Last updated: April 15, 2020
Cookies & Other Online Identification Tools
Ombud, Inc. (“us,” “we,” or “our”) uses cookies and web beacons on our Website (the “Service”). By using the Service, you consent to the use of cookies.
This Cookies Policy contains information on what ‘cookies’ are, the types of cookies and beacons Ombud uses on its website and within its application, how to change your browser’s cookie policy and where to get more information about cookies. If you have further questions that this page doesn’t answer, please email us at privacy@ombud.com.
What’s A Cookie?
A “cookie” is a small file or tool sent from a website to your web browser and stored on your computer. A “session cookie” is comprised of temporary bits of information that are erased once you exit your web browser or turn off your computer. A “persistent cookie” is comprised of more permanent bits of information that are placed on the hard drive of your computer and stay there until you delete the cookie. A persistent cookie enables a website to recognize you when you return.
How Ombud Uses Cookies
Ombud uses various types of session and persistent cookies to help you access and navigate the Site more efficiently, to customize your experience of the Site and Services, to store certain information that you previously provided (such as username and password), to authenticate users and to statistically monitor how many users are using the Site and Services. Such cookies are not “strictly necessary” for the Site and Services and collect Personal Data.
If you have concerns about our use of Cookies, we suggest that you set your browser to notify you when a cookie is placed or decline the receipt of cookies; however, certain features of the Site and Services will not function properly or be available if your browser is configured to disable cookies.
Ombud also may use web beacons (a.k.a. clear GIFs, web bugs or pixel tags) to personalize your experience of the Site and Services. Web beacons usually are not visible to you and are delivered by a web browser as part of a web page request or in an email. Web beacons collect General Information, such as the number and time of interactions with an email containing a web beacon, the type of browser used and IP address. Web beacons may be used alone or in conjunction with cookies; when web beacons are used with cookies, they may link General Information to Personal Data.
The use of cookies by our partners is not covered by our privacy policy. We do not have access or control over these cookies. Our partners may use session ID cookies to provide us with information about how you use our service.
To learn more about online advertising, advertising networks and your ability to opt out of the collection of information by certain third parties for online advertising, please visit the opt-out pages of the Network Advertising Initiative (at https://optout.networkadvertising.org/?c=1) or the Digital Advertising Alliance (at https://optout.aboutads.info/?c=2&lang=EN). Please note that opting out of cookies does not mean that you will not be served ads; you will continue to receive generic ads. If you delete your cookies, use a different browser or buy a new computer, you will need to renew your opt-out choice. A flash cookie remains after you close your browser and will be accessed every time you use our platform.
Google Analytics
Please note that we use Google Analytics cookies for data analytics purposes, and you can find more information on how Google uses data from these cookies at:
policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
Google provides further information about its privacy practices and offers a browser add-on to opt out of Google Analytics tracking at:
https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout
Turning Cookies On/Off In Your Browse
If you’d like to delete cookies or instruct your web browser to delete or refuse cookies, please visit the help pages of your web browser.
Where can you find more information about cookies?
You can learn more about cookies and the following third-party websites:
Please note that if you delete or choose not to accept cookies from us, you will lose some functionality of the Service. To clear all other cookies please go to the settings in your browser.
