Open Web Technologies Ltd. (together with its affiliated companies (“OpenWeb”, “we”, “our” or “us”) uses certain Cookies (as defined below). These technologies are used to provide, maintain, and improve our websites, webpages, e-mail, and text message (collectively – “sites”), to optimize our offerings and marketing activities, and to provide our visitors and users (“you”, “your”) with a better experience.

This Cookie Policy contains information on OpenWeb’s cookie practices. If you are unable to find the information you were looking for, or you have any further questions about the use of cookies on our sites, please email privacy@openweb.com. 

For more information about our general privacy practices, please visit our privacy policy.

1. What are Cookies?

Cookies are web monitoring and tracking technologies, such as cookies, beacons, pixels, tags, scripts  and small files containing a string of characters that are stored through the browser on your computer or mobile device (for example, Google Chrome or Safari) when you visit a website. You can think of cookies as providing a so-called memory for the website, so that it can recognize you when you come back and respond appropriately. 

Cookies may be set by us (first-party cookies) or by third party providers who work with us (third-party cookies), either for the duration of your visit (session cookies) or for longer periods (persistent cookies). The length of time a persistent cookie stays on your device varies between cookies.

2. What Cookies are being used by OpenWeb?

Cookies, both first and third party, are typically categorized as one of the following:

• Essential Cookies: these cookies are necessary to provide you with our sites and cannot be disabled. 
• Preferences & Functional Cookies: these cookies are used to enhanced the functionality and personalization of our sites. Without those cookies, certain functionalities will not be available. 
• Performance & Analytics Cookies: these cookies are used for gathering analytics data on how you interact with our sites so we can improve their performance accordingly. Without those cookies, our ability to better ourselves and improve your and others’ experience will be reduced. 

To learn more about the specific cookies we use and how we categorize them, please click the ‘cookie settings’ [button/icon] available on our website’s footer. You can always withdraw your consent to the use of non-essential cookies by re-opening the settings and modifying your selection. 

3. How Do we use Cookies?

We use cookies to help our website and online pages work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide us with various information on your interactions and activities with our website. 

Our use of functional and analytics cookies aims to monitor, study and analyze the use of our sites, and how we could improve individuals’ user experience and continue improving our offerings and the overall performance of our sites; to explore and pursue growth opportunities by facilitating a stronger local presence and tailored experiences.

We may combine non-personally identifiable information collected through cookies with other Personal Data that we have about you to improve your user experience, for example, to tell us who you are or whether you already have an account with us. 

We may also supplement the information we collect from you with information received from third parties in order to enhance our sites, or to offer you information that we believe may be of interest to you. 

Where we use Cookies to collect information that is personally identifiable or that can become personally identifiable if we combine it with other information, the Website Privacy Policy will apply in addition to this Cookie Policy.

4. How can you control Cookies?

Except for Necessary Cookies, you have a right to decide whether to accept or decline Cookies. Where required by applicable law, we will not set non-essential Cookies unless you enable them. When first visiting our website, you may encounter our cookie banner, which allows you to control your cookie preferences. Regardless of your location, you can change your cookie choices anytime by clicking the “Cookie Settings” button available in our website’s footer. 

Most browsers have certain cookie control features (usually located in the ‘options’ or ‘preferences’ menu of your browser), which will (depending on your browser settings) allow you to decide how to handle each new cookie in a variety of ways, provide you with the ability to delete all cookies that are already on your computer and to prevent cookies from being placed. 

You can also change your mobile device settings (e.g., iPhone, iPad, Android phones) to control whether you see online interest-based ads.

Please note that any such changes may result in you having to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site and some services and functionalities may not work. 

5. What is the Google Analytics Cookie and how is it used?

Our website uses Google Analytics, a web analysis service provided by Google Inc. (“Google”) which is based on cookie technology. The information generated by the cookies is usually sent to and stored in a Google server in the USA. On behalf of OpenWeb, Google will use the generated information to evaluate your use of the website, to compile reports on website activities, and to provide the website operator with additional services connected with website and Internet use. The IP address transmitted by your browser in connection with Google Analytics is not collated with other data by Google. We have also taken measures to anonymize such IP address and to limit its retention period by default. Further information about the privacy practices Google Analytics is available at www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners/. Further information about your option to opt-out of Google Analytics is available at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

6. “Do Not Track” signals

Your browser settings may also allow you to transmit a “Do Not Track” signal when you visit various websites. Whilst we do not change our practices in response to a “Do Not Track” signal in the HTTP header from a browser or mobile application, you can manage your cookies preferences, including whether or not to accept them and how to remove them, through your browser settings and our Cookie Banner as instructed above. Please bear in mind that disabling cookies may complicate or even prevent you from using the website. To learn more about “Do Not Track” signals, you can visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com/.