SONNEMAN – A Way of Light Privacy Policy & Cookie Policy

 

Last Updated: November 13, 2023

 

This Privacy Policy applies to the information and data that Contemporary Visions, LLC, dba SONNEMAN – A Way of Light (“SONNEMAN,” “we,” or “us”), headquartered at 103 Tower Drive in Middletown, NY, collects when you use our website or our products and services.  

 

Your access to and use of our Services means you agree to the terms in this Privacy Policy and our TERMS OF USE. We encourage you to refer to this Privacy Policy periodically so that you understand our current privacy practices.

 

Summary

This policy applies to

  • Visitors to our website
  • Customers
  • Users of our products and services
     

The purpose of this Privacy Policy is to let you know how we collect, use, store, share, retain, transfer and process your Personal Information.  This policy also describes your choices and rights with respect to your Personal Information and how to exercise those rights. “Personal Information” is any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual.  

 

We may amend this policy from time to time. We encourage you to review this policy periodically, as changes will be posted on this page. If we make any material changes to this policy we will provide a prominent notice. If you do not agree with this policy, you should not use our website, products or services.

 

This Privacy Policy covers:

  • What Personal Information We Collect
  • How We Collect Information
  • How We Use Your Information
  • The Legal Basis For Collecting and Processing Information
  • How We Share Information
  • How Long We Retain Your Information
  • Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies
  • Managing Your Preferneces
  • Information for California Residents
  • International Data Transfers
  • Security
  • Children’s Privacy
  • Our Policy on Sensitive Information
  • How to Contact Us

 

 

What Personal Information We Collect

 

SONNEMAN may collect certain information about you that is considered “personal information,” meaning information that can uniquely identify you. This may include: 

Identifying Information: We collect this information when you create a profile, submit a Trade Account application, place an order, or take advantage of other programs online or contact us. For example, we may collect your Name, Address (billing and shipping), Zip code, email address, Telephone number(s), Cellular phone number(s), Credit card number(s), Birthdate, and Security question answers.
Payment Information: We collect this information when you make purchases. For example, if you make a purchase, we will collect your credit card number and billing address.
Information You Post: We collect this information when you post in a public space on our site, such as through our Ratings & Reviews feature.
Event Information: We may collect your contact information, email address and mailing address when you sign-up for our events.
Demographic Information: We may collect your age, gender and zip code when you participate in a contest, sweepstakes, promotion, or survey.
Device Information: We collect this information when you visit our website. For example, we may collect information that indicates the type of device you use to access our platforms, your device identification number, IP address or mobile operating system.
Location Information: We collect this information about your location when your device is set to provide location information. For more information, see our Use of Information Technologies section below.
Commercial Information: We collect this information when you make a purchase. For example, we may collect details about the products or services you purchased, obtained or considered, as well as other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.
Internet or other Network Activity Information: We collect this information when you visit our websites and other technologies. This information is either automatically collected or is customer-initiated. This information may include your browsing history, search history and other information regarding your interactions with our Platforms or advertisements. Other Information: If you use our website, we may collect information about the browser you are using. We may look at what site you came from, or what site you visit when you leave us. 
 

How We Collect Information

  • Information You Provide to Us: We collect a variety of information when you create a profile, submit a Trade Account application, place an order, or take advantage of other programs. Information we may collect includes: your name, your business name, your Resale Certificate, Sales Tax License, Business License, or Professional Certification number, your address (billing and shipping), zip code, email addresses, telephone number(s), credit card number(s), and date of birth.
     
  •  Information We Collect Through Data Collection Technologies: We collect information through several channels. For example, we may collect your Personal Information when you visit our websites. This information is either automatically collected or is customer-initiated. For more details, see our Use of Information Technologies section below.
     
  •  Information from Other Sources: We may receive your updated shipping information from a third-party provider. We may collect or use information made available to us through third-party platforms, online databases and directories, or other means. We specify that data sourced from these third parties must be legitimately obtained. Note that this information may be governed by the privacy statements of the third party. We also participate in consortiums to share information or match customer data. When shared, this information is de-identified or anonymized. We may receive various types of information, including identification information, contact information, and transactional information from our service providers and vendors.
     

How We Use Your Information

 

We may use the information we collect for the following primary reasons:

  1. Product & Service Fulfillment (“FUL”)
  2. Marketing, Promotions & Advertising (“ADV”)
  3. Internal Operations (“OPS”)
  4. Fraud Prevention, Security & Compliance (“SEC”)
  5. Credit Card & Banking (“CRD”)
     

Below is a summary of some of the ways we collect and use information:

a.   Product & Service Fulfillment (FUL)

  • To complete, fulfill, manage, and communicate with you about transactions
  • To approve establish and service your online profile on one of our websites
  • To provide customer service and alert you to product or shipping information
  • To administer loyalty programs

b.  Marketing, Promotions & Advertising (ADV)

  • To deliver information about our products, services, and promotions (e.g., personalized offers delivered to your home, email, or mobile devices)
  • To provide interactive features on our websites (e.g., product ratings and reviews, real-time offers, and location-based services such as showroom maps)
  • To identify product preferences and shopping preferences (e.g., services and promotions of possible interest)
  • To administer contests, sweepstakes, promotions, surveys, and focus groups

c.   Internal Operations (OPS)

  • To improve the effectiveness of our websites, merchandise assortment, and customer service
  • To conduct research and analytics related to our operations
  • To perform other logistics and operation activities as needed

d.   Fraud Prevention, Security and Compliance (SEC)

  • To protect our assets and prevent fraudulent transactions
  • To validate credentials and authenticate customers when logging into your online profile
  • To protect the security and integrity of our Services and our data
  • To assist law enforcement and respond to legal/regulatory inquiries

e.   Credit Card & Banking (CRD)

  • To process your payments and address your order inquiries and requests
  • To offer you additional products or services that may be of interest
     

We may also combine information you provide to us with information collected from publicly available information and information we receive from other third parties

 

The rest of this Privacy Policy refers to the collection and use codes above (FUL; ADV; OPS; SEC; CRD). This is so you can better understand why we collect and use different types of information in accordance with our privacy practices and our Responsible Information Management program.

 

We also may use the information we obtain about you in other ways for which we provide specific notice at the time of collection.

 

The Legal Basis For Collecting and Processing Information

We use the following legal bases for collecting Personal Information:

  • We may collect or process  information with your consent, such as when you subscribe to our newsletter, ask for information, or sign up for services.
  • We may collect or process information we need to provide our services or fulfill a contractual obligation.
  • We may collect or process information to fulfill a legal obligation.
  • We may collect information when we have a legitimate interest to do so, such as for marketing, as long as our legitimate interests are not outweighed by your rights.
  • We may collect or process information if necessary to protect the vital interests of the user or another individual.
     

How We Share Information 

We share Personal Information with our affiliates and partners, as needed to provide our services. We share Personal Information with service providers such as accountants, payment processing companies, and other vendors we use to operate our website and provide our products and services. We may share personal information in response to a legal summons or subpoena, or if required by law enforcement agencies.

We may also share your information in the following ways:

  • With Our Service Providers. We may share your information with third parties who facilitate our operations and perform services on our behalf. For example, this may include advertising and marketing vendors, shipping and fulfillment service providers among others.
  • With Our Business Partners. For example, this may include third parties that provide products and services related to our business that enhance our offering portfolio to help us serve you better. These may include manufacturers and retailers of SONNEMAN merchandise and product lines.
  • With Third Parties for Marketing Purposes. This may include third parties whose products or services we believe you may be interested in. These third parties may also share your information with others. These third parties may use your information for their own marketing purposes or the marketing purposes of others. This may include the delivery of interest-based advertising.
  • With Any Successors to All or Part of Our Business. For example, if SONNEMAN merges with, acquires or is acquired by another business entity. This may include an asset sale, restructure, divestiture, dissolution, corporate reorganization or other change of control. Note that if SONNEMAN or any of its subsidiaries is sold to or otherwise acquired by a third party, all SONNEMAN data assets will become the property of the acquiring party. Such a party will be subject to any consent(s), opt-outs or other customer conditions on data and we will use reasonable efforts to direct the acquiring party to use your personal information in a manner that is consistent with our Privacy Policy  A change in data ownership may or may not include a notice on the primary online sites of SONNEMAN or the affected subsidiary sites.
  • To Comply with the Law or To Protect Ourselves. For example, this could include responding to a court order or subpoena. It could also include sharing information if a government agency or investigatory body requests. We may share information when we are investigating a potential fraud. This could include fraud we think has occurred during a sweepstakes or promotion. We may also share information if you are the winner of a sweepstakes or other contest with anyone who requests a winner's list.
  • With Your Consent. We may also share your personal information in other manners with your explicit consent
     

How Long We Retain Your Information

How long we keep Personal Information that we have collected depends on the type of information and the purpose for which it was collected.  After a reasonable period of time or the completion of the purpose for which it was collected, we will either delete or anonymize personal information.

 

We retain Personal Information where we have an ongoing legitimate business purpose to do so, for example to resolve disputes or to comply with ongoing legal obligations.

 

We retain your personal information for as long as it is needed to provide our services to you and to fulfill our legal obligations and for a reasonable period of time after such services are completed.



Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies

Cookies are small files stored on your web browser when you visit our website. Some cookies last only as long as you remain on the website; others, called “persistent cookies” may be stored for longer periods of time. These cookies can make browsing easier by storing your password or your preferences regarding how you use the website. Cookies collect information such as the IP address of your computer, your browser settings, and information about how you use the website. Your general location may be estimated from your IP address. Some cookies track users’ activity on our website, apps, and services in order to deliver personalized advertising to you on this and other websites. 

 

If you would like to opt out of cookies, you may change the settings on your web browser to reject or delete cookies. We have implemented a cookie consent manager on our site which allows you to view the current list of cookies implemented and to manage your cookie preferences. In addition to browser settings and various opt-out mechanisms described further below, you can use the cookie consent manager to change your cookie preferences. To view the current list of cookies implemented in our Site and to manage cookie preferences, please click the “Cookie Preferences” link at the bottom of the site. You may also find more information about cookies, including how to opt out of interest-based advertising, at www.cookiesandyou.com. 

 

More information about how we use cookies may be found in our Cookie Policy further down this page.

 

Managing Your Preferences

 

This section details, in one place, how you may express preferences including electing to opt-out of some data collections or uses.

  • Access to Accounts, Online Profiles, and Orders
    If you have any additional questions, please contact our Customer Service department  at customer.care@sonneman.com.

 

  • Data Sharing Preferences
    If you prefer that we not share your information with third parties for marketing purposes, you can contact us by writing to SONNEMAN Credit and Customer Service ATTN: Privacy Office 103 Tower Drive, Middletown, NY 10941 or emailing us at customer.care@sonneman.com.

 

Note: If you choose to contact us by mail, please indicate your name, address, and phone number and state "NO THIRD-PARTY SHARING" in your request.

  • SMS Communications:
    You may opt-out of the Service at any time. Text the single keyword command STOP to +18336182315 or click the unsubscribe link (where available) in any text message to cancel. You'll receive a one-time opt-out confirmation text message. No further messages will be sent to your mobile device, unless initiated by you. If you have subscribed to other SONNEMAN - A Way of Light mobile message programs and wish to cancel, except where applicable law requires otherwise, you will need to opt out separately from those programs by following the instructions provided in their respective mobile terms.
  • Email Communications
    Promotional or Marketing Emails: To opt-out of receiving promotional or marketing e-mails from SONNEMAN at a specific email address, you may:
  • Use the unsubscribe link in the footer of any e-mail sent by us;
  • Unsubscribe by signing into your account on Sonnemanlight.com, clicking on my profile and indicating your opt-out preference; or
  • Contact us by mail at: SONNEMAN - A Way of Light Credit and Customer Service ATTN: Privacy Office 103 Tower Drive, Middletown, NY 10941.

Note: It may take up to 10 business days to process your request.

 

Customer Survey Emails: We may separately send surveys, via e-mail, to our customers in order to collect opinions and feedback about their shopping experiences. To opt-out of receiving survey emails from SONNEMAN, you may use the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any survey email.

 

Specialized Email Programs: You may have signed up for one of our specialized email programs. To opt-out of receiving emails from one of those specialized programs, you may use the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any of these emails.

 

Note: Operational emails (e.g. shipping confirmation or product recall information) do not provide an opt-out option.

 

  • Direct Mail or Telemarketing


To opt-out of receiving direct mail or telemarketing calls, you may contact us by email at customer.care@sonneman.com or by mail at SONNEMAN - A Way of Light Credit and Customer Service ATTN: Privacy Office 103 Tower Drive, Middletown, NY 10941.


If you choose to write us, please include your name, address, and phone number and state one of the following:

  • "NO MAIL OFFERS" (if you don't want to receive offers by mail);
  • "NO PHONE OFFERS" (if you don't want to receive offers by phone); or 
  • "NO MAIL OR PHONE OFFERS" (if you don't want to receive either)
     

Note on Opting-Out of Direct Mail: Because direct mailings are often prepared well in advance (12-16 weeks, in some cases) you may, for a period of time, continue to receive some physical mail after you send us your request.

 

  • Google Analytics
    If you would like to opt-out of Google Analytics on a per browser basis, please visit: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout to download the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on. For more information on Google Analytics, visit: https://analytics.google.com/analytics/web.

 

  • Interest-Based Adverting
    Although we do not control third parties’ collection or use of your information to serve interest-based advertising or other targeted content, a number of these third parties may provide you with ways to choose to not have your information collected or used in this way. If you would like to opt-out of interest-based advertising, please visit: https://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1. Please note that you will be opted out of all interest-based advertising from all business members of the Network Advertising Initiative for that specific browser on that specific device. If you opt-out, you may continue to see or receive online advertising from SONNEMAN; however, these ads may not be as relevant to you.

 

Note: To opt-out of interest-based advertising in mobile applications, you can turn off mobile device ad tracking or reset the advertising identifier in your device settings.

 

  • Social Network & New Tech Advertising
    You can manage your preferences for social media advertising programs through their own websites.

 

  • Cookies
    We store your cookie preferences until you clear your browsing cache. Most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new cookie, and how to disable existing cookies. Remember that disabling some types of cookies may impact your experience on our website and other online services that we are offer. We have implemented a cookie consent manager on our site which allows you to view the current list of cookies implemented and to manage your cookie preferences. In addition to browser settings and various opt-out mechanisms described further below, you can use the cookie consent manager to change your cookie preferences. To view the current list of cookies implemented in our Site and to manage cookie preferences, please click the “Cookie Preferences” link at the bottom of the site.

 

Information for California Residents

 

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) applies to information collected from California residents. Residents of California have the following rights with regard to their personal information:

  • The Right to Know and Access Information: The categories of personal information we collect is described above in the section entitled “ The  Information We Collect”. California residents may submit a verifiable request regarding the information collected, the types of sources from which personal information is collected, the purposes for which information is collected, and the specific personal information collected about them.
  • The Right to Have Personal Information Deleted 
    The Right To Portability: California residents may request a copy of their personal information in a format that can be transferred to another person or entity.
  • The Right to Non-Discrimination: We may not discriminate against you if you exercise your privacy rights.

You may be asked for more information in order for us to verify your identity when you make a request. You may exercise your rights by contacting us at customercare@sonneman.com 

 

We do not sell Personal Information to third parties (pursuant to California Civil Code Sections 1798.100-1798.99, also known as the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018. 

 

The sections above “What Personal Information We Collect” lists the categories of Personal Information we have collected in the preceding 12 months.

 

Description of Category

What We Collect

Source

Business or Commercial Purposes for Collection

Identifiers

(“Identity Data”).

A real name, alias, postal address, online identifier, internet protocol address, email address, account name, or other similar identifiers.

Directly from the consumer;

From third-party marketing partners;

Indirectly from the consumer, e.g., through the use of cookies on the Site.

 

Product and service fulfillment; marketing, promotions, and advertising purposes; to improve the effectiveness of our Site; and for security and compliance purposes.

Personal information categories listed in the California Customer Records statute (Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80(e)) (“Customer Records Data”).

A name, address, telephone number, driver’s license or state identification card number, employment, employment history, credit card number, debit card number, or any other financial information.

Directly from the consumer;

From third-party marketing partners;

Indirectly from the consumer, e.g., through the use of cookies on the Site.

 

Product and service fulfillment; marketing, promotions, and advertising purposes; to improve the effectiveness of our Site; for security and compliance purposes; and to process your orders and provide customer service.

Commercial information (“Commercial Data”).

Records of personal property, products or services purchased, obtained, or considered, or other purchasing or consuming histories or tendencies.

Directly from the consumer.

Product and service fulfillment; marketing, promotions, and advertising purposes; to improve the effectiveness of our Site; for security and compliance purposes; and to process your orders and provide customer service.

Internet or other similar network activity (“Internet Use Data”).

Browsing history, search history, or information on a consumer’s interaction with a website, application, or advertisement.

Indirectly from the consumer, e.g., through the use of cookies on the Site.

 

Product and service fulfillment; marketing, promotions, and advertising purposes; to improve the effectiveness of our Site; and for security and compliance purposes.

Geolocation data (“Location Data”).

Physical location or movements.

Directly from the consumer.

Product and service fulfillment; marketing, promotions, and advertising purposes; to improve the effectiveness of our Site; and for security and compliance purposes.

Professional or employment-related information (“Professional Data”).

Current or past job history or performance evaluations.

Directly from the consumer.

To allow a consumer to apply for a job position with the company.


Personal information does not include:

  • Publicly available information from government records.
  • Deidentified or aggregated consumer information.
  • Information excluded from the CCPA’s scope, such as health or medical information covered by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and the California Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) and personal information covered by certain sector-specific privacy laws, including the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FRCA), the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA), California Financial Information Privacy Act (FIPA), and the Driver’s Privacy Protection Act of 1994.
     

In addition to the business or commercial purposes for collection described above, we have in the preceding twelve (12) months collected all categories of personal information described above for the following purposes:

 

  • To process your requests, purchases, payments, and transactions and to prevent transactional fraud.
  • To provide you with support and to respond to your inquiries, including to investigate and address your concerns and monitor and improve our responses.
  • To create, maintain, customize, and secure your account with us.
    For testing, research, analysis, and product development, including to develop and improve this Site and our products and services.
  • To provide, support, personalize, and develop this Site and our products and services.
  • To help maintain the safety, security, and integrity of this Site and our products, services, databases, other technology assets, and business.
  • To deliver content and product and service offerings relevant to your interests, including targeted offers and ads through this Site, third-party sites, SMS messages, and via email (with your consent, where required by law).
     

We will continue to collect the categories of personal information described above from the sources and for the business or commercial purposes described above. 

 

We may also use or disclose the personal information we collect for one or more of the following purposes:

  • To respond to law enforcement requests and as required by applicable law, court order, or governmental regulations.
  • As described to you when collecting your personal information or as otherwise set forth in the CCPA.
  • To evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of SONNEMAN’s assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which personal information held by SONNEMAN about the users of this Site is among the assets transferred.
     

We will not collect additional categories of personal information or use the personal information we collected for materially different, unrelated, or incompatible purposes without providing you notice.

 

International Data Transfers

SONNEMAN is based in the United States. Some of our vendors and service providers may also be located in the United States or another country. As such, any processing of your Personal Data may involve an export of your Personal Data outside of your country of residence, including to countries which may have data protection laws that are less stringent than the laws in effect in the country in which you are located. Whenever we transfer your Personal Data out of your country of residence, we ensure a similar degree of protection is afforded to it by implementing appropriate safeguards which comply with applicable privacy laws. If you would like to receive more information about these safeguards, please contact us at customercare@sonneman.com.

 

Security

We take all reasonable steps to protect the information we receive from you from accidental or unlawful destruction, loss, alteration, and unauthorized disclosure or access. We have put in place appropriate physical, technical, and administrative measures to safeguard and secure your information, but no security measures are perfect; the risk of a data breach is possible. 

 

Children’s Privacy

We do not knowingly collect or solicit personal information from children under age 13 without parental consent, unless permitted by law.  If we become aware that we have collected personal information from children under the age of 13 without parental consent (or as permitted by law), we will delete it.  If you believe that a child may have provided us with personal information without such parental consent, please contact us.

 

California consumers:  We will not sell the information of California consumers who are 16 years old or younger unless we have prior parental authorization.  If a California consumer is under the age of 13, a parent or guardian must consent to the sale of such minor’s personal information.  If the California consumer is between the ages of 13 and 16 years old, the minor may consent on an opt-in basis to the sale of their personal information.  Our sites directed toward children will ask for age verification and will require appropriate consent.

 

EU residents: We do not collect or process personal information of data subjects in the EU under the age of 16 without explicit consent from a parent or guardian.  Our sites directed toward children will ask for age verification and will require appropriate consent.

 

 

Sensitive Information

Unless specifically requested, we ask that you not send us, and you not disclose on or through our websites or otherwise to us sensitive personal Information unless specifically requested by us or required by law.  

 

 

 

Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or the CCPA Notice, please contact our Customer Service department:

  • Email: customer.care@sonneman.com
  • Call: 914-834-3600
  • Mail: SONNEMAN - A Way of Light
    ATTN: Privacy Office 
  • 103 Tower Drive, Middletown, NY 10941

 

Cookie Policy

 

Introduction

This section will inform you about how and why we use cookies. We will also tell you which cookies we use and some information about third parties which also place cookies on our website. 

 

What is a cookie?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device and which let us make your experience better and more efficient. They allow us to recognize your device and browser, and store information which we deem of importance for the improvement of our services. 

 

Types of cookies.

  • Session Cookies and Persistent Cookies: Session cookies are stored temporarily on the memory of your devices while you are visiting the website and are erased once you close your browser. Persistent Cookies are stored for a predetermined amount of time, which varies from cookie to cookie. It is longer than the session cookies; however they also expire after some months. They aid us to understand whether you have previously visited our website or similar sites in the past. 
  • First Party and Third Party Cookies:  First Party cookies are set directly by the website or by any of the subdomains of the website. Third Party cookies are set by websites not managed by us, such as our subprocessores or other technology partners.

 

How & Why We Use Cookies


We use cookies to improve our services and provide you with the best possible experience. We may use cookies in order to identify you; provide relevant, interest-based advertising; remember your preferences; secure your access; know when content has been shown to you; provide aggregated auditing, research, and reporting for advertisers; understand and improve our online services; and detect and defend against fraud and other risks. When we send you an email, we may use cookies to understand if you have accessed the information provided in the email. We may combine information collected through the cookies with your Personal Information in order to provide you a personalized experience including advertising about products and services you may find of interest. The information we collect from cookies also may allow us to identify you across devices, such as smartphones, tablets, computers or related browsers.

 

We may allow certain approved third parties to place their cookies on our websites or within our advertisements. Your web browser may request advertisements directly from third party advertising network servers which do not have a business relationship with us. These advertisements may place cookies that can view, edit, or set third party cookies, just as if you had requested a web page from the third-party site. We are not responsible for the practices, including the use of cookies, employed by third party websites, mobile enabled web or online services linked to or from SONNEMAN or for the content contained therein. 

 

Third-party websites, mobile enabled web, and online services accessible on the Internet are outside the control or limits of this Cookie Policy.

 

What cookies do we use?

  • Essential cookies: We may store cookies on your device if they are necessary to enable us to offer and provide our services. They are also required for you to navigate through the website and web application and benefit from all the available functions. These cookies cannot be switched off and are set for very basic options on the website, such as logging in, forms and set preferences such as timezone or languages. 
  • Analytical cookies: These cookies are placed to aid us in understanding how you interact with the available options on the website, which parts you use the most, and how you engage with our services. This helps us create statistics of usage and the amount of time you spend on the website. These statistics will ultimately help us to improve our website and any services we offer on it. 
  • Functional cookies: These cookies are placed by us to help us to provide you with better functionality of the website and our services and to make them more personalized to you. They can also be placed by third-party providers you specifically consent to when you accept this cookie policy. You may block these cookies, but if you do, it may be that parts of the website do not function the way we intended.
  • Social Media cookies: These cookies are set for social media services. They enable you to share parts of the website on social media with friends and networks. These can track some of your actions which then helps to build up a profile of your interests. 
  • Targeting or Advertising Cookies: These cookies are used to serve you with advertisements that may be relevant or of interest to you when you are browsing on the internet. They are mostly placed by third parties whenever you interact with their content on our website. 

 

Interest-based ads

Interest-Based Advertising – Cookies are also used to collect information about your interests and preferences for the purposes of what is called “interest-based advertising”. It is for companies to send you offers about products and services tailored to your inferred taste and needs. You may turn off these cookies; however, you may still receive advertisements, with the difference of these not being specifically tailored to you. 

 

How to block cookies.

You may stop or restrict the placement of cookies and other tracking technologies, such as pixel tags. You do this by blocking them on your device or by removing them and adjusting preferences on your browser. This may vary from device to device and from browser to browser. We have implemented a cookie consent manager on our site which allows you to view the current list of cookies implemented and to manage your cookie preferences. In addition to browser settings and various opt-out mechanisms described further below, you can use the cookie consent manager to change your cookie preferences. To view the current list of cookies implemented in our Site and to manage cookie preferences, please click the “Cookie Preferences” link at the bottom of the site.

 

Please see the links below for guidance on how to modify your web browser’s settings on the most popular browsers:

Once you correctly block cookies on your browser, parts of the website may become unavailable to you or may otherwise not function properly. 

 

How to opt-out of third-party cookies and targeted ads.

To opt out of tracking analytics placed by Google, you can opt out by using this form. This works for all websites that use Google’s services to track and gather analytics data.

 

To understand and responsibly manage cookies that enable interested-based ads we strongly recommend that you go to the website of the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) or to the website of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI).

 

To learn more, please visit https://youradchoices.com/ . Many of our third-party service providers that serve interest-based advertisements to you across our services are members of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), or they follow the DAA’s Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising. You can choose to opt-out directly from these third parties by visiting their opt-out pages on the NAI website (http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ ) and DAA website (http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ ). However, please note that if you “opt-out” you will keep seeing links and online advertisements; however, they will not be specifically targeted to you or tailored to your interests.

 

Cookie List

We have implemented a cookie consent manager on our site which allows you to view the current list of cookies implemented and to manage your cookie preferences. In addition to browser settings and various opt-out mechanisms described further below, you can use the cookie consent manager to change your cookie preferences. To view the current list of cookies implemented in our Site and to manage cookie preferences, please click the “Cookie Preferences” link at the bottom of the site.

Changes to this Policy.

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