INTRODUCTION

Sapphire Advisors, LLC (“SA”),  its subsidiaries and affiliated companies (collectively, “SA,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) maintain our websites DrKarenKendrick.com and SapphireInstitute.com and our other related mobile websites, services, tools and other applications (collectively, the “Site”). We, along with our advertising partners and vendors, use a variety of technologies to learn more about how people use the Site. You can find out more about these technologies and how to control them in the information below. This policy forms part of the SA Privacy Policy.

 

COOKIES & OTHER TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES & HOW WE USE THEM

A cookie is a very small text document, which often includes an anonymous unique identifier. When you visit a website, a computer asks your computer for permission to store this file in a part of your hard drive specifically designated for cookies.

Like many companies, we use cookies and other tracking technologies on our Site (referred to together from this point forward as “cookies”, unless otherwise stated) including HTTP cookies, HTML5 and Flash local storage, web beacons/GIFs, embedded scripts and e-tags/cache browsers as defined below.

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 our Site, for when you later return to the Site.

We use both session and persistent tracking technologies. Tracking technologies (e.g., cookies) can either be persistent (i.e., they remain on your computer until you delete them) or temporary (i.e., they last only until you close your browser).

We also use first and third-party cookies. First party cookies are used and controlled by us to provide services on the Site. Third-party cookies are controlled by third-parties, mostly for the purpose of advertising and analytics.

In particular, our Site uses the following categories of cookies:

• Strictly Necessary Cookies: These are cookies which are needed to provide services and features you have specifically requested. We may use cookies and tracking technologies required to prevent fraudulent activity, improve security (both not applicable under German law), for system administration and/or allow you to make use of shopping cart functionality. We are not required to obtain your consent to cookies that are strictly necessary.
• Analytics and Performance Related Cookies: We may use cookies to assess the performance of our Site, including as part of our analytic practices to improve the content offered through the Site. These cookies may be used to prevent fraudulent activity and improve security.
• Functionality-Related Cookies: We may use cookies to tell us, for example, whether you have visited the Site 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 Site and third-party sites based on how you interact with our advertisements or content.

By using our Site you consent to the use of cookies and tracking technologies and the corresponding processing of information. You can withdraw your consent at any time by deleting placed cookies and disabling cookies in your browser. For further information about our use of cookies and tracking technologies and your opt-out choices, see the next section below.

 

YOUR COOKIE CHOICES & HOW TO OPT-OUT

You have the choice whether to accept the use of cookies and below we explain how you can exercise your rights.

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, you can consult the information at http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ and .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).

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

Please note that rejecting cookies does not mean that you will no longer see ads when you visit our Site.

 

COOKIES AND TRACKING TECHNOLOGIES USED

 

The following table shows the cookies we use and the purposes for which we use them:

We provide the chart below as a courtesy for all users outside of Germany, but we are not obligated to maintain or update it. We are not responsible for third-party sites and their privacy practices as it relates to opt-outs from tracking activities. The following third-parties that collect information from you on our Site have given us notice that you may obtain information on their policies and practices, and in some instances opt-out of some of their activities.

Google Analytics	Used to gather data about site performance and user behavior such as pages visited, time on page, etc.
Facebook Pixel	Used for marketing purposes to better target and offer products and services you might be interested in
Google AdWords	Used for marketing purposes to better target and offer products and services you might be interested in

 

 

DEFINITIONS

Cookies

A cookie (sometimes referred to as local storage object or LSO) is a data file placed on a device. Cookies can be created through a variety of web-related protocols and technologies, such as HTTP (sometimes referred to as “browser cookies”), and HTML5.

Web Beacons

Small graphic images or other web programming code called web beacons (also known as “1×1 GIFs” or “clear GIFs”) may be included in our Site’s pages and messages. Web beacons may be invisible to you, but any electronic image or other web programming code inserted into a page or email can act as a web beacon.

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 Site, 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 Site, and is deactivated or deleted thereafter.

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.

 

CONTACT US

For questions about this Cookies Policy please contact us at support@drkarenkendrick.com.