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Last updated: October 23, 2024

This Cookie Policy (the “Cookie Policy”) is incorporated into our Privacy Policy and describes the different types of cookies and other tracking technologies that are used to collect personal information on our Website and Services. All capitalized terms not defined herein shall take have the meaning set forth in our Privacy Policy.

What are cookies?

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit the site. It enables the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another. Cookies are also used for analytics and marketing purposes, such as, for example, generating analytics or retargeting visitors (such as displaying advertisements for such website on other websites).

To learn more about cookies, please visit aboutcookies.org.

What types of cookies do we use and how do we use them?

We use first and third party session and persistent cookies. The cookies set by us are called “first party cookies” and the cookies set by our third-party partners and service providers are called “third party cookies.”

Session cookies are temporary cookies that remain on your device until you close your web browser. Many session cookies are essential to make our Website and Services work correctly, as they enable you to move around our Website and Services and use our features. Session cookies expire when you close out of the Website and Services.

Persistent cookies remain on your device for much longer or until you manually delete it (how long the cookie remains on your device will depend on the duration or “lifetime” of the specific cookie and your browser settings). Persistent cookies help us recognize you as an existing user of our Website and Services, making it easier and more convenient to return to our Website and Services or interact with our Services without signing in again. In addition, persistent cookies also help us record information about your web browsing habits during the lifetime of the persistent cookie.

Session and persistent cookies can be categorized further based on their particular function. Please see below for the categories of cookies that we use, along with a description of their purposes:

Essential (Strictly Necessary) Cookies. These cookies are necessary for our Website and Services to function properly, and they ensure that our Website and Services are accessible to you.

Analytics Cookies. Analytics cookies are not essential to the functioning of the Website but allow us insight into metrics about how visitors use the Website and Services, such as visit count, most to least popular pages, and traffic sources so we can optimize the performance of our Website and Services. We may use one or more third–party analytics providers to evaluate your use of our Website and Services by collecting information and compiling reports on activity (based on collection of IP addresses, Internet service provider, browser type, operating system and language, referring and exit pages and URLs and other similar usage data) and analyzing performance metrics. These third parties use cookies and other technologies to help collect, analyze, and provide us reports or other data. If you opt out of any third party analytics service, you may not be able to use the full functionality of the Website and Services.

PersonalizationCookies. Personalizationcookies remember the choices you make and enable our Website and Services to provide enhanced features or settings based on your previous visits and selections, such as language preferences, remembering login details, and other conveniences.

Targeted Advertising (Marketing) Cookies. These cookies help us show you brand offers and advertisements on our Website, Services and on other sites that are more relevant for you. Essentially, these cookies help us create, and analyze the effectiveness of, our brand offers and marketing campaigns, limit the number of times you see an offer or advertisement, and track whether the offers and advertisements have been properly displayed. We may share or receive information about you with/from advertising and remarketing providers, or similar partners, for purposes of personalizing or otherwise understanding how you engage with brand offers or other content. These third parties may use cookies, pixel tags, or other technologies to collect information in furtherance of such purposes, including tailoring, targeting (i.e., behavioral, contextual, retargeting, and remarketing), analyzing, reporting on, and/or managing promotions, offers and other initiatives. Information that we may receive from these third parties, including through their service providers, may include advertising identifiers, IP addresses, reports, and campaign data.

How do I manage cookies?

With regard to our use of cookies, you can manage your choices by clicking the tab “Storage Preferences“ on the footer of our Website.

You can also delete all cookies that are already on your computer, and you can set most browsers to prevent additional cookies from being placed. Please consult your browser’s documentation for information on how to do this. If you do prevent cookies from being placed and delete persistent cookies, however, you may have to adjust some preferences every time you visit our Website and Services, and the Website and Services may not operate properly or as intended.

For more information about targeting and advertising cookies, and how you can opt out, you can visit optout.aboutads.info and networkadvertising.org/consumer/opt_out.asp. Please note that opting out of third party targeting or advertising cookies does not necessarily mean that you will not see our advertising on third party websites, only that this advertising will not be targeted to you through the use of third party cookies. You will need to apply these opt-out settings on each device from which you wish to opt-out. We cannot offer any assurances as to whether the companies we work with participate in the opt-out programs described above.