Cookie Policy

Last Updated: April 6, 2024

Thank you for your interest in ProtecPac (“Company”, “we”, or “us”). This Cookie Policy explains our use of “cookies” and other tracking technologies, including, but not limited to, web beacons, pixels, clear gifs, and other similar technologies (collectively, “Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies”) that are employed on protecpac.com (the “Site”).

PLEASE READ THIS COOKIE POLICY CAREFULLY AS IT DESCRIBES YOUR RIGHTS, RESPONSIBILITIES, AND LIABILITIES. BY ACCESSING OR USING THE SITE, YOU ARE CONSENTING TO THE TERMS OF THIS COOKIE POLICY AND OUR WEBSITE TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY. 

  1. What are Cookies and Other Online Tracking Technologies?

Cookies are small files that are downloaded to your device when you visit a website. The cookie then sends information back to the originating website on each subsequent visit, or to another website that recognizes that cookie. Other types of tracking technologies work similarly to cookies and place small data files on your devices or monitor your website activity to enable us to collect information about how you use our Site. Accordingly, Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies allow our Site to recognize your device and track your activities and preferences, thereby allowing you to navigate between pages efficiently and to generally improve the user experience. The information provided below about cookies also applies to the other tracking technologies referenced above (i.e., web beacons, pixels, clear gifs, and other similar technologies). You can find more information about cookies at www.allaboutcookies.org

Cookies are often categorized by function. We use four types of cookies by function on our Site:

Name

Description

Essential Cookies

These are cookies that are strictly necessary for the functioning of a website or for performing services that an individual user has requested. For instance, these cookies are necessary to allow us to operate our Site so you may access them as you have requested. These cookies let us recognize that you have created an account and have logged into that account to access the Site. They also include cookies that enable us to remember your previous actions within the same browsing session.

Analytical/Performance Cookies

These cookies collect information and statistics about how individuals use the Site (e.g., which webpages or other portions of the Site visitors go to most often). These cookies are used to improve how the Site functions.

Functional Cookies

These cookies allow the Site to remember choices users make and to provide enhanced, personalized features. For example, within our Site, these cookies remember users’ language preferences.

Targeting/Advertising Cookies

These cookies are used to deliver advertisements relevant to a specific user of the Site. They remember that a user has visited a website and share this information with other organizations such as advertising vendors.

 

Cookies can also be categorized by how long they remain on your device and by who puts the cookie there. There are four broad categories of duration and placement cookies that we use on the Site:

Name

Description

Persistent Cookies

Persistent cookies remain on your device until deleted manually or automatically.

Session Cookies

Session cookies remain on your device until you close your browser, at which time they are automatically deleted.

First-Party Cookies

These cookies are placed by the party operating the website or service. For example, any cookies we place on your computer from our Site are first-party cookies.

Third-Party Cookies

These cookies are placed on a website or service by a party that does not own or operate the website or service.

  1.   How does our Site use Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies?

 We use Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies to identify you and your interests, to remember your preferences, to facilitate our marketing, to track your use of our Site, to monitor and record any and all activities and communications to, from, and on, the Site in order to safeguard, improve, and analyze usage of, the Site, and for the other purposes listed in our Privacy Policy. For the avoidance of doubt, you hereby acknowledge, agree, and consent to, such monitoring and recording. To administer our Site and for research purposes, Company may, from time to time, contract with third-party service providers to track and analyze statistical usage and volume information from our Site. These third-party service providers use persistent cookies to help us improve the user experience, manage the content on our Site, and analyze how users navigate and utilize the Site. The Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies we use on the Site are as follows:

Cookie

Type

Description

Duration

1P_JAR

Advertising

This cookie set by Google stores user preferences.

30 days

AEC

Analytics

The AEC cookie set by Google is used to authenticate users, prevent fraud, and protect users as they interact with a service.

13 months

NID

Advertising

NID cookie, set by Google, is used for advertising purposes; to limit the number of times the user sees an ad, to mute unwanted ads, and to measure the effectiveness of ads.

6 months

OGPC

Analytics

This cookie stores user preferences and information when viewing pages that includes Google maps.

1 month

OTZ

Analytics

This cookie is set by Google to collect information on user behavior and navigation which is used to optimize the website, and allows Google Ads and Google Analytics to compile information on visitors for marketing purposes.

6 months

XANDR_PANID

Advertising

This cookie set by Xandr and is used to store a unique randomly generated value that enables the Platform to distinguish browsers and devices.

Persistent

_GRECAPTCHA

Functional

reCAPTCHA sets a necessary cookie (_GRECAPTCHA) when executed for the purpose of providing its risk analysis.

6 months

__ss

Advertising

This cookie is set by SharpSpring, a marketing automation platform. This is used for tracking visitors and form submissions.

1 day

__ss_referrer

Advertising

This cookie is set by SharpSpring, a marketing automation platform. This is used for tracking visitors and form submissions.

1 hour

__ss_tk

Advertising

This cookie is set by SharpSpring, a marketing automation platform. This is used for tracking visitors and form submissions.

1 year 1 month 4 days

_ga

Analytics

Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors.

1 year 1 month 4 days

_ga_0587J3GZY5

_ga_272J68FCRF

_ga_CVQP9NPQGY

_ga_H30R9PNQFN

_ga_JPRHSQDH0G

Analytics

Google Analytics sets this cookie to store and count page views.

1 year 1 month 4 days

_ga_BRSW700SVM

Analytics

Google Analytics sets this cookie to calculate visitor, session and campaign data and track site usage for the site’s analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors.

2 years 1 month 4 days

anj

Advertising

Xandr sets the anj cookie that contains data stating whether a cookie ID is synced with partners.

3 months

icu

Advertising

Xandr sets this cookie which is used to select ads and limit the number of times a user sees a particular ad.

Persistent.

pa_crosswise_ts

Advertising

The pa_crosswise_ts cookie is set by Perfect Audience for advertising purposes based on user behavioral data.

2 years

pa_google_ts

Advertising

Perfect Audience sets this cookie to collect information about how visitors use the website.

1 year 1 month 4 days

pa_openx_ts

Advertising

Perfect Audience sets this cookie to collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone, including the number of visitors to the website and blog

1 year 1 month 4 days

pa_rubicon_ts

Advertising

Perfect Audience sets this cookie to collect information about how visitors use the website.

1 year 1 month 4 days

pa_twitter_ts

Advertising

Perfect Audience sets this cookie to collect information about how visitors use the website.

1 year 1 month 4 days

pa_uid

Advertising

Perfect Audience sets this cookie for advertising purposes based on user behavior data.

1 year 1 month 4 days

pa_yahoo_ts

 

Advertising

Perfect Audience sets this cookie to collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone, including the number of visitors to the website and blog.

1 year 1 month 4 days

receive-cookie-deprecation

Functional

Google set this cookie to identify if a user’s browser is in specific test groups within Chrome’s Privacy Sandbox initiative.

Persistent

uids

 

Advertising

This cookie set by Xandr is used to select advertisements for delivery by the Platform and to measure the performance of, and attribute payment for, those advertisements.

Persistent

120 days

uuid2

Advertising

The uuid2 cookie is set by Xandr and records information that helps differentiate between devices and browsers. This information is used to pick out ads delivered by the platform and assess the ad performance and its attribute payment.

3 months

ar_debug

Necessary

This is set by Google Doubleclick to debug ads.

Persistent

SNID

Advertising

This cookie set by Google Ads is used to  provide ad delivery.

Persistent

__ss_initial_referrer

Advertising

This cookie is set by SharpSpring, a marketing automation platform. This is used for tracking visitors and form submissions.

1 hour

_ga_devsite

Advertising

This cookie sends data to Google Analytics about the visitor’s device and behavior. Tracks the visitor across devices and marketing channels.

2 years

koitk

Advertising

This cookie is set by SharpSpring, a marketing automation platform. This is used for tracking visitors and form submissions.

1 year 1 month 4 days

Google Ads and Analytics. We use “Google Analytics” to collect information about the use of our Site. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit the Site, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other sites they used prior to coming to the Site. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve our Site. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to your device on the date you visit our Site rather than your name or other personal information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with other personal information. Although Google Analytics plants a cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit our Site, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to our Site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to the Site by disabling cookies on your browser. Along with cookies, Google Analytics also uses electronic images known as web beacons (sometimes called single pixel gifs) to compile aggregated statistics to analyze how our Site is used. You can find additional information on how to install a browser add-on to prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics at tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout. 

  1. How Do We Use and Share Information?

The information and data we gather from our Cookies and Other Tracking Technologies will be used, retained, and shared in accordance with this Cookie Policy and our Privacy Policy. 

  1. Rejecting Cookies and Your Options

You can stop cookies from being downloaded on your device by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. Most browsers will tell you how to stop accepting new cookies, how to be notified when you receive a new cookie, and how to disable existing cookies. You can find out how to do this for your particular browser by clicking “help” on your browser’s menu or by visiting www.allaboutcookies.org.  Please note, however, that without cookies you may not be able to access or take full advantage of the Site. Most browsers allow users to use a “private mode” by which cookies are deleted after your website visit.  Please read the help section of your browser to learn more about how to activate the “private mode.”  You could still visit our Site if your browser is in “private mode”; however, the user experience may not be optimal, and some features may not work.

  • Click here to learn more about the “Private Browsing” setting and managing cookie settings in Firefox.
  • Click here to learn more about “Incognito” and managing cookie settings in Chrome.
  • Click here to learn more about “InPrivate” and managing cookie settings in Internet Edge.
  • Click here to learn more about “Private Browsing” and managing cookie settings in Safari.

If you want to remove previously stored cookies, you can manually delete the cookies at any time. However, this will not prevent the Site from placing further cookies on your device unless and until you adjust your browser setting as described above.

More Information. You can find more information about cookies, behavioral advertising, and online privacy at www.allaboutcookies.org. For some of our service providers that participate in the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA), you can exercise your choice to opt out of interest-based advertising at http://optout.aboutads.info. You may also opt out of receiving interest-based ads from many third-party websites and applications through the Network Advertising Initiative’s (NAI) Opt Out Tool, which is available at http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices. Certain types of mobile devices have an identifier that provides organizations with the ability to serve targeted advertising directly to a specific mobile device, and you may (depending on the device) be able to limit advertising, reset the advertising identifier, and turn off your device’s tracking features within your device’s settings. For more information see http://youradchoices.com/appchoices

  1. Targeted Advertising Opt-Out Rights / California “Do Not Share” Right

Pursuant to certain U.S. state law (e.g., Colorado, Connecticut, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Texas Virginia) you may have the right to opt out of having your personal information used for targeted advertising purposes. Company uses third-party analytical and targeted advertising features on our Site and similar web tools provided by our marketing partners.

California Opt-Out Rights / Do Not Share My Personal Information. Pursuant to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018, as amended (CCPA), as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA), California residents have the right to opt out of the “sharing” of your personal information. Company uses third-party analytical and targeted advertising features on our Site and similar web tools provided by our marketing partners, and such features, tools and marketing relationships involve the disclosure of your personal information to third parties and may constitute the “sharing” of your personal information for CCPA purposes.

Managing Your Privacy Choices. To opt out of the use of your personal information for targeted advertising or the “sharing” of your personal information, you can set your cookie preferences by clicking on the cookie management tool (sometimes visible as a “Your Privacy Choices” link) on the footer of the Site. To learn more on how you can opt-out from cookies and other tracking technologies, please see the “Rejecting Cookies and Your Options” section above.

  1. Cookie Policy Updates

We reserve the right to amend this Cookie Policy at any time. We will notify you if this Cookie Policy is amended by updating the “Last Updated” section listed above. It is your responsibility to periodically review the Cookie Policy to determine whether any amendments have been made hereto. Your use of the Site and continued use of the Site after any amendments are made to this Cookie Policy, signifies your consent to this Cookie Policy and any amendments hereto. We may, in our sole discretion, provide you communications, including via email or text messages, about changes to our Cookie Policy; however, such communications do not abrogate or otherwise limit your responsibility to periodically review this Cookie Policy to determine whether any amendments have been made hereto.

  1. Questions or Concerns

If you have questions regarding this Cookie Policy or our handling of your personal information, would like to request more information from us, or would like to exercise a data privacy right, please contact us at: (mail)  ProtecPac, ATTN: Legal Counsel, 6818 a Patterson Pass Rd, Livermore, CA 94550; use our interactive webform; or (email) privacy@protecpac.com. 

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