DataWise Insights Cookies Policy
This Cookies Policy explains how DataWise Insights ("we," "us," or "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our website, located at [hypothetical website address, e.g., datawiseinsights.com.ca] ("Website"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information. Cookies do not typically contain any information that personally identifies a user, but personal information that we store about you may be linked to the information stored in and obtained from cookies.
Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, DataWise Insights) are called "first party cookies." Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third party cookies." Third party cookies enable third party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.
Why We Use Cookies
We use first and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Website to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Online Properties. For example, we use cookies to:
- Understand how users navigate our site.
- Analyze which content is most popular.
- Remember your preferences.
- Tailor content to your needs.
- Improve the overall user experience.
Types of Cookies We Use
We use the following types of cookies on our website:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies: These cookies are essential for the operation of our website. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart, or make use of e-billing services.
- Analytical/Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. Specifically, we use Google Analytics to track website usage.
- Functionality Cookies: These are used to recognize you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name, and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
- Targeting Cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose.
Specific Cookies We Use
The following table details the specific cookies we use on our website:
| Cookie Name | Purpose | Provider | Duration | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| _ga | Used to distinguish users. | Google Analytics | 2 years | Performance |
| _gid | Used to distinguish users. | Google Analytics | 24 hours | Performance |
| _gat | Used to throttle request rate. | Google Analytics | 1 minute | Performance |
| DW_session | Maintains user session. | DataWise Insights | Session | Strictly Necessary |
How Can You Manage Cookies?
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by:
- Browser Controls: You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our website though your access to some functionality and areas of our website may be restricted. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser-to-browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.
- Specific Opt-Out Tools: For specific cookies, such as those used by Google Analytics, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on, which prevents your data from being used by Google Analytics. You can download this add-on here. (Please note this is an external link and DataWise Insights is not responsible for its content.)
Please note that disabling cookies may affect the functionality of this and many other websites that you visit. Therefore, it is recommended that you do not disable cookies.
More Information
For more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your device and how to manage and delete them, visit www.allaboutcookies.org. (Please note this is an external link and DataWise Insights is not responsible for its content.)
Updates to this Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookie Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
The date at the top of this Cookie Policy indicates when it was last updated.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please contact us at:
DataWise Insights
Attn: Data Privacy Officer
789 Analytics Avenue
Toronto, ON M5J 2K8
Canada
Email: privacy@datawiseinsights.com
Phone: (647) 555-0123