ContourGlobal Cookie Policy

ContourGlobal plc and its subsidiaries (together “ContourGlobal) has created this Cookie Policy (‘’Policy’’) to improve performance and enhance your user experience.  

This Policy explains the way we use cookies to collect and analyze information on our Website and to enable the Website to function in compliance with applicable data protection and privacy laws. In this Policy we will provide you with information about: 

  • What are cookies?
  • What are the different types of cookies?
  • How does ContourGlobal use these cookies?
  • How can you manage or refuse the use of cookie?

WHAT ARE COOKIES?

When you connect to  www.contourglobal.com (our “Website”), we use cookies to maintain your connection to our Website.  

To read more on how this information is collected, please click “Read more”.
Cookies are small text files of letters and numbers that websites place on your device as you are browsing. They are processed and stored by your web browser. Cookies are harmless and serve crucial functions for websites. Every time you return to the same website, the computer sends back this little package of information to our server, which detects that you have returned to the page, thus making the navigation easier. Cookies can also generally be easily viewed and deleted.
Our Website uses various cookies required for the effective operation and optimization of our Website. Some cookies may remember your account preferences or may measure your behavior to better develop our Website. This helps us to provide you with a good experience when you browse our Website and allows us to improve our site. 
Please be informed that by refusing to accept cookies from us, you will still be able to access our Website, but you may not be able to use some of its features or available functionalities.

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF COOKIES WE USE? 

To read more on the types of information we collect, please click “Read more”.

Session Cookies - these cookies are temporary cookies. They store information about your current session, and then are erased when your browser is closed. These types of cookies enable you to log in to secure areas of the Website.

Permanent Cookies - sometimes called persistent or stored cookies, these cookies are stored on your web browser / hard drive until you erase them, or your web browser does, depending on the cookie’s expiration date.

First-Party Cookies - these cookies are stored on your device directly by our Website when you are visiting it.

Third-Party Cookies - these cookies are placed on your device not by our Website when you are visiting it, but by a third party (e.g. an advertiser or analytic system).

Strictly necessary cookies - these cookies are for technical purposes and are essential for the effective operation of our Website. Without these cookies, parts of our Website would not function. They include, for example, cookies that enable you to log in to secure areas of the Website. These cookies do not track where you have been on the internet and do not gather information about you that could be used for marketing purposes. These cookies are usually session cookies which will expire when you close your browsing session.

Functionality cookies - these cookies are used to recognize when you return to the Website. These cookies are used to remember your preferences on our Website and to provide enhanced, more personal features. The information collected by these cookies are anonymized, so we cannot identify you personally. This enables us to personalize content for you and remember your account preferences.

Analytical/performance cookies - These cookies are used to monitor the performance of our Website. They allow us to determine the number of page views, the number of unique users our website has or to monitor how visitors move across our Website while they are using it. The information provided by these cookies allows us to analyze patterns of user behavior and we use that information to enhance user experience or identify areas of the website which may require maintenance.

HOW DOES CONTOURGLOBAL USE THESE COOKIES?

ContourGlobal, together with our trusted partners, uses cookies in combination with other information we maintain for a number of purposes, including the following:

 

STRICTLY NECESSARY COOKIES

These cookies are essential cookies required for the most effective operation of our Website.

Below is a list of the strictly necessary cookies on our Website:


 
  • STRICTLY NECESSARY COOKIES

FUNCTIONALITY COOKIES

We use functionality cookies to optimize our Website’s content for you and remember your account preferences.

  • FUNCTIONALITY COOKIES

ANALYTICAL PERFORMANCE AND MEASUREMENT COOKIES

We use these cookies to measure users’ behavior to better develop our Website. By using analytics services provided by third parties such as Google Analytics, we can analyze and measure which pages are viewed and how long for and which links are followed, and we can use this information to provide more content which is of interest.

Below is a list of performance cookies used on our Website:

  • ANALYTICAL PERFORMANCE AND MEASUREMENT COOKIES

Our Website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”).

Please see www.google.com/policies/privacy/partners (“How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services”) for more information about Google Analytics.

If you object to the use of analytical performance and measurement cookies, please see the section below “How to refuse the use of cookies”.

HOW TO REFUSE THE USE OF COOKIES

You can control how your browser handles cookies received from websites. You can choose to refuse all cookies, or to be prompted before a cookie is saved to your hard drive, or to only accept cookies from certain websites that you designate. Information on deleting or controlling cookies is available at www.AboutCookies.org.

Please be informed that by refusing to accept cookies from us, you will still be able to access our Website, but you may not be able to use some of its features or available functionalities.