Cookie Policy.
This cookie policy explains how cookies and similar technologies, such as pixels, beacons, and tags (together cookies) may be used by Dealcierge on our websites, Platform and other Services. Capitalised terms not otherwise defined in this Cookie Policy shall have the meaning as ascribed in the Agreement.
1. What are cookies and why do we use them?
1.1 Cookies are small text files stored in your browser’s memory by our websites and/or Platform. They are commonly used to support various functions on our websites.
1.2 Cookies do other very useful jobs, such as tell us which pages you visited the most, understand how effective our website has been to you, and improve our communication to you on our products and Services.
1.3 We do not use cookies to collect information that directly identifies you as an individual. However, some information collected by cookies may be treated as personal data (such as your browsing history, or your device information).
1.4 Depending on the job the cookie needs to perform, it may be a session or persistent cookie:
1.4.1 Persistent cookies are retained on your device until you either erase them or your browser erases them when the cookie reaches its expiration date.
1.4.2 Session cookies are temporary and expire once you close your browser or once your session ends.
2. What type of cookies do we use?
2.1 To help you better understand what cookies we may apply to our websites, we have classified our cookies into the following categories: strictly necessary cookies, performance cookies, targeting cookies, functionality cookies, and session cookies.
Category 1: Strictly Necessary Cookies
2.2 These cookies are essential for you to browse the website and use the Platform and/or other features. They are first-party session cookies and disabling these cookies may encumber our website’s performance and make features and services unavailable.
Category 2: Performance Cookies
2.3 These cookies collect information on how you use our website and Platform. For example, which pages you have visited and whether you have experienced any errors during your visit. They may also be used to perform website analytics. This data collected by these cookies is stored in an aggregate form and will not directly identify you as an individual.
2.4 We may use the information collected by these cookies to:
2.4.1 Understand how our website and/or Platform is being used and how effective our campaigns are.
2.4.2 Test different versions of our website so that we can make improvements.
2.5 If you limit these cookies on your browser, your browsing experience on our websites may be impacted.
Category 3: Targeting Cookies
2.6 We or our third-party partners may place targeting cookies (also called advertising cookies) on your browser when you are browsing our website or using the Platform to allow us to tailor our marketing to you and your interests.
2.7 Targeting cookies are not used to directly identify you. They record information like your visit to our websites, details of other websites that directed you to our websites, your responses to our online advertisements and pages you have visited, so that we and our partners can gain insights into what communications, products and services you or other potential customers may be interested in.
2.8 In order to gain these insights, sometimes we may analyse your personal data to create a profile of your interests and preferences so that we can communicate information relevant to you and your interests. We may also make use of additional information about you when it is available from internal and external third-party sources.
2.9 We may use the information collected by these cookies to:
2.9.1 tailor our advertisements or offers to you (including those on our or third-party websites, such as social media networks or otherwise);
2.9.2 make our websites more relevant to your interests based on your past visits to our websites;
2.9.3 evaluate the effectiveness of our online marketing and advertising campaigns; or
2.9.4 help us identify customers similar to our audience.
2.10 Data collected by these cookies is not used to send direct marketing messages to you. Therefore, disabling these cookies will not necessarily stop you from receiving marketing communications from us. You are able to opt out of receiving marketing material from us at any time and you can find more details about this in our Privacy Policy. Our third-party partners will only apply targeting cookies or process any of your data in accordance with the purposes described above.
Category 4: Functionality Cookies
2.11 These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make such as your user name, in order to provide you with enhanced personal features. We will be able to remember your language preference in subsequent visits you make to our website and/or Platform.
Category 5: Session Cookies
2.12 We use session cookies which are temporary cookies that are used to remember you during the course of your visit to our website and/or Platform. Session cookies will expire when you close the web browser.
3. Fraud prevention
3.1 We note that we may also use the information collected in the above-mentioned cookies to assist us in fraud prevention.
4. Third party cookies
4.1 We may work with third parties to set the above-mentioned cookies when you interact with our website and/or Platform. These third parties include our partners and service providers, such as advertisers, search engines, or analytics platforms that enable us to improve and personalise your experiences on our websites and deliver relevant content to you. We do not share any data with these third parties that may identify you.
4.2 Third parties may also place cookies on your device when you visit other websites that do not belong to us. These cookies are applied in accordance with the third party’s cookie policy, which we have no control over. You can always opt out of third-party cookies through your browser settings (see Manage Cookies section below).
5. Manage Cookies
5.1 You can opt out of cookies by changing the settings on your browser. Most web browsers are initially set up to accept cookies. By changing these settings, in most cases you can choose to not accept any cookies, or to not accept third party cookies.
5.2 Removing cookies in your browser settings means that any preference settings you have made on a website will be lost (including any consent preferences regarding cookies where that is available). Please also note that blocking all cookies may mean that certain functionality(s) on our website will be lost as described above. We don’t recommend turning all cookies off when using our websites and/or Platform.
5.3 See below for more information on how to manage your cookie settings in these popular browsers:
5.3.1 Internet Explorer: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
5.3.2 Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/cookies-information-websites-store-on-your-computer?
5.3.3 Google Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?hl=en
5.3.4 Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-sg/guide/safari/sfri11471/mac
You can also opt out of Google’s use of cookies (including DoubleClick cookies) by visiting Google’s Ad Settings, Facebook’s use of pixel information on Facebook’s Ad settings, LinkedIn’s use of cookies by visiting LinkedIn’s Settings and Adobe’s use of cookies by visiting Adobe’s Settings.