PROVISIONS ON THE USE OF COOKIES

This provision on the use of cookies explains how Effex, Inc. (the “Effex”, “we”, “our”, “us”) uses cookies on their websites, applications, online services, and which options are available for you.

COOKIES DEFINITION

Cookies are small pieces of text that are used to store data in web browsers. Cookies are widely used to store and retrieve identifiers and other information on computers, phones, and other devices. We also use other technologies for this purpose, including data stored in your web browser or on your device, identifiers associated with your device, and other software, including web beacons and pixel tags. In this provision on the use of cookies, we designate all these technologies as “cookies”.

TYPES OF COOKIES

We use cookies to provide, protect, and improve our products and services, for example by customizing materials for a particular user, displaying advertisements and evaluating their effectiveness, analyzing user behavior, and making the usage of our products and services safer. Below we describe the different types of cookies that we use, and for what purposes they serve. Please note that what cookies we use depends on which websites and services you use.

• Required cookies. These cookies are absolutely necessary to provide you with our websites and services. They make it possible to use the basic functions. If you disable these cookies, we will not be able to fulfill your requests.
• Operational and functional cookies. These cookies collect information about how you use our websites and services and allow us to remember what you choose while browsing the web. The information collected by these cookies allows us to optimize our websites and make their usage easier for you. Such information does not identify your identity. If you disable these cookies or refuse to use them, you may not be able to use certain features of our websites, applications, or services, and this may adversely affect our ability to provide you with support and information.
• Analytical and adaptive cookies. These cookies collect the information that we collectively process to understand how our websites, applications, and services are used, and how effective our marketing campaigns are. They also help us to adapt our websites to the needs of users. If you disable these cookies or refuse to use them, you may not be able to use certain features of our websites, applications, or services, and this may adversely affect our ability to provide you with support and information.
• Advertising cookies. These cookies collect information about the history of your visits to web pages or made purchases and are used to generate advertisements that will be more interesting to you. In particular, they do not allow constant display of the same advertisement, ensure the correct display of advertisements, and in some cases choose advertisements based on your interests. We can provide this information to third parties so that they help us create and display ads that will be customized according to your interests. If you disable these cookies or refuse to use them, you may not be able to use certain features of our websites, applications, or services, and this may adversely affect our ability to provide you with support and information.
• Social networks cookies. These cookies allow you to share the pages and materials that you see on our websites and in our services through social networks and other third-party websites. These cookies can also be used for advertising purposes.

COOKIES, PLACED BY THIRD PARTIES

Also on our websites and in our applications and services, there may be cookies placed by third parties. We can also allow third parties to post cookies on our websites to track information about your online activities and/or on third-party websites or online services, including sending you targeted advertising based on this information. This can apply to the remarketing of our products and services that you viewed on our or third-party websites.

This provision about the use of cookies does not apply to cookies, applications, technologies or websites owned or operated by third parties, nor to the methods of operation of such third parties, even if they use or apply our technologies for storage or collection information. In order to understand exactly how such third parties use cookies, read their privacy policy and the use of cookies.

CONTROL OF COOKIES AND DISCLAIMER OF USE

Your browser or device may have options that allow you to choose whether to store cookies in the browser or to delete them. For more information about the available options for managing cookies and how to configure them, see the reference information for your browser or device. If you decide to decline cookies as described above, you may not be able to use certain features of websites and services.

REQUEST DO NOT TRACK

Some browsers have the ability to transmit Do Not Track requests. We do not process Do Not Track requests and do not respond to them. Instead, we comply with the standards described in our Privacy Policy and in this Statement of Cookies.