What is a Computer Cookie?

Cookies are small files that a webserver user to save information about your browsing history.  This allows a website to remember your preferences, habits and online activity.  These can be temporary (session cookies) that are deleted once you close your browser.  They can be longer term (persistent cookies) that allow your web browser to store information like a username or password to a site.  And it can be third party cookies (mostly advertising technology companies) that send information to websites to help give you a better experience when serving you advertising.

 

Are Cookies safe?

Cookies are generally considered safe because they cannot store viruses or other malware that could affect your personal devices. 

However, there are some viruses and malware that disguise themselves as cookies.  So you should always have an up to date version of anti-virus on your personal device and never click on suspicious links.

 

Why do we use Cookies?

We use cookies to learn about your preferences, and how you interact with the content on our website.  This helps us continuously improve the experience on our website, for instance by serving you relevant videos or product messages.

 

Which Cookies do we use?

We use our own cookies (called first party cookies) to help improve the website experience, by learning about what our users like / don’t like and their habits when using the website.

 

We may also, occasionally, use third party cookies when offering certain services to you.  Third party cookies are owned and managed by JamiiTrade business partners (such as social media networks, advertising agencies, product providers etc.), and may be necessary when using some of the services offered on our website or to tailor product advertising that is served to you.  You can opt out of third-party cookies, by selecting the appropriate option when visiting our site.  You can also change the settings in your browser to decline all cookie requests.  To find out more about cookies in general or how to manage your preferences through your web browser, you can visit www.allaboutcookies.org

 

We do not provide any of your personal information to third party advertising, marketing, product or service providers without your explicit permission.  You will be notified when there is a request to share your information and you can opt out at any time.