Our Cookie Policy explains how we use cookies on the websites we own and operate (each a “Site” and, collectively, the “Sites”), how third parties we may partner with may use cookies on the Sites and explains how to manage your choices regarding cookies.

What are cookies and which categories of cookies do we use?

Cookies are small files containing a string of characters which we store on your computer or mobile device when you visit the Sites to track certain information about your Site usage. When you visit the Sites again, the cookies allow us to recognize your browser. Cookies may store your preferences and other information but cannot read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. In addition to cookies, we may use other similar technologies, like web beacons to track users of our Services. Web beacons, or “clear gifs,” are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies. They are used to track the online movements of web users. In contrast to cookies, which are stored on a user’s computer hard drive or device, clear gifs are embedded invisibly on web pages and are about the size of the period at the end of this sentence.

Cookies and similar technologies set by a website owner are called “first party cookies”. Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called “third party cookies”. We use the following categories of first and third party cookies on our Sites: 

• Required cookies:

These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around our websites and use features on the Sites. These cookies are always enabled and cannot be turned off.

• Performance cookies: 

These cookies are used to collect statistical information about visitors of a Site and the pages they view.

• Functional Uncategorized cookies: 

These cookies allow a Site to remember choices you make and provide enhanced and more personal features (such as your preferred language). These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customize. Other examples include remembering a user name and email address.

• Advertising and Social Media Cookies: 

You can view advertisements about our products and services as well as those of third parties on our Sites. We use cookies to keep them relevant. These cookies allow us to measure the effect of our advertisements. This in turn allows us to effectively determine which advertisements and promotions appeal to you and which do not. These advertisements can also be viewed on third party websites.

How do Cookies Work on Our Sites? 

When you first access a Site or certain products, you may receive a message advising you that cookies and similar technologies are in use. You will have the ability to “Agree and Proceed” to all categories of cookies or “Manage Your Preferences” to accept or reject advertising and functional cookies. By clicking “Accept”, you signify that you understand and agree to the use of these technologies, as described in this Cookie Policy. You do not have to accept cookies and after you accept cookies, consent can be withdrawn at any time. You can change your browser settings to refuse or restrict cookies, and you may delete cookies after they have been placed upon your device at any time. If you reject or decline cookies or if you delete cookies, some areas of our Sites may not work as efficiently or may not function properly—for example, you might not be able to use all of the features we offer, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages on our Sites might not display as intended.

Disabling a cookie or category of cookies does not delete the cookie from your browser; you will need to do this yourself from within your browser. If you have disabled one or more cookies, we may still use information collected from cookies before your disabled preference was set. We stop, however, using disabled cookies to collect any further information.

We use cookies to track usage of the Sites and to understand our customers’ preferences (such as country and language choices). This enables us to provide services to our customers and improve their online experience. We also use cookies to obtain aggregate data about site traffic and site interaction, to identify trends and obtain statistics so that we can improve our Sites.

What other technologies do we use?

When you use or access the Services, we may access, collect, monitor, store on your device, and/or remotely store one or more “Unique Identifiers”, such as a universally unique identifier (“UUID”). A Unique Identifier may remain on your device persistently to, to help you log in faster, and enhance your navigation through the Services. Some features of the services may not function properly if use or availability of Unique Identifiers is impaired or disabled. We may also collect and use information about your device, such as the name and type of the device, operating software, and the device’s location.

Our Privacy Practices

As described above, personal data is also processed when using certain cookies. In our privacy policy you can find more information about how we proceed with your data.