Cookie Policy of www.hwcpa.com
This document informs Users about the technologies that help this Application to achieve the purposes described below. Such technologies allow the Owner to access and store information (for example by using a Cookie) or use resources (for example by running a script) on a User’s device as they interact with this Application.
For simplicity, all such technologies are defined as "Trackers" within this document – unless there is a reason to differentiate.
For example, while Cookies can be used on both web and mobile browsers, it would be inaccurate to talk about Cookies in the context of mobile apps as they are a browser-based Tracker. For this reason, within this document, the term Cookies is only used where it is specifically meant to indicate that particular type of Tracker.
Some of the purposes for which Trackers are used may also require the User's consent. Whenever consent is given, it can be freely withdrawn at any time following the instructions provided in this document.
This Application uses Trackers managed directly by the Owner (so-called “first-party” Trackers) and Trackers that enable services provided by a third-party (so-called “third-party” Trackers). Unless otherwise specified within this document, third-party providers may access the Trackers managed by them.
The validity and expiration periods of Cookies and other similar Trackers may vary depending on the lifetime set by the Owner or the relevant provider. Some of them expire upon termination of the User’s browsing session.
In addition to what’s specified in the descriptions within each of the categories below, Users may find more precise and updated information regarding lifetime specification as well as any other relevant information — such as the presence of other Trackers — in the linked privacy policies of the respective third-party providers or by contacting the Owner.
Activities strictly necessary for the operation of this Application and delivery of the Service
This Application uses so-called “technical” Cookies and other similar Trackers to carry out activities that are strictly necessary for the operation or delivery of the Service.
Third-party Trackers
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Managing landing and invitation pages
This type of service helps with building and managing landing and invitation pages, i.e., pages for presenting a product or service, where you may add your contact information such as an email address.
Managing these pages means that these services will handle the Personal Data collected through the pages, including Usage Data.
Unbounce (Unbounce Marketing Solutions Inc.)
Unbounce is a landing page management service provided by Unbounce Marketing Solutions Inc., that allows this Application to collect the email addresses of Users interested in its service.
Unbounce allows the Owner to track and analyze the User response concerning web traffic or behavior regarding changes to the structure, text or any other component of the created landing pages.
Personal Data processed: email address, Tracker and Usage Data.
Place of processing: Canada – Privacy Policy.
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Platform services and hosting
These services have the purpose of hosting and running key components of this Application, therefore allowing the provision of this Application from within a unified platform. Such platforms provide a wide range of tools to the Owner – e.g. analytics, user registration, commenting, database management, e-commerce, payment processing – that imply the collection and handling of Personal Data.
Some of these services work through geographically distributed servers, making it difficult to determine the actual location where the Personal Data are stored.
WordPress.com (Automattic Inc.)
WordPress.com is a platform provided by Automattic Inc. that allows the Owner to build, run and host this Application.
Personal Data processed: Data communicated while using the service, email address, first name, last name, phone number, Tracker, Usage Data and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Storage duration:
- _icl_current_language: 1 day
- tk_lr: 1 year
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Tag Management
This type of service helps the Owner to manage the tags or scripts needed on this Application in a centralized fashion.
This results in the Users' Data flowing through these services, potentially resulting in the retention of this Data.
Google Tag Manager (Google LLC)
Google Tag Manager is a tag management service provided by Google LLC.
Personal Data processed: Trackers.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Other activities involving the use of Trackers
Experience
This Application uses Trackers to improve the quality of the user experience and enable interactions with external content, networks and platforms.
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Displaying content from external platforms
This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of this Application and interact with them. Such services are often referred to as widgets, which are small elements placed on a website or app. They provide specific information or perform a particular function and often allow for user interaction.
This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
Google Fonts (Google LLC)
Google Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Google LLC that allows this Application to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Measurement
This Application uses Trackers to measure traffic and analyse User behaviour to improve the Service.
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Analytics
The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.
GameAnalytics (GameAnalytics ApS)
GameAnalytics is an analytics service provided by GameAnalytics ApS.
Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out .
Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) (Google LLC)
Google Analytics (Universal Analytics) is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of this Application, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.
Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Storage duration:
- AMP_TOKEN: 1 hour
- _ga: 2 years
- _gac*: 3 months
- _gat: 1 minute
- _gid: 1 day
Google Analytics Advertising Reporting Features (Google LLC)
Google Analytics on this Application has Advertising Reporting Features activated, which collects additional information from the DoubleClick cookie (web activity) and from device advertising IDs (app activity). It allows the Owner to analyze specific behavior and interests Data (traffic Data and Users' ads interaction Data) and, if enabled, demographic Data (information about the age and gender).
Users can opt out of Google's use of cookies by visiting Google's Ads Settings.
Personal Data processed: Tracker, unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example) and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Storage duration:
- IDE: 2 years
- _gcl_*: 3 months
- test_cookie: 15 minutes
Google Analytics Demographics and Interests reports (Google LLC)
Google Analytics Demographics and Interests reports is a Google Advertising Reporting feature that makes available demographic and interests Data inside Google Analytics for this Application (demographics means age and gender Data).
Users can opt out of Google's use of cookies by visiting Google's Ads Settings.
Personal Data processed: Tracker and unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example).
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Storage duration:
- IDE: 2 years
- _gcl_*: 3 months
- test_cookie: 15 minutes
Google Analytics for Firebase (Google LLC)
Google Analytics for Firebase or Firebase Analytics is an analytics service provided by Google LLC.
In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult Google's partner policy.
Firebase Analytics may share Data with other tools provided by Firebase, such as Crash Reporting, Authentication, Remote Config or Notifications. The User may check this privacy policy to find a detailed explanation about the other tools used by the Owner.
This Application uses identifiers for mobile devices and technologies similar to cookies to run the Firebase Analytics service.
Users may opt-out of certain Firebase features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or by following the instructions in other Firebase related sections of this privacy policy, if available.
Personal Data processed: device information, number of sessions, session duration, Tracker and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
YouTube Analytics and Reporting API (Google LLC)
YouTube Analytics and Reporting API is a video content analytics service provided by Google LLC.
Through this Service, this Application may collect Data directly or indirectly on or from Users’ devices, including by making use of trackers. Users may restrict such access to their Data via the security settings page provided by Google. Users may ask the Owner for further information about these privacy settings at any time through the contact details provided in this document.
Data collected through the Service may also be used to help third parties deliver interest-based advertising. Users can opt out of third-party interest-based advertising through their device settings or by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.
Personal Data processed: Data communicated in order to use the Service and Tracker.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.
Wordpress Stats (Automattic Inc.)
Wordpress Stats is an analytics service provided by Automattic Inc.
Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Storage duration:
- tk_tc: duration of the session
Marketing
This Application uses Trackers to deliver personalised marketing content based on User behaviour and to operate, serve and track ads.
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Advertising
This type of service allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes. These communications are displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on this Application, possibly based on User interests.
This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below.
Some of the services listed below may use Trackers to identify Users or they may use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behavior, including those detected outside this Application. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.
Services of this kind usually offer the possibility to opt out of such tracking. In addition to any opt-out feature offered by any of the services below, Users may learn more on how to generally opt out of interest-based advertising within the dedicated section "How to opt-out of interest-based advertising" in this document.
AddThis (Oracle Corporation)
AddThis is an advertising and behavioural targeting service provided by Oracle Corporation that displays a widget that allows interaction with social networks and external platforms as well as sharing the contents of this Application and connects the activity of this Application with the Oracle advertising network. Users can opt out of Oracle's use of Trackers for ads personalization by visiting this opt-out page or following the instructions provided by YourOnlineChoices and AdChoices.
Personal Data processed: Tracker, Universally unique identifier (UUID) and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.
Storage duration:
- UID: 2 years
- __atuvc: 2 years
- __atuvs: 30 minutes
BounceX (Bounce Exchange, Inc)
BounceX is an advertising service provided by Bounce Exchange, Inc.
Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.
Storage duration:
- API: 1 minute
- BXDID: 1 minute
- BXVID: 1 minute
- BXWID: 1 minute
- __3idcontext: 2 years
- __PT1CID: 1 minute
- __PT1DID: 1 minute
- __adcontext: 2 years
- __ibxc: 1 year
- __ibxc0: 1 year
- __ibxcr: 1 year
- __ibxl: 1 year
- __ibxm: 1 year
- __ibxu: 1 year
- __idcontext: 2 years
- __idcontext_*: indefinite
- __wknd_*c: 1 year
- _ibx_ci: 1 year
- bounceClientVisit*: 1 year
- bounceClientVisit*c: 30 minutes
- bounceClientVisit*v: 30 minutes
- bxCatHist: indefinite
- bxProdHist: indefinite
- bxgraphGDPROptOut: 6 years
- bxgraphGDPROptOut: indefinite
- bxgraphOptOut: 6 years
- bxgraphYOCOptOut: 6 years
- bxgraphv2CCPAOptOut: 6 years
- bxgraphv2CCPAOptOut: 6 years
- bxgraphv2CCPAOptOut: indefinite
- gdpr_opt_out: 6 years
- iv: 1 minute
- v: 1 minute
- yoc_token: 1 year
NextRoll (NextRoll, Inc.)
NextRoll is an advertising service provided by NextRoll, Inc. NextRoll, Inc. performs a hash of the User’s email address in order to serve targeted advertising to other devices connected to them (i.e. cross-device tracking).
Personal Data processed: device information, purchase history, Tracker, unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example) and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Storage duration:
- __adroll: 14 hours
- __adroll_bounce_closed: 5 years
- __adroll_bounced3: 5 years
- __adroll_consent_data: indefinite
- __adroll_consent_params: duration of the session
- __adroll_fpc: 2 years
- __adroll_load_stats: 1 month
- __adroll_shared: 2 years
- __adroll_tcf_banner_seen: indefinite
LinkedIn Ads (LinkedIn Corporation)
LinkedIn Ads is an advertising service provided by LinkedIn Corporation.
Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.
Storage duration:
- GAID: indefinite
- IDFA: indefinite
- UserMatchHistory: 1 month
- _gcl_*: 3 months
- _guid: 3 months
- aam_uuid: 1 month
- li_fat_id: 1 month
- li_giant: 7 days
- li_sugr: 3 months
- lms_ads: 1 month
- oribi_cookie_test: duration of the session
- oribi_session: 2 hours
- oribi_user_guid: 7 months
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Remarketing and behavioral targeting
This type of service allows this Application and its partners to inform, optimize and serve advertising based on past use of this Application by the User.
This activity is facilitated by tracking Usage Data and by using Trackers to collect information which is then transferred to the partners that manage the remarketing and behavioral targeting activity.
Some services offer a remarketing option based on email address lists.
In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services below, Users may opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.
Users may also opt-out of certain advertising features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or ads settings in general.
Remarketing with Google Analytics (Google LLC)
Remarketing with Google Analytics is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Google LLC that connects the tracking activity performed by Google Analytics and its Cookies with the Google Ads advertising network and the Doubleclick Cookie.
Personal Data processed: Tracker and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Storage duration:
- test_cookie: 15 minutes
- IDE: 2 years
- _gcl_*: 3 months
AdRoll (NextRoll, Inc.)
AdRoll is an advertising service provided by NextRoll, Inc. AdRoll can serve targeted advertising on any device connected to the User, by processing their email address using a security technique called hashing.
AdRoll may also automatically collect certain types of data to serve personalized recommendations to the User, as stated in its privacy policy.
Personal Data processed: device information, purchase history, Tracker, unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example), Usage Data and various types of Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Storage duration:
- __adroll: 14 hours
- __adroll_bounce_closed: 5 years
- __adroll_bounced3: 5 years
- __adroll_consent_data: indefinite
- __adroll_consent_params: duration of the session
- __adroll_fpc: 2 years
- __adroll_load_stats: 1 month
- __adroll_shared: 2 years
- __adroll_tcf_banner_seen: indefinite
How to manage preferences and provide or withdraw consent on this Application
Whenever the use of Trackers is based on consent, users can provide or withdraw such consent by setting or updating their preferences via the relevant privacy choices panel available on this Application.
With regard to any third-party Trackers, Users can manage their preferences and withdraw their consent (TO BE REMOVED) via the related opt-out link (where provided), by using the means indicated in the third party's privacy policy, or by contacting the third party.
How to control or delete Cookies and similar technologies via your device settings
Users may use their own browser settings to:
- See what Cookies or other similar technologies have been set on the device;
- Block Cookies or similar technologies;
- Clear Cookies or similar technologies from the browser.
The browser settings, however, do not allow granular control of consent by category.
Users can, for example, find information about how to manage Cookies in the most commonly used browsers at the following addresses:
Users may also manage certain categories of Trackers used on mobile apps by opting out through relevant device settings such as the device advertising settings for mobile devices, or tracking settings in general (Users may open the device settings and look for the relevant setting).
How to opt out of interest-based advertising
Notwithstanding the above, Users may follow the instructions provided by YourOnlineChoices (EU and UK), the Network Advertising Initiative (US) and the Digital Advertising Alliance (US), DAAC (Canada), DDAI (Japan) or other similar services. Such initiatives allow Users to select their tracking preferences for most of the advertising tools. The Owner thus recommends that Users make use of these resources in addition to the information provided in this document.
The Digital Advertising Alliance offers an application called AppChoices that helps Users to control interest-based advertising on mobile apps.
Consequences of denying the use of Trackers
Users are free to decide whether or not to allow the use of Trackers. However, please note that Trackers help this Application to provide a better experience and advanced functionalities to Users (in line with the purposes outlined in this document). Therefore, if the User chooses to block the use of Trackers, the Owner may be unable to provide related features.
Owner and Data Controller
Haskell & White LLP, 300 Spectrum Center Drive, Suite 300, Irvine, CA 92618
Owner contact email: mhayes@Hwcpa.com
Since the use of third-party Trackers through this Application cannot be fully controlled by the Owner, any specific references to third-party Trackers are to be considered indicative. In order to obtain complete information, Users are kindly requested to consult the privacy policies of the respective third-party services listed in this document.
Given the objective complexity surrounding tracking technologies, Users are encouraged to contact the Owner should they wish to receive any further information on the use of such technologies by this Application.