2. What types of Cookies are used on the Sites?
Cookies may be used for a variety of purposes, including delivering a given website or app experience, understanding how visitors interact with the Websites, and personalizing our advertising. These Cookies may be set by us or by third-party service providers or partners and generally fall into the following categories: Strictly Necessary, Functional, Performance, and Targeting and Advertising.
- Strictly Necessary Cookies – These cookies are necessary for the Websites to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. As discussed further in Section 3 below, you can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the Websites will not then work.
- Functional Cookies – These cookies enable the Websites to provide enhanced functionality and personalized content.
- Performance Cookies – These cookies allow us to measure metrics like visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of the Websites. For example, they help us to know which webpages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around our websites. For example, we may use Cookies including:
- Google Analytics. For more information about how Google uses Cookies (including for its own purposes, e.g., for profiling or linking it to other data), please visit Google Analytics’ Privacy Policy. To learn more about how to opt-out of Google Analytics’ use of your information, please click here.
- Targeting and Advertising Cookies – These cookies collect information about your online interactions in order to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on third-party sites and services, including on social media services.
- Google Marketing Platform. For more information about Google’s use of Cookies, please visit Google’s Privacy Policy. To learn more about how to control Google’s use of your information for ads, please click here.
Please note that we may disclose information obtained from Cookies with other third parties, including advertising networks, service providers, data analytics providers, government entities, operating systems and platforms, social media, and data brokers.
