Important information regarding consent: by using our website or mobile app (the “Site”), using services provided through the Site, or receiving our emails, you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with this “Cookie Policy.”
When you access or interact with our sites, services, apps, tools, or messaging systems, we or our authorized service providers may use cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies for advertising purposes and to store information in order to provide you with a better, faster, and safer experience.
This page aims to provide you with further information about the technologies we use and how they are employed across our sites, services, apps, and tools. Below is a summary of key points regarding the use of these technologies, followed by the full text of the User Cookie Policy.
Our cookies and similar technologies serve various functions. They help ensure the proper functioning of our services, enable performance improvements, offer additional features, and allow us to present you with targeted advertising or content aligned with your interests. We use cookies and similar technologies that remain on your device either only for the duration of your browser session (“session cookies”) or for a longer period (“persistent cookies”). You may block, delete, or disable them if your device allows. You can manage cookies and your cookie preferences via your device or browser settings.
Where possible, security measures are implemented to prevent unauthorized access to cookies and similar technologies. A unique code ensures that only we and/or our authorized service providers can access the data contained in the cookies.
Service providers are companies that assist us with various aspects of our business—such as site operations, services, apps, advertising, and tools. We use authorized service providers to present advertisements tailored to your interests on our services and on other websites. These service providers may place third-party cookies on your device through our services. They may also collect information that allows them to identify your device, such as your IP address or other unique device identifiers.
Like most websites, we use small data files saved on your computer, tablet, mobile phone, or other mobile device—collectively referred to as a “device”—to record certain data whenever you access or interact with our sites, services, apps, messaging systems, and tools.
The specific names and types of cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies used may change over time. To help you better understand the rules and use of these technologies, some terms and their definitions are provided below:
Cookies: Small text files, typically consisting of letters and numbers, that are saved to your browser or device memory when you visit a site or view a message. Cookies allow a site to recognize a specific device or browser.
There are different types of cookies:
Cookies can be disabled or removed using tools available in most browsers. Cookie preferences must be set separately for each browser used, as each offers specific features and options.
Web beacons: Small images—also known as “pixel tags” or “clear GIFs”—that we may include in our sites, services, apps, messages, and tools. They generally work in conjunction with cookies to identify our users and their activities.
Similar technologies: Technologies that store data in your browser or device using locally shared objects or local storage, such as Flash cookies, HTML5 cookies, and other web application software methods. These technologies operate across all browsers. In some cases, the use of local storage cannot be fully managed by browsers but requires specific tools for management. We do not use such technologies to store information for the purpose of creating targeted advertising on our site or on other sites.
The terms “cookies” and “similar technologies” may be used interchangeably in these policies to refer to all technologies used to store data on the user’s browser or device, or to technologies that collect data or enable the user to be identified in the manner described above.
Certain site functions, services, apps, and tools are available only through the use of these technologies. You may always block, delete, or disable them if your browser, installed app, or device allows it. However, if you refuse cookies or other similar technologies, you may not be able to use certain site functions, services, apps, or tools. The site may require you to re-enter your password multiple times during a single session. For further information on how to block, delete, or disable these technologies, please consult your device or browser settings.
In general, these technologies allow our sites, services, apps, and tools to store important information in your browser or device and subsequently use it to identify you on our servers or internal systems. Where applicable, we protect cookies and other similar technologies by assigning them a unique code to ensure that only we and/or our authorized service providers can interpret them. Your personal data is not stored within the cookies or other similar technologies used.
Any personal information collected and stored through the use of these technologies is obtained only after notifying you and requesting your consent. We obtain your consent by clearly informing you about the use of these technologies and providing you with the opportunity to disable them, as previously indicated.
The use of such technologies falls into the following general categories:
To opt out of third-party advertising cookies and web beacons, please refer to the “Third-party advertising networks and exchanges” section below. If you opt out of first-party and third-party advertising cookies and web beacons as described below, you will still see our advertisements, but they will not be tailored to your interests in the way they would be if you used these first-party or third-party cookies, web beacons, or related technologies.
If you wish to opt out of all other types of technologies used on our sites, services, apps, or tools, you may do so by blocking, deleting, or disabling them, as permitted by your device or browser.
We may partner with third-party companies—generally known as service providers—that are authorized to use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to store data on our sites or within our services, apps, and tools. These service providers help us offer you a better, faster, and safer experience on our sites.
These service providers may use such technologies to help us deliver our content and advertising and to generate anonymous site statistics and analytics. We do not permit any of our service providers to collect your personal information on our sites or through our services, apps, or tools for their own purposes. These service providers are subject to confidentiality agreements with us and other legal restrictions regarding the use or collection of any personal information. The use of third-party cookies is governed by the privacy policies of those third parties.
Except for the use of such technologies by our service providers or other authorized third parties, we do not allow third-party content on our sites—such as advertisements, user-to-user communications, direct contacts, comments, reviews, and so on—to include or use cookies, web beacons, local storage, or similar technologies to track or collect your personal information. If you believe that an advertisement or third-party content is being used to collect personal information or employ tracking technologies on one of our sites, please send us a message.
Third-party advertising networks and exchanges
We may use third parties, such as advertising networks and exchanges, to deliver advertisements to you. These third-party advertising network and exchange providers may use third-party cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to collect information. They may also collect your device identifier, IP address, or advertising identifier (IDFA). Information obtained from these third parties may be used to enable us to show you advertisements tailored to your interests on our sites or elsewhere on the web. The use of third-party cookies is governed by the privacy policies of those third parties.
For further information on third-party advertising cookies and how to disable them, please visit the following third-party websites:
While browsing the site, you may encounter social network sharing buttons (Facebook, Google Plus, Twitter, etc.). These buttons allow users to connect via their social media accounts, share site pages on social platforms, “Like” content, and utilize other features provided by these platforms.
Further information regarding the third-party cookies used on the Site is provided below:
Cookies: Google, Google+, Analytics, AdSense
Google policies: http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/cookies/
Cookies: Facebook
Facebook Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/help/411239642246274/
Cookies: Twitter
Twitter Privacy Policy: https://twitter.com/privacy
NOTE: You can avoid certain cookies by configuring your browser settings or by directly disabling the component that manages and controls cookies. Please check your browser settings for more detailed information.
Newsletters contain cookies that track whether you have opened the emails and whether you have clicked on any links contained within them. The cookies used in emails to track such activity are unique to each email and are never stored on your computer or mobile device.
You can prevent cookies from being saved on your device by configuring your web browser to disable them.
Below are instructions for blocking cookies provided by the major browsers:
If you have any further questions after reading this cookie policy and notice, please contact us.
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