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What Exactly 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, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site.

Tiny Text Files

Cookies are essentially small data packets, not programs, stored by your browser to remember information about you.

Session & Persistent

Some expire when you close your browser (session), others stay longer (persistent) for return visits.

Website Interaction

They help websites recognize your device and store some information about your preferences or past actions.

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How ChannelManagerPro Uses Cookies

We utilize cookies for several critical functions to ensure our website is user-friendly, secure, and provides the most relevant information to you.

These cookies are strictly necessary for you to browse our website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site. Without these cookies, services like logging in, adding items to a cart (if applicable), or making payments cannot be provided. They don't collect any personal information for marketing purposes and are usually session-based, meaning they are deleted when you close your browser.

  • Session management
  • User authentication
  • Security features

These cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, for instance, which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. These cookies don't collect information that identifies a visitor. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how a website works.

  • Website traffic analysis
  • Performance monitoring
  • Identifying popular content

Functionality cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your user name, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced, more personal features. For instance, a website may be able to provide you with local weather reports or traffic news by storing in a cookie the region in which you are currently located. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts and other parts of web pages that you can customize.

  • Language preferences
  • Customization settings
  • Remembering login details

These cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaigns. They are usually placed by advertising networks with the website operator’s permission. They remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers.

  • Targeted advertising
  • Social media integration
  • Retargeting campaigns
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Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You have full control over your cookie preferences. Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. You can choose to accept or decline cookies. If you choose to decline cookies, you may not be able to fully experience the interactive features of our websites.

For more information on how to manage cookies on popular browsers, please refer to the following links:

Third-Party Cookies on ChannelManagerPro

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-parties cookies to report usage statistics of the service, deliver advertisements on and through the service, and so on. These cookies are set by a domain other than ChannelManagerPro.

Analytics Providers

We use services like Google Analytics to understand how our website is used, allowing us to improve its functionality and content. These services generate anonymous statistical and other information by means of cookies.

Social Media Platforms

To enable easy sharing and interaction, we may embed content from social media sites like LinkedIn or Twitter. These platforms may set their own cookies when you interact with their content.

Advertising Partners

Some of our advertising partners may use cookies on our site to deliver more relevant ads to you across the web. These cookies collect anonymous information about your browsing activities.

Updates to Our Cookie Policy

We may update our Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We encourage you to review this page periodically for the latest information on our cookie practices.

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