# Cookies Policy

This Cookies Policy explains how Imators ("we", "us", "our") uses cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our websites, including without limitation www.imators.com, and any successor URLs, mobile or localized versions and related domains/sub-domains ("Websites") and/or our mobile application ("App"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as your rights to control our use of them.

## What are cookies?

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 to make their websites work, or to work more efficiently, as well as to provide reporting information.

Cookies set by the website owner (in this case, Imators) are called "first-party cookies". Cookies set by parties other than the website owner are called "third-party cookies". Third-party cookies enable third-party features or functionality to be provided on or through the website (e.g., like advertising, interactive content, and analytics). The parties that set these third-party cookies can recognize your computer both when it visits the website in question and also when it visits certain other websites.

## Why do we use cookies?

We use first and third-party cookies for several reasons. Some cookies are required for technical reasons in order for our Websites and App to operate, and we refer to these as "essential" or "strictly necessary" cookies. Other cookies also enable us to track and target the interests of our users to enhance the experience on our Websites and App. Third parties serve cookies through our Websites and App for advertising, analytics, and other purposes. This is described in more detail below.

## Types of cookies we use

The specific types of first and third-party cookies served through our Websites and App and the purposes they perform are described below:

- Essential cookies: These cookies are strictly necessary to provide you with services available through our Websites and App and to use some of its features, such as access to secure areas. Because these cookies are strictly necessary to deliver the Websites and App, you cannot refuse them without impacting how our Websites and App function. You can block or delete them by changing your browser settings, as described under the heading "How can I control cookies?" in the Privacy Policy.
- Performance and functionality cookies: These cookies are used to enhance the performance and functionality of our Websites and App but are non-essential to their use. However, without these cookies, certain functionality may become unavailable.
- Analytics and customization cookies: These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our Websites and App are being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our Websites and App for you.
- Advertising 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.

## How can I control cookies?

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by clicking on the appropriate opt-out links provided in the cookie banner.

You can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies. If you choose to reject cookies, you may still use our Websites and App though your access to some functionality and areas of our Websites and App may be restricted. As the means by which you can refuse cookies through your web browser controls vary from browser to browser, you should visit your browser's help menu for more information.

## The cookies we use

The table below explains the cookies we use and why:

Cookie Name | Purpose | Expiry
--- | --- | ---
PHPSESSID | Preserves user session state across page requests. | Session
_ga | Used to distinguish users by Google Analytics. | 2 years
_gid | Used to distinguish users by Google Analytics. | 24 hours
_gat | Used to throttle request rate by Google Analytics. | 1 minute

## What about other tracking technologies?

In addition to cookies, we use other similar technologies like web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs"). These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enable us to recognize when someone has visited our Websites or opened an email that we have sent them. This allows us, for example, to monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within our Websites to another, to deliver or communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to our Websites from an online advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the success of email marketing campaigns. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning.

## How often will you update this Cookies Policy?

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. Please therefore re-visit this Cookies Policy regularly to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.

The date at the top of this Cookies Policy indicates when it was last updated.

## Where can I get further information?

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or other technologies, please contact us on our Contact Us page.