What about other tracking technologies, like web beacons?
Cookies are not the only way to recognize or track visitors to a website. We may use other, similar
technologies from time to time, like web beacons (sometimes called "tracking pixels" or "clear gifs").
These are tiny graphics files that contain a unique identifier that enables us to recognize when
someone has visited our Website or opened an email including them. This allows us, for example, to
monitor the traffic patterns of users from one page within a website to another, to deliver or
communicate with cookies, to understand whether you have come to the website from an online
advertisement displayed on a third-party website, to improve site performance, and to measure the
success of email marketing campaigns. In many instances, these technologies are reliant on cookies
to function properly, and so declining cookies will impair their functioning.
Do you use Flash cookies or Local Shared Objects?
Websites may also use so-called "Flash Cookies" (also known as Local Shared Objects or "LSOs")
to, among other things, collect and store information about your use of our services, fraud
prevention, and for other site operations.
If you do not want Flash Cookies stored on your computer, you can adjust the settings of your Flash
player to block Flash Cookies storage using the tools contained in the Website Storage Settings
Panel . You can also control Flash Cookies by going to the Global Storage Settings Panel
and following the instructions (which may include instructions that explain, for example, how to
delete existing Flash Cookies (referred to "information" on the Macromedia site), how to prevent
Flash LSOs from being placed on your computer without your being asked, and (for Flash Player 8
and later) how to block Flash Cookies that are not being delivered by the operator of the page you
are on at the time).
Please note that setting the Flash Player to restrict or limit acceptance of Flash Cookies may reduce
or impede the functionality of some Flash applications, including, potentially, Flash applications used
in connection with our services or online content.
Do you serve targeted advertising?