Cookie Policy
Our Sites also use cookies (which includes third party cookies to support analytics functionality) and other similar technologies, such as web beacons.
We obtain your consent to the use of cookies when you first visit the site using a particular browser.
Cookies are small text files which are downloaded onto your device and collect information about the way in which you navigate and use websites and the internet. Cookies collect information which may allow us to identify you or your approximate location. The information provided by cookies helps us to provide you with a more personal experience, for instance by providing you with a local version of the Sites in a local language, and allows us to make improvements to our Sites and Services over time.
We collect both "session" cookies, which are not usually stored after your browsing session has ended, and "persistent" cookies, which may be stored after your session has ended.
You may delete and block all cookies or decide to just block certain types of cookies via your browser setting at any time. However, if you choose to block or delete cookies, this may affect the functionality of the Sites.
View the information below to learn about our cookie functions and why they are used.
Performance
These cookies collect information about how visitors use our Sites, including which pages visitors frequent most and if they receive error messages from certain pages. These cookies do not collect information that individually identifies a visitor. All information collected is aggregated and anonymous. It is only used to improve how our Sites function and perform.
An example of Performance cookies that we use on our website are:
Vendor | Description |
AddThis | AddThis Platform gives website owners a platform in which to receive analytics on the usage of the AddThis Tools and the ability to customize the Tools. AddThis assigns a randomly generated ID to each web browser and provides aggregated browsing data to determine what content is being shared, what content is driving traffic to our site, and how users are sharing our content. |
Google Analytics | Using Google Analytics cookies we are able to analyse user sessions on our website, such as traffic source, session duration, number of visits etc. Google Universal Analytics enables us to collect information about how visitors use our website, allowing us to make improvements where necessary. |
Functionality
These cookies allow us to remember information you have entered or choices you make, (such as username, language or your region) and provide enhanced, more personalised features. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customise.
We use local shared objects, also known as flash cookies, to store your preferences or display content based upon what you view on our Sites to personalise your visit.
Social Media (Features) and Widgets: Our sites include social media features, such as the Facebook Like button, LinkedIn follow button, and Twitter follow button. We also utilize the AddThis platform to provide users the ability to share our content on social media. These features may set a cookie to enable the feature to function properly. These features are provided by a third party, and your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
An example of Functionality cookies that we use on our website are:
Vendor | Description |
AddThis | AddThis Tools are enabled on our website to allow users to instantly share our content to the most popular social media networks and other destinations via a website plug-in. |
Kentico | Kentico, our Content Management System, sets cookies in order provide you with an optimal website experience. They remember your preferences and store the last page you visited, whether or not you're a new user, etc. for analytics purposes. |
KHL CMS | KHL CMS, our Content Management System, sets cookies in order provide you with an optimal website experience. They remember your preferences and store the last page you visited, whether or not you're a new user, etc. for analytics purposes. |
Targeted Advertising and Third Party Cookies
We use third parties to track and analyse usage and volume of statistical information. We sometimes use cookies delivered by third parties to track the performance of advertisements. For example, these cookies remember which browsers have visited our Sites. The information provided to third parties does not include personal information, but this information may be re-associated with personal information after we receive it.
We also contract with third party advertising networks that collect IP addresses and other information from web beacons (see below) on our Sites, from emails, and on third-party websites. Ad networks follow your online activities over time by collecting website navigational information through automated means, including through the use of cookies. They use this information to provide advertisements about products and services tailored to your interests. You may see these advertisements on other websites. This process also helps us manage and track the effectiveness of our marketing efforts.
Third parties, with whom we partner with to provide certain features on our website or to display advertising based upon your web browsing activity, use flash cookies to collect and store information. Flash cookies are different from browser cookies because of the amount of, type of, and how data is stored. To learn more about these and their opt-out instructions visit: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads.
An example of Third Party cookies that we use on our website are:
Vendor | Description |
Act-On | Tracks the activity of anonymous and known prospects (from our database) coming to the website. User is anonymous, but we do know the user's city/state/country. |
We use cookies to help measure the performance of ad campaigns. | |
Google Conversion Tracking | Utilized to track conversions from digital advertising. See: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads. |
We utilize cookies to track whether or not a user who saw an ad later visited and took an action (e.g. completed a form or downloaded a white paper) on our site. | |
Hotjar | We use Hotjar in order to better understand our users’ needs and to optimize this service and experience. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our users’ experience (e.g. how much time they spend on which pages, which links they choose to click, what users do and don’t like, etc.) and this enables us to build and maintain our service with user feedback. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users’ behavior and their devices. This includes a device's IP address (processed during your session and stored in a de-identified form), device screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographic location (country only), and the preferred language used to display our website. Hotjar stores this information on our behalf in a pseudonymized user profile. Hotjar is contractually forbidden to sell any of the data collected on our behalf. For further details, please see the ‘about Hotjar’ section of Hotjar’s support site. |