Solid Data Cookies Notice

Last updated: April 25, 2024

We use in our website https://www.soliddata.io ("Website") cookies and similar files or technologies to automatically collect and store information about your computer, device, and Website usage, in order to improve their performance and enhance your user experience. We use the general term "cookies" in this notice to refer to these technologies and all such similar technologies that collect information automatically when you are using our Website where this notice is posted.  You can find out more about cookies and how to control them in the information below. 

If you do not accept the use of these cookies, please disable them using the instructions in this cookie notice or by changing your browser settings so that cookies from this Website cannot be placed on your computer or mobile device. Important: disabling cookies on this Website may impair certain Website features.

In this cookie notice ("Cookies Notice"), we use the term Solid Data (and "Solid Data", "we", "us" and "our") to refer to Solid Data Ltd. Our Privacy Policy is available at Privacy Policy.

What is a cookie? 

Cookies are computer files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies can then be sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognizes that cookie. Cookies are widely used in order to make websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the website. 

Cookies do lots of different jobs, like letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improving the user experience. Cookies may tell us, for example, whether you have visited our Website before or whether you are a new visitor.

There are two broad categories of cookies:

  • First party cookies, served directly by us to your computer or mobile device.
  • Third party cookies, which are served by a third party on our behalf.  The third-party cookies are outside of our control. The third parties may, at any time, change their terms of service, purpose and use of cookies, etc. See below additional information on how to manage such cookies.

Cookies can remain on your computer or mobile device for different periods of time. Some cookies are 'session cookies', meaning that they exist only while your browser is open. These are deleted automatically once you close your browser. Other cookies are 'permanent cookies', meaning that they survive after your browser is closed. They can be used by websites to recognize your computer when you open your browser and browse the Internet again.

How do we use cookies?

We use cookies to:

  • Track traffic flow and patterns of travel in connection with our Website;  
  • Understand the total number of visitors to our Website on an ongoing basis and the types of internet browsers (e.g. Chrome, Firefox, Safari, or Internet Explorer) and operating systems (e.g. Windows or Mac) used by our visitors; 
  • Monitor the performance of our Website and to continually improve it; and
  • Customize and enhance your online experience.

What types of cookies do we use?

1. Cookies necessary for essential Website purposes

These cookies are essential to provide you with services available through this Website and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas. Without these cookies we will not be able to provide services that you require, such as transactional pages and secure login accounts.

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2. Functionality Cookies

These cookies record information about choices you've made and allow us to tailor the website to you. These cookies allow us to provide you with our services in the way in which you have required, as you continue to use or come back to our Website. For example, these cookies allow us to:

  • Save your location preference if you have set your location on the homepage in order to receive a localized information; 
  • Remember settings you have applied, such as layout, text size, preferences, and colors;
  • Show you when you are logged in; and
  • Store accessibility options.

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3. Performance / Analytics Cookies

We use performance/analytics cookies to analyze how the website is accessed, used, or is performing. We do this in order to provide you with a better user experience and to maintain, operate and continually improve the Website. For example, these cookies allow us to:

  • Better understand our Website visitors so that we can improve how we present our content;
  • Test different design ideas for particular pages, such as our homepage;
  • Collect information about Website visitors such as where they are located and what browsers they are using;
  • Determine the number of unique users of the Website;
  • Improve the Website by measuring any errors that occur; and
  • Conduct research and diagnostics to improve product offerings.
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Used to distinguish users.
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Used to persist session state.

4. Marketing 

We use marketing cookies to deliver many types of targeted digital marketing. We do this in order to provide you with a better user experience and to maintain, operate and continually improve the Website. The cookie store user information and behavior information, which allows advertising services to target audience according to variables. For example, these cookies allow us to: 

  • Observe the Website performance and generate retargeting; and
  • Maintain and improve the Website and our products.
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How to control or delete cookies

You can control cookies by setting your browser to turn off cookies as described further below. If you turn off cookies, web beacon and other technologies will still detect your visits to our Website; however, they will not be associated with information otherwise stored in cookies

As another way of controlling cookies, most browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. These settings will typically be found in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser. In order to understand these settings and learn how to use them, please consult the “Help” function of your browser, or the documentation published online for your particular browser type and version. However, please note that if you choose to refuse cookies you may not be able to use the full functionality of our Website. The following pages have information on how to change your cookies settings for the different browsers:

If you use another browser, you can check if the procedure for your browser is mentioned in this explanatory website or here.

To opt out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit here.

 

Need More Information? If you would like to find out more about cookies and their use on the Internet, you may find the following link useful: All About Cookies

Contact us. If you have any questions or comments about this Cookies Notice, or privacy matters generally, please contact us via email at privacy@soliddata.io