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At aKQired, we believe in being clear and open about how we collect and use data related to you. In the spirit of transparency, this policy provides detailed information about how and when we use cookies. This cookie policy applies to any aKQired products or services that link to this policy or incorporates it by reference.
What Is A Cookie?
A cookie is a simple text file stored on your computer or mobile device by a website’s server. Each cookie is unique to your web browser. It will contain some anonymous information such as unique identifier and the site name and some digits and numbers.
Most websites you visit use cookies to improve your user experience by allowing the website to ‘remember’ you, either for the duration of your visit (using ‘session cookies’) or for repeated visits (using a ‘persistent cookie’).
Cookies may be set by the website you are visiting (‘first party cookies’), or they may be set by other websites that run content on the page you are viewing (‘third party cookies’). Cookies also enable you to easily share content on aKQired’ website and help us serve relevant services to you.
What Do Cookies Do?
Cookies have lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, storing your preferences and improving your experience of a website. Cookies make the interaction between you and the website faster and easier. If a website doesn’t use cookies, it will think you are a new visitor every time you move to a new page on the site, for example, even after you “log in,” if you move to another page it won’t recognize you and it won’t be able to keep you logged in.
Does aKQired Use Cookies?
Yes. As described in our Privacy Policy, we use cookies and other technologies to ensure everyone who uses the aKQired’ website has the best possible experience. By continuing to visit or use our services, you are agreeing to the use of cookies and similar technologies for the purposes we describe in this policy.
When Does aKQired Place Cookies?
Any browser visiting the aKQired’ website will receive cookies from us.
What Type Of Cookies Does aKQired Use?
We use two types: persistent cookies and session cookies. A persistent cookie helps us recognize you as an existing user, so it’s easier to return to aKQired’ website or interact with our services. After you sign in, a persistent cookie stays in your browser and will be read by aKQired when you return to our website. Session cookies only last for as long as the session (usually the current visit to a website or a browser session) lasts.
How Does aKQired Use Cookies?
We use cookies to recognize you when you visit aKQired, remember your preferences and give you a personalized experience that’s in line with your settings. Cookies also make your interactions with aKQired faster and more secure. Additionally, cookies allow us to bring you advertising both on and off the aKQired’ website.
| Categories of Use | Description |
|---|---|
| Authentication | If you’re signed in to aKQired’ website, cookies help us show you the right information and personalize your experience. |
| Security | We use cookies to enable and support our security features, for example, authenticating Members, preventing fraudulent use of login credentials, and protecting Member data from unauthorized parties. |
| Preferences, Features and Services | When you visit our website, cookies help us display the correct information and personalize your experience by providing you with features, insights and customized content. Loss of the information stored in a preference cookie may make aKQired’ website experience less functional but should not prevent it from working. |
| Advertising | We may use cookies to show you relevant advertising both on and off aKQired’ website. We may also use a cookie to learn whether someone who saw an ad later visited and took action (e.g., downloaded a white paper or made a purchase) on the advertiser’s site. Similarly, our partners may use a cookie to determine whether we’ve shown an ad and how it performed or provide us with information about how you interact with ads. We may also work with a partner to show you an ad on or off aKQired’ website, such as after you’ve visited a partner’s site. |
| Session State | We collect information about how our Users and Members use and interact with our website. This may include the pages Members visit often and when and where Members get error messages. We use these “session state cookies” to help us improve our website and our services. Blocking or deleting these cookies will not prevent the website from working. |
| Performance, Analytics and Research | Cookies help us learn how well our website performs in different locations. We also use cookies to understand, improve and research products, features and services including when you access aKQired’ website from other websites, applications or devices such as your work computer or your mobile device. |
What Is Do Not Track (DNT)?
DNT is a concept that has been promoted by regulatory agencies, for the Internet industry to develop and implement a mechanism for allowing Internet users to control the tracking of their online activities across websites by using browser settings. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has been working with industry groups, Internet browsers, technology companies and regulators to develop a DNT technology standard. While some progress has been made, it has been slow. No standard has been adopted to this date. As such, aKQired does not generally respond to “Do Not Track” signals.
How Are Cookies Used For Advertising Purposes?
Cookies and other ad technology such as beacons, pixels and tags help us serve relevant ads to you more effectively. They also help us provide aggregated auditing, research and reporting for advertisers, understand and improve our service and know when content has been shown to you. Note: Because your web browser may request advertisements and beacons directly from the third party as network servers, these networks can view, edit or set third-party cookies, just as if you had requested a web page from their site. Ads served by aKQired’ website may also set third party cookies.
If you are logged in on www.akqired.com, and one of our cookies on your device identifies you, your usage (such as browsing behavior) and log data (such as your IP address) will be associated by us with your account. We also use aggregate data from third parties and data from your profile and aKQired’ website activity.
What Third Party Cookies Does aKQired Use?
Our cookie table lists some of the third-party cookies on our sites. Please note that the names of cookies, pixels and other technologies may change over time. Please also note that companies and other organizations that sponsor pages on aKQired’ website may use cookies, pixels or other technologies on their aKQired pages to learn about your interest in them.
Controlling Cookies
Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, if you limit the ability of websites to set cookies, you may worsen your overall user experience, since it will no longer be personalized to you. It may also stop you from saving customized settings like login information.
What To Do If You Don’t Want Cookies To Be Set Or Want Them To Be Removed?
Some people find the idea of a website storing information on their computer or mobile device to be intrusive, particularly when this information is stored and used by a third party without them knowing. Although cookies are generally quite harmless, you may not, for example, want to see advertising that has been targeted to your interests using your browser history. If you prefer, you may choose to block some or all cookies or even to delete cookies that have already been set; but you should be aware that you might lose some functions of our website.
If you want to restrict or block the cookies that are set by our website, you can do so through your browser settings on your computer or any other device you’re using to access our services. If you use aKQired’ website without changing your browser settings, we’ll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies on the aKQired’ website. Most browsers also provide functionality that lets you review and erase cookies, including aKQired cookies. Please note that aKQired’ website will not work properly without cookies.
To opt-out of third-parties collecting any data regarding your interaction on our website, please refer to their websites for further information.