Effective Date/Last Updated: January 1, 2025

Unless otherwise expressly stated, capitalized terms in this Notice have the same meaning as defined in the Privacy Policy.

Scope of Notice

This Cookie Policy supplements the information contained in the Privacy Policy by explaining how we, our business partners, and service providers use cookies and related technologies in the course of managing and providing our online services and communications to you. It explains what these technologies are, why we use them, and your rights to control our use of them.

In some cases, we may use cookies and related technologies to collect personal data or to collect information that may become personal data when combined with other information. For details about how we process your personal data, please review our Privacy Policy.

Your Rights

For EU residents, including those in the Netherlands, you have the right to:

  • Access and control: Review what personal data we collect using cookies.
  • Withdraw consent: Reject non-essential cookies by adjusting your preferences in our cookie settings or withdrawing previously granted consent.
  • Request deletion or rectification: Contact us if you believe data collected via cookies is inaccurate or wish it to be erased.

To adjust your cookie preferences, click “Cookie Settings” on the bottom of our homepage or follow instructions in the Cookie Banner that appears during your first visit.

What Are Cookies and Related Technologies?

Cookies are small data files stored on your device that allow us and our third-party partners and providers to collect certain information about your interactions with our website, emails, and other online services.

We and our partners may also use related technologies, such as:

  • Web beacons: Tiny graphic files that track user behavior on a webpage or email.
  • Pixels: Code that collects information about user interaction for analytics or marketing.
  • Embedded scripts: Programming used to gather information about your interactions with our services in real-time.
  • Device-identifying technologies: Tools that recognize your device via browser settings or unique identifiers.

What We Collect When Using Cookies

We and our third-party partners may collect information including:

  • Device information: IP address, operating system, browser type, and device settings.
  • Usage data: Date and time of your visit, pages visited, time spent on each page, and referring/exit URLs.
  • Analytics data: Collected using tools such as Google Analytics to understand usage trends and improve services.

Some cookies may also track your activity across websites to provide personalized ads and improve our marketing strategies.

Legal Basis for Using Cookies

Under GDPR, our use of cookies is based on:

  1. Consent: For non-essential cookies, such as analytics and marketing cookies, we will seek your consent via a cookie banner when you first visit our site.
  2. Legitimate interest: For cookies strictly necessary for the functioning of the website (e.g., remembering language preferences).

How to Manage Cookies

You can manage cookies through:

  • Browser settings: Adjust your browser to block or delete cookies.
  • Our cookie banner: Use the “Cookie Settings” link to customize your preferences for different categories of cookies.

Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of our website.

Third-Party Cookies and Cross-Site Tracking

Some cookies are placed by third parties, such as advertising networks, analytics providers, or social media platforms. These cookies may track your online activities across different websites and services to provide targeted advertisements or measure ad effectiveness.

To opt out of third-party tracking, use the cookie banner options or visit Your Online Choices.

Third-Party Data Collection & Interest-Based Advertising

We participate in interest-based advertising and use third-party advertising companies to serve you targeted advertisements based on your browsing history. We allow third-party online advertising networks, social media companies, and other third-party services to collect information about your use of our online services over time, so that they can display ads on our services, on other websites, or services you may use, and across other devices. This information is typically collected using tracking technologies, such as cookies, web beacons, embedded scripts, location-identifying technologies, and similar technologies (collectively referred to as “tracking technologies”). These technologies recognize the device you are using and collect information such as clickstream data, browser type, time and date of visit, AdID, precise geolocation, and other relevant details.

We may share a common account identifier (such as a hashed email address or user ID) with our third-party advertising partners to help identify you across devices. We and our third-party partners use this information to display advertisements that are more relevant to your interests and to provide advertising-related services, such as reporting, attribution, analytics, and market research. We may also use services provided by third parties (such as social media platforms) to serve targeted ads to you and others on such platforms. This may involve providing a hashed version of your email address or other information to the platform provider. For more details on interest-based advertising, please see the “Your Choices About Online Ads” section below.

Social Media Widgets and Advertising

Our services may include social media features, such as the Facebook Like button, Pinterest, Instagram, Twitter, or other widgets. These social media companies may recognize you and collect information about your visit to our services, and they may set a cookie or use other tracking technologies. Your interactions with these features are governed by the privacy policies of the respective social media companies.

We display targeted advertising through social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, and other social media networks. These companies offer interest-based advertising programs that allow us to target users who have shown an interest in our services while they are on the platform, or to reach groups of users with similar traits, such as commercial interests and demographics. We may share a unique identifier (such as a user ID or hashed email address) with these platforms, or they may collect information from visitors to our website via a first-party pixel, to serve targeted ads to you or a custom audience on the platform.

These advertisements are governed by the privacy policies of the respective social media companies. If you do not want to receive targeted ads on these platforms, you can adjust your advertising preferences through your account settings on those platforms. Learn more about advertising preferences by clicking on the links below:

Third-Party Partners

The following is a sample of the third-party service partners we work with to provide advertising services. We will make an effort to update this list as we collaborate with new partners that offer you choices regarding the collection of your data. As partners evolve and new technologies emerge, this list may change over time.

Google Analytics and Advertising
We use Google Analytics to recognize and link the devices you use when you visit our website, log in to your account, or otherwise engage with us. We may share a unique identifier, such as a user ID or hashed email address, with Google to facilitate this service. Google Analytics helps us better understand how users interact with our services, and to tailor our advertisements and content accordingly.

For information on how Google Analytics collects and processes data, and to learn how you can control the information sent to Google, review Google’s page on How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps. You can also learn about opt-out options for Google Analytics, including the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On.

We may also use advanced features of Google Analytics, such as Remarketing with Google Analytics, Google Display Network Impression Reporting, the DoubleClick Campaign Manager Integration, and Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting. These features allow us to use first-party cookies (like the Google Analytics cookie) and third-party cookies (such as the DoubleClick advertising cookie) together to optimize and display ads based on your previous visits to our services.

To manage your advertising preferences or opt out of certain Google advertising products, visit the Google Ads Preferences Manager or consult the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) resources.

Your Choices About Cookies

If you prefer not to accept cookies, most browsers will allow you to:

  1. Change your browser settings to notify you when a cookie is received, which allows you to choose whether to accept it.
  2. Disable existing cookies.
  3. Set your browser to automatically reject cookies.

Please note that rejecting or disabling cookies may negatively impact your experience using our online services, as some features may not function properly. If you wish to reject cookies across all browsers and devices, you will need to adjust settings on each browser and device you use. Depending on your device and operating system, you may not be able to block or delete all cookies.

You can also adjust your email settings to prevent the automatic downloading of images, which may contain technologies that allow us to track whether you have accessed our email or interacted with its content.

For more information on Google’s practices related to Google Analytics, please review Google’s privacy policy. You can also find Google’s opt-out options here.

Your Choices About Online Ads

Controlling Cookies and Tracking Technologies

To control your cookie preferences, including opting out of targeted advertising, please click the “Cookie Settings” link at the bottom of our homepage.

Most browsers also allow you to adjust settings to:

  1. Notify you when you receive a cookie, letting you choose whether to accept it.
  2. Disable existing cookies.
  3. Set your browser to automatically reject cookies.

Blocking or deleting cookies may impact your experience with our services, as some features may not work properly. Additionally, depending on your device and operating system, you may not be able to block or delete all tracking technologies.

You may also adjust your email settings to prevent the automatic downloading of images that could allow us to track your email interactions.

Interest-Based Advertising

We support the self-regulatory principles for online advertising (the “Principles”) published by the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA). This means we allow you to choose whether to have your online activities tracked across different websites for interest-based advertising. For more information on these Principles, visit www.aboutads.info.

To opt out of receiving interest-based advertisements on your browser, please follow the instructions at:

Opt-out cookies are specific to the browser and device on which they are downloaded. If you wish to opt out across all browsers and devices, you will need to do so on each device you actively use. If you delete cookies, you will need to opt out again.

To opt out of interest-based advertisements on mobile apps, please follow the instructions at AppChoices.

Please note that opting out of interest-based ads does not mean you will no longer see ads from us. It simply means the ads you see will not be based on your interests. We are not responsible for the effectiveness or compliance of third-party opt-out programs, nor can we guarantee the accuracy of their statements. Additionally, third parties may still use cookies for purposes like analytics and fraud prevention, as allowed under the DAA’s Principles.

Finally, deleting or blocking cookies may not be effective for all tracking technologies, such as Local Storage Objects (LSOs) like HTML5.

How We Use That Information

We use or may use the data collected through cookies for the following purposes:

(a) To Recognize Users and Improve User Experience: To recognize new or returning customers, and remember your information, so you won’t need to re-enter it during your visit or the next time you visit our websites and online services.
(b) To Provide and Improve Our Services: To provide and monitor the effectiveness of our websites and online services, and to ensure that they function properly.
(c) To Monitor Website Usage: To track and analyze the usage of our websites and online services, allowing us to optimize their performance.
(d) To Diagnose Errors: To identify and resolve errors or issues with our websites and online services.
(e) To Enhance Our Online Services: To plan for and improve the features, functionality, and overall experience of our online services.
(f) For Interest-Based or Targeted Advertising: To serve you interest-based or targeted advertisements (as further described below under “Interest-Based Advertising”).
(g) For Purposes Identified in Our Privacy Policy: To facilitate the purposes described in the “Our Use of Personal Data” section of our Privacy Policy.

In addition, we and our advertising partners may use the information collected through cookies to understand your browsing activities, including across third-party websites, in order to deliver relevant ads and content about products and services that may be of interest to you.

Please note that we may link some of the personal data we collect through cookies with other personal data we hold about you, for the purposes described in our Privacy Policy. This allows us to provide a more personalized and relevant experience across our online services.

Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. When we make changes, we will update the “Last Updated” date at the beginning of this policy. If we make material changes, we will notify you via email (to the email address you have registered with us), by posting a prominent notice on our website or online services, or through other appropriate communication channels. All changes will take effect from the date of publication, unless otherwise specified in the notification.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or requests related to this Cookie Policy or other privacy matters, please contact us at [email protected]