4. What device and usage data we collect
We use common information-gathering tools, such as log files, cookies, web beacons and similar technologies to automatically collect information, which may contain personal data, from your computer or mobile device as you navigate our websites or interact with emails we have sent you.
4.1 Log Files
We may collect certain information automatically via log files. This collected information may include your Internet Protocol (IP) address (or proxy server), device and application identification numbers, your location, your browser type, your Internet service provider and/or mobile carrier, the pages and files you viewed, your searches, your operating system and system configuration information, and date/time stamps associated with your usage. This information is used to analyse overall trends, to help us provide and improve our websites and to guarantee their security and continued proper functioning. We may also collect IP addresses from users when they log into the services as part of our security features.
4.2 Service Usage Information
We collect information and statistics from our vendors detailing the usage of the services purchased through intY. Where user level information is collected, this data is anonymised so that no personally identifiable information is collected (“Aggregated
Data”). Aggregated Data could be derived from your personal data but is not considered personal data in law as this data will not directly or indirectly reveal your identity. However, if we combine or connect Aggregated Data with your personal data so that it can directly or indirectly identify you, we treat the combined data as personal data, which will be used in accordance with this Privacy Statement. We use Aggregated Data to provide recommendations and insights into the usage of our services to our customers and partners through our CASCADE service.
4.3 Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer’s hard drive by your web browser when you visit any website. They allow information gathered on one web page to be stored until it is needed for use on another, allowing a website to provide you with a personalised experience and the website owner with statistics about how you use the website so that it can be improved. Some cookies may last for a defined period of time, such as one day or until you close your browser. Others may last indefinitely.
They are placed by software that operates on our servers, and by software operated by third parties whose services we use.
When you first visit our website, we ask you to choose which types of cookies you wish to allow us to use. If you choose not to use cookies or you prevent their use through your browser settings, you may not be able to use all the functionality of our websites.
We use cookies in the following ways:
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- to track how you use our websites;
- to record whether you have seen specific messages we display on our websites; and
- to keep you signed into our site.
For more information about the cookies we use, please see our cookie policy available on our website at https://www.inty.com/cookie-policy/
4.4 Notices on behavioural advertising and opt out
As described above, we or third parties may place or recognise a unique cookie on your browser when you visit our websites for the purposes of serving you targeted advertising (also referred to as “online behavioural advertising” or “interest-based advertising”). To learn more about targeted advertising, advertising networks and your ability to opt out of collection by certain third parties, please visit the opt-out pages of the Network Advertising Initiative here, and the Digital Advertising Alliance here.
4.5 Social Media Features
Our websites may use social media features, such as the Facebook “like” button, the “Tweet” button and other sharing widgets (“Social Media Features”). You may be given the option by such Social Media Features to post information about your activities on a website to a profile page of yours that is provided by a third party social media network in order to share with others within your network. Social Media Features are either hosted by the respective social media network or hosted directly on our website. To the extent the Social Media Features are hosted by the respective social media networks, the latter may receive information that you have visited our website from your IP address. If you are logged into your social media account, it is possible that the respective social media network can link your visit of our websites with your social media profile.
Your interactions with Social Media Features are also governed by the privacy policies of the companies providing the relevant Social Media Features and we encourage you to read these.