Cookie Policy

Last Updated: December 24, 2024

A cookie is a small piece of data (text file) that a website – when visited by a user – asks your browser to store on your device in order to remember information about you, such as your language preference or login information. Those cookies are set by us and called first party cookies. We also use third party cookies – which are cookies from a domain different than the domain of the website you are visiting – for our advertising and marketing efforts.

More specifically, we use cookies and other tracking technologies for the following purposes:

• Assisting you in navigation;
• Assisting in registration to our events, login, and your ability to provide feedback;
• Analyzing your use of our products, services or applications;
• Assisting with our promotional and marketing efforts. (including behavioral advertising)

Below is a detailed list of the cookies we use on our Website. Our Website is scanned with our cookie scanning tool regularly to maintain a list as accurate as possible. We classify cookies in the following categories:

• Strictly Necessary Cookies
• Performance Cookies
• Functional Cookies
• Targeting Cookies

You can opt-out of each cookie category (except strictly necessary cookies) by clicking on the “cookie settings” button below or for the Google Analytics or TechTarget cookies, following the instructions below:

Click here to update Cookie Settings

Third Party Cookie Control

Here is a list of the third party special tools we use which may collect Tracking Information from you directly on our behalf using cookies and share it with us:

Google Analytics. Our Sites and Services utilize Google Analytics to collect information about the use of the Sites and Services. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit this site, what pages they visit, when they do so, and what other sites they used prior to coming to this site. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve this site, but in anonymous form. Google Analytics collects only the IP address assigned to you on the date you visit this site and assigns a user ID code, rather than your name or other identifying information. We do not combine the information collected through the use of Google Analytics with personally identifiable information. Google uses this information to analyze your use of the website, to generate reports about website activities for website operators and to provide further services related to website and internet use. Google may also share such information with third parties to the extent it is legally required to do so and/or to the extent third parties process data on behalf of Google. Although Google Analytics plants a permanent cookie on your web browser to identify you as a unique user the next time you visit this site, the cookie cannot be used by anyone but Google. Google’s ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visits to this site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy Policy. You can prevent Google Analytics from recognizing you on return visits to this site by disabling cookies on your browser.  You may block Google Analytics on some browsers with the help of a browser add-on if you do not want us to use this website analysis. This add-on can be downloaded at:  'http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=en.  For more information on Google Analytics and Google’s privacy practices, please review their privacy policy at  https://www.google.com/policies/privacy/.

We use TechTarget to assist us in analyzing site use for Customers that have registered with TechTarget. TechTarget plants cookies on your web browser and if you are a member registered with TechTarget in compliance with their processes and consent systems, it will link such information to assist us in identifying your needs and following up with you with information on our Services that we believe may be of interest to you.  It will also help us improve our site. TechTarget members and users may opt-out of TechTarget’s internet-based advertising by removing cookies or by setting your web browser settings to refuse cookies and similar tracking mechanisms. Please note that web browsers operate using different identifiers. As such, you must adjust your settings in each web browser and for each computer or device that you would like to opt-out on. Further, if you simply delete your cookies, you will need to remove cookies from your device after every visit to Websites. You may download a browser plugin that will help you maintain your opt-out choices by visiting www.aboutads.info/pmc. You may block cookies entirely by disabling cookie use in your browser or by setting your browser to ask for your permission before setting a cookie. Blocking cookies entirely may cause some websites to work incorrectly. If you prefer to prevent third parties connected with TechTarget, from setting and accessing cookies on your computer related to TechTarget, you may set your browser to block cookies. You can also update your preference settings via TechTarget’s consent manager here. Additionally, you may remove yourself from the targeted advertising of companies within the Network Advertising Initiative by opting out here, or of companies participating in the Digital Advertising Alliance program by opting out here.  TechTarget is self-certified under the US-EU Privacy Shield and processing is done in the United States.  For more information, please refer to TechTarget’s privacy policy.

Other Third Party Service Providers identified in the Privacy Policy section with the same name may also collect cookies in connection with the services they provide on our behalf in collecting Personal Data directly from you.