Terms of Use www.socialphy.com (Social Phy) wants you to be familiar with how we collect, use and disclose information from and about you, because we respect your concerns about privacy and want to maintain your trust. We and our service providers may collect information automatically when you visit, access or use our website. We collect information through Cookies to deliver and improve Social Phy services and to display relevant content, products and advertising .
This Cookie Policy describes the information we obtain from Cookies, how we use Cookies, and how you can manage them. We may periodically update this Cookie Policy without notice to you to reflect changes in our practices. Please review the Effective Date at the bottom of this page to see when this Cookie Policy was last revised. Our use of Cookies may involve the processing of Personal Information (that is, any information relating to an identified or identifiable individual, such as IP addresses or other personal online identifiers. See the full list here). For more information about our data protection practices, please see our Privacy Policy.
What is a Cookie?
A cookie is a small piece of software that is installed on a computer or other Internet-connected device via a browser (Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Safari, Firefox, etc.) when an individual visits a website. They are widely used to make websites work or operate in a better and more efficient manner. Cookies may include flash cookies, web beacons, pixels, web server logs, JavaScript and other tracking technologies (collectively, “Cookies”). A web beacon links web pages to servers and may be used to transmit information collected through Cookies back to a web server. Other tracking technologies, such as pixels, JavaScript or web server logs, allow websites to use invisible images, code or data from their web server logs to derive analytics information.
How We Use Cookies
We use Cookies for a number of different purposes. Some Cookies are necessary for technical reasons; some enable a personalized experience for both visitors and account holders; and some allow the display of advertising from selected third-party networks. For example, Cookies allow us to display relevant content, deliver advertising, and otherwise enhance your online experience. In addition, Cookies can recognize you and remember important information that will make your use of a website more convenient, such as remembering your login status and user preferences. We may also use Cookies to link your use of the Social Phy website with Personal Information we hold about you. For example, if you have asked us to provide you with information about our upcoming products or promotions, Cookies will allow us to customize the materials we provide to you based on your online interests and preferences. Some of these Cookies may be set when a page is loaded or when a user takes a particular action on one of our services.
For more information about your choices regarding the cookies we use, please see the section entitled Cookie Control below.
Information We Obtain Through Cookies
The information we obtain through the use of Cookies may include, but is not limited to, information about your computer, device and browser, such as your IP address, browser, operating system and device characteristics, language preferences, mobile or advertising device IDs, referring URLs and actions you have taken on the Social Phy website, such as what content you have visited, whether you have used the Social Phy website before, dates and times you accessed the Social Phy website, email and advertising views and clicks, frequent searches for items on the Social Phy website and other software or hardware information. If you access the Social Phy website from a mobile or other device, we may collect information for that device, such as a unique device identifier (“UDID”), mobile phone number and details about your mobile carrier.
Where We Place Cookies.
We set Cookies in several different places on our Services. These places may include:
- Our website and;
- The emails we send.
Types of Cookies
The points below describe the types of cookies we use on our website and why we use them. We also provide explanations of their purposes.
- Strictly Necessary. Strictly necessary cookies are just that – strictly necessary to enable you to move around the website and use its features. Without these essential cookies our website would not be able to perform its basic functions. These cookies may be set automatically when pages are loaded or as a result of a user request which cannot be fulfilled without the use of the cookie. Generally, strictly necessary cookies are session cookies which expire as soon as you close your browser or if you have been inactive for a certain period of time.
- Performance. We want to make sure we provide a good experience for our users . Performance cookies allow us to monitor how visitors use our website. These cookies provide us with statistics on how many people visit the website, where they have come from and the pages they visit within the site. The purpose of this is to help us improve the user experience and measure the effectiveness of our advertising. This includes things like tracking page views, dwell time, bounce rates, page loading speeds and the technologies used to access the site. Generally these cookies will be a mix of session and persistent cookies which may be provided by a third party or by us.
- Functionality. These cookies allow a website to remember certain choices a user makes and support the functionality of the website in a way that is visible or advantageous to the user or their experience on the website. This includes persistent personalization elements (remembered on subsequent visits) and enhanced user preferences (such as text size, fonts, language, etc.). These cookies are generally a mix of first and third party, session and persistent cookies.
- Targeting. These cookies are used to display relevant advertising to users using our website as well as to understand and report on the effectiveness of our advertisements. They may track details such as the number of unique visitors, the number of times particular ads have been shown and the number of clicks the ads have received. These tracking details are set by us and our trusted third party networks, and are generally persistent in nature.
- Third Parties. Third party cookies may include, but are not limited to, cookies hosted by our analytics providers, fulfillment assisters, ad networks and advertisers, which are used to track your online activities over time and across third party websites by automated means. This information may be used to understand a visitor’s use of our website(s) to help improve our products, remember your preferences, provide content recommendations, provide you with a secure way to make data requests, assist with legal compliance, display personalized ads, and more. The information these third parties may collect on our behalf includes, but is not limited to, data about your visits to our website, such as the pages, articles, or ads you view, as well as actions you take on our website(s), such as consenting to be contacted by us. This data collection may occur on our sites, in emails, and on third party websites.
To see the list of cookies we use on this website, please click here.
Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a service provided by Google that allows us to measure the performance of our website to ensure that we are providing the best service to our users. You have the right to opt out of Google Analytics if you wish. To find out how to do this, visit http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.
Cookie Control.
You may wish to restrict the use of cookies or prevent them from being set entirely. Most modern browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. You can usually find these settings in the options or preferences menu of your browser. To understand these settings, the following links for commonly used browsers may be helpful, or you can use the help option in your browser for more details:
Cookie settings in Internet Explorer Cookie settings in Firefox Cookie settings in Chrome Cookie settings in Safari web and iOS
If you disable cookies, please note that some of the features of our website may not function properly.
Consent to Advertising Cookies on Our Sites.
You may opt out of our use of cookies by visiting our preference centre, which you can find on this page. You may see a cookie banner on our website. If you are visiting our website from the EU/EEA then we do not set, nor do we allow our advertising partners to set, Cookies that are used to show you targeted ads before you click to accept. When you consent in this way, we and our advertising partners may set Advertising Cookies on the site you are visiting and on our other websites, dashboards and services. If you clear your browser cache, the banner will be displayed again, in case you change your mind.
Opt Out of Email Marketing.
You may opt out of receiving future marketing or advertising emails from us by clicking the ‘unsubscribe’ link in our emails. Alternatively, you may submit an opt-out request by completing this form.
If you later decide to opt-in, we may resume sending you marketing or advertising emails.
Contact Us! If you have any questions about our use of Cookies or Internet-Based Advertising, you can find the most recent contact details in our Privacy Policy.
Policy Updates We aim to keep our cookie policy provided here as accurate as possible and will use all reasonable endeavours to regularly review and update the details. When we do update these details we will post any changes made on this page so please check back frequently.