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Shorelight, LLC and its affiliates (“Shorelight”, “we” or “us”) are committed to protecting your privacy. We have prepared this Cookie Notice to describe our practices regarding how we use Cookies and other technological tools to automatically collect information about your computer and your use of our Services when you access our websites, including https://shorelight.com/ and its subdomains, as well as any other website to which we post this Cookie Notice (collectively, our “Site”). This Cookie Notice is subject to the Shorelight Privacy Notice and is incorporated by reference as a supplement thereto.
To fully understand how we collect, use, disclose, and process your Personal Information (as defined in the Shorelight Privacy Notice) that we collect in relation to our Services, this Cookie Notice should be read in conjunction with the Shorelight Privacy Notice. Capitalized terms used in this Cookie Notice, which are not otherwise defined, have the meanings assigned to them in the Shorelight Privacy Notice
1. What are Cookies?
Shorelight may place small files, known as “Cookies,” onto your computer to collect Personal Information about how you use our Site. “Cookies” are small pieces of information that a website sends to your computer’s hard drive while you are viewing a website. The Cookie will help us, or a third party, to recognize your device the next time you visit. Web beacons, pixels or other similar files can do the same thing. We refer to them as “Tracking Technologies”. We, or third parties we collaborate with, may use Tracking Technologies to automatically collect log files and other information about your usage of, and the devices you use to access, the Site and the Services. For example, we may use Tracking Technologies to help us analyze our web page flow, customize our Services, content and advertising, measure promotional effectiveness and promote trust and safety.
Overall, Cookies are used to improve your experience of the Site, make it more efficient, provide us with analytics data, and deliver more relevant advertisements to you.
2. Why do we use Cookies?
We may use both session Cookies (which expire once you close your web browser) and persistent Cookies (which stay on your computer until you delete them) to provide you with a more personal and interactive experience on our Site. Most web browsers are set to accept Cookies by default.
When you visit our Site using most web browsers, we will ask you to select your Cookie consent settings. If you prefer, you can typically remove and reject Cookies from our Site by adjusting your browser settings. Read below for additional information regarding how to control Cookies. If you remove or reject our Cookies by adjusting your Cookie consent settings or browser settings, it will affect how our Site works for you. In addition, you may not be presented with advertising that reflects the way that you use our Services.
Even if you are only browsing the Site, certain information (including computer and connection information, browser type and version, operating system and platform details, and the time of accessing the Site) is automatically collected. This information will be collected every time you access the Site, and it will be used for the purposes outlined in this Cookie Notice.
In addition to the ways listed above, we may also use Cookies for other reasons, including:
To remember your preferences, such as your language setting.
To keep track of items in your shopping cart.
To provide you with more relevant advertising.
To measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns.
To improve the performance of our Site.
3. What Types of Cookies do we Use?
We use the following types of Cookies:
Necessary Cookies: These Cookies are essential for the Site to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms.
Analytics Cookies: These Cookies collect information about how you use the Site, such as the pages you visit most often and any errors you may have encountered. This information is used to improve the performance of the Site and to make sure that content is relevant to you.
Advertisement Cookies: These Cookies track your browsing habits across websites so that we can show you advertising that is relevant to you.
As noted above, there are also Tracking Technologies that may be used from time to time:
“WEB BEACONS” are digital images we use to log information on our Site and in our emails. We use web beacons to manage Cookies, count visits, and to learn what marketing works and what does not. We also use web beacons to tell if you open or act on our emails. You may render some web beacons unusable by rejecting their associated Cookies. If you choose to decline such Cookies, certain features of the Site that placed the Cookie may not function properly or at all as a result.
“FLASH COOKIES” are used to store your preferences such as volume control or to display content based upon what you view on our Site to personalize your visit. Third parties who provide certain features on our Site, such as videos, may place Flash Cookies on your device. They may use Flash Cookies to track your web browsing activity and to display personalized advertising. Flash Cookies are different from other Cookies because of the amount of, type of, and way in which data is stored. Cookie management tools provided by your browser usually will not remove Flash Cookies. To learn more about Flash Cookies, who has placed Flash Cookies on your device, and how to manage privacy and storage settings for Flash Cookies click here: https://allaboutCookies.org/how-to-clear-flash-Cookies. We do not control the privacy practices of the third parties who place or track Flash Cookies and this Cookie Notice does not cover their practices. You should visit the privacy policies of companies who place Flash Cookies to understand their practices.
ANALYTICS. We use analytics services to help analyze how users use the Site. These analytic services use Cookies and scripts to collect and store information such as how users interact with our applications, errors users encounter when using our applications, device identifiers, how often users visit our Site, what pages they visit, and what other sites they used prior to coming to our Site. One of the analytics providers we use to collect information to improve our Services is Google Analytics. You may exercise choices regarding the use of Cookies from Google Analytics by going to https://policies.google.com/technologies/Cookies?hl=en-US Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on.
4. How can I Control Cookies?
Our Site offers a Cookie banner that allows users to control what Cookies are used (not including Necessary Cookies, which cannot be deactivated). Once you choose which Cookies you consent for us to use, you may use our Cookie banner to withdraw your consent at any time by changing your Cookie consent settings.
You can also control Cookies by changing your browser settings. You can choose to disable Cookies altogether or to allow certain types of Cookies. However, if you disable Advertisement Cookies, you may not be presented with advertising that reflects the way that you use our Services. Find out more about how to manage or disable Cookies at usa.gov.
5. Updates to this Cookie Notice
We may update this Cookie Notice from time to time to reflect changes in our use of Cookies and/or Tracking Technologies. You can determine when this Cookie Notice was last updated by referring to the “Last Updated” date referenced above. Any changes will become effective upon posting of the updated Cookie Notice. We encourage you to periodically check this Cookie Notice for updates. Your continued use of the Site subsequent to any such change to this Cookie Notice constitutes your acceptance of the change.
6. Contact Information
We welcome your comments or questions regarding this Cookie Notice. Please e-mail us at privacy@shorelight.com or contact us at the following address:
Shorelight, LLC
2 Seaport Ln., Suite 500
Boston, MA 02110
Attn: Legal Department