Pythia LLC Cookies Policy

Last Updated Dec 22, 2023

Pythia LLC, together with its affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively, “Pythia”, “us”, “our”, or “we”) understand that your privacy is important to you and are committed to being transparent about the technologies it uses. This Cookie Policy (this “Policy”) explains how and why cookies, web beacons, pixels, clear gifs, and other similar technologies may be stored on and accessed from your device when you use or visit any website or app that posts a link to this Policy (collectively, the “Services”). This Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Service.

  1. Changes to this Policy. We may change this Policy at any time. Any change in this Policy will become effective when we make the revised Policy available on or through the Services.
  1. What Are Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies. Cookies are small data files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies are widely used by website owners in order to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information. The term “cookie” is used in this Policy in the broad sense to include cookies and all similar techniques and technologies, including web beacons.  Web beacons (sometimes called “tracking pixels” or “clear gifs”) are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enable us to recognize when someone has visited our Services or taken an action in relation to our Services. 
  1. How We Use Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies.

            (a)        We use cookies to identify you and your interests, to remember your preferences, and to track your use of our Services. We also use cookies to control access to certain content on our Services, protect the Services, and to process any requests that you make of us.

            (b)        To administer our Services and for research purposes, we also have contracted with third party service providers to track and analyze statistical usage and volume information from our Services users. These third-party service providers use persistent cookies to help us to improve the user experience, manage our content on our Services, and analyze how users navigate and utilize the Services.

  1. First- and Third-Party Cookies. “First-party Cookies” are cookies that belong to us and that we place on your device. “Third-party Cookies” are cookies that another party places on your device through our Services. We use Third-party Cookies from companies, such as HubSpot and Shopify. Analytics to provide us with web analytics and intelligence about our Services, which may also be used to provide measurement services and target ads. These companies use programming code to collect information about your interaction with our Services, such as the pages you visit, the links you click on and how long you are on our Services. This code is only active while you are on our Services. For more information on how these companies collect and use information on our behalf, please refer to their privacy policies.
  1. Types of Cookies We Use. The types of first- and third-party cookies we use on our Services are detailed below. Please note that the specific cookies served to your browser may vary depending on the specific portion of the Services that you visit.  These cookies may use non-personal data (e.g., aggregate or de-identified information about your use of the Services) or information that uniquely identifies the browser or device you are using to access the Services.  

            5.1       Essential cookies. These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with access to and the basic use of our Services, such as access to secure areas and setting your privacy preferences. These cookies cannot be turned off.

            5.2       Performance and functionality cookies. These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Services but are not required for their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality of the Services may become limited or unavailable.

            5.3       Analytics and customization cookies. These cookies help us understand how our Services are being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Services for you. Thanks to this information, we are able to improve the features offered on our Services.

            5.4       Targeting cookies. These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions like preventing the same ad from continuously reappearing, ensuring that ads are properly displayed for advertisers, and in some cases selecting advertisements that are based on your interests.

            5.5       Social Media cookies. These cookies are used to enable you to share pages and content that you find interesting on our Services through third-party social networking and other websites. These cookies may also be used for advertising purposes.

  1. How Long Cookies are Stored. The duration of storage of cookies on your device may vary, depending on the category to which they belong: temporary or permanent.

            6.1       Temporary cookies. We use temporary cookies on our Services to allow you to browse our Services without interruption. We may also use temporary cookies for internal reporting purposes. After your browsing session ends, this type of cookie does not store any information on your hard drive.

            6.2       Persistent cookies. Some of our first-party analytics cookies and certain third-party cookies are persistent cookies. They allow us and third parties to understand visitors’ browsing behavior over a longer period of time, to provide you with additional features related to your use of the Services, the content that you have saved or stored through them, as well as for advertising and marketing purposes. Depending on their function, this type of cookie may persist for different lengths of time ranging from several hours, to a week, or even several years. This type of cookie will persist after you end a browsing session and can be used by our Services or third parties to recognize your device when you begin a new browsing session.

  1. Managing Cookies.

            (a)        If you do not want cookies to be dropped on your device, you can adjust the setting of your Internet browser to reject the setting of all or some cookies and to alert you when a cookie is placed on your device. For further information about how to do so, please see the specific browser procedures (i.e, Chrome, Safari, Safari Mobile (iPhone and iPads), Firefox, Microsoft Edge) or see www.allaboutcookies.org . Please note that if you use your browser settings to block all cookies you may not be able to access or use all or parts or functionalities of our Services.

            (b)        If you want to remove previously stored cookies, you can manually delete the cookies at any time. However, this will not prevent the Services from placing further cookies on your device unless and until you adjust your Internet browser setting as described above.

            (c)        For more information about tailored browser advertising and how you can generally control cookies from being put on your computer to deliver tailored advertising, you may visit the Network Advertising Initiative’s Consumer Opt-Out link, the Digital Advertising Alliance’s Consumer Opt-Out link, or Your Online Choices  to opt-out of receiving tailored advertising from companies that participate in those programs. To opt out of Google Analytics for display advertising or customize Google display network ads, visit the Google Ads Settings page.  If you do not allow these cookies, you will still see advertising online, but those advertisements may not be tailored to your interests.

            (d)        To disable all analytics cookies managed by our third-party analytics partners, please use the browser disablement mechanisms discussed immediately above. You can also use the following analytics opt out mechanisms provided by Google: Google Analytics opt out browser add on.

  1. How We Use Other Technologies.

            (a)        We may collect information about whether you open or click any links in the knowledge, research or event communications that we send to you through web beacons.

            (b)        A web beacon is a graphic image, which is placed on a website or in an email that alone or in conjunction with cookies compile information about your usage of or your interaction with the Services. For example, we may add web beacons to the knowledge, research, or event communications that we send to you to determine whether you have opened our email or clicked a link. The analysis gathered helps us improve the effectiveness of content and format of our websites and email communications.

  1. Managing Web Beacons. You may avoid web beacons by configuring your email reader program to disable the functionality that enables remote images to load and by refraining from clicking on any links in email messages.
  2. Contact Us. If you have any questions or concerns about this Policy, please contact us via email at info@pythia.international