Cookie Policy
Last Updated: 02/05/2022
At https://investsu.com/, we strive to honor the privacy and security of any data we collect from visitors using our website, while acting as a Personal Data Controller under relevant data protection rules and regulations.
Our website uses cookies, in combination with pixels, local storage objects, and similar devices (collectively, “cookies” unless otherwise stated) to distinguish you from other users of the website. This helps us provide you with a good experience, improve our service, and personalize ads and content for you while you use the site.
This cookie policy describes the types of cookies we use on the website and our purposes for using them.
If you have any questions regarding this Cookie Notice, please contact us at [contact@investsu.com / web form link].
For a more detailed description and list of the cookies we currently use on the website, please review our Cookie List found in Section 5 of this document.
For more information about our privacy practices, please review our “Privacy Policy”: [Privacy Policy URL].
Please read this Cookie Notice carefully for details about why we use cookies and the information collected from you.
Definitions of Cookies
A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or the hard drive of your device, which functions like computer memory.
First-Party and Third-Party Cookies: Whether a cookie is ‘first-party’ or ‘third-party’ refers to the domain that places the cookie.
- First-Party Cookies: These are set by the website that is being visited by the user at the time (e.g., cookies placed by our website domain).
- Third-Party Cookies: These are cookies set by a domain different from the website being visited by the user. If a user visits a website and another entity sets a cookie through that site, this would be a third-party cookie.
Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on the user’s device for the period specified in the cookie. They are activated each time the user visits the website that created that particular cookie.
Session Cookies: These cookies allow website operators to link the actions of a user during a browser session. A browser session starts when a user opens the browser window and ends when they close the browser window. Session cookies are created temporarily. Once you close the browser, all session cookies are deleted.
Which Cookies Do We Use and Why?
Generally, the website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of the website. This helps us provide you with a good experience when you browse the website and also allows us to improve it. The cookies we may use on the website can be categorized as follows:
- Strictly Necessary
- Performance
- Functionality
- Targeting/Marketing
Some cookies may fulfill more than one of these purposes.
‘Strictly Necessary’ Cookies enable you to move around the site and use essential features, such as secure areas. Without these cookies, we cannot provide the services requested.
We use these strictly necessary cookies to:
- Identify you as being logged in and authenticated on the website;
- For security purposes;
- Ensure that when you connect to the service you requested on the site, it continues to function when we make any changes to the way it operates.
If you prevent these cookies, we cannot guarantee how the site or security on the site will perform during your visit.
‘Performance’ Cookies collect information about how you use the site, for example, which pages you visit and if you experience any errors. These cookies do not collect any information that could identify you and are only used to help us improve how the website works, understand our users’ interests, and measure the effectiveness of our advertising.
We use performance cookies to:
- Perform web analytics: Provide statistics on how the website is used;
- Perform affiliate tracking: Provide feedback to affiliated entities that one of our visitors also visited their site;
- Obtain data on the number of users of the site who have viewed a product or service;
- Help us improve the website by measuring any errors that occur;
- Test different designs for the site.
Some of our performance cookies are managed by third parties.
‘Functionality’ Cookies are used to provide services or to remember settings to improve your visit.
We use ‘Functionality’ cookies for purposes such as:
- Remembering settings you applied, such as layout, text size, preferences, and colors;
- Remembering if we’ve already asked you if you want to fill in a survey;
- Remembering if you have engaged with a specific component or list on the site so that it won’t repeat;
- Showing you when you are logged in to the site;
- To provide and show embedded video content.
Some of these functionality cookies are managed by third parties.
‘Targeting/Marketing’ Cookies are used to track your visit to the site, as well as other websites, apps, and online services, including the pages you have visited and the links you have followed, which allows us to display targeted ads to you on the site.
We may use targeting cookies to:
- Display targeted ads within the site;
- Improve the way we deliver personalized ads and content and measure the success of ad campaigns on the site.
When We Require Your Consent
All cookies require your consent.
We ask for your consent before placing them on your device. You can give your consent by clicking the appropriate button on the banner displayed to you.
If you do not wish to consent or want to withdraw your consent for any cookies at any time, you will need to delete and block or disable cookies via your browser settings; see below for more information on how to do this. Please note that disabling these cookies will affect the functionality of the site and may prevent you from being able to access certain features on the site.
How to Delete and Block Our Cookies
Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through browser settings. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including strictly necessary cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of the site. Unless you have adjusted your browser settings so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies as soon as you visit the site.