Cookie Policy and Information

Important information about consent: By using our website or mobile app (“Site”), using the services provided through the Site, or receiving our emails, you consent to the use of cookies in accordance with this “Cookie Policy.”

Summary
When you access or interact with our sites, services, applications, tools, or messaging, we or our authorized service providers may use cookies, web beacons, and other similar technologies for advertising purposes and to store information to provide you with a better, faster, and safer experience.

On this page, we aim to provide you with further information about the technologies we use and how they are used on our websites, services, apps, and tools. Below is a summary of some important things to know about the use of these technologies and the full text of the User Cookie Policy.

Our cookies and similar technologies serve various purposes. They help ensure the functionality of our services, allow us to improve performance, offer additional features, or allow us to serve you targeted advertising or advertising tailored to your interests. We use cookies and similar technologies that remain on your device only for the duration of your browser activity (session cookies) or for a longer period (persistent cookies). You can block, delete, or disable them if your device allows it. You can manage cookies and cookie preferences in your device or browser settings.

Where possible, security measures are implemented to prevent unauthorized access to cookies and similar technologies. A unique identifier ensures that only we and/or our authorized service providers can access cookie data.

Service providers are companies that support us in various aspects of our business, such as website operations, services, apps, advertising, and tools. We use our authorized service providers to present you with ads tailored to your interests on our services and other websites. These service providers may place cookies on your device through our services (third-party cookies). They may also collect information that allows them to identify your device, such as your IP address or other unique device identifiers.

What are cookies, web beacons, and similar technologies?
Like most sites, we use small data files that are placed on your computer, tablet, mobile phone, or other mobile device (collectively, a “device”) to record certain data whenever you access or interact with our sites, services, apps, messaging, and tools.

The specific names and types of cookies, web beacons, and other similar technologies used may change over time. To help you better understand the rules and use of these technologies, below are some terms and definitions:

CookieCookies are small text files (usually made up of letters and numbers) that are stored in your browser or device's memory when you visit a website or view a message.

Cookies allow a website to recognize a particular device or browser. There are different types of cookies:

  • Session cookies expire at the end of your browser session and allow us to link your actions during that specific session.
  • Persistent cookies, on the other hand, remain stored on your device even after the browser session ends and allow your preferences or actions to be remembered across multiple sites.
  • First-party cookies are set by the website you are visiting.
  • Third-party cookies are set by a third-party website other than the website you are visiting.

Cookies can be disabled or removed using the tools available in most browsers. Cookie preferences must be set separately for each browser used, as each offers specific features and options.


Web beacon: small images, also known as “pixel tags” or “clear GIFs,” that we may include in their sites, services, apps, messages and tools. They typically work with cookies to identify our users and their activities.


Similar technologiesTechnologies that store data in your browser or device using local shared objects or local storage, such as Flash cookies, HTML 5 cookies, and other web application software methods. These technologies work in all browsers. In some cases, the use of local storage cannot be fully managed by browsers and requires management using specific tools. We do not use these technologies to store information useful for targeted advertising on our or other websites.

The terms “cookies” and “similar technologies” may be used interchangeably in these rules in reference to all technologies used to store data in the browser or user's device or technologies that collect data or enable identify the user in the manner described above.

User choice and use of cookies, web beacons and similar technologies

Certain site features, services, apps, and tools are available only through the use of these technologies. You can always block, delete, or disable them if your browser, installed app, or device allows it. However, if you reject cookies or other similar technologies, you may not be able to take advantage of certain site features, services, apps, or tools. The site may require you to re-enter your password multiple times during a single session. For more information on how to block, delete, or disable these technologies, consult your device or browser settings.

Generally, these technologies allow our sites, services, apps, and tools to store important information in your browser or device and then use it to identify you on our servers or internal systems. Where applicable, we protect cookies and other similar technologies to ensure that only we and/or our authorized service providers can interpret them by assigning them a unique identifier. Your personal data is not stored in cookies or other similar technologies used.

All personal information collected and stored through the use of these technologies is obtained only after we have notified you and requested your consent. We obtain your consent by clearly informing you of the use of these technologies and providing you with the opportunity to disable them, as described above.


The uses of such technologies fall into the following general categories:

  1. Operationally Necessary Use. The use of cookies, web beacons, or other similar technologies may be necessary for the operation of sites, services, apps, and tools. This includes technologies that allow you to access the sites, services, apps, and tools required to prevent fraud and improve security, or to use other features such as shopping carts, saved searches, or similar functions.
  2. Performance-Related Use. We may use cookies, web beacons, or other similar technologies to evaluate the performance of our websites, apps, tools, and services, including as part of analytics to understand how visitors use our websites, determine whether they have interacted with our messaging system or viewed an item or link, or to improve our website content, apps, services, or tools.
  3. Functionality-Related Use. We may use cookies, web beacons, or other similar technologies to offer you enhanced functionality when you access or use our sites, services, apps, or tools. Through these features, we can, for example, identify users who access our sites or track their preferences, interests, or previously viewed items in order to improve the presentation of content on our sites.
  4. Advertising or content personalization. We may use first-party or third-party cookies and web beacons to deliver content, including ads relevant to your interests, on our sites or on third-party sites. This includes using technologies to better assess the usefulness of the advertising and content presented to you, such as by tracking whether you have selected an ad.

To opt out of the use of third-party advertising cookies and web beacons, see the "Third-party Advertising Networks and Exchanges" section below. By opting out of our first-party and third-party advertising cookies and web beacons, as described below, you will still see our advertising, but it will not be targeted to your interests, as would be the case if you used our first-party or third-party cookies, web beacons, or related technologies.

If you wish to opt out of all other types of technologies used on our sites, services, apps, or tools, you can do so by blocking, deleting, or disabling them as permitted by your device or browser.

Use of these technologies by third-party service providers
We may work with third-party companies, commonly known as service providers, who are authorized to use cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to store data on our websites or in our services, apps, and tools. These service providers help us offer you a better, faster, and safer experience on our websites.

These service providers may use these technologies to help us deliver our content and advertising and to generate anonymous site statistics and analytics. We do not allow any of our service providers to collect your personal information on our websites or through our services, apps, or tools for their own purposes. These service providers are subject to confidentiality agreements with us and other legal restrictions on the use or collection of any personal information. The use of third-party cookies is governed by the privacy policies of those third parties.

Except for the use of such technologies by our service providers or other authorized third parties, we do not allow any third-party content on our sites (such as listings, user-to-user communications, direct contact, comments, reviews, etc.) to include or use cookies, web beacons, local storage, or similar technologies to track or collect your personal information. If you believe an ad or third-party content is being used to collect personal information or to use tracking technologies on one of our sites, please contact us.


Advertising networks and exchanges managed by third parties
We may use third parties, such as advertising networks and exchanges, to serve you advertisements. These third-party ad networks and exchanges may use third-party cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies to collect information. They may also collect your device identifier, IP address, or identifier for advertising (IDFA). The information these third parties collect may be used to help us deliver relevant advertising to you on our sites or elsewhere on the web. The use of third-party cookies is governed by the Google Privacy Policy.
such third parties.

For more information about third-party advertising cookies and how to disable them, visit the following third-party websites:

Social network cookies and browsing statistics
While browsing the site, you may find social media sharing buttons (Facebook, Google Plus, Twitter, etc.). These buttons allow users to connect with their social media accounts, share site pages on social media platforms, express "Likes," and use other features provided by the social media platforms.

Further information on the third-party cookies used on the Site is illustrated below:
Cookies: Google, Google+, Analytics, AdSense
Google Policies: http://www.google.com/policies/technologies/cookies/

Cookies: Facebook
Facebook Privacy Policy: https://www.facebook.com/help/411239642246274/

Cookies: Twitter
Twitter Privacy Policy: https://twitter.com/privacy

NOTE: You can prevent certain cookies by configuring your browser settings or by directly opting out of cookies through the party that manages and controls them. Check your browser settings for more detailed information.

Other useful information on the use of cookies
Newsletters contain cookies that track whether you've opened the emails and whether you've clicked on any links within them. The cookies used in emails to track these behaviors are unique to each email and are never stored on your computer or mobile device.
You can block cookies from being saved on your device by configuring your browser to disable them.

Below are the instructions for blocking cookies provided by the main browsers:

If you still have questions after reading this policy and cookie information, please contact us.