Cookie policy
1. What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files (composed only of letters and numbers) that a web server places on your computer or mobile device when you visit a webpage. When used, the cookie can help make the Website, the Hub and the Hub Services more user-friendly, for example by remembering your language preferences and settings. You can find more information about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org.
Cookies are widely used in order to make websites work in an efficient way. The use of cookies allows you to navigate between pages efficiently. Cookies remember your preferences, and make the interaction between you and the Hub or the Website smoother and more efficient. Cookies are also used to help ensure that the advertisements you see online are relevant to you and your interests.
2. Storing Tracking Technologies
The Hub and the Website store Tracking Technologies when you visit or access them (for example when you are visiting the Hub or the Website) – these are called "First Party Tracking Technologies". In addition, Tracking Technologies are stored by other third parties (for example our analytics service providers, business partners and advertisers) who run content on the Hub and the Website. These are called "Third Party Tracking Technologies".
Both types of Tracking Technologies may be stored either for the duration of your visit to the Hub or use of the Website or for repeat visits.
3. What types of Tracking Technologies do we use?
There are five main types of Tracking Technologies. The information collected by these Tracking Technologies may contain your Personal Data.
Strictly necessary or technically-necessary Tracking Technologies
These Tracking Technologies are essential to enable you to login, navigate around and use the features of the Hub and the Website, or to provide a service requested by you (such as your username). The Hub Owner does not need to obtain your consent in order to use these Tracking Technologies. These Tracking Technologies can be used for security and integrity reasons - for example to detect violation of our policies and for support or security features.
Functionality Tracking Technologies
These Tracking Technologies allow the Hub and the Website to remember choices you make (such as your language) and provide enhanced and personalized features. For example, these Tracking Technologies are used for authentication (to remember when you are logged-in) and support other features of the Hub and the Website. The Hub Owner will obtain your consent when using these Tracking Technologies.
Performance Tracking Technologies
These Tracking Technologies collect information about your online activity (for example the duration of your visit to the Hub and / or the Website), including behavioural data and content engagement metrics. These Tracking Technologies are used for analytics, research and to perform statistics (based on aggregated information). The Hub Owner does not need to obtain your consent in order to use these Tracking Technologies.
Marketing or Advertising Tracking Technologies
These Tracking Technologies are used to deliver tailored offers and advertisements to you, based on your derived interests, as well as to perform email marketing campaigns. They can also be used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign. The Hub Owner will obtain your consent when using these Tracking Technologies.
4. How to manage your cookie settings
Please note that the Hub does not recognize or respond to automated browser signals regarding Tracking Technologies, including "Do Not Track" requests. However, there are various ways in which you can manage and control your cookie settings. Please remember that, by deleting or blocking cookies, some of the features of the Hub, the Hub Services or the Website may not work properly or as effectively.
5. Turning off cookies via your web browser
Most web browsers will provide you with some general information about cookies, enable you to see what cookies are stored on your device, allow you to delete them all or on an individual basis, and enable you to block or allow cookies for all websites or individually selected websites. You can also normally turn off third party cookies separately. Please note that the settings offered by a browser or device often only apply to that particular browser or device.
Information about cookies is usually found in the "Help" section of the web browser. Below are some links to some commonly used web browsers:
6. Turning off third party cookies
You can turn off certain third party targeting/advertising cookies by visiting the following link: Network Advertising Initiative.
The Hub Owner may use standard analytics tools. The privacy practices of these tools are subject to their own privacy policies, and they may use their own cookies to provide their service.
The Hub Owner uses the standard analytics tools of Google Analytics and may use additional or other analytics tools, from time to time. The privacy practices of these tools are subject to their own privacy policies.
The Hub Owner uses anonymous, statistical or aggregated information and may share it with our partners or service providers for legitimate business purposes. It has no effect on your privacy, because there is no reasonable way to extract data from the aggregated information that can be associated with you.