Cookies Policy

Last updated: 02/05/2022

At https://maritimecareerguide.com, we strive to honor the privacy and security of any data we collect from visitors using our website while acting as a Data Controller under relevant data protection rules and regulations. Our website uses cookies, in combination with pixels, local storage objects, and similar devices (collectively, “cookies” unless otherwise noted) to distinguish you from other users of the site. This helps us provide a good experience, improve our service, and personalize ads and content for you while you use the site. This cookie policy describes the types of cookies we use on the site and our purposes for using them. If you have any questions about this Cookie Notice, please contact us at [email protected]. For a more comprehensive description and list of the cookies we currently use on the site, please review our Cookie List found in section 5 of this document. For more information about our privacy practices, please review our “Privacy Policy.”

Please read this Cookie Notice carefully for details about why we use cookies and the information collected from you.

**Definitions of Cookies**

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers that we store on your browser or on your device’s hard drive, which acts like the computer’s memory.

**First-party and Third-party Cookies:** Whether a cookie is ‘first-party’ or ‘third-party’ refers to the domain that places the cookie. First-party cookies are those set by a website that the user is currently visiting (for example, cookies placed by our website’s domain). Third-party cookies are cookies set by a different domain than the website being visited by the user. If a user visits a site and another entity sets a cookie through that site, that would be a third-party cookie.

**Persistent Cookies:** These cookies remain on the user’s device for the period specified in the cookie. They are activated each time the user visits the website that created that particular cookie.

**Session Cookies:** These cookies allow website operators to link a user’s actions during a browser session. A browser session begins when a user opens the browser window and ends when they close the browser window. Session cookies are created temporarily. After closing the browser, all session cookies are deleted.

**What Cookies Do We Use and Why?**

In general, the site uses cookies to distinguish you from other site users. This helps us provide a good browsing experience and also allows us to improve it. The cookies we may use on the site can be categorized as follows:

– **Strictly Necessary**
– **Performance**
– **Functionality**
– **Targeting / Marketing**

*Some cookies may fulfill more than one of these purposes.*

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Strictly Necessary cookies allow you to move around the site and use essential features, such as secure areas. Without these cookies, we cannot provide the requested services. We use these strictly necessary cookies to:
– Identify you as logged in and authenticated on the site;
– For security purposes;
– Ensure that when connecting to the desired service on the site, any changes we make to how it operates continue to function.

If you prevent these cookies, we cannot guarantee how the site or its security will behave during your visit.

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Performance cookies collect information about how you use the site, for example, which pages you visit and whether you encounter any errors. These cookies do not collect any information that can identify you and are used solely to help us improve the operation of the site, understand our users’ interests, and measure the effectiveness of our advertising. We use performance cookies to:
– Conduct web analytics: Provide statistics on how the site is used;
– Conduct affiliate tracking: Provide feedback to affiliates that one of our visitors also visited their site;
– Gather data about the number of site users who viewed a product or service;
– Help us improve the site by measuring any errors that occur;
– Test different designs for the site.

*Some of our performance cookies are managed for us by third parties.*

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Functionality cookies are used to provide services or to remember settings to enhance your visit. We use functionality cookies for purposes such as:
– Remembering settings you have applied, such as layout, text size, preferences, and colors;
– Remembering if we have already asked you to fill out a survey;
– Remembering if you engaged with a specific component or list on the site so it doesn’t repeat;
– Showing you when you are logged in to the site;
– To provide and display embedded video content.

*Some of these functionality cookies are managed by third parties.*

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Targeting / Marketing cookies are used to track your visit to the site, as well as other websites, applications, and online services, including the pages you visited and the links you followed, which allows us to display targeted ads to you on the site. We may use targeting cookies to:
– Display targeted ads within the site;
– Improve how we deliver personalized ads and content and measure the success of advertising campaigns on the site.

**When We Require Your Consent**

All cookies require your consent. We ask for your consent before placing them on your device. You can give your consent by clicking the appropriate button on the banner displayed to you. If you do not wish to give consent or want to withdraw your consent for any cookies at any time, you will need to delete and block or disable cookies through your browser settings; see below for more information on how to do this. Please note that disabling these cookies will affect the functionality of the site and may prevent you from accessing certain features on the site.

**How to Delete and Block Our Cookies**

Most web browsers allow some control of most cookies through the browser settings. However, if you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including strictly necessary cookies), you may not be able to access all or parts of the site. Unless you have adjusted your browser settings to refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies as soon as you visit the site.

**Changing Your Cookie Settings**

Browser settings to change your cookie settings are usually found in the ‘options’ or ‘preferences’ menu of your internet browser. To understand these settings, the following links may be helpful. Otherwise, you should use the ‘Help’ option in your internet browser for more details.
– Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
– Cookie settings in Microsoft Edge
– Cookie settings in Firefox
– Cookie settings in Chrome

**List of Cookies**

We currently use these third-party services to store and query your data:
– Google Analytics – We use Google Universal Analytics to track the performance of our site and monitor visitor activities to tailor our content according to their expectations.
Type of Cookies: Performance
Google Policy

– Facebook Pixel: We use Facebook pixel tracking to measure the efficiency of social media campaigns related to the Facebook platform.
Type of Cookies: Performance and Advertising
Facebook Policy

– Google Adwords (conversion): We use Google Adwords cookies to personalize the ads and content you receive on our site, limit the number of ads you see on our site, and measure the effectiveness of our campaign.
Type of Cookies: Performance and Advertising
Google Policy

– Google Adwords (remarketing): We use Google AdWords remarketing cookies to collect data about your activities when you visit our sites, the websites of businesses that advertise (advertisers), or the online sites and services where we advertise.
Type of Cookies: Performance and Advertising
Google Policy

– Bing Ads: We use this to personalize the ads and content you receive on our site, limit the number of ads you see on our site, and measure the effectiveness of our campaign.
Type of Cookies: Performance and Advertising
Bing Policy

– LinkedIn Ads: We use this to personalize the ads and content you receive on our site, limit the number of ads you see on our site, and measure the effectiveness of our campaign.
Type of Cookies: Performance and Advertising
LinkedIn Policy