We use in our website https://withminta.com ("Site") (together with its sub-domains, content and services, a“Website”) cookies and similar files or technologies toautomatically collectand store information about your computer, device, and Website usage, inorder to improve their performance and enhance your user experience. We usethe general term “cookies” in this Cookies Policy torefer to these technologies and all suchsimilar technologies that collect information automatically when you areusing our Website where this policy is posted. You can find out more aboutcookies and how to control them in the information below.
If you do not accept the use of these cookies, please disable them usingthe instructions in this cookie policy or by changing your browser settingsso that cookies from this Website cannot be placed on your computer ormobile device. Important: disabling cookies on this Website mayseriously cripple the user experience and other features on theWebsite, to the point of rendering them useless.
In this Cookies Policy, we use the term “Minta” (and “we”, “us” and “our”)to refer to Minta Technology Services Ltd. and our affiliates. OurPrivacy Policy is available at https://withminta.com/privacy-policy
What is a cookie?
Cookies are computer files containing small amounts of information whichare downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website.Cookies can then be sent back to the originating website on each subsequentvisit, or to another website that recognizes that cookie. Cookies are widelyused in order to make websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well asto provide information to the owners of the website.
Cookies perform many different jobs, like letting you navigate betweenpages efficiently, remembering your preferences, and generally improving theuser experience. Cookies may tell us, for example, whether you have visitedour 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. We use third party cookies for functionality, performance, analytics, marketing and social media purposes.
Cookies can remain on your computer or mobile device for different periodsof time. Some cookies are ‘session cookies’, meaning that theyexist only while your browser is open. These are deleted automatically onceyou close your browser. Other cookies are ‘permanent cookies’,meaning that they survive after your browser is closed. They can be used bywebsites to recognize your computer when you open your browser and browsethe Internet again.
Web beacons
Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to awebsite. We may use other, similar technologies from time to time, likeweb beacons (sometimes called “tracking pixels” or “cleargifs”). These are small graphics files that contain a uniqueidentifier that enable us to recognize when someone has visited our Website.This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users fromone page within our Website to another, to deliver or communicate withcookies, to understand whether you have come to our Website from an onlineadvertisement displayed on a third party website, to improve websiteperformance and to measure the success of email marketing campaigns. In mostinstances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function, andtherefore declining cookies prevents them from functioning.
If you don’t want your cookie information to be associated with yourvisits to these pages, you can set your browser to turn off cookies asdescribed further below. If you turn off cookies, web beacon and othertechnologies will still detect your visits to our Website; however, theywill not be associated with information otherwise stored in cookies.
Targeted advertising
Third parties may drop cookies on your computer or mobile device to serveadvertising through our Website. These companies may use information aboutyour visits to this and other websites in order to provide relevantadvertisements about goods and services that you may be interested in. Theymay also employ technology that is used to measure the effectiveness ofadvertisements. The information collected through this process does notenable us or them to identify your name, contact details or other personallyidentifying details unless you choose to provide these to us.
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 Websites 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 continually improve it; and
- customize and enhance your online experience.
What types of cookies do we use?
The types of cookies used by us in connection with the Website can beconsidered ‘essential website cookies’, ‘functionalitycookies’, ‘analytics and performance cookies’,‘marketing’ and social media . We've set out some furtherinformation, as well as the purposes of these cookies, below.
- Cookies necessary for essential website purposes
These cookies are essential to provide you with services available throughthis Website and to use some of its features, such as access to secureareas. Without these cookies we will not be able to provide services thatyou require, such as transactional pages and secure login accounts.
2. Functionality Cookies
These cookies record information about choices you’ve made and allowus to tailor the Website to you. These cookies allow us to provide you withour services in the way in which you have required, as you continue to useor 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
- 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.
3. Performance/Analytics Cookies
We use performance/analytics cookies to analyze how the Website isaccessed, used, or is performing. We do this in order to provide you with abetter user experience and to maintain, operate and continually improve theWebsite. 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.
4. Marketing
We use marketing cookies to deliver many types of targeted digitalmarketing. We do this in order to provide you with a better user experienceand to maintain, operate and continually improve the Website. The cookiestore user data and behavior information, which allows advertising servicesto target audience according to variables. For example, these cookies allowus to:
- observe the site performance and generate retargeting (Website retargeting, search retargeting, etc); and
- maintain and improve the Website and our products.
How to control or delete 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 beable to use the full functionality of our Website.
The following pages have information on how to change your cookies settingsfor the different browsers:
- Cookie settings in Chrome
- Cookie settings in Firefox
- Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
- Cookie settings in Safari and iOS
Third Party Websites’ Cookies
When using our Website, you may be directed to other websites for such activities as surveys, to make payment in currency other than U.S. dollars, or for job applications. These websites may use their own cookies. We do not have control over the placement of cookies by other websites you visit, even if you are directed to them from our Website.
If you use the buttons that allow you to share products and content with your friends via social networks like Google, Twitter and Facebook, these companies may set a cookie on your computer memory. Find out more about these here:
https://www.facebook.com/about/privacy
http://www.google.com/intl/en-GB/policies/privacy
Need More Information?
If you would like to find out more about cookies and their use on theInternet, you may find the following link useful:
Cookies that have been set in the past
If you have disabled one or more Cookies, we may still use information collected from cookies prior to your disabled preference being set, however, we will stop using the disabled cookie to collect any further information.
Contact us
If you have any questions or comments about this cookies policy, or privacy matters generally, please contact us via email atsupport@withminta.com.