Our management believes it is essential to be clear and straightforward about the collection and handling of our customers' data. This page explains our approach to Cookies. It does not cover the handling of personal information; for details on that, please see our Privacy Policy.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files sent to or accessed from your web browser or your device's memory when you visit our service's website. Cookies typically contain the domain name (the location on the internet) from which the cookie originated, the "lifetime" of the cookie (i.e., when it expires), and a randomly generated unique number or similar identifier. Cookies may also include information about your device, such as user settings, browsing history, and activities conducted while using our services. Here, we also refer to technologies similar to cookies, such as web beacons (also called pixel tags or clear GIFs), tracking URLs, software development kits (SDKs), and other technologies, for convenience as "Cookies". Web beacons are small image files that recognize when a visitor accesses a website or an email sent by us. Tracking URLs are URLs with parameters that help us understand where traffic to our websites comes from. SDKs are small pieces of code included in applications, functioning similarly to Cookies and web beacons described above.
Types of Cookies
- First-Party and Third-Party Cookies
- There are first-party Cookies, which we directly place on your device, and third-party Cookies, which are placed by our partners or service providers. We use first-party Cookies for various reasons, such as matching our website to your browser's language settings and understanding how you use our website. Third-party Cookies might be placed on your device by our partners. For more details on how you can control Cookies, see the section "How to manage Cookies yourself" below.
- Session Cookies and Persistent Cookies
- Cookies can be session Cookies or persistent Cookies. Session Cookies are only valid until you close your browser. We use session Cookies for various reasons, such as understanding how you use our website during a single browser session and enabling more efficient use. Persistent Cookies last longer than session Cookies and remain on your device after the session has expired. These Cookies are used for reasons such as quickly re-logging into our website and for the purposes described below.
Purposes of Using Cookies
Like other online service providers, we use Cookies to remember your preferences, recognize you when you visit our website, measure the results of our marketing campaigns, personalize ads based on your interests, and provide, secure, and improve our services. To achieve these purposes, we may link information from Cookies with other personal information we hold about you.
When you use our services, some or all of the following types of Cookies may be set on your device:
- Essential Cookies
- These Cookies are necessary to provide our services to you, such as enabling you to log in, remembering your preferences, and detecting malicious activities to ensure your safety.
- Analytics Cookies
- These Cookies help us understand how our services are being used and improve and customize our services for users.
- Advertising and Marketing Cookies
- These Cookies are used to determine the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns and make the ads you see more relevant. They help analyze the volume of traffic from our marketing campaigns on our services, prevent the same ads from continuously reappearing, ensure that ads are properly displayed for advertisers and users, select ads that are relevant to you, and measure the number of ads displayed and their performance.
- Social Networking Cookies
- These Cookies are used to enable you to share pages and content that you find interesting on our services through third-party social networking and other websites or services. They can also be used for advertising purposes.
How to Manage Cookies Yourself
You have several options for managing Cookies. Please be aware that changing your Cookie settings may prevent you from fully enjoying our services, and some parts or all of our services may become inaccessible to you.
- Browser and Device Controls
- Some web browsers provide settings that allow you to control or reject Cookies or alert you when a Cookie is placed on your device. The procedure for managing Cookies varies by browser. Please refer to your browser's help menu for specific instructions. Additionally, you may reset identifiers or refuse the collection and processing of identifiers through your device's settings. The procedure for managing identifiers varies by device. Please refer to your device's help or settings menu for specific instructions.
- Interest-Based Advertising Tools
Opting out does not mean you will no longer see ads; it means that the ads from companies participating in the opt-out programs will no longer be personalized for you. Additionally, if you delete Cookies on your device after opting out, you will need to opt-out again.
Googleâ„¢ Cookies
We use Google Analytics, a service provided by Google. Google Analytics uses Cookies and other data collection technologies to collect information about your use of websites and services to report website trends.