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Cookie Policy

June 2024Effective June 24, 2024

This Cookie Policy is Section 5.5 of the Locally.com Privacy Policy, forms part of it, and is incorporated into it by reference. Related disclosures appear in Sections 1.2, 3, and 5.2 of that policy.

5.5 COOKIES POLICY; HOW YOU CAN DISABLE COOKIES

5.5.1 What Are Cookies. As is common practice with almost all professional websites the Company Website or other Company Programs use cookies, which are tiny files that are downloaded to Your computer, to improve Your experience. This section describes what information they gather, how We use it, and why We sometimes need to store these cookies. We will also share how You can prevent these cookies from being stored, however, this may downgrade or “break” certain elements of a website’s functionality.

5.5.2 How We Use Cookies

  • WE USE COOKIES FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS AS INDICATED IN SECTION 1.2, SECTION 3, AND THIS SECTION 5.5 OF THIS PRIVACY POLICY. In addition to the description of cookies as set forth in Section 1.2 and Section 3 of this Privacy Policy, We may use analytics tools, services or similar tools provided by third parties Data Analytics Providers (as defined in Section 3 herein) to help analyze how You and other Users utilize the Company’s Services or any of the Company Programs. These analytics tools use cookies and other tracking technologies to collect information such as how often Users visit the Company Website or other Company Programs, what pages they visit, and what other websites they have used prior to visiting the Company Website. We use the information We get from these analytics tools to improve Our Services. Analytics tools collect the IP address or other unique identifier assigned to You and/or Your devices on the date You visited them. Analytics tools provided by third parties plant a persistent cookie on Your web browser to identify You as a unique User the next time You visit the Company Website, and the treatment of that information is governed by the third party’s terms of use and/or privacy policy.
  • Unfortunately, in most cases there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to this site. It is recommended that You leave on all cookies if You are not sure whether You need them or not in case they are used to provide a service that You use.
  • BY USING OUR COMPANY WEBSITE, YOU GIVE CONSENT FOR US TO SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION WITH THESE PROCESSORS, AND FOR THEM TO TRANSFER THIS INFORMATION ONWARD TO THEIR PARTNERS IN CONNECTION WITH PROVIDING YOU ANY PRODUCTS OR SERVICES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION OUR COMPANY’S SERVICES.

5.5.3 Disabling Cookies. You can prevent the setting of cookies by adjusting the settings on Your web browser (see, for example, Your browser Help for how to do this, including “Incognito” in Chrome, “In Private” for Internet Explorer, “Private Browsing” in Firefox and Safari, etc.). Be aware that disabling or deleting cookies in Your web browser: (i) will usually affect the functionality and/or usability of the Company Website, other Company Programs and/or other websites that You visit; and/or (ii) will usually result in also disabling certain functionality and features of the Company Website or any other Company Programs.

5.5.4 The Cookies We May Set

In addition to the disclosures We have provided in Section 1.2 and Section 3 of this Policy regarding cookies or other web-based tracking technologies or analytics tools, the following section details certain ways that We may set or use cookies or other web-based tracking technologies on the Company Website or any other Company Program:

  • Email newsletters related cookies: The Company Website or other Company Programs may offer newsletters or other types of email subscription services and cookies may be used to remember if You are already registered and whether to show certain notifications which might only be valid to subscribed/unsubscribed users.
  • Orders processing related cookies: The Company Website or other Company Programs may offer e-commerce or payment facilities and some cookies are essential to ensure that Your order is remembered as You move between pages so that We can process it properly.
  • Contact or comment related cookies: When You submit any other data through the Company Website or other Company Programs, certain contact or comment-related cookies may be set to remember Your User details for future correspondence or transactions.

5.5.5 Third Party Cookies. In certain instances, cookies provided by third parties may also be used. In addition to the disclosures We have provided in Section 1.2 and Section 3 of this Policy regarding use of cookies or other web-based tracking technologies or analytics tools by third parties, the following section details certain third party cookies You might encounter through the Company Website or any other Company Program:

  • As noted in Section 3, the Company Website or other Company Program may engage Data Analytics Providers and/or use Data Analytics Tools or Services (including without limitation Google Analytics) that provides Us with widely-used analytics tools or services to help Us better understand how You and other Users are utilizing the Company Website or other Company Program in order to allow Us to improve Your experience. These cookies may track things such as how long You spend on the Company Website or other Company Program and the pages that You visit so We can continue to produce engaging content. For more information about Google Analytics cookies, see the official Google Analytics page.
  • Data Analytics Providers and/or use Data Analytics Tools or Services may also be used to track and measure usage of this Company Website or other Company Program (including, but not limited to, tracking things such as how long You spend on a website or pages that You visit) so that We can continue to produce engaging content, help Us to understand how We can improve the Company Website or other Company Program site for You and and/or to give Us a better understanding of broader industry trends.
  • From time to time, We test new features and make subtle changes to the way that the Company Website or other Company Programs are delivered. When We are testing new features, these cookies may be used to ensure that You receive a consistent experience while on the Company Website or other Company Program while ensuring We understand which optimizations the Users appreciate the most.
  • As We promote Our Company’s Services, it’s important for Us to better understand statistics about how many of the visitors of the Company Website or other Company Programs actually enter into a transaction, which of the Company’s Services the Users viewed the most, or which the Brand’s/Retailer’s Products (as defined above) the Users viewed the most, and, thus, these are additional types of data that these cookies will track. We consider this to be important to You as it means that We can accurately make business predictions that allow Us to monitor Our advertising and costs to ensure the best possible Services to all of the Users.
  • Certain of Our Advertising Networks (as defined in Section 3 of this Policy) may advertise on Our behalf and affiliate tracking cookies allow Us to see if Our customers have come to the Company Website or other Company Programs through one of these Advertising Network sites or sources.
  • We may also use social media buttons and/or plugins on this Company Website or other Company Programs that allow You to connect with Your social network in various ways. For these to work, many social media sites (such as, but not limited to, Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn) may set cookies through the Company Website or other Company Program and such cookies may be used to enhance Your profile on their social media site or to contribute to the data they hold for various purposes outlined in their respective privacy policies.