Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the website owners.

Cookies allow a website to recognize your device and remember information about your visit, such as your preferred language, login information, and other settings. This can make your next visit easier and the site more useful to you.

How Cookies Work

When you visit our website, we may send a cookie to your browser. Your browser stores the cookie in a small file on your computer or mobile device. When you return to our website, your browser sends the cookie back to our servers, allowing us to recognize your device.

Types of Tracking Technologies We Use

In addition to cookies, we may use other similar technologies, including:

Web beacons: Small graphic images (also known as "pixel tags" or "clear GIFs") that may be included on our websites and emails to help us measure and track user engagement.
Local storage: Browser web storage that allows websites to store data in a browser on a device. Local storage is similar to cookies but can hold larger amounts of data.
Session replay: Technologies that help us understand how users interact with our website by recreating user sessions.

For simplicity, we refer to all of these technologies as "cookies" throughout this Cookie Policy.

2. Types of Cookies We Use

We use different types of cookies for various purposes. Depending on their function and intended purpose, cookies may be classified as follows:

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms.

You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not work if you do. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.

Examples: Session cookies, authentication cookies, security cookies
Duration: Session or persistent (typically up to 2 years)

Performance Cookies

These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site.

All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.

Examples: Analytics cookies, performance measurement cookies
Duration: Session or persistent (typically up to 2 years)

Functional Cookies

These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.

If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.

Examples: Language preference cookies, accessibility cookies
Duration: Session or persistent (typically up to 1 year)

Targeting Cookies

These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other sites.

They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.

Examples: Advertising cookies, social media cookies
Duration: Persistent (typically up to 2 years)

3. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics, deliver advertisements, and so on. These cookies may be placed on your device when you visit our website or when you interact with our services.

Analytics Providers

We use analytics providers such as Google Analytics to help us understand how users engage with our website. These providers may use cookies, web beacons, and other tracking technologies to collect information about your use of our website.

Google Analytics

Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how users use our site. The information generated by these cookies about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for us, and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage.

You can opt-out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.

Advertising Partners

We may work with advertising partners who may use cookies to collect information about your browsing activities over time and across different websites. This information may be used to provide you with relevant advertisements based on your browsing interests.

Common Advertising Partners

Google Ads
Facebook Pixel
LinkedIn Insight Tag
Twitter Conversion Tracking

Each of these partners has their own privacy policy and methods for opting out of their cookies. We encourage you to review their privacy policies for more information.

Social Media Features

Our website may include features from social media platforms, such as the Facebook Like button or Twitter sharing widgets. These features may collect your IP address and which page you are visiting on our website, and may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly.

Social media features are either hosted by a third party or hosted directly on our website. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing them.

4. Cookie Consent

When you first visit our website, you will be presented with a cookie banner that allows you to accept or decline non-essential cookies. You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking on the "Cookie Settings" link in the footer of our website.

Consent Requirements

In accordance with privacy laws such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in the European Union and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) in the United States, we seek your consent before placing non-essential cookies on your device.

Essential cookies, which are necessary for the basic functionality of our website, do not require your consent. However, we still inform you about their use through this Cookie Policy.

How to Provide or Withdraw Consent

You can provide or withdraw your consent for cookies in the following ways:

Through our cookie consent banner when you first visit our website or when we update our Cookie Policy.
By clicking on the "Cookie Settings" link in the footer of our website.
By adjusting your browser settings to block or delete cookies (see "Managing Your Cookie Preferences" section below).

Please note that if you choose to withdraw your consent for certain cookies, some features of our website may not function properly.

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences through our cookie consent banner or by adjusting your browser settings.

Browser Controls

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. Here's how to manage cookies in popular browsers:

Google Chrome

Click the three dots in the top-right corner
Select "Settings"
Click "Privacy and security"
Click "Cookies and other site data"
Choose your preferred settings

Mozilla Firefox

Click the three lines in the top-right corner
Select "Options" (Windows) or "Preferences" (Mac)
Click "Privacy & Security"
Under "Cookies and Site Data," choose your preferred settings

Safari

Click "Safari" in the menu bar
Select "Preferences"
Click the "Privacy" tab
Choose your preferred settings for cookies

Microsoft Edge

Click the three dots in the top-right corner
Select "Settings"
Click "Cookies and site permissions"
Click "Manage and delete cookies and site data"
Choose your preferred settings

Please note that if you choose to block cookies, some features of our website may not function properly. Additionally, blocking cookies will not prevent all tracking technologies from operating on your device.

Do Not Track Signals

Some browsers have a "Do Not Track" feature that signals to websites that you visit that you do not want to have your online activity tracked. Our website currently does not respond to "Do Not Track" signals.

Opting Out of Targeted Advertising

You can opt out of many third-party ad networks, including those operated by members of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) and the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA). For more information and available choices for third-party ad networks, visit:

6. Cookies and Your Privacy

Our use of cookies is subject to our Privacy Policy, which provides more information about how we collect, use, and protect your personal information.

Data Collection Through Cookies

The information we collect through cookies may include:

Your IP address and approximate location (country or city level)
Browser type and version
Operating system
Device information
Pages visited and time spent on those pages
Referring website or source
Links clicked and actions taken on our website

This information helps us understand how visitors use our website, identify areas for improvement, and enhance the user experience.

Data Retention

The retention period for cookie data varies depending on the type of cookie:

Session cookies: These are temporary and are deleted when you close your browser.
Persistent cookies: These remain on your device until they expire or you delete them. The expiration period varies depending on the cookie but typically ranges from a few days to up to two years.

For more information about how long we retain your personal information, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

International Data Transfers

Some of our third-party cookie providers may transfer data collected through cookies to countries outside your country of residence. When this occurs, we ensure that appropriate safeguards are in place to protect your information, such as standard contractual clauses or participation in privacy frameworks like the EU-US Privacy Shield.

7. Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update our Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or other purposes. We will post the updated Cookie Policy on this page with a revised "Last Updated" date.

We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies. Your continued use of our website after any changes to this Cookie Policy constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

If we make significant changes to this Cookie Policy that materially affect your rights or how we use cookies, we will provide additional notice, such as a prominent notice on our website or an email notification.

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