What technologies are used?
| Type of technology | Description |
|---|---|
| Cookies | A cookie is a small file placed onto your device that enables Smash features and functionality. Any browser visiting our sites may receive cookies from us or cookies from third parties such as our customers, partners or service providers. We or third parties may also place cookies in your browser when you visit non-Smash sites that display ads or that host our plugins or tags. We use two types of cookies: persistent cookies and session cookies. A persistent cookie lasts beyond the current session and is used for many purposes, such as recognizing you as an existing user, so it’s easier to return to Smash and interact with our services without signing in again. Since a persistent cookie stays in your browser, it will be read by Smash when you return to one of our sites or visit a third party site that uses our services. Session cookies last only as long as the session (usually the current visit to a website or a browser session). |
| Pixels | A pixel is a tiny image that may be embedded within web pages and emails, requiring a call (which provides device and visit information) to our servers in order for the pixel to be rendered in those web pages and emails. We use pixels to learn more about your interactions with email content or web content, such as whether you interacted with ads or posts. Pixels can also enable us and third parties to place cookies on your browser. |
| Local Storage | Local storage enables a website or application to store information locally on your device(s). Local storage may be used to improve the Smash experience, for example, by enabling features, remembering your preferences and speeding up site functionality. |
| Other similar technologies | We also use other tracking technologies, such as mobile advertising IDs and tags for similar purposes as described in this Cookie Policy. References to similar technologies in this policy includes pixels, local storage, and other tracking technologies. |
What are these technologies used for?
| Purpose | Description |
|---|---|
| Authentication | We use cookies and similar technologies to recognize you when you visit our services. If you’re signed into Smash, these technologies help us show you the right information and personalize your experience in line with your settings. For example, cookies enable Smash to identify you and verify your account. |
| Security | We use cookies and similar technologies to make your interactions with our services faster and more secure. For example, we use cookies to enable and support our security features, keep your account safe and to help us detect malicious activity and violations of our User Agreement. |
| Preferences, features and services | We use cookies and similar technologies to enable the functionality of our services, such as helping you to fill out forms on our services more easily and providing you with features, insights and customized content in conjunction with our plugins. We also use these technologies to remember information about your browser and your preferences. For example, cookies can tell us which language you prefer and what your communications preferences are. We may also use local storage to speed up site functionality. |
| Customized content | We use cookies and similar technologies to customize your experience on our services. For example, we may use cookies to remember previous searches so that when you return to our services, we can offer additional information that relates to your previous search. |
| Plugins on and off Smash | We use cookies and similar technologies to enable Smash plugins both on and off the Smash sites. For example, our plugins, including the “Apply“ button or the “Share“ button may be found on Smash or third-party sites, such as the sites of our customers and partners. Our plugins use cookies and other technologies to provide analytics and recognize you on Smash and third-party sites. If you interact with a plugin (for instance, by clicking “Apply“), the plugin will use cookies to identify you and initiate your request to apply. You can learn more about plugins in our Privacy Policy. |
| Advertising | Cookies and similar technologies help us show relevant advertising to you more effectively, both on and off our Services and to measure the performance of such ads. We use these technologies to learn whether content has been shown to you or whether someone who was presented with an ad later came back and took an action (e.g., downloaded a white paper or made a purchase) on another site. Similarly, our partners or service providers may use these technologies to determine whether we've shown an ad or a post and how it performed or provide us with information about how you interact with ads. We may also work with our customers and partners to show you an ad on or off Smash, such as after you've visited a customer's or partner's site or application. These technologies help us provide aggregated information to our customers and partners. For further information regarding the use of cookies for advertising purposes, please see Sections 1.4 and 2.4 of the Privacy Policy. As noted in Section 1.4 of our Privacy Policy, outside Designated Countries, we also collect (or rely on others who collect) information about your device where you have not engaged with our Services (e.g., ad ID, IP address, operating system and browser information) so we can provide our Members with relevant ads and better understand their effectiveness. For further information, please see Section 1.4 of the Privacy Policy. |
| Analytics and research | Cookies and similar technologies help us learn more about how well our Services and plugins perform in different locations. We or our service providers use these technologies to understand, improve, and research products, features and services, including as you navigate through our sites or when you access Smash from other sites, applications or devices. We or our service providers, use these technologies to determine and measure the performance of ads or posts on and off Smash and to learn whether you have interacted with our websites, content or emails and provide analytics based on those interactions. We also use these technologies to provide aggregated information to our customers and partners as part of our Services. If you are a Smash member but logged out of your account on a browser, Smash may still continue to log your interaction with our services on that browser until the expiration of the cookie in order to generate usage analytics for our services. We may share these analytics in aggregate form with our customers. |
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