Cookie Policy
Last Updated: December 1, 2023
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer, smartphone, or other device when you visit our website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the website owners.
Cookies may be set by the website you are visiting (first-party cookies) or by third parties, such as those who serve content or provide advertising or analytics services on the website (third-party cookies).
2. How We Use Cookies
Pentachrono Media uses cookies and similar technologies for several purposes, including:
Essential Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms.
Performance and Analytics Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site.
Functionality Cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.
Targeting Cookies
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other sites.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
The table below explains the types of cookies we use on our website and why we use them:
| Cookie Category | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|
| Strictly Necessary | These cookies are essential for you to browse the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the site. | Session or persistent |
| Performance | These cookies collect information about how you use our website, like which pages you visited and which links you clicked on. | Up to 2 years |
| Functionality | These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, more personal features. | Up to 1 year |
| Targeting/Advertising | These cookies are used to deliver ads more relevant to you and your interests. | Up to 1 year |
| Social Media | These cookies are used when you share information using a social media sharing button on our site. | Session or persistent |
4. Specific Cookies We Use
Here are some specific examples of cookies we use on Pentachrono Media:
First-Party Cookies
- session_id - Maintains your session state across page requests (duration: session)
- user_preferences - Stores your site preferences such as language and region (duration: 1 year)
- consent_status - Remembers your cookie consent preferences (duration: 1 year)
Third-Party Cookies
- _ga - Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users (duration: 2 years)
- _gid - Google Analytics cookie used to distinguish users (duration: 24 hours)
- _gat - Google Analytics cookie used to throttle request rate (duration: 1 minute)
5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You have several options to control or limit how we and our partners use cookies:
Browser Controls
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, limiting the ability of websites to set cookies may worsen your overall user experience.
Opt-Out Tools
Various third parties provide opt-out tools to help you manage your cookie preferences for advertising cookies:
- Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada: YouVisitInfo.ca
- Network Advertising Initiative: optout.networkadvertising.org
- Your Online Choices: www.youronlinechoices.com
Do Not Track
Some browsers have a "Do Not Track" feature that lets you tell websites that you do not want to have your online activities tracked. We currently do not respond to browser "Do Not Track" signals.
6. Other Tracking Technologies
In addition to cookies, we may use other similar technologies:
Web Beacons
Small graphic images that may be included on our site and emails that typically work with cookies to understand how users interact with our services.
Local Storage
We may use local storage (HTML5) to store content information and preferences similar to cookies but which can store larger amounts of data.
SDKs
In our mobile applications, we may use software development kits (SDKs) to collect information about app usage and device information.
7. Data Collected by Cookies
The information collected by cookies and similar technologies may include:
- IP address and device information
- Browser type and version
- Pages you view on our site
- Links you click on our site
- The website you visited before coming to our site
- Your general geographic location
- Time spent on our site and individual pages
8. Updates to This Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, regulation, or our business operations. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the new policy on our website with a new effective date.
We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our use of cookies. Your continued use of our Services after any changes to this policy constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.
9. Contact Information
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:
Pentachrono Media
Email: privacy@pentachrono.media
Phone: +1 436076700
Address: 123 King Street West, Toronto, ON M5X 1E9, Canada