Cookie
This Cookie Policy explains how Zplanetx.com and its group companies (collectively, "Zplanetx," "we," "us," and "our") use cookies and similar technologies. When you use Zplanetx websites, products, advertising services, or other technologies (collectively, the "Services"), or visit websites, applications, or services that use our Services, we may collect information through cookies and similar technologies. Zplanetx is committed to protecting the personal information collected when you use our Services.
This Cookie Policy provides users with the following information:
What are cookies and similar technologies?
What are the different types of cookies?
What are cookies used for?
How does Zplanetx use cookies?
How can users manage or opt out of cookies?
Contact Information and More Information
What are cookies and similar technologies?
A cookie is a small data file, often including a unique identifier, that is sent by a web server to your computer, mobile phone, or tablet device (referred to in this policy as a "device") so that a website can remember information about your browsing activity on the website. Cookies collect information about your use of our services, your device information (such as your device's IP address and browser type, approximate location), and, if you arrived at our website via a link from a third-party website, the URL of the linking page. If you have registered for any of our services or are a subscriber, they may also collect your name and email address, which may be transferred to a data processor for user registration or subscriber verification purposes.
Our services may also use similar technologies, known as "local storage," as an alternative to cookies. This technology is similar to cookies and performs very similar functions, such as caching data to enable us to improve our services, allowing you to register for our services, tracking activity so that we and our advertisers can serve you ads in accordance with this Policy, and counting the number of people who view ads on our services. When we refer to "cookies" in this Policy, we mean cookies or similar technologies.
Cookies record information about your online preferences and help us tailor our services to your interests. The information provided by cookies helps us analyze your use of our services and provide you with a better user experience.
In addition to cookies, our services may also use web beacons, clear GIFs, page tags, and web crawlers. These are technologies implemented by websites or third-party ad servers to analyze your website usage and help improve your service experience.
What are the different types of cookies?
a. Session cookies are stored only during your visit to a website and are deleted from your device when you close your browser.
b. Persistent cookies remain on your device for a period of time after you close your browser and are used when we (or a third party) need to recognize you for subsequent browsing sessions.
c. First-party cookies are set by the website you are visiting.
d. Third-party cookies are cookies used on our services and set by other organizations. These cookies include cookies from external analytics services, which help us understand website usage, and cookies from advertisers, which track the effectiveness of their ads. Some social media companies may also set third-party cookies so you can share our content with friends and social networks, which may affect the content and messages you see on other websites you visit.
Use of Cookies
Zplanetx, along with our trusted partners, uses cookies in combination with other information we hold for a variety of purposes, including:
Essential or "Strictly Necessary" Cookies
These cookies are essential for the operation of our services. Without these cookies, some features of our website will not function properly. These cookies do not track your internet history, remember your preferences between visits, or collect information for marketing purposes. These cookies are typically session cookies and expire when you close your browsing session.
Functionality Cookies
Functionality cookies are essential to the operation of our services. They are used to remember your preferences on our website and provide enhanced, personalized features. The information collected by these cookies is typically anonymous, so we cannot identify you personally. Functionality cookies do not track your internet usage or collect information that could be used to sell advertising, but they do help deliver advertising. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.
Analytical Performance and Measurement Cookies
Analytical performance cookies are used to monitor the performance of our services, for example, to determine the number of page views and unique users of our website. Website analytics services may be designed and operated by third parties. The information provided by these cookies enables us to analyze user behavior patterns and use this information to improve the user experience or identify areas of our website that may require maintenance. This information is anonymous (i.e., it cannot be used to identify you and does not contain personal information such as your name and email address) and is used only for statistical purposes.
Targeting Cookies or "Behavioral Advertising" Cookies
These cookies may be placed on your device by us or our trusted third-party service providers to remember that you have visited a website and use this information to provide you with content or advertising tailored to your interests. This is often called online behavioral advertising and is achieved by grouping people with common interests based on their web browsing history. Your web browsing history can be used to infer information about you (such as your age and gender), and this information may be used to make advertising on websites more relevant to you. Without these cookies, the content and ads you see may be less relevant to you and your interests.
Social Media Cookies
These cookies are set by a range of social media services we have added to our websites when you share our content with your friends and networks, or engage with our content on or through social networking sites like Facebook. They can track your browser across other websites and build a profile of your interests. This may affect the content and messages you see on other websites you visit.
How are Cookies Used?
Zplanetx, along with our trusted partners, uses cookies in combination with other information we retain for a variety of purposes, including:
Essential and Functional Cookies
We use these cookies to enable certain online features, including:
a. Accessing your information so we can provide you with customized content and experiences, or remembering the last page you visited on our Services;
b. Recognizing returning users, registrants, and subscribers and providing them with a personalized version of our Site;
c. Removing the need for returning users to re-enter their login details;
d. Posting comments on our Site;
f. Using our various Services;
g. Operating your shopping cart;
h. Maintaining your settings and verifying your identity when you log in to our Services;
i. Supporting security measures and helping identify potential fraudulent or abusive activity.
Analytical Performance and Measurement Cookies
We use these cookies to measure user behavior in order to better develop our Services. By using analytics services provided by third parties such as Google Analytics, we can analyze and measure which pages are viewed, how long they are viewed, and which links are clicked, and use this information to provide you with more content tailored to your interests. The data collected is typically aggregated and used to provide business analytics, trends and usage patterns for website/platform improvements and performance metrics, and to inform our advertising and marketing strategies. Our cookies or the resulting analytics may also be shared with our business partners. We also receive similar information about visitors to the websites of our group companies and other partners.
Targeting Cookies or "Behavioral Advertising" Cookies
We use these cookies to:
a. Provide content and marketing tailored to your interests based on your visit;
b. Manage online advertising and revenue sharing arrangements. Our approved advertising partners, primarily Google, Magnite, and others, use a combination of cookies and web beacons to serve ads to you and enable us to manage our relationships with these advertisers, for example, by tracking how many unique users have seen an ad or clicked on a link in an ad.
c. Manage e-commerce activities through affiliate links and related revenue sharing arrangements.
d. Measure user behavior across our websites and third-party websites and build profiles based on users' browsing patterns so that we and third parties can serve ads more relevant to users' interests.
f. Create profiles purchased by trusted third parties so that they can better target ads with more relevant content.
g. Show you relevant ads on other websites based on your web search activity.
h. Track the number of users who have seen a particular ad or visited a particular page on one of our websites, analyze the effectiveness of our ads, and provide auditing, research, and reporting for advertisers.
i. The trusted partners we work with for targeted and behavioral advertising include third-party ad servers, ad agencies, technology vendors, ad content providers, research firms, and other companies that help us deliver more effective ads and provide you with a more personalized experience. When your browser, application, or device communicates with third-party servers, these companies may collect information, including your IP address, page title information, and browser or device information, just as if you requested their webpage or used their application directly.
Social Media Cookies
Cookies are also used when you share information using social media sharing buttons on websites. Social networks record your actions and may use your visit information to target you with advertising. We also promote our own products and services on social media and use cookies to do this.
How can users manage or opt out of cookies?
Some people find it intrusive when websites store information on their devices, especially when that information is stored and used by third parties. For example, you might be able to opt out of receiving ads targeted to you based on your browsing history. If you choose to opt out of cookies, you can control them by following the steps below, but please note that doing so may result in a loss of certain website functionality.
Cookies, including already set cookies, can be deleted from your hard drive. You can also control cookies by changing the preferences/settings in your web browser. Some internet browsers have a "Do Not Track" or "DNT" setting, also known as a "global privacy control," which sends a signal to websites requesting that they not track your browsing behavior. You can enable Global Privacy Control ("GPC") in your browser. To learn more about GPC, visit http://globalprivacycontrol.org.
Web Beacons
You can generally disable web beacons and other tracking technologies by turning off cookies in your browser. Additionally, some browser plug-ins and extensions can specifically block web beacons. If you object to web beacons in emails, we recommend that you follow the instructions above for deleting existing cookies and disabling future cookies. We will still record how many emails are opened and automatically obtain your IP address and a unique identifier for your device or other access device; however, we will not identify you personally.
Contact Information
If you would like more information about the cookies we use and our purposes, please contact Zplanetx's Data Protection Officer at feedback@zplanetx.com.