This page is designed to help you better understand these cookies and our use of them on our website and in our services, applications and tools. Below is a summary of some of the things you should know about our use of cookies.
Our cookies are either necessary for the operation of our services or help us to improve our performance. We use cookies that only stay on your device for as long as you keep your browser active (session) and cookies and similar technologies that stay on your device for longer (persistent). You are free to block, delete or disable these cookies if your device permits. You can manage your cookies and cookie preferences in your browser or device settings, as described in the Adjusting Cookies section below.
Wherever possible, security measures are put in place to prevent unauthorised access to our cookies. A unique identifier ensures that only we and/or our authorised service providers have access to cookie data.
WHAT ARE COOKIES?
Like most sites, we use technologies that are essentially small data files placed on your computer, tablet, mobile phone or other devices (collectively, a "device") that allow us to record certain information whenever you visit or interact. with our website, services, applications or tools.
The specific names and types of cookies we use may change from time to time. To help you better understand this policy and our use of these technologies, we have provided the following limited terminology and definitions:
ookies – Small text files (typically made up of letters and numbers) placed in the memory of your browser or device when you visit a website or view a message. Cookies allow a website to recognize a particular device or browser. There are several types of cookies:
Session cookies expire at the end of your browser session and allow us to link your actions during that particular browser session.
Persistent cookies are stored on your device in between browser sessions, allowing us to remember your preferences or actions across multiple sites.
First-party cookies are set by the site you are visiting.
Third-party cookies are set by a third party site separate from the site you are visiting.
Cookies can be disabled or removed by tools that are available in most commercial browsers, as described in the Adjust Cookies section below. The preferences for each browser you use will need to be set separately and different browsers offer different functionality and options.
WHY WE USE COOKIES
We use cookies to automatically collect, receive and store information about your browsing activities on our sites from your browser, including browsing actions and patterns. The information includes your Internet Protocol address, browser type and version, operating system and platform, cookie information, the page you requested, and test data results. We use cookies as tokens to remember you as a user who has logged on to our website.
The website uses cookies as a token to remember that you are a user who has logged on to our website. The website may include first party cookies (i.e. cookies that send data directly to Hextom and to agents and contractors acting on Hextom's behalf, including cookies used to monitor, analyse and administer the website). Specifically, we use cookies which are alphanumeric identifiers that we transfer to your computer's hard drive via your browser to enable our systems to recognise your browser and tell us how and when pages on our website are visited and used by you.
We use cookies to track the number of people who visit our website and to collect information about the use of our systems.
You can set your browser to refuse all or some of the browser's cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies, as described in the Adjusting Cookies section below.
Any personal information we collect and store through the use of cookies is based on your consent, obtained through a visible disclosure on our website on your first visit, and will be treated in accordance with our Privacy Policy: Link to Privacy Policy. You can withdraw this consent via your browser settings, as explained below.
