What is a cookie?

Overview of Cookie Usage: This Cookie Notice provides detailed information about the types of cookies and similar tracking technologies that we deploy across our websites and apps. It explains their purposes, how they function, and the choices available to you for managing these cookies.

(1) Exploration of Cookies We Employ

Essential cookies: These are necessary for our website to work. If you choose to disable cookies for our website you will not be able to use many of the features. Examples include:

• Session cookies that remember your actions as you navigate our websites.
• Security cookies that check the validity of your actions during your visit helping to keep our websites and services safe and secure.

Analytics and Performance cookies These cookies help us collect information about how you use our websites over time; the areas you visit, the time spent on our websites and issues and errors you may encounter. This information helps us to continually improve the information we provide and the performance of our websites and services.

(2) Accessing Websites through Third-Party Connections

Collaboration with Third-Party Services for Site Optimization: We partner with various third-party services to enhance the functionality and user experience of our Sites. These services use cookies to analyze how visitors engage with our Sites and help us optimize content delivery and site performance. Analytics services, provided by third parties, deploy cookies to collect data on how users interact with our content. This data is sent to and stored on Analytics servers, where it is used to generate reports on site activity to assist us in site management and improvement strategies.

(3) Challenges with Cookie Restrictions

Please note: Disabling, removing, or blocking cookies may turn off some of the features of our Online Platforms that make your experience more efficient, and some Online Platforms may not function properly as a result. Further, if you opt out of having your information collected and used by us and our digital marketing partners for interest-based advertising purposes, you will continue to receive ads, but such ads will not be tailored to your specific interests based on web viewing data collected from your device over time and across unaffiliated websites.

(4) Miscellaneous

Email Interaction Tracking Our emails may use a "web beacon pixel" to determine if they have been opened and to track interactions with content. This data is used to gauge the relevance of our communications. You can avoid this tracking by disabling image downloads or viewing emails in text-only mode.