Cookies, Interest-Based Advertising, Ad Choices

Cookies, Interest-Based Advertising, Ad Choices

We may use cookies, tags, web pixels and similar technologies to automatically collect information on our Services. Cookies or tags are pieces of code that allow our technology partners to collect information that generally does not directly identify you. We will ask for your consent before using cookies or other tracking technologies. The information in this section describes our use of cookies and your ability to control the use of cookies for advertising-related purposes.


A. Cookies. Cookies are small Internet files that a website or its provider transfers to your device's hard drive through your Web browser. These files enable the website or provider's systems to recognize your browser and remember certain information.
"First-party cookies" are cookies that we set on our website. "Third-party cookies" are cookies set by other companies whose functionality is embedded in our website (for example, cookies set by Google).
Generally speaking, we use first-party and third-party cookies for the following purposes: to enable our services to function properly; to provide a safe browsing experience while you are using our services; to collect passive information about your use of our services; to measure how you use our services; Interact with our marketing campaigns; help us improve our services; and remember your preferences for your convenience.
We use the following types of cookies on our services:
Strictly necessary cookies. These cookies are essential as they enable you to use our services. For example, strictly necessary cookies allow you to access secure areas of our Services. Without these cookies, some parts of the Service cannot be provided. These cookies do not collect information about you for marketing purposes. These cookies are essential for the proper functioning of our services and cannot be disabled.
Functional cookies. We use functionality cookies to remember your choices so that we can tailor our services to provide you with enhanced functionality and personalized content. For example, these cookies can be used to remember your name or preferences for our services. We do not use functional cookies to target you with online marketing. While it is possible to disable these cookies, this may result in reduced functionality while you are using our Services.
Performance or analytical cookies. These cookies collect passive information about how you use our Services, including the pages you visit and the links you click. We use the information collected by such cookies to improve and optimize our services and for analysis. You can disable these cookies as described below.
Advertising or targeting cookies. These cookies are used to make advertising messages more relevant to you. They perform functions such as preventing the same ad from continually reappearing, ensuring that ads are displayed correctly to advertisers, and in some cases selecting ads based on your interests. Our third party advertising partners may use these cookies to build a profile of your interests and serve relevant advertising on other websites. You can disable these cookies as described below.


B. Your choice. Your browser may provide you with the option to reject some or all browser cookies, which may include cookies used by bstjersey. You can also manually delete cookies from your browser. You can block or delete cookies using your browser as follows:
First-party cookies. You can enable, disable or delete cookies using the browser you use to view this website. To do this, follow the instructions provided by your browser (usually located in the Help, Tools, or Editing settings). Please note that if you set your browser to disable cookies, you may not be able to access secure areas of the Site. Additionally, if you disable cookies, other parts of the Service may not function properly. You can find more information on how to change your browser cookie settings at https://www.allaboutcookies.org.
Third Party Cookies. If you wish to opt-in or opt-out of the use of advertising cookies by third-party ad networks and similar entities, please click the "Manage Cookies" link in the footer of our website or visit https://www.aboutads.info/choices. You can withdraw your consent or update your preferences at any time by clicking the "Manage Cookies" link in the website footer or application menu.
Mobile application. To opt-out of data collection for interest-based advertising across mobile apps by participating companies, download the Digital Advertising Alliance’s AppChoices mobile app opt-out product here: https://youradchoices.com/appchoices.
We do not control third parties' collection or use of your personal information to provide interest-based advertising. However, these third parties may provide you with a means to opt out of having your information collected or used in this manner. In addition, many web browsers provide help pages related to setting cookie preferences.
BSTjersey complies with the Digital Advertising Alliance's self-registrationRegulatory Principles.


C. Web Pixel. To understand how our marketing campaigns or other goals of the Service are performing, we sometimes use conversion pixels, which trigger a small line of code to tell us when you clicked a specific button or arrived at a specific page (for example, thank you when you Please visit this page after completing the process of subscribing to one of our services or filling out one of our forms). We also use web pixels to analyze usage patterns of our Services. The use of pixels allows us to record that a specific device, browser or application has visited a specific web page.


D. Analysis. We may use third-party service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Services. Currently, we use Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a web analytics service used to track and report website traffic. For more information about Google's privacy practices, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms webpage: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en . The Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on enables visitors to prevent their data from being collected and used by Google Analytics at https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.


E. Behavioral remarketing. We also use remarketing services to advertise to you on third-party websites after you visit our Services. To do this, visitors are grouped based on certain actions on our services, such as visit duration. This allows us to understand your preferences and show you personalized advertising, even if you are currently browsing another website that participates in the same advertising network. We utilize Google Ads, Bing Ads and similar advertising networks.
We do not share personal information with Facebook or its parent company, Meta. However, we do use Facebook Business Tools, and we may show you interest-based ads while using Facebook. To modify your preferences or turn off personalization of ads served by Facebook, in addition to the "Your Choices" section below, you can visit Facebook's Ad Preferences. We may also show ads to audiences with similar characteristics to you. For this purpose, lists of email addresses are irreversibly encrypted by hashing and uploaded or transmitted from our website, Facebook matches the hashed data with its own users, generates lookalike audiences and deletes the uploaded list. We don't have access to the identity of anyone in a "lookalike" audience unless they choose to click on one of our ads.


F. Other Tracking Technologies. We may also use tracking technologies to collect "clickstream" data, such as the domain name of the service that provides you with Internet access, your device type, the IP address used to connect your computer to the Internet, your browser type and version, Operating system and platform, average time spent on our website, pages viewed, content searched for, access times and other relevant statistics, and to assign a unique identifier to the device or other credentials you use to access the website for the same purposes .


G. Do Not Track Signal. Certain Internet browsers (such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Safari) have the capability to transmit "Do Not Track" or "DNT" signals. Since a unified standard for "DNT" signals has not yet been adopted, our website does not currently respond to "DNT" signals.


H. Location information. You can adjust your device's settings to deny access to certain websites or mobile applications by (a) disabling location services in your device settings; (b) changing related preferences and permissions in your mobile device or browser settings Location information permissions.