Cookies are small data files sent to a user's computer or mobile phone from a website and stored on the hard drive of the user's device. They help make a website work better for a user.
On the Mastip site, users can manage and/or delete cookies as they wish. Information on how to do this is provided in the “How to manage cookies” section.
1. An overview of cookies
A cookie is a small amount of data (which often includes a unique identifier) sent to a user's computer or mobile phone from a website and stored on a device's hard drive. Each website may send its own cookie to your browser if your browser preferences allow it. Many websites do this every time a user visits their website in order to generate reports on website traffic. Your browser only allows a website to access cookies it has already sent to you, not cookies sent to you by other websites.
2. General information regarding the use of Cookies
Cookies on Mastip websites are used in several ways. A complete list of all cookies used on Mastip Sites can be found in the “List of Cookies” used on Mastip Sites.
i) Analysis
Mastip uses a range of analytics tools to collect information about how people use its sites. This helps us make sure the sites meet user needs and find out how we could improve.
Analytical cookies store information about the pages people visit, how long they stay on the site, how they got there and what they click on. The information provided by cookies helps Mastip analyze visitor profiles and provide them with a better experience.
Analytical cookies do not collect or store users' personal information (e.g. names or addresses), so this information cannot be used to identify individuals. Mastip does not authorize analytics companies to use or share its analytics data.
ii) Distributor profile management
The Preference Center allows users to retrieve personal information and account details from their communication preferences. This site uses a cookie to remember account information.
iii) Storing your usability and accessibility settings
The Mastip website provides settings that allow you to resize text or improve site performance, or keep the site in your preferred language. If you enable these settings, we store the settings in a cookie so that they apply to each page you view.
Third-party cookies
Third-party cookies are not set directly by Mastip, but by third-party service or feature providers.
Mastip does not control the distribution of these cookies. For more information about the cookies used by these providers, including how to opt out, see their individual privacy policies listed below.
Google Analytics - Google Analytics stores the information collected by the cookie on servers in the United States. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf.
Google will not associate your IP address with other data held by Google. How to refuse or delete this cookie http://www.google.com/intl/en/privacypolicy.html
3. How to manage cookies
Internet browsers allow users to manage their cookies. They can set their devices to accept all cookies, to let them know when a cookie has been set, or to never receive cookies.
Each browser works differently: use your browser's "Help" menu to learn how to change your cookie preferences. For more information on how to do this on your mobile phone's browser, you should refer to your phone's manual.
Please note that disabling cookies completely means that some personalized features will not be provided to that user and therefore they may not be able to fully use all the features of the website.
Some cookies are not set by Mastip websites but by other sites that provide a service or functionality on the Mastip website. These are called third-party cookies. Managing, deleting or blocking these cookies requires visiting the websites of these third parties. You can find out more about cookies and how to manage them at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/
List of cookies used on Mastip.com websites:
- _utma - This keeps track of the number of times a visitor has been to the site, the date of their first visit, and the date of their last visit.
- _utmb – A timestamp of the exact moment a visitor enters the site
- _utmc - A timestamp of exactly when a visitor leaves the site - after waiting 30 minutes for another page view to occur, and if it doesn't, it times out
- _utmz - This allows you to know where the visitor came from, what search engine was used, what link was clicked on, what keywords were used and where in the world the site was accessed from.
- eloq - This tracks the number of times a visitor has been to the site, the date of their first visit, and the date of their last visit using Eloqua.
- langID – Support changing website language
More information
To find out more about cookies and how to manage them, visit http://www.allaboutcookies.org/
