1. What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are downloaded to your computer or mobile device by a website, via your web browser or mobile app, when you visit a website or other online service. Cookies store information about how you use an online service so that the website can recognize your device, provide functionality, enhance your experience (like remembering your preferred language), analyze usage patterns, and personalize content and advertising.
The term “cookies” also includes similar online tracking tools and technologies, such as web beacons (also called tracking pixels). Like cookies, web beacons allow us to analyze how visitors to our websites use Compliance complate’s services and deliver personalized content accordingly. Web beacons can also be included in emails we send to determine whether they have been read or acted on. For additional information on cookies, please visit www.allaboutcookies.org.
2. How does Compliance complate use cookies?
Compliance complate uses cookies to collect a variety of information for different purposes. Here are examples of the types of information that we collect through cookies:
- information related to your login so we can remember that you’ve logged in before or so you can stay logged in after you leave the website;
- number of visitors, the frequency with which the websites and apps are used, the pages viewed, the clicks made, and the total duration of use;
- the name of the website visited prior to visiting our websites and mobile apps;
- information about your browser, IP address, and browsing preferences; and
- whether you are a first-time visitor to the website.
- Some examples of how we use this information collected through cookies include to:
- Tailor our advertising and marketing messages to you based on our understanding, or the understanding of our third-party service providers, to highlight features we offer that might interest you
- Analyze usage trends across our user base to improve our website, mobile apps, and services, in addition to informing you how we can offer new services to you
3. Commercially Recognized Opt Out Signal
Compliance complate generally recognizes commercially recognized opt-out preference signals (e.g., Global Privacy Controls). Recognition of this signal applies only to the specific device and/or browser that communicates the signal and does not cross over to all devices/browsers you use to access the services.
4. Cookie management
All visitors. There are a number of ways you can manage what cookies are set on your devices. As mentioned above, deleting or disabling cookies may impact your ability to use certain features and functionalities.
Browser settings. You may be able to disable and/or delete most types of cookies through your browser settings. As the means by which to activate or deactivate cookies varies from one web browser to another (e.g., Safari, Chrome, Mozilla Firefox), you should visit your specific web browser’s help menu for more information on cookie preferences.
Opting out of Advertising Cookies. To learn more about how to opt out of targeting and advertising cookies, you can go to the Your Online Choices page, the Network Advertising Initiative page, and the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Consumer Choice page. These opt-out tools are provided by third parties, not Compliance complate. We do not control or operate these tools or the choices that advertisers and others provide through these tools.
Depending on your location and applicable laws, we may give you the option to adjust your cookies preferences and you may be asked to consent to cookies when you first visit one of our websites. In such a case, withdrawing your consent does not affect the lawfulness of data processing through cookies based on your consent prior to your withdrawal.
5. Types of cookies we use
Some of the cookies we use are first-party cookies, which are created by us to help make Compliance complate’s services work properly and analyze usage. Depending on where you are located, we may also allow certain third-party providers to place third-party cookies to either enable third-party features, functionalities, or to assist us with our analytics and advertising activities.
Necessary. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website.
Analytics. Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
Marketing and Tracking. Marketing and Tracking cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads. Please note that depending on your location and applicable laws, we may not use marketing and tracking cookies.