COOKIE POLICY
Understanding Cookies:
Our team, alongside our business associates, gather data concerning your interaction with our site through cookies. Cookies are data files stored on your devices such as a computer, tablet, or smartphone that aid websites in remembering your identity and details of your visit. They play a vital role in customizing the website information in alignment with your interests, enhancing your online experience. It’s a common practice among major websites to utilize cookies.
Types of Cookies Utilized on this Website:
We, along with our business partners, employ cookies and other tracking mechanisms on this website, broadly categorized into the following groups:
- Essential Cookies: These are fundamental for providing the services you’ve requested and enabling the correct functioning of our website. They ensure website navigation, usage of essential features, and maintain security. The website may not operate properly without these cookies.
- Analytics Cookies: These cookies assist us in understanding user interaction with our website by counting the unique visitors rather than the total number of visits. They are crucial for analyzing and enhancing the website’s performance.
- Functional Cookies: These cookies are used to enhance your online experience by remembering your preferences on our website, such as presenting consistent content or remembering your status when you return.
- Social Cookies: Third-party cookies enable you to share content directly on social networking platforms like Facebook and Twitter, remembering your preferences to tailor your user experience.
- Interest-Based Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used by third parties to display relevant ads based on your interests and geographical location, making the advertisements more pertinent to you. For more details, please refer to the “Third Party Cookies” section below.
Managing Cookies:
If you prefer not to have cookies stored on your device, you can delete existing ones and adjust your browser settings to block them in the future. For guidance, refer to your browser’s “help” function or visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/. Please be aware that controlling third-party cookies may require visiting the respective websites directly. Refer to our “Third Party Cookies” section for more information.
California and Virginia Residents – Personal Information Opt-Out:
Residents of California and Virginia possess the right to opt-out of the sale or sharing of their personal information for targeted advertising. The use of specific third-party cookies on our site might be construed as “sharing” under these states’ laws. For opting out of such sharing, please refer to the Third Party Cookies section.
Third Party Cookies:
These cookies are stored on your device by third parties when interacting with our website. We don’t have control over these cookies or the data collected by third parties. They are essential for the third parties to provide services to us, such as analytics, and in some cases, for delivering interest-based advertising. For more details and opting out, please visit the Internet Advertising Bureau website at http://www.youronlinechoices.com/ and the links provided below for each third-party.
- Google: Offers anonymized data about visits and employs cookies for user protection and interest-based advertising. Opt-out here: https://policies.google.com/privacy#infochoices
- Microsoft (Bing): Provides anonymized visit data, user protection, and interest-based advertising. Opt-out here: https://choice.microsoft.com
- Meta (formerly Facebook): Uses tracking tools for interest-based advertising. Opt-out here: http://www.facebook.com/about/privacy/
- iPromote: Collects data for interest-based advertising. Opt-out here: http://www.ipromote.com/privacy-policy/
Policy Updates:
This policy may undergo periodic updates; we recommend reviewing it each time you visit our website. The policy was last updated on December 19, 2022.