Below is information about how PTValley Technologies and its affiliates (“we”) use cookies and other similar technology on this website.
This policy is effective as of Jan 8, 2024. Please note that this privacy statement will be updated from time to time.
We may deploy cookies and similar technologies on your device, including mobile devices, subject to your choices made through our cookie consent manager. The collection of certain information through cookies or similar technologies may depend on the settings you have chosen in our cookie consent manager on your mobile device. This information may include your unique device identifier, mobile device IP address, information about your device’s operating system, mobile carrier, and location data, where allowed by the applicable law. We process such data in compliance with our privacy practices, and we endeavor to protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of your personal information as required by law. Please refer to our privacy policy for more information about how we collect, use, and protect your personal data.
What are cookies?
Cookies are small text files that hold certain data and are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They enable a website to recognize your device and store certain preferences or actions. Cookies that are under the control of PTValley are known as “first-party cookies,” while those originating from third-party entities are referred to as “third-party cookies” as elaborated below.Why do we use cookies and similar technologies?
Our use of cookies and related technologies serves various purposes. Cookies help to enhance the user experience by allowing you to navigate between pages with ease and remember your preferences. They also assist in serving targeted advertising that is aligned with your interests. Moreover, cookies enable us to analyze how our websites and online content are being utilized, through the use of analytics cookies. They can also aid in tracking interactions between our websites and online content with social media, such as by embedding social media links and features like buttons.Does PTValley use cookies for marketing and analytics?
At PTValley, we may employ cookies to support our marketing and analytics efforts. This involves analyzing user behavior and providing relevant content and offers based on your profile, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. In some cases, we may be able to link cookie information (including data obtained from cookies deployed via our third-party site advertisements) to a specific individual. For example: When you receive a targeted email containing web beacons, cookies, or similar technologies, we can identify whether you have opened, read, or deleted the message. Whenever you click a link in a PTValley marketing email, we may use cookies to track the pages you visit and the content you download from our websites, regardless of whether you are registered or signed in to our site. We may merge and analyze personal data from various sources, including public records, and our interactions with you, such as your email, website, or personal engagement across different PTValley websites. We may also collect data when you sign up or log in to our sites or connect to our sites using your social media credentials. We use this data to evaluate your experience with PTValley and to carry out the other activities outlined in our privacy policy.Do you use any cookies from third-party companies?
We may also use third-party cookies, web beacons, and other tracking and storage technologies, such as Google, TikTok, Meta, Microsoft, Intercom, Hubspot, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn Analytics to obtain web analytics and insights about our sites. These may also be utilized for measuring services and targeting ads. These companies employ programming code to gather data on your interaction with our sites, such as the pages you visit, the links you click on, and the duration of your stay on our sites. This code remains active only while you are visiting a PTValley website. For more details on how these companies collect and use data on our behalf, please consult their respective privacy policies.Does PTValley use any tracking technologies similar to cookies?
We may also use web beacons, conversion pixels, or similar technologies to achieve similar objectives as mentioned above, and these may be incorporated in our sites, marketing emails or newsletters, and affiliate websites. Their primary purpose is to track whether messages have been opened, and links clicked on. Unlike cookies, web beacons do not store information on your device, but they can work together with cookies to monitor website activity. The cookie information detailed earlier in this document also applies to web beacons and related technologies. Conversion pixels are small codes located on specific web pages that are triggered when a visitor lands on a page, resulting in an increase in the conversion count.What if I don’t want cookies or similar tracking technologies?
You can adjust your cookie settings through our cookie consent manager. If you want to remove existing cookies from your device, you can do this using your browser options. If you want to block future cookies being placed on your device you can use our cookie consent manager. Please bear in mind that deleting and blocking cookies may have an impact on your user experience.What types of cookies does the site use?
The cookies used on PTValley sites have been categorized as per below. However, it is important to note that not all cookies may be used in all jurisdictions or websites. A list of the categories of cookies used on this website is set out below:- Strictly necessary cookies – These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the site and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided.
- First-party analytics cookies – These cookies allow us to employ data analytics so we can measure and improve the performance of our site and provide more relevant content to you. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor down to an individual level that is available to us. These cookies are not passing personally identifiable information to any external third party other than in limited cases when we engage a service provider to act on our behalf but who is then unable to use the data for their own purposes.
- Performance cookies – Performance cookies are generally third-party cookies from vendors we work with or who work on our behalf that collect information about your visit and use of the PTValley website, for instance, which pages you visit the most often, and if you get error messages from web pages. These cookies don’t collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is anonymous and is only used to improve how the website works. Third-party vendors may have access to this data and may use it to improve their overall services and offerings.
- Functionality cookies – These cookies allow a site to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or the region you are in) and provide more enhanced, personal features. These cookies cannot track your browsing activity on other websites. They don’t gather any information about you that could be used for advertising or remembering where you’ve been on the Internet outside our site.
- Advertising and social media cookies – Advertising and social media cookies (including web beacons and other tracking and storage technologies) are used to (1) deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests; (2) limit the number of times you see an advertisement; (3) help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign; (4) retargeting to PTValley websites/information, and (5) understand people’s behavior after they view an advertisement. They are usually placed on behalf of advertising networks with the site operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a site and quite often they will be linked to site functionality provided by the other organization. This may impact the content and messages you see on other websites you visit.
