This Cookie Notice ("Notice") explains how STORMATRIX and its affiliates ("STORMATRIX", "us", "our" or "we"), along with our partners, use cookies and similar tracking technologies when you use our websites, applications and other services ("Services") that link to this policy. This Notice provides more information about these technologies, your choices related to them, and is part of the STORMATRIX Privacy Policy available here. You should read the Privacy Policy and this Notice to understand our use of your information.
We collect information on the use of our Services to help us understand how they are used, measure their effectiveness, manage their ongoing development, personalize your experience, and tailor our interactions with you. We do so using various technologies including cookies, tags (HTTP ETags), HTML5 Local Storage, web beacons and scripts.
A cookie is a piece of data sent to your browser, which may then be stored on your computer. Cookies are often only used to measure website usage (such as the number of visitors to a website and the duration of their visits) and effectiveness (such as the topics visitors are most interested in), allow for ease of navigation or use and are not associated with any personal information. They are also used to personalize the experience while using our Services by associating a known user with their preferences and profile information. Over time, this information provides valuable insight to help us improve the user experience.
Cookies are typically categorized as "session" or "persistent". Session cookies help you navigate through our Services efficiently. They track your movements within our Services so that you are not asked for information you have already provided during the current visit, or information needed to be able to complete a transaction. Session cookies are stored in temporary memory and are erased when your web browser is closed. Persistent cookies store preferences for your current and subsequent visits. They track choices you make when interacting with our Services. We use them, for example, to remember your choice of language and location. They have a finite lifetime, and remain valid when you restart your browser.
Cookies placed by us (including through our partners) are referred to as first-party cookies. They allow you to use our Services and their features and to assist us in analtics. Cookies placed by unrelated third parties are referred to as third-party cookies. They are used to recognize you when using our Services and when you visit other websites or online services. These third parties collect and use information pursuant to their own privacy policies. Third-party cookies enable certain features or functionalities on our Services.
Our Services use the following types of first and third-party cookies:
We and third parties may associate Functional Cookies, Analytics and Performance Cookies, Social Media Cookies and Targeting Advertising Cookies with other information we have about you.
You can express your privacy preferences regarding most types of cookies using the methods described below. You must take such steps on each browser or device that you use to access our Services. If you replace, change or upgrade your browser or device, or delete your cookies, you may need to set your privacy preferences again.
Browser Controls: You may be able to disable and manage some cookies through your browser settings. If you use multiple browsers on the same device, you will need to manage your settings for each browser. Links to instructions for some popular browsers are below:
If the browser you use is not listed above, refer to your browser’s help menu for information on how to manage cookies. Disabling cookies will not disable other analytics tools we may use to collect information about you or your use of our Services.
Analytics Provider Opt-Outs: To disable analytics cookies, you can use the browser controls described above or, for some of our providers, you can use their individual opt-out mechanisms:
We are not responsible for the effectiveness of any other provider's opt-out mechanisms.
Targeted Advertising: Most third-party advertisers offer a way to opt out of their targeted advertising. You can opt out of receiving targeted advertising from participating third-party advertisers, depending on your country of residence, by visiting:
You can also opt out of some of our advertising networks by visiting their opt-out pages:
We are not responsible for the effectiveness of any other provider's opt-out mechanisms. After you opt out, you will still see advertisements, but they may not be as relevant to you.
Mobile Settings: You may manage the collection of information for personalized advertising purposes in mobile apps via your device’s settings, including managing the collection of location data. You can opt out of mobile ad tracking by selecting "Limit Ad Tracking" (for iOS devices) or "Opt out of Ads Personalization" (for Android devices) in your device’s settings.
Cross-Device Tracking: If you want to opt out of our browser-based cross-device tracking for advertising purposes, you may do so by using the various methods described above. You must opt out separately on each device and each browser that you use. For more information about cross-device matching, please visit the Network Advertising Initiative or the Digital Advertising Alliance. If you opt out of cross-device tracking for advertising purposes, we may still conduct cross-device tracking for other purposes, such as analytics.
We also provide a cookie manager that will be displayed the first time you use our Services. You can choose, and change at any time, which types of cookies you would like our Services to use. You also can find more information on the specific cookies we use. Changing your preferences will not delete previously set cookies. You can delete previously set cookies via your browser or device.
Our Services do not recognize automated signals regarding tracking mechanisms, such as "do not track" instructions. You can generally express your privacy preferences through your web browser. In most instances, you can set your browser to notify you before you receive a Cookie, offering you the opportunity to accept or reject it. You also can set your browser to turn off cookies. Since cookies allow you to take advantage of some of our Services' features, we recommend that you leave them turned on.
If you block, turn off or otherwise reject our cookies, some parts of our Services may not function properly. You will not be able to, for example, add items to your shoppying cart, proceed to checkout or use any of our Services that require you to sign in. Information may still be collected and used for other purposes, such as research, analytics, internal operations, or to remember your opt-out preferences.
Some of Services may also use web beacons or other technologies to better tailor those services to provide enhanced functionality. These technologies may be in use in a number of areas (pages) within our Services. When you access these areas, a non-identifiable notice is generated which may be porocessed by us or our suppliers. These web beacons usually work in conjunction with HTTP cookies. If you do not want cookie information to be associated with your use of our Services, you can set your browser to turn of cookies. If you turn off cookies, web beacons and other technologies will still detect your use of our Services; however, they will not be associated with information otherwise stored in cookies.
We use Local Storage, such as HTML5, to store content and preferences. Third parties with whom we partner with to proivide certain features in our Services or to display advertising on others' websites based on your interactions with our Services also use HTML5 to collect and store information. Various browsers may offer their own management tools for removing HTML5 Local Storage.
We may also include web beacons in marketing e-mail messages or our newsletters in order to determine whether messages have been opened and links contained within clicked on.
Some of our partners set web beacons and other cookies on our site. In addition, third-party social media buttons may log certain information such as your IP address, browser type and language, access time, and referring website addresses, and, if you are logged in to those social media sites, they may also link such collected information with your profile information on that site. We do not control third party tracking technologies.
This Notice may be revised occasionally and in accordance with legal requirements. If we make any material changes to this Notice, we will add a new date at the top of this Notice, notify you via notification on our Services that link to this Notice, and as otherwise required by applicable law.
Please revisit this Notice regularly to stay informed about our and our analytic and advertising partners’ use of cookies.