1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer, smartphone, or other device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the site owners. A cookie allows our Website to recognize your device and store some information about your preferences or past actions.
This policy explains how we at Groupizo ("Groupizo", "we", "us") use cookies and similar technologies on our website, https://groupizo.com/, and the choices you have to control them. This policy should be read together with our main Privacy Policy.
2. How and Why We Use Cookies
We use cookies for several important reasons that are essential to providing you with a free and functional service. Our use of cookies falls into the following main categories:
- Essential Cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Website and to use some of its features. For example, they help the content of your page load quickly. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the website, you cannot refuse them without impacting how our site functions.
- Performance and Analytics Cookies: These cookies collect anonymous information about how you use our Website. We use Google Analytics for this purpose. The data gathered helps us understand how many users are visiting, which pages are most popular, and how users navigate the site. This allows us to identify areas for improvement and optimize the user experience. All this data is aggregated and therefore anonymous.
- Advertising and Targeting Cookies: These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you and your interests. They are placed by our third-party advertising partners. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed, and in some cases, selecting advertisements that are based on your interests. This advertising revenue is what allows us to keep Groupizo a free resource for everyone.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
Below is a more detailed breakdown of the types of cookies you might encounter when using our Website:
- First-Party Cookies: These are cookies set by us directly. We use a limited number of these, primarily to manage your consent preferences regarding our use of cookies.
- Third-Party Cookies: The majority of cookies on our site are third-party cookies. This means they are set by a domain other than our own. These are primarily from our analytics provider (Google Analytics) and our advertising network partners. We do not control the operation of these cookies. We recommend that you check the respective privacy and cookie policies of these third parties for more information.
- Session Cookies: These are temporary cookies that expire once you close your browser.
- Persistent Cookies: These cookies remain on your device for a set period or until you manually delete them. They are used to remember your preferences for future visits. For example, our advertising partners may use a persistent cookie to recognize your browser over time to serve you interest-based ads.
4. Your Choices and How to Control Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences in several ways:
- Cookie Consent Banner: When you first visit our Website, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner. This allows you to accept our use of cookies or customize your preferences.
- Browser Settings: Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can set your browser to block all cookies, accept all cookies, or to notify you when a cookie is being sent. You can also delete cookies that have already been set. Please be aware that if you block all cookies (including essential cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of our site.
- Third-Party Opt-Out Tools: For analytics and advertising, you can opt out directly with the providers. For Google Analytics, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. For interest-based advertising, you can visit industry-wide opt-out pages such as the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) or the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA).
For more general information on how to manage cookies, the website aboutcookies.org provides comprehensive guidance for all modern browsers.
5. Changes to This Cookies Policy
We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We therefore encourage you to re-visit this page periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies. The date at the top of this policy indicates when it was last updated.
6. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies or this policy, please feel free to contact us via email. We are happy to provide any further clarification you may need.
Email: contact@groupizo.com