Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy provides information about how and when AccountsIQ uses Cookies within the AccountsIQ Services.
What do we mean by...
“Cookie” a small amount of data generated by a website and saved by your web browser. It is used to identify your browser, provide analytics, and remember information about you such as your language preference or login information.
“Company” when this policy mentions “Company,” “Accounts IQ”, “we,” “us,” or “our,” we mean https://www.accountsiq.com/
“Device” any internet connected device such as a phone, tablet, computer, or any other device that can be used to visit https://www.accountsiq.com/ and use our services.
“Personal Data” any information that directly, indirectly, or in connection with other information — including a personal identification number — allows us to identify you as an individual.
“Service” refers to the services provided by AccountsIQ Limited as described in the AccountsIQ General Terms.
“Third-party service” refers to advertisers, contest sponsors, promotional and marketing partners, and others who provide our content or whose products or services we think may interest you.
“Website” refers to https://www.accountsiq.com/
“You” is a person or entity that visits the website or is registered with https://www.accountsiq.com/ to use our Services.
Introduction
This Cookie Policy explains how we use cookies and similar technologies to recognise you when you visit our website https://www.accountsiq.com/ and any related URLs, mobile or localised versions and related domains / sub-domains ("Websites"). It explains what these technologies are and why we use them, as well as the choices for how you can control them.
What is a cookie?
A cookie is a small text file that is stored on your computer or other internet connected device to identify your browser, provide analytics, remember information about you such as your language preference or login information. They're completely safe and can't be used to run programs or deliver viruses to your device.
Why do we use cookies?
We use first party and/or third-party cookies on our website for several reasons, including:
- To run our website effectively
- To improve your experience of our website, making it easier to navigate
- To create bespoke user experiences for you and for us to understand what is useful or of interest to you
- To analyse how our website is used and how best we can customise it
- To personalise our marketing communications
- To tailor online advertising to your interests
What type of cookies do we use?
Cookies can either be session cookies or persistent cookies. A session cookie expires automatically when you close your browser. A persistent cookie will remain until it expires, or you delete your cookies.
Expiration dates are set in the cookies themselves; some may expire after a few minutes while others may expire after multiple years. Cookies placed by the website you’re visiting are called “first party cookies”.
Essential cookies are necessary for our website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They enable you to navigate around the website and use its features. If you remove or disable these cookies, we cannot guarantee that you will be able to use our website.
We use the following types of cookies in our website:
Essential Cookies
We use essential cookies to make our website work. These cookies are strictly necessary to enable core functionality such as security, network management, your cookie preferences and accessibility. Without them you wouldn't be able to use basic services. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but this may affect you can use our website.
Preference and Functionality Cookies
These cookies are not essential, but they do enhance the performance and functionality of our website. Without them, you may not be able to watch videos, or you may need to login every time you visit the website. Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or regional location.
Marketing Cookies
Marketing cookies enable us to personalise our marketing communications.
Analytics and Customisation Cookies
These cookies collect information that helps us to understand how you use our website and how effective our marketing campaigns are. That means we can customise our website to your needs.
We use cookies served by Google Analytics to collect limited data directly from end-user browsers to enable us to better understand your use of our website. Further information on how Google collects and uses this data can be found here. You can opt-out of all Google supported analytics on our websites by visiting their website here.
Third Party Cookies
Some cookies on our website are not set on a first party basis by AccountsIQ. The Website can be embedded with content from third parties to serve advertising. These third-party service providers may set their own cookies on your web browser. Third party service providers control many of the performance and functionality, advertising, marketing, and analytics cookies described above. We do not control the use of these third-party cookies as cookies can only be accessed by the third party that originally set them.
How you can manage cookies
Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their 'settings' preferences. However, if you limit the ability of websites to set cookies, you may worsen your overall user experience, since it will no longer be personalised to you. It may also stop you from saving customised settings like login information.
You can check your browser's cookie management on these Help pages:
Blocking and disabling cookies and similar technologies
You can set your browser to block cookies and similar technologies. However, this may also block our essential cookies and prevent our website from functioning properly, and you may not be able to use all its features and services. You may also lose some saved information, such as saved login details and site preferences. Different browsers give you different controls.
Disabling a cookie or category of cookie does not delete the cookie from your browser, you will need to do this yourself from within your browser. Please visit your browser's help menu for more information.
Key tips for safe and responsible cookie-based Web browsing
Due to their flexibility and the fact that our service uses cookies by default, cookies are almost unavoidable. Here are some tips you can use to ensure worry-free cookie-based browsing:
- Customise your browser’s cookie settings to reflect your comfort level with cookie security or use the relevant browser’s help guides to find out how to delete cookies.
- If you are comfortable with cookies and you are the only person using your computer, you may want to set long expiration time frames for storing your personal access information and browsing history.
- If you share access on your computer, you may want to set your browser to clear private browsing data every time you close your browser. While not as secure as rejecting cookies outright, this option lets you access cookie-based websites while deleting any sensitive information after your browsing session.
- Make sure your browser is updated and, if you haven’t already, set your browser to update automatically. This eliminates security vulnerabilities caused by outdated browsers. Many cookie-based exploits are based on exploiting older browsers’ security shortcomings.
Where can you find more information about cookies?
You can learn more about cookies on these third-party websites:
- AllAboutCookies: http://www.allaboutcookies.org
- WhatAreCookies: http://www.whatarecookies.com
How to contact us
If you have any Cookie Policy questions, please email: privacy@accountsiq.com