Effective May 2, 2023
Do we use ‘cookies’?
Yes. Cookies are small files that a site or its service provider transfers to your computer’s hard drive through your Web browser (if you allow), enabling the site’s or service provider’s systems to recognize your browser and capture and remember certain information.
For instance, we use cookies to help us compile aggregate data about site traffic and interaction to offer better site experiences and tools in the future.
We use cookies to:
- Understand and save users’ preferences for future visits.
- Compile aggregate data about site traffic and interactions to offer better site experiences and tools in the future. We may also use trusted third-party services that track this information on our behalf.
You can have your computer warn you each time a cookie is sent, or you can turn off all cookies. You do this through your browser settings. Each browser is different, so look at your browser’s Help menu to learn how to modify your cookies.
If you disable cookies, some features will be disabled. It will turn off some of the features that make your site experience more efficient, and some of our services will not function properly.
Cookie PolicyPlease be informed that we may use technologies on this website to collect information that helps us improve your online experience. In this Cookie Policy, we refer to these technologies, which include cookies, pixels, web beacons, and gifs, collectively as cookies.
This policy explains the different types of cookies used on the Site and how you can control them. We may change this Cookie Policy at any time. Please look at the last effective date at the top of this page to see when this Cookie Policy was last revised.
Any changes in this Cookie Policy will become effective when we make the revised Cookie Policy available on or through the Site. Any personal information we collect through cookies is obtained through transparent notice to you and through your consent.
Where applicable, we provide you with the opportunity to opt-out. We hope this Cookie Policy helps you understand and feel more confident about our use of cookies. Please also see our Privacy Policy to understand how we use the information we collect about you. What is a cookie?
Cookies are small text files stored on your computer or mobile device. They are widely used to make websites work or work better and more efficiently. They can do this because websites can read and write these files, enabling them to recognize you and remember important information that will make your use of a website more convenient (e.g., by remembering your user preferences).
What cookies do we use?
Below we list the different types of cookies we may use.
Performance Cookies.
Performance cookies, sometimes called analytics cookies, collect information about your use of this Site and enable us to improve how it works. For example, performance cookies show us which are the most frequently visited pages on the Site, allow us to see the overall usage patterns, help us record any difficulties you have with the Site, and show us whether our advertising is effective.
Functionality Cookies.
In some circumstances, we may use functionality cookies. Functionality cookies allow us to remember the choices you make on our Site and to provide enhanced and more personalized features, such as customizing a certain webpage, remembering if we have asked you to participate in a promotion, and for other services you request, like watching a video or commenting on a blog. All of these features help us to improve your visit to the Site.
Targeting or Advertising Cookies.
Our service providers and we may use targeting or advertising cookies to deliver ads that we believe are more relevant to you and your interests. For example, we may use targeting or advertising cookies to limit the number of times you see the same ad on our Site and to help measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.
These cookies remember what you have looked at on the Site, and we may share this information with other organizations, such as advertisers. For more information about third-party advertising networks and similar entities that use these technologies, see www.aboutads.info/consumers.
Opting out of third-party targeting or advertising cookies does not necessarily mean that you will not see our advertising on third-party websites, only that this advertising will not be targeted through third-party cookies.
How do third parties use cookies on the site?
In some circumstances, we may work with third parties to provide services on our Site. Third-party advertisers and other organizations may use their cookies to collect information about your activities on our Site and/or the advertisements you have clicked on.
They may use this information to serve advertisements that they believe will most likely interest you based on your viewed content. Third-party advertisers may also use this information to measure the effectiveness of their advertisements. We do not control these cookies, and to disable or reject third-party cookies, please refer to the relevant third party’s website. You can also learn more about controlling cookies in section 4 below.
How do I control cookies?
You may refuse to accept cookies from this Site at any time by activating the setting on your browser, which allows you to refuse cookies. Further information about the procedure to disable cookies can be found on your Internet browser provider’s website via your help screen. You may wish to refer to http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/index.html for information on commonly used browsers.
Please be aware that if cookies are disabled, not all Site features may operate as intended.