Cookies and Tracking Technologies Policy

Published by:2020/04/01

On UBR online services, we, along with our advertising partners and vendors, use a variety of technologies to learn more about how people use UBR online services.  You can find out more about these technologies and how to control them in the information below.  This policy forms part of the Privacy Policy

1.     COOKIES AND OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES AND HOW WE USE THEM

Like many companies, we use Cookies and other Tracking Technologies on our online services (referred to together from this point forward as “Cookies”, unless otherwise stated) including HTTP cookies, flash cookies, HTML5 and Flash local storage, web beacons/GIFs, embedded scripts, ETags/cache browsers.

 We may use Cookies for a variety of purposes and to enhance your online experience, for example, by remembering your log-in status and viewing preferences from a previous use of an online service, for when you later return to that online service. In particular, our online services use the following categories of Cookies: 

  • Strictly Necessary Cookies: We may use Cookies required for system administration, to prevent fraudulent activity or improve security. We are not required to obtain your consent to Cookies that are strictly necessary. The cookies on UBR Audition Website are required to provide you with the basic functionality for the site. Therefore, if you choose to use our website, you have consented to the use of these strictly necessary cookies. If you do not consent to these cookies, please do not use the website and exit immediately.

  • Analytics and Performance-Related Cookies:  We may use Cookies to assess the performance of our online services, including as part of our analytic practices to improve the content offered through the online services.

  • Functionality-Related Cookies:  We may use Cookies to tell us, for example, whether you have visited the online services before or if you are a new visitor and to help us identify the features in which you may have the greatest interest.

  • Targeting-Related Cookies:  We may use Cookies to deliver content, including ads, relevant to your interests on our online service and third-party sites based on how you interact with our advertisements or content.  We have set out further information about the use of Cookies by our Ad Network partners below. 

Your use of our services indicates your consent to such use of Cookies. For further information about our use of Cookies and your opt-out choices, see Section 2 below. See Section 3 below for examples of each type of cookie used on UBR online services.

2.     YOUR COOKIE CHOICES AND HOW TO OPT OUT

You can choose whether to accept the use of Cookies and we have explained how we can exercise your rights, as follows:

  • Most browsers are initially set up to accept HTTP cookies. The “help” feature of the menu bar on most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to receive notification of new cookies, and how to disable existing cookies. For more information about HTTP cookies and how to disable them, or restrict the categories of cookies you wish to accept, you can consult the information at www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/.

  • Controlling the HTML5 local storage on your browser depends on which browser you use.  For more information regarding your specific browser please consult the browser’s website (often in the Help section).

  • For more information about Flash “cookies” or local storage objects or LSOs, and how to disable them, you can consult the information provided at http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/526/52697ee8.html.

  • See “Use of Cookies by our Advertising Partners” for further information about how to opt out of Advertising Cookies.  Please note that rejecting Cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our online services.

  • Please note, however, that without HTTP cookies and HTML5 and Flash local storage, you may not be able to take full advantage of all our online services features and some parts of the online services may not function properly.

  • You may opt out of additional third party advertising networks by going to the Network Advertising Initiative’s Website at http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp and following the directions there.  The effect of opting out of third party advertising networks is explained on each opt out page.  Note that for some sites, the effect of opting out of third party advertising means that customized advertising will not be delivered to you.  Information regarding your usage of the online services may still be collected for research, analytics or internal operations purposes.

We are not responsible for the effectiveness of any such opt-out options.

3.     EXAMPLES OF COOKIES USED ON UBR ONLINE SERVICES

The following table sets out some examples of the individual cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them:

Cookie Category Company Cookie Name Purpose Content Expiry More Info
Functional and Strictly Necessary Squarespace Locked Prevents the password-protected screen from
displaying if a visitor enters the correct site-wide password.
True or False value Session https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001264507-About-the-cookies-Squarespace-uses
Functional and Strictly Necessary Squarespace crumb Prevents cross-site request forgery (CSRF)
Encrypted ID Session https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001264507-About-the-cookies-Squarespace-uses
Analytics and Performance Cookies UBR and Squarespace ss_cid Identifies unique visitors and tracks a visitor’s sessions on a site Encrypted ID and date 2 Years https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001264507-About-the-cookies-Squarespace-uses
Analytics and Performance Cookies UBR and Squarespace ss_cookieAllowed Remembers if a visitor agreed to placing Analytics cookies on their browser if a site is restricting the placement of cookies True or False value 30 Days https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001264507-About-the-cookies-Squarespace-uses
Analytics and Performance Cookies UBR and Squarespace ss_cpvisit Identifies unique visitors and tracks a
visitor’s sessions on a site
Timestamp 2 Years https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001264507-About-the-cookies-Squarespace-uses
Analytics and Performance Cookies UBR and Squarespace ss_cvisit Identifies unique visitors and tracks a
visitor’s sessions on a site
Timestamp 30 Minutes https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001264507-About-the-cookies-Squarespace-uses
Analytics and Performance Cookies UBR and Squarespace ss_cvr Identifies unique visitors and tracks a
visitor’s sessions on a site
Encrypted ID and page history 2 Years https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001264507-About-the-cookies-Squarespace-uses
Analytics and Performance Cookies UBR and Squarespace ss_cvt Identifies unique visitors and tracks a
visitor’s sessions on a site
Timestamp 30 Minutes https://support.squarespace.com/hc/en-us/articles/360001264507-About-the-cookies-Squarespace-uses

4.     DEFINITIONS

Cookies

A cookie is a small piece of data sent from a website as the user is browsing that website and stored in a user's web browser. Cookies are stored as small text files containing a string of characters. They communicate certain information to us or to third parties about how online services are used (e.g. which pages and advertisements have been viewed), about users’ preferences (e.g. what size font a user prefers) and for site functionality (e.g. remembering where a user paused watching video content). Regular cookies maycan generally be disabled or removed by tools that are available as part of most browsers, and in some but not all instances can be blocked in the future by selecting certain settings. Please be aware that if you disable or remove cookies or HTML5 cookies on your device, some parts of our online services may not function properly, and that when you revisit our online service your ability to limit cookies is subject to your browser settings and limitations.

Web Beacons

Web beacons or similar technologies may be used for a number of purposes, including to count visitors to the online service, to monitor how users navigate the online services, to count how many emails we sent that were actually opened, or to count how many particular articles or links were actually viewed.Clear gifs are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies.  In contrast to HTTP cookies, which are stored on a user’s computer hard drive, clear GIFs are embedded invisibly on web pages and are about the size of the period at the end of this sentence.

Embedded Script

An embedded script is programming code that is designed to collect information about your interactions with the online service, such as the links you click on.  The code is temporarily downloaded onto your device from our web server or a third party service provider, is active only while you are connected to the online service, and is deactivated or deleted thereafter.

A feature of the cache in browsers, an ETag is an opaque identifier assigned by a web server to a specific version of a resource found at a URL.  If the resource content at that URL ever changes, a new and different ETag is assigned.  Used in this manner, ETags are a form of device identifier.  ETag tracking may generate unique tracking values even where the consumer blocks HTTP, Flash, and/or HTML5 cookies.

ETag, or entity tag

A feature of the cache in browsers, an ETag is an opaque identifier assigned by a web server to a specific version of a resource found at a URL.  If the resource content at that URL ever changes, a new and different ETag is assigned.  Used in this manner, ETags are a form of device identifier.  ETag tracking may generate unique tracking values even where the consumer blocks HTTP, Flash, and/or HTML5 cookies.