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This document will inform you about how and why we use cookies. We will also tell you which cookies we use and some information about third parties which also place cookies on our website.
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your device and which let us make your experience better and more efficient. They allow us to recognize your device and browser, and store information which we deem of importance for the improvement of our services
Session Cookies and Persistent Cookies
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First Party and Third Party Cookies
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vFairs uses cookies and other similar technologies for the convenience of our users. Cookies enable us to serve secure pages to our users without asking them to sign in repeatedly. vFairs also uses cookies to store non-personally identifying information such as your preferences. vFairs also uses cookies to ensure the proper functioning and efficiency of our Sites. Most Internet browsers enable you to erase cookies from your computer hard drive, block all cookies, or receive a warning before a cookie is stored. Please be aware, that our Sites cannot be used without cookies enabled. Our Sites also do not respond to web browser “do not track” requests.
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Essential cookies
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These cookies are placed to aid us in understanding how you interact with the available options on the website, which parts you use the most, and how you engage with our services. This helps us create statistics of usage and the amount of time you spend on the website. These statistics will ultimately help us to improve our website and any services we offer on it.
Functional Cookies
These cookies are placed by us to help us to provide you with better functionality of the website and our services and to make them more personalized to you. They can also be placed by thirdparty providers you specifically consent to when you accept this cookie policy. You may block these cookies, but if you do, it may be that parts of the website do not function the way we intended.
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These cookies are used to serve you with advertisements that may be relevant or of interest to you when you are browsing on the internet. They are mostly placed by third parties whenever you interact with their content on our website.
Interest-Based Advertising – Cookies are also used to collect information about your interests and preferences for the purposes of what is called “interest-based advertising”. It is for companies to send you offers about products and services tailored to your inferred taste and needs. You may turn off these cookies; however, you may still receive advertisements, with the difference of these not being specifically tailored to you.
You may stop or restrict the placement of cookies and other tracking technologies, such as pixel tags. You do this by blocking them on your device or by removing them and adjusting preferences on your browser. This may vary from device to device and from browser to browser. Please see the links below for guidance on how to modify your web browser’s settings on the most popular browsers:
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To opt out of tracking analytics placed by Google, you can opt out by using this form. This works for all websites that use Google’s services to track and gather analytics data.
To understand and responsibly manage cookies that enable interested-based ads we strongly recommend that you go to the website of the Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA) or to the website of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI).
To learn more, please visit https://youradchoices.com/ . Many of our third-party service providers that serve interest-based advertisements to you across our services are members of the Network Advertising Initiative (NAI), or they follow the DAA’s Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioral Advertising. You can choose to opt-out directly from these third parties by visiting their opt-out pages on the NAI website (http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/ ) and DAA website (http://www.aboutads.info/choices/ ). However, please note that if you “opt-out” you will keep seeing links and online advertisements; however, they will not be specifically targeted to you or tailored to your interests.
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