This cookie policy is designed to help you understand how an organisation intends to use cookies and similar technologies (Cookies), and how you can manage these Cookies. ThinkMyBiz, along with ThinkMyBiz's authorised third-party partners and service providers may make use of Cookies on our websites, products, mobile apps, co-branded offerings and other services such as emails (collectively, Services) when you use our Services.
A Cookie is a small file which is created by a website and stored on your device. Often Cookies contain a string of numbers and letters that uniquely identifies your device, but can contain other information. Cookies serve many different purposes, including to help remember your preferences or allow our Services to function.
There are different types of Cookies:
Cookies are persistent, permanent or session:
Persistent and permanent Cookies remain on your device even after you have gone offline. These Cookies will remain on your device until you manually delete them or until your browser deletes them based on the duration specified in the Cookie file itself.
Session Cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.
What are Cookies
A Cookie is a small file which is created by a website and stored on your device. Often Cookies contain a string of numbers and letters that uniquely identifies your device, but can contain other information. Cookies serve many different purposes, including to help remember your preferences or allow our Services to function.
There are different types of Cookies:
Cookies are persistent, permanent or session:
Persistent and permanent Cookies remain on your device even after you have gone offline. These Cookies will remain on your device until you manually delete them or until your browser deletes them based on the duration specified in the Cookie file itself.
Session Cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.
Cookies can also be first-party or third-party:
First-party Cookies are Cookies that are placed by a ThinkMyBiz company or a third party for us.
Third-party Cookies are placed by our partners, vendors and other third parties. We do not control the collection or further use of data by third parties using third-party Cookies.
Web beacons (also known as pixel tags or clear GIFs) are small graphic images that are used in connection with the provision of our Services and which typically work in conjunction with Cookies to track the use of an online service by its users. For example, when we send you emails, web beacons allow us to track if you opened the emails and clicked links to measure campaign performance and improve features.
Similar technologies are technologies which enable the entity using it to track your user behavior.
Third-party Cookies are placed by our partners, vendors and other third parties. We do not control the collection or further use of data by third parties using third-party Cookies.
Web beacons (also known as pixel tags or clear GIFs) are small graphic images that are used in connection with the provision of our Services and which typically work in conjunction with Cookies to track the use of an online service by its users. For example, when we send you emails, web beacons allow us to track if you opened the emails and clicked links to measure campaign performance and improve features.
Similar technologies are technologies which enable the entity using it to track your user behavior.
This can be done by HTML5 Local Storage, pixels, tags, Flash Cookies (also known as local shared objects or LSO), and other web application software methods, all of which store information in your browser or device. We may employ Flash Cookies in certain situations where we use Flash to provide some content such as video clips or animation.
We classify Cookies according to whether they are Essential, Functional, Improved Performance, or Advertising, depending on the function that the Cookies serve in connection with our Services.
Essential Cookies are necessary to allow the technical operation of our Services. We use these Cookies to:
Authenticate you,
Run your session securely while you're logged in,
Help detect and prevent fraud, and
Provide you with our Services, (e.g., they enable you to move around on a website and to use its features).
How we use Cookies
We classify Cookies according to whether they are Essential, Functional, Improved Performance, or Advertising, depending on the function that the Cookies serve in connection with our Services.
Essential Cookies are necessary to allow the technical operation of our Services. We use these Cookies to:
Authenticate you,
Run your session securely while you're logged in,
Help detect and prevent fraud, and
Provide you with our Services, (e.g., they enable you to move around on a website and to use its features).
Functional Cookies are Cookies that:
Evidence your use of our Services to meet our compliance obligations and contractual commitments to partners,
Monitor and improve the performance of our Services,
Remember your choices (e.g. language, region, login information, and so on), and
Offer enhanced functionality when using our Services (e.g. 'stay logged in function').
Evidence your use of our Services to meet our compliance obligations and contractual commitments to partners,
Monitor and improve the performance of our Services,
Remember your choices (e.g. language, region, login information, and so on), and
Offer enhanced functionality when using our Services (e.g. 'stay logged in function').
Improved Performance Cookies are Cookies that:
Collect data to track the use of our Services,
Assess the effectiveness of campaigns, and
Understand how people found our Services.
Advertising Cookies are Cookies that enable us and our ad network partners, such as social media companies, to display advertising personalized to you and to prevent the same ads from being shown to you too many times.
Please note that even if you opt-out of Cookies or interest-based advertising, you will still receive advertisements, they just won't be tailored to your interests. Also, if you opt-out or later delete your Cookies, use a different browser, or use a new or different device, you may need to renew your Cookie preferences. It could also affect the availability and functionality of our Services.
Visitors from the EU can decide whether to accept Cookies when using our Services. However, we will still need to add some Cookies to allow our Services to operate. If you are a ThinkMyBiz customer, you can manage the Cookies in our Services at any time by clicking on the link Manage Cookies in the footer of our EU websites. You can also delete Cookies from your browser or device at any time.
Many devices and internet browsers are set to automatically accept Cookies. Information on changing your browser settings to opt-out of Cookies can be found in your browser settings. If you use different devices to access our Services, you will need to ensure that each browser of each device is set to your Cookie preferences.
Most mobile operating systems provide you an option in the device settings to limit ad tracking associated with the device ID they may share with us.
Collect data to track the use of our Services,
Assess the effectiveness of campaigns, and
Understand how people found our Services.
Advertising Cookies are Cookies that enable us and our ad network partners, such as social media companies, to display advertising personalized to you and to prevent the same ads from being shown to you too many times.
Managing Cookies
Please note that even if you opt-out of Cookies or interest-based advertising, you will still receive advertisements, they just won't be tailored to your interests. Also, if you opt-out or later delete your Cookies, use a different browser, or use a new or different device, you may need to renew your Cookie preferences. It could also affect the availability and functionality of our Services.
Managing Cookies on our Services
Visitors from the EU can decide whether to accept Cookies when using our Services. However, we will still need to add some Cookies to allow our Services to operate. If you are a ThinkMyBiz customer, you can manage the Cookies in our Services at any time by clicking on the link Manage Cookies in the footer of our EU websites. You can also delete Cookies from your browser or device at any time.
Many devices and internet browsers are set to automatically accept Cookies. Information on changing your browser settings to opt-out of Cookies can be found in your browser settings. If you use different devices to access our Services, you will need to ensure that each browser of each device is set to your Cookie preferences.
Most mobile operating systems provide you an option in the device settings to limit ad tracking associated with the device ID they may share with us.
Please reference your mobile operating system's help center to learn more.
To find out more about Cookies, including how to see what Cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie or www.allaboutcookies.org. Please note that ThinkMyBiz has no affiliation with, and is not responsible for, these third party websites.
Please note that not all browsers provide the ability to remove Flash Cookies. You can restrict or block Flash Cookies through the Adobe website and links for doing so are included below. As with any Cookie, if you do restrict Flash Cookies, there may be some features of our Services that you won't be able to use.
We may update this Cookie Statement from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Statement regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies. For more information relating to cookies, you may contact accounts@thinkmybiz.io.
To find out more about Cookies, including how to see what Cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie or www.allaboutcookies.org. Please note that ThinkMyBiz has no affiliation with, and is not responsible for, these third party websites.
Please note that not all browsers provide the ability to remove Flash Cookies. You can restrict or block Flash Cookies through the Adobe website and links for doing so are included below. As with any Cookie, if you do restrict Flash Cookies, there may be some features of our Services that you won't be able to use.
Disclaimer
We may update this Cookie Statement from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Statement regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies. For more information relating to cookies, you may contact accounts@thinkmybiz.io.