IP Addresses and Cookies

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.

Understanding Our Cookie Usage

• Required or strictly necessary cookies. These cookies are essential for our websites to operate correctly and to provide you with requested services. For example, we use cookies to authenticate you, so when you log on to Organization websites, we know who you are.
• Functionality cookies. We use functionality cookies to enhance website features, such as videos and live chat, and for personalization, such as storing your preferences (e.g. username and language selection). Functionality cookies may be set by Organization or by third parties whose services we have added to our websites. If you do not allow these cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our websites or technology network, and some website may not work properly.
• Social media cookies. Social media cookies may be set by third parties to collect information about your social media usage.
• Analytics cookies. Analytics cookies collect information about your use of our websites and technology network, and help us improve the way it works. For example, analytics cookies identify the most frequently visited pages, record any difficulties you have, and show whether our advertising is effective. This allows us to see the overall patterns of usage, rather than the usage of a single person. We use the information to analyze the websites' traffic.
• Targeting/advertising cookies. We use targeting/advertising cookies to create profiles and personalize content. We may use third party products, such as Analytics, to market Organization’s services to you on third party websites. For example, if you visit Organization websites, you may then see advertisements for Organization on other websites.

Personal Information Storage and Sharing

Note on Social Media Interactions: When you engage with our content through social media platforms by actions such as liking or sharing our content, those platforms may record your activity and possibly set a cookie for this purpose. If you wish to opt out of these social interactions, please refer to the specific instructions provided by the respective social media platform.

Cons of Rejecting Cookies

While most browsers automatically accept cookies, you can alter your settings to prevent this. If you choose to block certain cookies, be aware that it might affect our site’s functionality. Browser-specific instructions can typically be found in the help menu.

Other Provisions

Maintaining Data We hold Personal Data in accordance with the guidelines set forth in our Privacy Policy. Usage Data is kept for internal analysis purposes, except when it needs to be retained longer for enhancing security, improving service functionality, or complying with legal requirements.