Cookies on Teceze’s Websites

Like many others, this site uses tiny files called cookies and similar technologies to help us analyze traffic on our website and improve your user experience. A variety of websites and web-based applications are run by Teceze, each of which uses cookies. To ensure that you are completely aware of how we use cookies across all of our pages, and what options you have when handling those cookies, we have developed this cookie policy. Please carefully read this policy. As you read, keep in mind that a list of cookies currently used on each site can be accessed here.

What are cookies?

Cookies are small text files that contain a string of characters that can be installed on a mobile device or computer that uniquely identifies your device or browser. Cookies enable a site to know if that site has been visited by your computer or device before. Cookies can then be used to help you understand how the website is used, help you efficiently navigate between pages, help remember your preferences, and generally improve your browsing experience. Cookies can also help ensure that you and your interests are more relevant to the advertising you see online.

How do we use cookies?

We use cookies to enhance your experience on our site in a variety of ways, including

  • Understanding how you use our site and the most popular content
  • Storing your preferences, such as if you have agreed to our use of cookies on this website (or not)
  • Working with partners to provide you with relevant ads

What types of cookies do we use?

Four kinds of cookies are used, which we describe in this section.

  • Essential - Cookies that are necessary to provide you with the requested services. If you set these cookies to be blocked by your browser, then some basic features and services will not work for you. Specifically, we won't be able to save your cookie preferences.
  • Performance - Cookies that measure how often you visit and how you use our websites. We use this data to gain a better understanding of how users interact with our content and to enhance our website so that users have a better experience. We collect information, for example, about which of our pages are visited most frequently, and which types of users are visited.
  • Functionality - Cookies that are used when you return to our site to recognize you and remember your preferences or settings so that we can give you a more personalized experience. The social sharing widget embedded on certain pages of our website, for instance, allows visitors to easily share content, if they wish, with networking and sharing platforms.
  • Advertising - cookies used to collect information about your visit to our website, the content you viewed, the links you followed, and your browser, device, and IP address information.

How long will cookies stay on my device?

Depending on whether it is a "persistent" or "session" cookie, the length of time a cookie stays on your computer or mobile device. Only until you stop browsing will Session Cookies remain on your device. Until they expire or are deleted, persistent cookies remain on your computer or mobile device.

Cookies for first and third parties, and links to other sites

First-party cookies are Cookies that belong to Teceze. Third-party cookies are cookies placed on your device via our site by other trusted partner organizations to help us analyze how our site is used and measure the number of visitors to the site.

This site may be connected to other websites. The cookies of other websites are not controlled by us and this cookie policy does not apply to those websites. To ensure that you're comfortable with how they use cookies, we encourage you to read the cookie policies of each of the third-party sites you visit.

How to manage cookies?

You will first be met with a banner while visiting our websites that ask you to accept or reject cookies and provides you with an opportunity to read this cookie policy. A chart that describes the cookies that we use on the specific Teceze website that you are visiting here may be reviewed. The graph describes the types of cookies used for each Teceze site, who places the cookie on your device and for what purpose, how long the cookie will remain, and what options you have to block the cookie.

Generally speaking, through the 'Settings' feature of your default browser, you can also limit or block cookies set by our site or by any other site. In your browser, the "Help" feature should clarify how. Alternatively, you can visit websites for customer support, such as www.aboutcookies.org, which offer information on how to do this through a variety of browsers. You can also find general cookie information and instructions about how your computer can delete cookies.