This Cookie Policy supplements the Company Privacy Policy.
What is a Cookie?
The company implements a number of industry-standard information-gathering tools, such as cookies, to collect information about your use and interaction with our websites. Cookies are small text files that may be stored on your computer (or other device allowing internet access) when you visit a website. They allow websites to recognize your computer or other devices as your browse. Web beacons, pixels, JavaScript, and other tracking technologies also utilize cookies and or use invisible images or code to gather information about a visitor session in a manner similar to cookies.
What types of Cookies do we use?
Depending on how long a cookie remains in place we can describe cookies as either session cookies or persistent cookies:
- Session Cookies – A session cookie may allow a website to remember you while you are browsing the site but the cookie will be removed when you log out or close the webpage or your internet browser. A session cookie, will, for example, allow your computer to remember which items you have placed in a shopping cart while you browse the site. A session cookie is temporary and disappears after you close your browser.
- Persistent Cookies – A persistent cookie remains stored on your device or internet browser for a particular period of time (minutes, days or months) after you have logged out or closed your browser. A persistent cookie helps us recognize you as an existing user, so it’s easier to return to our site or interact with our services without signing in again. Persistent cookies can be removed by following your web browser’s directions
We use both session and persistent cookies to enable our Sites to operate properly, including secure log-ins, count visitors to our site, learn how they use our site and our features.
You are always free to decline our cookies if your browser permits, but some parts of our Sites may not work properly for you if cookies are disabled. Please refer to your browser instructions to learn more about how to adjust or modify your browser settings. We will not allow third parties other than those companies that we hire to perform services or functions on our behalf to place cookies on our website.
To find out how to see what cookies have been set, and how to reject and delete the cookies, please visit: http://www.aboutcookies.org
What do we use Cookies for?
We use Strictly Necessary cookies to enable browsing of our web site and record preferences. We use what we call Functionality Cookies to record information about choices you’ve made and allow us to tailor the Sites to you. We use Performance Cookies to monitor visitor behavior on the Sites to enable us to improve our Sites. These cookies may be used to facilitate online surveys, record the number of visitors and other metrics. These cookies are not used to target you with online advertising. We use marketing, anonymous cross site tracking cookies, to build a profile of search and content browsing or consumption history for visitors to our Sites. Identifiable data may be collected. These cookies may be used to personalize suggestions, recommend items that you may be interested in, to confirm if advertisements have been clicked upon, and to track what external content has been viewed. We may share anonymized data with third parties. We allow marketing, third party targeting cookies as well. These cookies and similar technologies allow analytics providers, ad networks and social media providers to track your online activities for behavioral advertising, analytics and market research. We may collect personally identifiable information and us it to display advertising. We also may use marketing cookies in emails. These help us to determine whether you have opened an email, or if you’ve clicked on a link within the email.
Details of Cookies that may be used
COOKIE TYPE | COOKIE | PURPOSE | EXPIRY DATE |
Strictly Necessary | JSESSIONID SMSessionSessionID | This cookie is used to enable core Site functionality. It does not contain any personal information and is automatically deleted when you close your browser | Session cookie – End of session |
Strictly Necessary | New UserUser | Used for authentication services | Session cookie – End of session |
Strictly Necessary | Adobe Tag Manager (DTM)Google Tag Manager (GTM | Used to control the placement of cookies for analytics tracking on site per opt in and preferences for cookies on your device | Some cookies will expire at end of session and some are persistent cookies |
Functionality | isMobile, isIpad, CSSCokie | Allows customization of display depending on the device used | Session cookie- end of session |
FunctionalityMultiMedia content or video player session | Adobe Target (Mbox)YouTubeEmbed-playerHtml5player | ||
Performance | |||
Analytics Performance | Google Analytics | First party and third party analytics cookies are issued by the website domain that is being visited. They are used to collect information about how visitors use our website. We use the information to compile web and mobile traffic reports and to help us improve the website. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come from before visiting the website as well as the pages they visited. |
Use of Google Analytics
You can control the information provided to Google and opt out of certain ads provided by Google by using any of the methods set forth at Google Analytics or using the Google Analytics opt out.