Introduction
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device when you visit a website. They enhance your browsing experience by remembering your preferences and providing relevant content.
To offer you a personalized and responsive service, we utilize cookies to remember and store information about your interactions with the Website. These small text files (‘cookies’) are downloaded to your computer or device by the Website’s server. Subsequently, your web browser sends these cookies back to the Website each time you visit, enabling it to recognize you and retain information such as your user preferences.
Whenever you use the Website, information may be collected and stored by cookies and other technologies. By using the Website, you agree to our use of cookies as described in this Cookie Notice.
Types of Cookies We Use
Some of the cookies we use are necessary to enable you to move around the Website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas that may contain content for registered users.
- Necessary Cookie: These cookies are essential for the proper functioning of our website. They enable basic features such as page navigation and access to secure areas.
- Analytical/Performance Cookies: We use these cookies to collect information about how visitors use our site. This helps us improve our website’s performance and user experience. In addition, we use web beacons, tracking pixels and similar services to understand more about the visitors to the Website, and to count visitor numbers and performance cookies to track how many individual users access the Website and how often. This information is used for statistical purposes and to improve how the Website works and it is not our intention to use such information to personally identify any user. However, if at any time you register and sign into the Website, we may combine such data with information from our web analytic services and cookies to analyze how you use the Website in more detail.
- Functional Cookies: Functional cookies enhance your experience by remembering your preferences (e.g., language, region) and customizing content accordingly. This information is usually anonymized and is not used for any purpose unrelated to the Website.
- Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These cookies track your browsing habits and allow us to show you relevant ads based on your interests. The Website use targeting cookies to deliver targeted advertising on the website; also, these cookies may be used on third party websites on which we occasionally advertise, to track the success of those advertising campaigns. We may use web beacons (also known as pixel tags) to determine which users have come to the Website after viewing an advertisement we have served on such third party websites. We also work with such third parties to collect data so that we can determine the effectiveness of our ads and serve ads targeted to your interests. Web beacons do not place information on your device, but may work in conjunction with cookies to monitor activity. You cannot remove or block web beacons, but you can remove or block cookies with which they work to block the collection of information about your user activity.
Managing Cookies
By using the Website, you consent to the placement of cookies on your computer or device as described above. However, you have the ability to control and manage cookies through various methods. Please note that disabling or blocking cookies may affect your user experience, and certain parts of the Website may not function optimally.
If you do not wish to accept the use of these cookies, you can disable them by managing the Cookie Settings on your browser.
Accepting or declining cookies is limited to the Website and will not be reflected on other sites or pages that may be hyperlinked from the Website. For more information on cookies used by other sites and pages, please refer to the specific Cookie Settings link located on those sites
We may also use tracking technologies to determine whether you have read, clicked on, or forwarded certain email communications we send to you so that we can make our communications more helpful and interesting. If you do not wish us to confirm whether you have opened, clicked on or forwarded our communications, you will need to unsubscribe, as it is not possible for us to send these emails without tracking enabled. Registered subscribers can update their communication preferences at any time by contacting us, or you can unsubscribe following the instructions in the individual email communications you receive from us.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time. When we make changes to this notice, we will amend the revision date at the top of this page, and such modified or amended Cookie Notice shall be effective as to you and your information as of that revision date. We encourage you to periodically review this Cookie Notice to be informed about how we are using cookies.