Cookies Policy

The Sites—as well as certain third parties that provide content and other functionality on the Site —use a variety of technologies to learn more about how people use the Sites and the Internet. This section provides more information about some of those technologies and how they work.

• Cookies. Cookies are small text files used to store information about users on the users’ own computer. Cookies may be used to recognize you as the same user across different visits to the website. Knowing how a user is using the Sites through cookies enables us to tailor our content and Sites to more effectively meet visitors’ needs. It also enables us to improve the quality of your visit by making sure that the Sites are properly formatted for your computer and web browser. Some Internet browsers can be configured to warn you each time a cookie is being sent or to refuse cookies completely. Refer to your browser help menu for more information. You can also manage cookie tracking directly through the third-party service providers that we may use:

• Google Analytics: You may prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics by downloading and installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout/opens in a new tab. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this Site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Service, available at http://www.google.com/analytics/terms/us.htmlopens in a new tab, and the Google Privacy Policy, available at http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/opens in a new tab. To learn more about how Google collects and processes data in connection with Google Analytics, visit http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/opens in a new tab.

• Hotjar: You can opt-out of Hotjar tracking by following the steps here: https://www.hotjar.com/policies/do-not-track/opens in a new taband can learn about Hotjar’s ability to use and share information through the Hotjar Terms & Conditions of Use, available at https://www.hotjar.com/opens in a new tab, and the Hotjar Privacy Policy, available at https://www.hotjar.com/privacy/opens in a new tab.

• Other local storage. Local Shared Objects (also referred to as “Flash cookies”) and HTML5 local storage are similar to cookies in that they are stored on your computer and can be used to store certain information about your activities and preferences. These objects are stored in different parts of your computer from ordinary browser cookies, however. Many Internet browsers allow you to disable HTML5 local storage or delete information contained in HTML5 local storage using browser controls.

• Web beacons. Web beacons can be embedded in web pages, videos, or emails, and can allow a web server to read certain types of information from your browser, check whether you have viewed a particular web page or email message, and determine, among other things, the time and date on which you viewed the Web beacon, the IP address of your computer, and the URL of the web page from which the Web beacon was viewed.