Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, tablet, or mobile phone) when you visit our website. They help us provide you with a better experience by remembering your preferences, analyzing how you use our site, and personalizing content and advertisements.

Cookies can be "session cookies" (which are deleted when you close your browser) or "persistent cookies" (which remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them).

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for the following purposes:

• Essential Functionality: To enable basic website features and ensure proper operation
• Performance and Analytics: To understand how visitors use our website and improve our services
• Personalization: To remember your preferences and provide customized content
• Marketing and Advertising: To deliver relevant advertisements and measure campaign effectiveness
• Security: To protect against fraud and ensure secure transactions

3. Types of Cookies We Use

3.1 Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation, access to secure areas, and form submissions. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

• Authentication cookies: Remember your login status
• Security cookies: Protect against fraud and ensure secure transactions
• Session cookies: Maintain your session while browsing

3.2 Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve our website and services.

• Google Analytics: Track website usage and performance
• Heat mapping: Understand user behavior and page interactions
• Error tracking: Identify and fix technical issues

3.3 Functional Cookies

These cookies enable enhanced functionality and personalization, such as remembering your preferences, language settings, and customizations.

• Preference cookies: Remember your language, region, and display preferences
• Feature cookies: Enable advanced website features
• Social media cookies: Enable social media integration and sharing

3.4 Marketing Cookies

These cookies are used to track visitors across websites to display relevant and engaging advertisements. They may also be used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

• Advertising cookies: Deliver targeted advertisements
• Retargeting cookies: Show relevant ads based on your interests
• Conversion tracking: Measure advertising campaign effectiveness

4. Third-Party Cookies

We may use third-party services that place cookies on your device. These services help us provide better functionality, analytics, and advertising. Some of the third-party services we use include:

• Google Analytics: Website analytics and performance tracking
• Google Ads: Advertising and conversion tracking
• Facebook Pixel: Social media advertising and analytics
• LinkedIn Insight Tag: Professional network advertising
• Hotjar: User behavior analysis and heat mapping

These third-party services have their own privacy policies and cookie practices. We encourage you to review their policies to understand how they use your information.

5. Cookie Management

5.1 Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can:

• View and delete existing cookies
• Block cookies from specific websites
• Block all cookies
• Set preferences for different types of cookies
• Receive notifications when cookies are set

Please note that disabling certain cookies may affect the functionality of our website and your user experience.

5.2 Cookie Consent

When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie consent banner that allows you to:

• Accept all cookies
• Reject non-essential cookies
• Customize your cookie preferences
• Learn more about our cookie practices

You can change your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the "Cookie Settings" link in our footer.

6. Cookie Retention Periods

The length of time cookies remain on your device depends on their type:

• Session cookies: Deleted when you close your browser
• Persistent cookies: Remain for a set period (typically 30 days to 2 years)
• Analytics cookies: Usually retained for 26 months
• Marketing cookies: Typically retained for 90 days to 2 years

7. Your Rights and Choices

You have the following rights regarding cookies:

• Consent: You can withdraw your consent to non-essential cookies at any time
• Access: You can request information about what cookies we use
• Deletion: You can delete cookies through your browser settings
• Objection: You can object to the use of certain types of cookies
• Portability: You can request a copy of your cookie data

8. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technology, or legal requirements. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated policy on our website and updating the "Last updated" date.

9. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us: