Understanding Cookie Use

How We Use Cookies: When you visit our sites, we may place a small file known as a cookie on your device to improve your experience by making our website more responsive to your needs. We collect data through cookies to better understand our audience, which helps us tailor content and enhance your user experience. Our cookies are primarily designed to enhance site functionality and gather anonymized behavioral data, not to store sensitive personal details.

Insights Into Our Use of Cookies

We utilize cookies and similar tracking technologies for these functions:

  • Essential Cookies. These are cookies necessary for the functioning of the website. They are set in response to your actions which request services such as privacy settings, login, or form submissions. If blocked, some parts of the site will not operate. These cookies store no personal data.
  • Functionality Cookies. These cookies allow the site to offer improved functionality and personalization. They might be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we’ve incorporated into our pages. If disabled, some services may not work properly.
  • Advertising Cookies. Set by our advertising partners, these cookies may be used to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant ads on other sites. They store information indirectly and recognize your browser and internet device. Blocking these cookies will affect the targeted advertising you see.
  • Analytics Cookies. These cookies enable us to tally visits and traffic sources for the purpose of measuring and enhancing the performance of our site. They assist us in determining which pages are most and least popular and in understanding how visitors navigate the site. The information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If these cookies are blocked, we will not know when you have visited our site and will not be able to monitor its performance.

Advanced Web Monitoring Technologies

Parts of our website employ web beacons to help us and our partners keep track of user visits and activity.

Functional Restrictions without Enabling Cookies

You may browse our site without enabling cookies, but certain functions reliant on cookies may not work. Most browsers are set to accept cookies, but you can modify these settings. Please note, certain website functionalities may be restricted without cookies.

Additional Information

Gathering Usage Data

We automatically collect data referred to as Usage Data when you interact with our Service or its infrastructure. This includes metrics such as the length of time spent on a page and other activity data. Information collected may include your device’s IP address, browser type and version, pages of our service that you visit, time and date of your visits, time spent on those pages, and other diagnostic data.

Cookie Preference Changes

The use of cookies and local storage on our site may change as our services evolve. The specific cookies we utilize may differ, but they generally align with previously mentioned categories. Please visit this page often to ensure you are up to date with our latest practices.