Site Cookie Policy

1. What is a cookie?

Most websites use cookies to remember information about you and your preferences, either for the duration of your visit or for repeat visits. A cookie is a simple text file that is stored on your computer or mobile device by a website, that website can then retrieve the contents of that cookie when required whether that be during the visit or on subsequent visits.

If we didn't use cookies, our website would think you are a new visitor every time you move to a new page on the site. For example, if you were to enter your login details and then move to another page, our site wouldn't be able to remember that you'd previously signed in.

There are two types of cookies - session cookies and persistent cookies. A cookie without an expiration date, is a session cookie. Session cookies are stored in memory and are not written to disk. When the browser is closed, the cookie is permanently lost. Persistent cookies contain an expiration date. On the date specified in the expiration, the cookie will be removed from the disk. These cookies may be set by our website ('first party cookies') or by other websites which provide content on the page you are viewing ('third party cookies').

2. Do we just use cookies?

Yes. No other features such as Web beacons are used.

3. How does the Council on Business & Society use the information it collects?

Cookies on the Council on Business & Society website are exclusively used to enable us to identify the number of visitors to the site, our presence across countries and identify which pages are popular among our visitors. This enables us to improve and develop our web pages accordingly. The Council on Business & Society is part of a non-profit organisation and does not directly sell products or services. The contents of the site including e-magazines, e-books, white papers are on free download and we keep no record of e-mails or logins. We are not held responsible for any third-party use (ex: platform provider) usage of data appearing on this website.

4. What to do if you want to disable cookies

If you don’t want websites to store cookies on your computer, tablet or phone, you can modify your browser so that it asks for your permission when a website wants to set a cookie, or you can refuse cookies altogether. You can also delete cookies that have already been set. If you wish to restrict or block web browser cookies on your device, then you can do this through your browser settings; the Help function within your browser should tell you how. Alternatively, the site http://www.aboutcookies.org contains comprehensive information on how to remove cookies on a wide variety of desktop browsers.
For Google Analytics cookies, Google provide a tool which allows you to specify that you don't want to accept their cookies, not just for our site, but for all sites which use Google Analytics. You can obtain the Google Analytics opt-out tool here. Additionally if you wish to change your ad preferences click here
If you do not wish to be tracked by Mouseflow, you can opt-out at: https://mouseflow.com/opt-out.
Other useful resources:
- For specific browsers:
  - Internet Explorer: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/278835
  - Chrome: http://support.google.com/chrome/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&answer=95647
  - Safari: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
  - Firefox: http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Enabling and disabling cookies
- Specific information for social sites
  - Facebook
    - https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences/
    - https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation
  - Instagram
    - https://www.instagram.com/accounts/privacy_and_security/
  - Twitter
    - https://twitter.com/settings/account
    - https://twitter.com/en/privacy
  - LinkedIn
    - https://www.linkedin.com/psettings/
    - https://www.linkedin.com/legal/privacy-policy

Privacy Policy

What type of information do we collect and why?

We collect the Internet protocol (IP) address used to connect your computer to the Internet. No other information is collected or withheld (i.e. e-mail addresses, telephone numbers, passwords, etc.) We may use software tools to measure and collect session information, including page response times, length of visits to certain pages, page interaction information, and methods used to browse away from the page. These are exclusively used to to enable us to identify the number of visitors to the site, our presence across countries and identify which pages are popular among our visitors. This enables us to improve and develop our web pages accordingly. The Council on Business & Society is part of a non-profit organisation and does not directly sell products or services. The contents of the site including e-magazines, e-books, white papers are on free download and we keep no record of e-mails or logins.

It's important to note that third-party services, such as Google Analytics or other applications offered through the Wix platform App Market, placing cookies or utilizing other tracking technologies through Wix´s services, may have their own policies regarding how they collect and store information. As these are external services, such practices are not covered by the Wix Privacy Policy or that of the Council on Business & Society.

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