Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, provide a better user experience, and provide information to website owners.

Cookies can be "persistent" or "session" cookies. Persistent cookies remain on your device for a set period or until you delete them, while session cookies are deleted when you close your web browser.

How We Use Cookies

Strategic Factor uses cookies and similar technologies on our website for the following purposes:

Essential Cookies

These cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. You cannot opt out of these cookies as the website cannot function properly without them.

Examples of essential cookies we use:

• Session cookies: Maintain your session as you navigate through our website
• Security cookies: Help protect against cross-site request forgery and other security threats
• Load balancing cookies: Distribute traffic across our servers for optimal performance

Performance and Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. This helps us improve our website and services.

Information collected includes:

• Pages visited and navigation paths
• Time spent on each page
• How you arrived at our website (referral source)
• Click patterns and scroll behavior
• Error messages encountered
• General geographic location (country/city level)

Functionality Cookies

These cookies allow the website to remember choices you make and provide enhanced, personalized features. They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages.

Examples include:

• Remembering your preferences (such as language or region)
• Remembering if you've been shown certain notifications
• Customizing elements of the website layout

Cookies We Use

Below is a detailed list of the cookies we use on our website:

Note: The specific cookies used may change as we update our website and services. This table represents commonly used cookies at the time of this policy's publication.

Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies on our website are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages. We do not control the placement or use of these cookies. Third parties that may place cookies include:

Analytics Providers

• Google Analytics: We use Google Analytics to understand how visitors use our website. Google Analytics uses cookies to collect information such as how often users visit, what pages they view, and what other sites they used prior to coming to our site. We use this information to improve our website. Google's ability to use and share information collected by Google Analytics is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Service and the Google Privacy Policy.

Content Delivery Networks

• Cloudflare: We use Cloudflare to serve our website content efficiently and securely. Cloudflare may set cookies to identify trusted traffic and protect against malicious visitors.

Font Services

• Google Fonts: We use Google Fonts to display typography on our website. While Google Fonts typically does not use cookies, it may log IP addresses for security purposes.

Managing Cookies

You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings.

Browser Controls

You can set your browser to:

• Block all cookies
• Accept all cookies
• Block third-party cookies only
• Clear cookies when you close your browser
• Open a "private" or "incognito" browsing session
• Install add-ons and plugins to extend browser privacy

Browser-Specific Instructions

Here are links to cookie management instructions for common browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Apple Safari
• Microsoft Edge
• Opera
• Brave

Opting Out of Analytics

You can opt out of Google Analytics by installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on. This prevents your data from being used by Google Analytics.

Do Not Track

Some browsers have a "Do Not Track" feature that signals to websites that you do not want to be tracked. Currently, there is no industry standard for how websites should respond to these signals, and our website does not currently respond to browser "Do Not Track" signals.

Impact of Blocking Cookies

Please note that blocking certain cookies may impact your experience on our website:

• Essential cookies: Blocking these may prevent parts of our website from functioning properly
• Functionality cookies: Blocking these may result in reduced functionality and personalization
• Analytics cookies: Blocking these does not affect your experience but limits our ability to improve the website

Other Tracking Technologies

In addition to cookies, we may use other similar technologies:

Web Beacons (Pixel Tags)

Small graphic images that may be included on our website and emails to measure engagement and compile statistics about usage.

Local Storage

Technology that allows a website to store data locally on your device. We may use local storage for similar purposes as cookies.

Session Storage

Similar to local storage but data is cleared when you close your browser tab.

Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, or our business practices. When we make changes:

• We will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page
• For significant changes, we may provide notice on our website

We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies.

More Information About Cookies

To learn more about cookies and how they work, you can visit:

• All About Cookies
• Your Online Choices (EU)
• Digital Advertising Alliance (US)

Contact Us

If you have questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:

Strategic Factor
Email: contact@strategicfactor.com