Cookie Policy
Last Updated: January 1, 2024
Introduction to Cookies
Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit certain websites. They serve various purposes such as remembering your preferences and enhancing your browsing experience. Margaret-Drive (the “Website”) uses cookies and similar technologies to ensure integrity and the optimal performance of the Website, provide you with a safe and personalized experience, and to inform, optimize, and monitor our marketing and advertising efforts.
Types of Cookies We Use
We use different types of cookies on this Website, each serving a specific purpose:
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Necessary Cookies: These are essential for navigating the Website and using its features. Without these cookies, services such as logging into user accounts cannot be provided.
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Performance Cookies: These collect information about how visitors use our Website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, if they get error messages, and the like. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor but rather aggregated and anonymous information. We use these cookies to improve your experience on our Website by identifying what is working and what is not.
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Functionality Cookies: These allow the Website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language, or the region you are in) and provide more enhanced, personal features. They can also be used to remember changes you have made to the brightness or font size of pages on our Website.
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Targeting/Advertising Cookies: These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store any personal data but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device.
Managing or Deleting Cookies
You can manage cookies through your browser settings, where you can refuse or accept all cookies or certain types of cookies. You can also set your browser to alert you when a cookie is sent. There are various ways to manage and delete cookies:
- Via browser options: Most browsers allow you to see what cookies you have and delete them on an individual basis, block third-party cookies, or block cookies from specific websites.
- Via the “Do Not Track” function: Some browsers send a “Do Not Track” signal to websites. However, there is no standard for how websites should respond to this signal yet.
Third-Party Cookies
We use third-party service providers to help us analyze certain online activities and improve our services through data. These third parties may set their own cookies when you visit our Website. In some cases, these cookies are used to present you with advertising that may be of interest based on your usage patterns on the Website and beyond.
Consent and Control
We ask for your consent to place cookies on your device, except for necessary cookies, which are essential for the operation of our Website. You can provide, deny, or withdraw your consent at any time by clicking the appropriate option available on our Website’s cookie banner. To change your cookie settings, please follow the steps outlined in the “Managing or Deleting Cookies” section above.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies, need to access or delete your personal data, or require assistance with managing your cookie preferences, please do not hesitate to contact us at: [email protected].
This Cookie Policy is compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), ePrivacy Directive, and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). We regularly review our policies to ensure compliance with current regulations and updated industry standards regarding data protection and privacy.
