Cookie Notice
Last Updated: May 30, 2024
This Cookie Notice supplements our privacy policy and provides information about how we use cookies and similar technologies when you visit our websites or use our services. It explains what cookies and similar technologies are, why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
When you visit our websites or use our services, we may collect information from you automatically through cookies or similar technology, such as a tag, pixel, or other web beacon.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small pieces of data, stored in text files, placed on your device by websites that you visit. They are widely used to make websites and applications work or work more efficiently, to help them store information about your preferences and activity, to recognize your internet browser, and to personalize your experience. For example, cookies allow you to access and use the websites or cloud services without re-entering your username or password, to count visits, and to understand which areas and features of the websites and cloud products are most popular.
Cookies may last until you close your browser (“session” cookies) or over repeat visits (“persistent” cookies). Cookies may be set by the website you are visiting (known as "first-party cookies") or by third parties, such as those who serve content or those whose services we have added to our websites or services ("third-party cookies").
What cookies do we use?
Our websites and services use both first-party cookies and third-party cookies. Details about the cookies set by our websites and by third parties, including service providers acting on our behalf, are listed directly on the site or in the cookie management tool, which is always available on the website.
In general, cookies on our websites are divided into the following categories:
Necessary
These cookies are essential for our website's operation. They enable core functionalities such as security, network management, and accessibility, etc. You cannot opt out of strictly necessary cookies, as they are required for the website to function. Some of them are set in response to actions made by you that amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences or filling in forms.
Personalization or preferences
These cookies allow the website to remember your preferences and provide enhanced functionality and personalization. For example, they may allow the user to resume watching without having to start over if the user leaves the video or website.
Statistics
We use cookies to analyze trends and behavior on our websites, such as the number of visits, average time spent on the website, where people are most likely to click on a trial, where traffic is generated, and what our most popular content is, so we can measure and improve the performance of our website and its content.
Google Analytics with IP Anonymization
Google Analytics is an analytics service provided by Google, Inc. Google Analytics helps a website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purposes of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports based on aggregated data on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. We use the IP anonymization or masking feature for Google Analytics. With this feature, Google abbreviates your IP address before transferring it from the European Economic Area. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with any personal information. You can always opt out of Google Analytics here:
Marketing
When you visit or log in to our website, cookies and similar technologies may be used by our online data partners or vendors to associate these activities with other personal information they or others have about you, including by association with your email or online profiles. We (or service providers on our behalf) may then send communications and marketing to these emails or profiles. For more information on these third-party services and your opt-out options, please use the following links:
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Additionally, such cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. For example, we may use cookies from different popular platforms, like LinkedIn, Facebook, Google Ads, etc. to track website visits and to build a profile of your interests. Based on viewed web pages, visitors are retargeted with relevant advertisements on these platforms. For more information on these third-party services and your opt-out options, please use the following links:
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Cookies for our subscription services
If you access any of our services subject to a subscription agreement or other contract between us and your organization, cookies and similar technologies will be used as necessary for the performance of that contract and for our legitimate business operations related to providing the services.
Use of web beacons and other similar technologies
Some of our websites, applications, and electronic communications may contain electronic tags known as web beacons (also known as “tracking pixels”) and other similar technologies.
Web beacons are electronic tags, such as images or gifs that may be used in our websites, services, or emails to help us deliver cookies, count visits, understand usage and promotional campaign effectiveness, provide more relevant advertising, and determine if an email has been opened and acted upon. The latter is also made possible with interaction tracking links. Such links help us understand which sources drive traffic to our website and how effective our marketing campaigns are. They may contain unique identifiers that allow us to track clicks and conversions.
Web beacons are often used in conjunction with cookies, for example, to link web pages to servers and may transmit information collected through cookies back to a web server. Although, web beacons are not stored on your computer in the same way. As a result, if you disable cookies, web beacons may still load, but their functionality will be restricted.
We may also use technologies from third-party data security providers to maintain online security and protect our websites and other services against fraud and abuse.
Cookies management and opt-out
You have control over how cookies and similar tracking technologies are used on your devices. Our website features a Cookie Management Platform (CMP) that allows you to manage your cookie preferences. To access the CMP, simply click on the icon located in the lower left corner of our website. This will open the CMP, where you can choose to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or customize your cookie settings based on different categories, such as necessary, performances, statistics, and marketing cookies. The CMP provides detailed information about each type of cookie and its purpose, enabling you to make informed decisions.
Most web browsers also allow you to manage your cookie preferences through their settings. You can typically choose to accept all cookies, reject all cookies, or be notified when a cookie is set. Additionally, there are options to delete cookies that have already been set.
To control interest-based advertising from certain third-party advertising partners, you can learn more about opting out of receiving interest-based ads at and . You can also opt out of Google Analytics by installing Google’s opt-out browser add-on, and opt out of interest-based Google ads using Google’s Ads Settings, as described above.
Please note, however, that if you delete cookies or refuse to accept them, you might not be able to use all of our features, you may not be able to store your preferences, and some of our pages might not display properly.
If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to contact us at .