Understanding Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on to your computer by the websites you visit. They help the website work properly, improve your experience and allow website-owners to analyse visits.
When you first visit a site that uses cookies, a simple text file is downloaded on to your computer, which is then read each time you return to that site. The file, called a ‘cookie’, can be used to remember your preferences, or to personalise searches that you have conducted in the past.
Cookie Usage: How It Enhances Your Experience
- Strictly necessary cookies: These are cookies that are required for the operation of our website. They include cookies that enable you to log into and use the application.
- Analytical/performance cookies: They allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily.
Comprehensive User Tracking Technologies
Regulations on Pixel and SDK Usage
Strict guidelines govern the use of pixels and SDKs on platforms that you do not own. Written permission is required before placing such pixels on external sites. Users must be given clear, noticeable information about data collection and usage practices related to our pixels and SDKs.
Boundaries without Cookie Functionality
Adjusting Cookie Settings: You can modify your cookie settings by exploring your browser’s cookie options. We provide further information below on adjusting these settings and opting out of cookie-based data collection.
Cookie Settings
- Use your browser settings to control cookies on your computer or mobile device. Note that rejecting or blocking cookies may render parts of our site non-functional or inaccessible.
- You can opt to change your browser settings to opt out of cookies.
- To opt out of interest-based ads on mobile devices, follow the instructions specific to your device. For more on limiting ad tracking, visit your device’s settings menu.
- To opt out of location tracking on our apps, adjust your device’s settings.
Other Provisions
Maintenance of Data
Your Personal Data is stored only for the length of time required by the purposes specified in our Privacy Policy. We hold Usage Data for purposes of internal analysis unless such retention is necessary to enhance security, increase Service functionality, or comply with legal obligations.