VENDAVO COOKIE POLICY

Last updated: April 20, 2018.

Vendavo[1] is committed to transparency regarding the treatment of your information. We want you to be familiar with our information practices in relation to use of “cookies” on our websites (“Sites”) and the options available to you with respect to your personal information.  This Cookie Policy (“Policy”) describes how we use cookies as well as how you can make choice about cookies.  Note, the use of cookies by our partners or service providers is not covered by this Policy. We do not have access or control over these cookies. Our partners and service providers may utilize session ID cookies to make it easier for you to navigate our site, including to register for events and pay membership dues.

  • What is a Cookie?
    “Cookies” are a standard feature of web browser software that allows web servers to recognize the computer used to access a website. We use the word “cookies” to include a piece of text, pixels, clear GIFs, log files, web beacons or other tracing or tracking files or similar technology that are placed on your device. Depending on the settings you have selected, your browser adds the text to your device using a small text file. You can change the browser settings to reject cookies. Many browsers are set to accept cookies by default because cookies make it easier for you to view certain content. If you choose to disable cookies at the browser level or reject cookies using our cookie tool, you may find the website does not work in the same way, or may prevent you from using certain parts of the sites.
  • Why does Vendavo use Cookies?
    Vendavo’s websites requests cookies to be set on your device. We use cookies to let us know when you visit our website, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, including providing you with more relevant advertising and how you prefer to view content such as a localized website. We may also remember preferences such as text size and other customizable site elements.
  • What types cookies do we use?
    We use the following cookies described below on our Sites. We also may use web logs, pixel tags, or web beacons, which are pieces of code that may be used to read and place cookies on a web browser, to collect information about how you interact with websites.

    • Essential Cookies: We use cookies that are essential to making the Sites work. These types of cookies enable you to move around the Sites and use their features. For example, we may use cookies to record a user login, manage user sessions, authenticate users, or adjust settings and functionality on the Sites. Without these cookies, we may not be able to provide the services that are necessary for you to be able to use the Sites, such as signing into your account.
    • Preference Cookies: We also use cookies that collect information about your choices and preferences. These cookies allow us to remember language or other local settings and customize the Sites accordingly. For example, we may store settings and preferences of our logged in users.
    • Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to improve our Sites’ functionality by tracking usage. In some cases these cookies improve the speed with which we can process your request, allow us to remember site preferences you have selected. De-selecting these cookies may result in poorly-tailored site preferences and slow site performance.
    • Social Media Cookies: Some of the pages on the Sites contain tools or applications that are linked to third-party social media service providers such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. The social media service provider may set its own cookies on your computer or device through these tools or applications. You should check the social media service provider’s website for further details about how they use cookies.
    • Flash Cookies: Vendavo may use “Local Shared Objects,” such as Flash cookies, and local storage, such as HTML5, to store content information and preferences. Third parties with whom we partner to provide certain features on our website or to display Vendavo advertising on others’ websites based upon your web browsing activity may also use Flash cookies or HTML5 to collect and store information. Various browsers may offer their own management tools for removing HTML5. To manage Flash cookies, please visit http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html
    • Embedded URLs: Vendavo may use embedded URLs to allow limited information to follow you as you navigate the electronic channels, but are not associated with personal information and are not used beyond the session.
    • Embedded Pixels and Similar Technologies: On the electronic channels, Vendavo and its service providers may use embedded pixel technologies for the purposes of identifying unique user visits (as opposed to aggregate hits) and for advertising purposes. In addition, embedded pixels or other technologies may be used in e-mails and our online display advertising to provide information on when the e-mail or ad was opened to track marketing campaign responsiveness; information collected using these technologies may be associated with the recipient’s e-mail address. The pixel technology used on our channels enable the synchronization of internal unique identifiers between Vendavo and our third-party partners to facilitate interest-based advertising.
    • Widgets, Buttons, and Tools: Our electronic channels may include widgets, which are interactive mini-programs that run on our site to provide specific services from another company (e.g., links to bookmarked sites), along with buttons or other tools that link to other companies’ services (e.g., a “Like” button or third-party map). The widget, button or tool may collect and automatically send Personal Information, such as your e-mail address, or Other Information (such as your browser information, or IP address), to a third party. Cookies may also be set or used by the widgets, buttons or tools to enable them to function properly or for other purposes, which may include advertising. Information collected or used by a widget, button or tool, including cookie settings and preferences, is governed by the privacy policy of the company that created it.
  • Targeted Display Advertising
    Vendavo works with trusted partners who use cookies to help us display more relevant content and appropriate communications to you when you visit Vendavo and other websites. Our trusted partners may use cookie information gathered from your visits to Vendavo to deliver content via the internet, whether you are on a Vendavo website or another website. They may also use cookies to measure the effectiveness of the content they deliver. Information in these cookies may tell them about what you have clicked, other actions you have taken on those pages, and the website from which you came.To learn more about our partners, including how to control who your information is shared with, go to Vendavo’s Privacy Policy.
  • Targeted Marketing by Vendavo
    Vendavo may send you customized communications, based on your previous activities and your visits to Vendavo websites. When you visit a Vendavo website we may use cookies to gather information about the products and services you view and purchase on Vendavo websites. These cookies may be used to help Vendavo provide more relevant communications to you in the future. Vendavo may also use cookies from trusted partners help us to measure the effectiveness of our interactions with you. You may choose to unsubscribe from our communications at any time by clicking the “opt-out link” in every marketing communication you receive from Vendavo.
  • How do I choose whether to receive cookies or not?
    You can make choices about receiving cookies by adjusting your browser settings which will allow you to delete and/or disable website cookies. You may change your browser settings to notify you each time a website wants to place a cookie on your device. This lets you choose whether to accept or decline cookies from that website. Each browser will have its own way of giving you this option (for example, depending on whether you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome or other browser), so please consult your browser’s “help” menu for further details.If you choose to disable cookies, you may find the website does not work in the same way. You may find that disabling or rejecting cookies may prevent you from using certain parts of the sites.
    Some cookies are necessary to record and respect the choices you have made in regard to not being contacted or to not have other types of cookies added to your device. If you delete cookies from your computer, the cookie used to recognize your choice will also be deleted requiring you to make your preference selection again. Further information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your device and how to manage and delete them, is available at allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu. 
  • Changes to Our Cookie Statement
    We occasionally update this cookie statement. If we make any material changes to how we use cookies or how we treat information we have collected via cookies, we will reflect this in our Cookie Statement and revise the statement’s effective date, included at the end of this section. We encourage you to periodically review this statement to remain informed of how Vendavo uses cookies.
  • Contact Us
    If you would like to contact us regarding our cookie statement, please email us at compliance@vendavo.com.

[1] As used herein, the terms “Vendavo” or “We” refer to Vendavo, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates. The Vendavo entity responsible for the processing of your information will depend on how you interact with our Sites, and where in the world you are located. The terms “Vendavo” and “we” used in this policy refer to the relevant Vendavo entity, which may include Vendavo UK Limited, Vendavo CZ s.r.o., Vendavo Ventures, Inc., and Vendavo, Inc.