1. What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide useful information to website owners.
Cookies help us understand how you use our website, remember your preferences, and improve your overall experience. They contain information that is transferred to your device's hard drive and allow us to recognize your browser and capture certain information.
2. How We Use Cookies
Apex Marketing Group uses cookies for several important purposes:
- Essential Website Functionality: To enable core features and ensure the website operates correctly
- Performance Monitoring: To analyze how visitors use our website and improve its performance
- User Experience: To remember your preferences and settings
- Security: To protect against fraudulent activity and enhance security
- Analytics: To understand visitor behavior and optimize our content
3. Types of Cookies We Use
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation, access to secure areas, and form submissions. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Duration: Session-based (deleted when you close your browser)
Performance Cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and if error messages are displayed. This helps us improve the website's performance and user experience.
Duration: Typically 1-2 years
Functionality Cookies
These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language, or region) and provide enhanced, personalized features. They may also remember changes you've made to text size, fonts, and other customizable elements.
Duration: Varies from session-based to 1 year
Analytics Cookies
We use analytics cookies to understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us measure and improve the performance of our site.
Duration: Typically 1-2 years
4. Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies on our website are placed by third-party services. We may use the following third-party services that set cookies:
| Service |
Purpose |
Cookie Type |
| Google Analytics |
Website analytics and performance tracking |
Analytics |
| Social Media Plugins |
Enable social sharing and content integration |
Functionality |
| Content Delivery Networks |
Improve website loading speed and performance |
Performance |
These third-party services have their own privacy policies and cookie policies. We recommend reviewing their policies to understand how they use cookies and collect data.
5. How to Manage Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by adjusting your browser settings. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can modify your browser settings to decline cookies if you prefer.
Browser Settings
You can control and manage cookies through your browser settings. Here are instructions for the most popular browsers:
Google Chrome
- Click the three dots menu in the top-right corner
- Select "Settings" > "Privacy and security" > "Cookies and other site data"
- Choose your preferred cookie settings
Mozilla Firefox
- Click the menu button and select "Settings"
- Select "Privacy & Security" panel
- Under "Cookies and Site Data," adjust your preferences
Safari
- Go to "Preferences" > "Privacy"
- Under "Cookies and website data," select your preferred option
- Click "Manage Website Data" to see stored cookies
Microsoft Edge
- Click the three dots menu and select "Settings"
- Select "Cookies and site permissions" > "Cookies and site data"
- Configure your cookie preferences
Please note: Blocking or deleting cookies may impact your experience on our website. Some features and functions may not work properly if cookies are disabled.
6. Cookie Consent
When you first visit our website, you will see a cookie consent banner. You can choose to accept or decline non-essential cookies. Your choice will be stored in a cookie so we remember your preference on future visits.
You can change your cookie preferences at any time by:
- Clicking on the cookie preferences link in the footer of our website
- Adjusting your browser settings as described above
- Contacting us directly using the information provided below
7. Updates to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or other factors. When we make changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy.
We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies and protect your information.
8. More Information
For more information about how we handle your personal data, please review our Privacy Policy.
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