This notice supplements our Privacy Policy and provides information about how we use cookies and similar technologies.
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer or other device by websites that you visit. Cookies are widely used in order to make websites and other applications work, or work more efficiently, and help them remember certain information and recognize your internet browser. Cookies may last until you close your browser (“session” cookies) or over repeat visits (“persistent” cookies).
We use cookies and similar technologies to:
- Assist you in efficiently and safely navigating and experiencing our services;
- Enable you to register, login, provide feedback and otherwise interact with our services;
- Store and honor your preferences and settings;
- Measure and analyze usage and performance data; and
- Assist us with promotional and marketing efforts.
We use the following types of cookies and similar technologies:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are necessary for the website to function 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 function properly.
- 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.
- Functionality 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.
- Social Media Cookies: These cookies are set by a range of social media services that we have added to the site to enable you to share our content with others. They are capable of tracking your browser across other sites and building up a profile of your interests. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit. If you do not allow these cookies, you may not be able to use or see these sharing tools.
- Anonymized Analytical Cookies: These cookies ensure that anonymous data about your surfing behavior is collected every time you visit the website. This way we can see how visitors use the website and improve the website accordingly. We use anonymized analytical cookies for:
- tracking the number of visitors to our website;
- tracking the amount of time each visitor spends on our website;
- keeping track of the order in which a visitor visits the different pages of our website;
- assessing which parts of our site need updating; and
- measuring and optimizing the performance of our marketing campaigns.
- Web Beacons. Pages of our website may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit us, for example, to count users who have visited those pages and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of certain website content and verifying system and server integrity).
- Flash Cookies. Certain features of our website may use local stored objects (or Flash cookies) to collect and store information about your preferences and navigation to, from, and on our website. Flash cookies are not managed by the same browser settings as are used for browser cookies.
Third-Party Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
Some content or applications on our website are served by third-parties including application providers. These third-parties may use cookies alone or in conjunction with web beacons or other tracking technologies to collect information about you when you use our website. The information they collect may be associated with your personal information or they may collect information, including personal information, about your online activities over time and across different websites and other online services. They may use this information to provide you with interest-based (behavioral) advertising or other targeted content.
We do not control these third-parties’ tracking technologies or how they may be used. If you have any questions about targeted content, you should contact the responsible provider directly.
How to Manage Cookies
We strive to provide you with choices regarding the personal information you provide to us. If you want to restrict or block the cookies that are set by our website, you can do so through your browser setting. Alternatively, you can visit www.internetcookies.org, which contains comprehensive information on how to do this on a wide variety of browsers and devices.
Certain content and features in our services depend on cookies to function. If you choose to block cookies, you cannot use certain content or features. If you choose to delete cookies, any settings and preferences dependent on those cookies will be lost.
Contacting us
If you have any questions about this policy or our use of cookies, please contact us.