Introduction to Cookies

System Optimization Through Cookies: Cookies are crucial for our system's operation; they remember information about your device and usage, enhancing your experience. Information such as your computer's IP address, browser type, and demographic details are stored. This helps if you are a registered user or navigating from a third-party site. Cookies are fundamental for verifying user identity and improving overall system interactions.

1) Types of cookies used and purpose

• Required or strictly necessary cookies. These cookies are essential for our websites to operate correctly and to provide you with requested services. For example, we use cookies to authenticate you, so when you log on to Organization websites, we know who you are.
• Functionality cookies. We use functionality cookies to enhance website features, such as videos and live chat, and for personalization, such as storing your preferences (e.g. username and language selection). Functionality cookies may be set by Organization or by third parties whose services we have added to our websites. If you do not allow these cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our websites or technology network, and some website may not work properly.
• Social media cookies. Social media cookies may be set by third parties to collect information about your social media usage.
• Analytics cookies. Analytics cookies collect information about your use of our websites and technology network, and help us improve the way it works. For example, analytics cookies identify the most frequently visited pages, record any difficulties you have, and show whether our advertising is effective. This allows us to see the overall patterns of usage, rather than the usage of a single person. We use the information to analyze the websites' traffic.
• Targeting/advertising cookies. We use targeting/advertising cookies to create profiles and personalize content. We may use third party products, such as Analytics, to market Organization’s services to you on third party websites. For example, if you visit Organization websites, you may then see advertisements for Organization on other websites.

2) Use of Cookies by External Parties

Third-party service providers that we engage on our website, such as analytics services and advertisers, may place cookies on your device. The privacy practices of these third parties are governed by their own privacy policies.

3) Sophisticated Web Usage Tracking Tools

Special provisions concerning the use of pixels and SDKs
You (or partners acting on your behalf) may not place pixels associated with your Business Manager or ad account on websites that you do not own without our written permission.
If you use our pixels or SDKs, you further represent and warrant that you have provided robust and sufficiently prominent notice to users regarding the Customer Data collection, sharing and usage that includes, at a minimum:

• For websites, a clear and prominent notice on each web page where our pixels are used that links to a clear explanation (a) that third parties may use cookies, web beacons and other storage technologies to collect or receive information from your websites and elsewhere on the Internet and use that information to provide measurement services and target ads, (b) how users can opt out of the collection and use of information for ad targeting, and (c) where a user can access a mechanism for exercising such choice.
• For apps, a clear and prominent link that is easily accessible inside your app settings or any privacy policy and from within any store or website where your app is distributed that links to a clear explanation (a) that third parties may collect or receive information from your app and other apps and use that information to provide measurement services and targeted ads and (b) how and where users can opt out of the collection and use of information for ad targeting.

4) Cookie Management

You always have a choice over whether or not to accept cookies. When you first visit our website, we will ask you to consent to either our recommended settings, or choose which cookies to switch on.
You can manage cookies and chose to block or restrict cookies by selecting the appropriate settings in your internet browser. However, if you choose not to accept certain cookies, you may impair certain functionality on our website or may cause it not to work at all. Please note, strictly necessary cookies will always be set as they are essential for our website to operate. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies but some parts of the website will then not work.

5) Other Information

Information Capture and Use
Our Service automatically logs data to help us improve your experience. This data includes information such as IP address, type of browser, the pages you visit, and the time spent on each page. We use this information to optimize the Service and understand user behavior.