Cookie Policy
Effective Date: [October 26, 2023]
Last Updated: [October 26, 2023]
1. Introduction: We Value Your Privacy
Welcome to ISTA Engineers (“we,” “us,” “our”). Our website, https://istaengineers.com/, uses cookies to enhance your browsing experience, serve personalized ads or content (if applicable), and analyze our website traffic. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring you have a clear understanding of how we use cookies.
This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use, the information we collect using cookies, how that information is used, and how you can control your cookie preferences. For further information on how we use, store, and keep your personal data secure, see our [Link to your Privacy Policy page – if you have one, otherwise remove this bracketed text].
By clicking “Accept All” on our cookie consent banner, or by continuing to use our website after being presented with the cookie banner, you consent to our use of cookies as described in this policy. You can customize your consent preferences at any time.
2. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies can be “persistent” or “session” cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your personal computer or mobile device when you go offline, while session cookies are deleted as soon as you close your web browser.
Cookies help us:
- Ensure the website functions correctly.
- Remember your preferences (like consent choices).
- Understand how you interact with our website.
- Improve our website and services.
- Deliver relevant content or advertisements (if applicable).
3. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies to help you navigate efficiently and perform certain functions. You will find detailed information about all cookies under each consent category below. Our website uses both first-party cookies (set by us) and potentially third-party cookies (set by other websites or services whose functionalities are embedded in our site).
4. Types of Cookies We Use
We categorize cookies as follows:
a. Necessary Cookies (Always Active)
Description: Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. These cookies are required to enable the basic features of this site, such as providing secure log-in, allowing navigation, or adjusting your consent preferences.
Functionality: They ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously.
Data Stored: These cookies do not store any personally identifiable data.
Activation: These cookies are always active and cannot be disabled through our cookie consent management tool, as the website cannot function correctly without them. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work.
b. Functional Cookies
Description: Functional cookies help to perform certain non-essential functionalities that enhance user experience.
Functionality: These may include features like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collecting feedback from users, remembering your preferences (e.g., language or region), and enabling other third-party features.
Data Stored: These cookies may collect information related to your interaction with these specific functionalities. The data collected varies depending on the specific function.
Consent: These cookies are only placed on your device if you provide consent.
c. Analytical Cookies
Description: Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with our website.
Functionality: These cookies help provide information on metrics such as the number of visitors, bounce rate (the percentage of visitors who navigate away from the site after viewing only one page), traffic source (how visitors reached our site), pages visited, time spent on pages, etc. This information helps us to improve our website and understand which content is most engaging.
Data Stored: While these cookies collect data about your browsing behavior, they typically do so in an aggregated or anonymized form.
Consent: These cookies are only placed on your device if you provide consent.
d. Performance Cookies
Description: Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website.
Functionality: These cookies help us monitor the performance of our website, such as page load times and server responsiveness. Analyzing this data helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors by identifying and resolving performance issues.
Data Stored: These cookies may collect technical data related to your device and browsing session to measure performance, often in an aggregated form.
Consent: These cookies are only placed on your device if you provide consent.
e. Advertisement Cookies
Description: Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with customized advertisements based on the pages you visited previously and to analyze the effectiveness of ad campaigns.
Functionality: If we use advertisement cookies, they will track your browsing habits across websites to build a profile of your interests. This profile is then used to show you more relevant ads on our site or other sites. They may also be used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement and help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.
Data Stored: These cookies can store information about the websites you visit and may share this information with other organizations, such as advertisers.
Consent: These cookies are only placed on your device if you provide consent. (Note: If your site doesn’t currently serve personalized ads, you might consider a simpler statement or omitting this if you have no plans for it. However, including it covers potential future use.)
5. Your Consent Preferences
When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie consent banner. This banner allows you to:
- Accept All: Consent to the use of all cookies.
- Customize Consent Preferences / Reject (or similar option): Choose which categories of cookies you wish to accept or reject, apart from Necessary cookies which are always active.
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by:
- Clicking on the “Cookie Settings,” “Manage Consent,” or a similar link, which may be available in the footer of our website or through the initial cookie banner if it reappears.
- Adjusting your browser settings (see section 6).
Please note that if you choose to disable certain cookies, some functionalities of our website may be impaired.
6. Managing Cookies Through Your Browser
Besides using our consent management tool, most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can usually find these settings in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser. To understand these settings, the following links may be helpful, or you can use the “Help” option in your browser for more details:
- Cookie settings in Chrome: https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647
- Cookie settings in Firefox: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
- Cookie settings in Safari (Desktop): https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
- Cookie settings in Safari (Mobile): https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201265
- Cookie settings in Edge: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/delete-cookies-in-microsoft-edge-63947406-40ac-c3b8-57b9-2a946a29ae09
- Cookie settings in Opera: https://help.opera.com/en/latest/web-preferences/#cookies
Please be aware that if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential Necessary cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of our website, or its functionality may be limited.
To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and how to manage and delete them, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.
7. Third-Party Cookies
Our website may include functionalities provided by third parties. For example, we might use third-party services for analytics (like Google Analytics) or to embed content (like videos from YouTube or maps from Google Maps). These third parties may set their own cookies on your device.
We do not control the placement of these cookies. If you would like more information about the cookies used by these third parties, as well as information on how to opt-out, please see their respective privacy and cookie policies. Your interactions with these third-party features are governed by the privacy policy of the company providing it.
8. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any significant changes by posting the new Cookie Policy on this page and updating the “Last Updated” date at the top of this policy.
We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies and related technologies.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:
ISTA Engineers
- Website: https://istaengineers.com/
- Email: info@istaengineers.com
- Phone: (720) 740-4060