Current as of 19 September 2024
Cookies Policy
This is the Cookies and similar technologies polices of The 3rd Element.
This notice describes the different types of cookies and similar technologies we may use in connection with our sites and tools. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, cookies may be issued when you visit our sites and tools.
We use strictly necessary cookies to make our sites and tools work. We and our partners also use additional cookies and similar technologies to collect information when you interact with our sites and tools to improve our experience including, to provide you with tailored content, personalized experience, and analyze site usage.
If the site has a “Manage Cookies” button, you can view, change and manage your cookie settings at any time.
By clicking “Accept All,” you consent to the placement of these additional cookies and similar technologies.
If the site does not have a “Manage Cookies” button, your continued use of the site represents your consent to the relevant cookies and similar technologies being placed on your computer or device.
For more information, please see “Managing cookies and similar technologies” section below.
Cookies and similar technologies we use
Cookies
Our sites and tools may use cookies, which are small text files stored on your computer or device when you access a website. More information about cookies is available at www.aboutcookies.org.
We may use cookies to:
- Allow you to use the sites without having to re-enter your user name and password.
- Understand how you engage with the sites and to enhance or personalize your experience, including across devices.
- Monitor the site usage.
- Manage the sites.
Improve the sites and our services, including providing you with interest-based ads. - For more information on our advertising, see above: “Interest-based advertising.”
We may also use web beacons on our sites and tools, in our emails, and in our advertisements on other websites. Web beacons are tiny graphic images that are used to collect information about your visit to our sites and tools, such as the pages you view and the features you use, as well as information about whether you open and/or act upon one of our emails or advertisements.
We may also collect the URL of the website you visited immediately before coming to our sites and tools. Web beacons help us analyze visitors’ behavior and measure the effectiveness of our sites and tools and our advertising.
We may work with service providers that help us track, collect, and analyze this information.
Click-through URLs
If you “opt in” to receive newsletters, updates, or other information from us, our emails may use a “click-through URL” linked to content on our sites and tools.
When you click one of these URLs, they pass through a separate web server before arriving at the destination page on our sites and tools.
We use this click-through data to help us understand how recipients respond to, or interact with, our emails.
Third-party cookies and similar technologies
Third-party analytics services
We use third-party analytics services, including Google Analytics and others, to collect information about your use of our sites and tools and enable us to improve our sites and tools.
You can learn about Google’s practices by going to www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners.
Google Analytics and other third-party analytics services use cookies and similar technologies to collect information about the use of our sites and tools and to report trends to us, without identifying individuals to us.
We use this information to see the overall patterns of usage on our sites and tools, help us record any difficulties you have with our sites and tools, and tell us whether our communication efforts are effective.
We may also link the information provided by third-party analytics services with the information we collect, or you provide in other contexts on our site and tools (newsletters, etc.), to personalize, connect, and streamline your experience when visiting our sites and tools.
Social Media and Video Sites
If you choose to share our digital content with friends through social networks, such as Facebook and Twitter, or to watch a video posted to a third-party media site (such as YouTube), you may be sent cookies from these third-party websites.
We do not control the setting of these cookies, so please check the third-party websites for more information about their cookies and how to manage them.
Managing cookies and similar technologies
Cookies
You do not need to have cookies enabled to browse our sites and tools unless you want us to remember you and your preferences when you return. If you prefer not to allow cookies, most cookies can be managed or blocked through your browser. However, if your browser is set to reject cookies or you manually delete cookies, you may have some trouble accessing and using some of the pages and features that are currently on our sites and tools, or that we may put on our sites and tools in the future.
Note that browser-management tools for cookies are outside of our control and we cannot guarantee their effectiveness. More information about managing cookies is available at the following links:
Adobe Flash
Android Browser
Google Chrome
Internet Explorer
Mozilla Firefox
Safari (Desktop)
Safari (Mobile)
Click-through URLs
If you prefer not to be tracked in this way, please do not click text or graphic links in emails you receive from us.
Third-party analytics services
You can opt out of data collection or use by Google and other third-party analytics services we may use at the following links:
Adjust: www.adjust.com/opt-out
AppsFlyer: www.adjust.com/opt-out
Clicktale: www.clicktale.net/disable.html
Google Analytics: tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout (requires you to install a browser add-on)
Kissmetrics: kissmetrics.io/privacy
Mixpanel: mixpanel.com/optout
WebTrends: ondemand.webtrends.com/support/optout.asp
Do-not-track requests
There is no standard for how online services should respond to “Do Not Track” signals or other mechanisms that may allow you to opt out of the collection of information across networks of websites and online services. Therefore, we do not honor “Do Not Track” signals. As standards develop, we will revisit this issue and update this notice if our practices change. More information about Do Not Track is available at www.allaboutdnt.org
