Digifianz Cookie Policy

Effective Date: [March 5th, 2024]

1. Introduction

Welcome to Digifianz! This Cookie Policy explains how Digifianz, referred to as “us” throughout this policy, uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when visitors use our website, www.digifianz.com or any mini-sites, subdirectories, or subdomains connected to the same (collectively referred to throughout this policy as "The Website"). This policy is intended to help visitors to The Website understand what cookies are, how they are used in The Website, and their choices regarding their use.

2. What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on the computer or mobile device of visitors to a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies can be "session cookies", which are temporary and are erased when a visitor closes their browser, or "persistent cookies", which remain on a visitor’s computer or device for a specified period of time or until they are deleted.

3. What are visitor choices in regard to cookies?

Visitors to The Website have the right to choose whether or not to accept cookies. We have incorporated a cookie consent banner in The Website to facilitate this process. All new visitors to The Website, depending on their browser settings, should be prompted to explicitly accept or reject non-essential cookies, such as analytics and advertising cookies, according to their preferences.

Cookies may also be managed directly within the settings of each browser. For more information, please see instructions for each browser: Google Chrome, Safari, Opera, Firefox, and Edge.

Please note that disabling cookies may affect browsing experience on The Website and may limit the ability to access certain features. Essential cookies, necessary for the operation of The Website, will be set regardless of consent.

4. How We Use Cookies

We use several types of cookies, each for different purposes:

A. Essential Cookies:

These cookies are necessary for the operation of The Website. They enable visitors to The Website to navigate The Website and use its features.

B. Performance and Analytics Cookies:

These cookies allow us to collect information about how visitors use The Website, such as which pages are visited most often and if they receive error messages from certain pages. This helps us improve how The Website works and better understand our visitors' needs.

C. Functionality Cookies:

These cookies enable us to personalize visitor experience on The Website by remembering their preferences (such as language or region) and enhancing the functionality of certain features.

D. Advertising Cookies:

We may use advertising cookies to deliver advertisements that are relevant to each visitor and their interests. These cookies may collect information about online activities of visitors, such as the pages they visit and the links they click, to provide tailored advertising.

5. Third-Party Cookies and Data Sharing:

We utilize third-party cookies for internal analytics and user experience customization purposes. These cookies are employed to gather information about how visitors interact with The Website and to enhance the functionality of certain features. The data collected through these cookies is used solely for internal analysis and to improve the overall user experience on The Website. We take data privacy seriously and ensure that any third parties involved adhere to strict privacy standards. However, please note that we do not share personal data collected through cookies with third parties for their own use. Any data sharing arrangements with third parties are strictly limited to non-personal, aggregated data for analytical or operational purposes, and adequate safeguards are in place to protect user privacy in accordance with GDPR requirements.

6. What cookies are included on The Website?

The table below provides a list of the specific cookies used by Digifianz on The Website along with additional details for each one:

Necessary Cookies:

Cookie	Info
__cf_bm	Domain: .clutch.co Type: Third-party. Description: This cookie, provided by CloudFlare, helps distinguish between humans and bots. For data retention, data processing, and privacy information, please see CloudFlare’s Privacy Policy. Duration: 30 minutes
__cf_bm	Domain: .hubspot.com Type: Third-party. Description: This cookie, provided by CloudFlare, helps distinguish between humans and bots. For data retention, data processing, and privacy information, please see CloudFlare’s Privacy Policy. Duration: 30 minutes.
__cf_bm	Domain: .digifianz.com Type: Third-party. Description: This cookie, provided by CloudFlare, helps distinguish between humans and bots. For data retention, data processing, and privacy information, please see CloudFlare’s Privacy Policy. Duration: 30 minutes.
AnalyticsSyncHistory	Domain: .linkedin.com Type: First-party. Description: This cookie stores information about the timing of a sync with the lms_analytics cookie for users in the Designated Countries. See more regarding data retention, data processing, and privacy in the LinkedIn Data Processing Agreement. Duration: 1 month.
__cfruid	Domain: .digifianz.com Type: First-party. Description: This cookie, utilized by websites employing CloudFlare, identifies trusted web traffic. For data retention, data processing, and privacy information, please see CloudFlare’s Privacy Policy. Duration: Session.
li_gc	Domain: .linkedin.com Type: Third-party. Description: This cookie stores guest consent for the use of cookies for non-essential purposes. See more regarding data retention, data processing, and privacy in the LinkedIn Data Processing Agreement. Duration: 6 months.
_cfuvid	Domain: .hubspot.com Type: Third-party. Description: Enables the Cloudflare WAF to differentiate individual users who share the same IP address. For data retention, data processing, and privacy information, please see CloudFlare’s Privacy Policy. Duration: Session.
cf_clearance	Domain: .clutch.co Type: Third-party. Description: The Clearance Cookie, provided by CloudFlare, confirms that a challenge has been successfully passed, eliminating the need for further challenges when present. For data retention, data processing, and privacy information, please see CloudFlare’s Privacy Policy. Duration: 1 year.
lidc	Domain: .linkedin.com Type: Third-party. Description: This first-party cookie from Microsoft MSN ensures the website's proper functionality. See more regarding data retention, data processing, and privacy in the Microsoft Products and Services Data Protection Addendum. Duration: 1 day.

Cookie	Domain	Type	Description	Duration
__cf_bm	.clutch.co	Third-party	This cookie, provided by CloudFlare, helps distinguish between humans and bots. For data retention, data processing, and privacy information, please see CloudFlare’s Privacy Policy.	30 minutes
__cf_bm	.hubspot.com	Third-party	This cookie, provided by CloudFlare, helps distinguish between humans and bots. For data retention, data processing, and privacy information, please see CloudFlare’s Privacy Policy.	30 minutes
__cf_bm	.digifianz.com	Third-party	This cookie, provided by CloudFlare, helps distinguish between humans and bots. For data retention, data processing, and privacy information, please see CloudFlare’s Privacy Policy.	30 minutes
AnalyticsSyncHistory	.linkedin.com	First-party	This cookie stores information about the timing of a sync with the lms_analytics cookie for users in the Designated Countries. See more regarding data retention, data processing, and privacy in the LinkedIn Data Processing Agreement.	1 month
__cfruid	.digifianz.com	First-party	This cookie, utilized by websites employing CloudFlare, identifies trusted web traffic. For data retention, data processing, and privacy information, please see CloudFlare’s Privacy Policy.	Session
li_gc	.linkedin.com	Third-party	This cookie stores guest consent for the use of cookies for non-essential purposes. See more regarding data retention, data processing, and privacy in the LinkedIn Data Processing Agreement.	6 months
_cfuvid	.hubspot.com	Third-party	Enables the Cloudflare WAF to differentiate individual users who share the same IP address. For data retention, data processing, and privacy information, please see CloudFlare’s Privacy Policy.	Session
cf_clearance	.clutch.co	Third-party	The Clearance Cookie, provided by CloudFlare, confirms that a challenge has been successfully passed, eliminating the need for further challenges when present. For data retention, data processing, and privacy information, please see CloudFlare’s Privacy Policy.	1 year
lidc	.linkedin.com	Third-party	This first-party cookie from Microsoft MSN ensures the website's proper functionality. See more regarding data retention, data processing, and privacy in the Microsoft Products and Services Data Protection Addendum.	1 day

Performance and Analytics Cookies:

Cookie	Info
_gid	Domain: .digifianz.com Type: First-party. Description: This cookie, set by Google Analytics, stores and updates a unique value for every visited page. Its purpose is to count and track pageviews. See more on data retention, data processing and privacy information in Google’s Data Processing Policies. Duration: 1 day.
_gat_UA-*	Domain: .digifianz.com Type: First-party. Description: This cookie, set by Google Analytics, is a variation of the _gat cookie. It serves to restrict the data recorded by Google on websites experiencing high traffic volume. See more on data retention, data processing and privacy information in Google’s Data Processing Policies. Duration: 52 seconds.
_ga	Domain: .digifianz.com Type: First-party. Description: This cookie, set by Google Analytics, is a variation of the _gat cookie. It serves to restrict the data recorded by Google on websites experiencing high traffic volume. See more on data retention, data processing and privacy information in Google’s Data Processing Policies. Duration: 52 seconds.
_ga_*	Domain: .digifianz.com Type: First-party. Description: Utilized by Google Analytics to persist session state. See more on data retention, data processing and privacy information in Google’s Data Processing Policies. Duration: 1 year and 1 month.
mp_*_mixpanel	Domain: .digifianz.com Type: First-party. Description: Mixpanel cookie used to analyze user actions, such as clicking and browsing on the site. See more on data retention, data processing, and privacy in Mixpanel’s Data Processing Addendum. Duration: 1 year and 1 month.
YSC	Domain: .youtube.com Type: Third-party. Description:Used to monitor views of YouTube videos that are embedded in external sites. See more on data retention, data processing and privacy information in Google’s Data Processing Policies. Duration: Session.

Cookie	Domain	Type	Description	Duration
_gid	.digifianz.com	First-party	This cookie, set by Google Analytics, stores and updates a unique value for every visited page. Its purpose is to count and track pageviews. See more on data retention, data processing and privacy information in Google’s Data Processing Policies.	1 day
_gat_UA-*	.digifianz.com	First-party	This cookie, set by Google Analytics, is a variation of the _gat cookie. It serves to restrict the data recorded by Google on websites experiencing high traffic volume. See more on data retention, data processing and privacy information in Google’s Data Processing Policies.	52 seconds
_ga	.digifianz.com	First-party	This cookie is employed by Google Analytics to differentiate unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. See more on data retention, data processing and privacy information in Google’s Data Processing Policies.	1 year and 1 month
_ga_*	.digifianz.com	First-party	Utilized by Google Analytics to persist session state. See more on data retention, data processing and privacy information in Google’s Data Processing Policies.	1 year and 1 month
mp_*_mixpanel	.digifianz.com	First-party	Mixpanel cookie used to analyze user actions, such as clicking and browsing on the site. See more on data retention, data processing, and privacy in Mixpanel’s Data Processing Addendum.	1 year
YSC	.youtube.com	Third-party	Used to monitor views of YouTube videos that are embedded in external sites. See more on data retention, data processing and privacy information in Google’s Data Processing Policies.	Session

Functionality Cookies:

Cookie	Info
bcookie	Domain: .linkedin.com Type: Third-party. Description: This is a first-party cookie from Microsoft MSN, enabling website content sharing via social media platforms. See more regarding data retention, data processing, and privacy in the Microsoft Products and Services Data Protection Addendum. Duration: 1 year.
bscookie	Domain: .www.linkedin.com Type: Third-party. Description: This cookie is employed by the social networking service LinkedIn to monitor the utilization of embedded services. See more regarding data retention, data processing, and privacy in the LinkedIn Data Processing Agreement. Duration: 1 year.
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	Domain: .youtube.com Type: Third-party. Description: Used to track user preferences for YouTube videos that are embedded in external sites. See more on data retention, data processing and privacy information in Google’s Data Processing Policies. Duration: 6 months.

Cookie	Domain	Type	Description	Duration
bcookie	.linkedin.com	Third-party	This is a first-party cookie from Microsoft MSN, enabling website content sharing via social media platforms. See more regarding data retention, data processing, and privacy in the Microsoft Products and Services Data Protection Addendum.	1 year
bscookie	.www.linkedin.com	Third-party	This cookie is employed by the social networking service LinkedIn to monitor the utilization of embedded services. See more regarding data retention, data processing, and privacy in the LinkedIn Data Processing Agreement.	1 year
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE	.youtube.com	Third-party	Used to track user preferences for YouTube videos that are embedded in external sites. See more on data retention, data processing and privacy information in Google’s Data Processing Policies.	6 months

Advertising Cookies:

Cookie	Info
_gcl_au	Domain: .digifianz.com Type: First-party. Description: This cookie is employed by Google AdSense to conduct experiments on the effectiveness of advertisements across websites utilizing their services. See more on data retention, data processing and privacy information in Google’s Data Processing Policies. Duration: 3 months.
test_cookie	Domain: .doubleclick.net Type: Third-party. Description: This cookie, managed by DoubleClick (a subsidiary of Google), assesses whether the visitor's browser supports cookies. See more on data retention, data processing and privacy information in Google’s Data Processing Policies. Duration: 15 minutes.
IDE	Domain: .doubleclick.net Type: Third-party. Description: This cookie, managed by DoubleClick (a subsidiary of Google), assesses whether the visitor's browser supports cookies. See more on data retention, data processing and privacy information in Google’s Data Processing Policies. Duration: 15 minutes.
UserMatchHistory	Domain: .linkedin.com Type: Third-party. Description: This cookie tracks visitors to present more relevant ads based on their preferences. See more regarding data retention, data processing, and privacy in the LinkedIn Data Processing Agreement. Duration: 1 month.
li_sugr	Domain: .linkedin.com Type: Third-party. Description: This LinkedIn cookie stores and tracks a visitor's identity. See more regarding data retention, data processing, and privacy in the LinkedIn Data Processing Agreement. Duration: 3 months.

Cookie	Domain	Type	Description	Duration
_gcl_au	.digifianz.com	First-party	This cookie is employed by Google AdSense to conduct experiments on the effectiveness of advertisements across websites utilizing their services. See more on data retention, data processing and privacy information in Google’s Data Processing Policies.	3 months
test_cookie	.doubleclick.net	Third-party	This cookie, managed by DoubleClick (a subsidiary of Google), assesses whether the visitor's browser supports cookies. See more on data retention, data processing and privacy information in Google’s Data Processing Policies.	15 minutes
IDE	.doubleclick.net	Third-party	This cookie, established by DoubleClick, contains data regarding the user's website interactions and any advertisements viewed prior to visiting the site. See more on data retention, data processing and privacy information in Google’s Data Processing Policies.	1 year
UserMatchHistory	.linkedin.com	Third-party	This cookie tracks visitors to present more relevant ads based on their preferences. See more regarding data retention, data processing, and privacy in the LinkedIn Data Processing Agreement.	1 month
li_sugr	.linkedin.com	Third-party	This LinkedIn cookie stores and tracks a visitor's identity. See more regarding data retention, data processing, and privacy in the LinkedIn Data Processing Agreement.	3 months

7. Additional Tracking Technologies Such As Web Beacons

Cookies serve as one method among several for identifying and monitoring visitors to a website. Occasionally, we employ alternative technologies like web beacons (also known as “tracking pixels” or “clear gifs”). These minute graphical files harbor distinctive identifiers, allowing us to detect visits to our websites or the opening of emails containing them. Often, these mechanisms depend on cookies to operate effectively, so refusing cookies may hinder their functionality.

8. Minors' Data Protection:

We do not intentionally target our website, communications, or services to minors under the age of 18. We recognize the importance of protecting the privacy of minors, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from individuals under the age of 18. If you are under the age of 18, please do not use or provide any information on this website. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal data from a minor without verifiable parental consent, we will take steps to delete such information from our records promptly.

This policy is in alignment with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and legislation against processing data of minors, including the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) in the United States. If you believe that we may have inadvertently collected personal information from a minor or have any concerns about the processing of minors' data, please contact us at privacy@digifianz.com for further assistance.

9. Updates to this Policy

We reserve the right to update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We encourage visitors to our site to review this policy periodically to stay informed about how we utilize cookies.

We will explicitly communicate these updates via email to any visitors for whom we have both consent to communicate and a valid email address. Additionally, we will include a pop-up on The Website for a span of seven (7) days following an update to our cookie policy to inform regular site users who were not able to receive the email update.

10. Contact Us

Any questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies may be directed to: privacy@digifianz.com.

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