by LinkedIn, please visit LinkedIn’s privacy policy: here. To opt out, click here.
We are not responsible for the effectiveness of any opt outs offered by these third parties.
Advertising choices
Some third parties we work with are part of the National Advertising Initiative or follow the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising, which offer their own opt-outs tools for targeted advertising. For details, visit https://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ and https://youradchoices.com/control. We are not responsible for the effectiveness of their tools.
Opting out only means that the selected participants should no longer deliver certain targeted ads to you, but does not mean you will no longer receive any targeted ads (e.g., in connection with the participants’ other customers or from other technology services).
How you can manage your cookies
By clicking “I Accept” on the cookies banner, you are agreeing to our use of cookies. If you click “I Decline”, we will only use the necessary cookies. You may also opt out of the use of Functional, Analytics, Performance, and Advertising cookies by adjusting your preferences on the cookie manager . We cannot disable necessary cookies. If you’d like to completely disable the use of cookies or instruct your web browser to refuse cookies, in addition to the opt-out links provided above, please visit the help pages of your web browser. Please note, however, that if you completely delete or disable cookies, or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer and some of our pages might not display properly. If you use multiple browsers on your device, you will need to instruct each browser separately. Your ability to limit cookies is subject to your browser settings and limitations.
In some regions, you may have additional rights with respect to data collected through cookies.
Do Not Track
Your browser settings may allow you to automatically transmit a “Do Not Track” signal to online services you visit. Note, however, there is no industry consensus as to what site and app operators should do with regard to these signals. Accordingly, unless and until the law is interpreted to require us to do so, we do not monitor or take action with respect to “Do Not Track” signals. For more information on “Do Not Track,” visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.