Pivotal B2B Media

Like many websites, our Services (as defined in our Privacy Policy) utilize “cookies” and other tiny files (as further detailed below) in order to personalize your experience, track and analyze online traffic, and enhance our services. These cookies make you stand out from other Service users. If you reside in the European Union, websites must now get your express consent before using or storing cookies (or other similar technologies) on your computer or mobile device. In order to provide our visitors a clear understanding of the cookies we employ and their intended uses, this policy aims to do just that. See our Privacy Policy for additional details on how we utilize your personal data. Our privacy policy includes and is integrated into this policy. The meaning of any defined words that are not stated in this cookie statement may be found in the privacy policy. In order to give you a nice browsing experience on our Sites and to help us improve our Sites, we or our authorized suppliers may use cookies, web beacons, and other similar technologies when you visit or interact with the Services. You may learn more about these technologies by reading the information provided below.

What are cookies, web beacons and similar technologies?

The following broad categories best describe how we use such technologies:

Strictly essential

These include cookies, web beacons, and other similar technologies that are necessary for our sites to function. These comprise, for instance, the tools that let you utilize a shopping cart, log into secure portions of our sites, or use e-billing services.

Analytical/performance

They enable us to identify and tally the number of visitors to our websites as well as track their movements. This aids us in improving the functionality of our websites by, for instance, ensuring that people can simply locate what they’re searching for.

Functionality

They allow us to identify you when you visit our sites again and tailor the material we show you, welcome you by name, and keep track of your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).

Advertising or targeting-related

These technologies keep track of the websites you visit, the pages you see, and the links you click. By utilizing this data, we can better tailor our websites and the advertising that appears on them to your preferences. We may reuse or retarget the data we collect about you. We could also provide this data to our lead purchasers, marketers, and other third parties for retargeting and advertising reasons.You can find more information about the individual cookies, web beacons and similar technologies and the purposes for which we use them below. This list is not exhaustive, but it is intended to illustrate the primary reasons for certain types of cookies set by Pivotal Media LLC or third parties on our Sites.

Pixels

To manage internet advertising, we utilize pixels, or transparent GIF files. Our ad management partners, such as DoubleClick, as well as other ad networks and advertisers, deliver these pixels. These files provide our ad management partner the ability to identify a specific cookie on your web browser, which helps us determine which adverts lead visitors to our sites. We only gather anonymized data that cannot be used to identify specific individuals. Your name, address, contact information, or email address are not included.

Browser and Flash Cookies

On occasion, we may utilize local Storage, browser and Flash cookies, as well as other comparable technologies on the Sites. A “browser” cookie, also known as a “HTTP” cookie, is a special text file that may be used for data analysis and allows a website to customize the content that is given to a user based on their chosen web browser. Browser cookies may be used by us to customize a user’s pages at a site or sites, to remember a user when the user registers for a service or a product, to prevent fraud, or to monitor visits to a site or across all of our sites. In order to tailor your visit, we may also use Flash cookies to save your preferences or show information based on what you view on our sites.

Visitors may be served the advertisements that display on the websites by outside providers like Google. Using data from a user’s visits to the Sites, the third party advertising technology we utilize on the Sites targets advertising inside the Sites. Moreover, our advertisers could utilize additional third-party ad targeting technologies on the Sites. Our partners may add or identify a special cookie on a user’s browser as part of displaying adverts on the Sites. Ads are shown to visitors using information about users’ visits to the Sites, such as the number of times users have seen an advertisement (but not the users’ names or addressesThe user may block or remove such cookies from their drive or memory, just like they may with other cookies and in accordance with our cookie policy, which is indicated above. Please check here and here for additional details on Google, its use of cookies, and how to “opt out” of Google’s email/information lists. Users can choose not to receive these kinds of targeted network adverts from a variety of advertising networks, as mentioned in the Web Beacon discussion above. Please be aware that doing this does not prevent you from receiving ads. You will keep getting general advertisements.

How to manage cookies, web beacons and other tracking technologies on our Sites

You may control how many cookies related to functionality, advertising, and analytics are placed on your device in a variety of ways. But, you cannot deactivate cookies that are strictly essential. Throughout your surfing session, you might also need to enter your password more frequently. The first time you visit one of our sites, you will notice an overlay informing you that by using the site as usual or by selecting “I Agree,” you are presumed to have agreed to the usage of these cookies as outlined in this privacy statement.

Can I withdraw my consent?

We keep a cookie on your computer or other device to remember your permission to our usage of cookies the next time you visit. Periodically, your consent will expire. If you are in the European Union, you can use our Consent Management Provider [Cookie Preference Tool – Change this to whatever you are calling the pop-up box for cookies] as explained below. If you wish to withdraw your consent at any time, you must delete your cookies using your internet browser’s settings.

EU Users: How can I exercise my cookie preferences?

Statement on cookies and opt-out options. You may customize how we and third parties use cookies on your Device on some of our websites. Please refer to the [Cookies and opt-out choices statement] located at the bottom of each page of our website.

Browser Preferences. If your browser, installed program, or device permits it, you can disable or remove all different kinds of cookies, web beacons, or related technologies. The process for disabling and/or deleting these technologies varies from browser to browser, but it is often simple. You should be able to find instructions in your browser’s “help” section. Please be aware that you might not be able to use some Site features, services, apps, or other technologies if you refuse cookies, web beacons, or similar technologies.

Disabling cookies, web beacons and other tracking technologies.

Our websites use the Matomo analytics system. By utilizing our Cookie Preference Manager, you may disable Matomo tracking. We respect your browser’s Do Not Track setting if the browser opt-out widget indicates that you are not being monitored. To prevent the aggregation and analysis of data gathered on this website, you can decide not to have a special web analytics cookie identifying number issued to your machine. Please visit our Cookie Preference Manager to make that decision and to request an opt-out cookie.

Disabling most targeting or behavior advertising cookies.

Data Logs

Social Network Login

We may gather information, including your basic profile information, gender, age, interests, and other demographic and geographic data, from the social networking site you use to interact with our site if you choose to log into one of our sites that offers that login feature using a third-party social networking service, such as Facebook or Twitter. You can choose not to utilize these services if you do not wish to share information from your social networking account with us, or you can check the current privacy settings on your social networking site to see what alternatives are available for restricting disclosures when you use login sharing capabilities.