Cookie Policy
Cookie Policy: An Overview
The purpose of this document is to officially inform anyone who is visiting thenerdify.com for any purpose that we may use cookies and other identification technologies for our services. In addition to using these on our website, we may also use these technologies in our apps, messaging utilities, tools, and other services. The purpose of using includes but is not limited to authenticating users, remembering user preferences and settings, determining the popularity of content, delivering personalized and more relevant advertisements, measuring the effectiveness of advertising campaigns, analyzing website traffic and trends, and generally understanding the online behaviors and interests of people who interact with our Services. The objective of this policy is to provide our users and visitors with the information they need about how their information is used.
Definition of Terms: Cookies
Cookies are small files that are downloaded to your phones, laptop, or any device you use when you visit thenerdify.com. By downloading these files, we are able to track data about your use of our website, apps, and other utilities. By using cookies, we are able to remember visitors when they return to our website multiple times. Let’s learn about the cookies we use:
- First-Party Cookies: the cookies we set are first-party cookies. We use them for information retention when you exit our website. These cookies retain your information, such as your log-in details.
- Third-Party Cookies: they are downloaded and installed by other entities. thenerdify.com does not control these.
- Session Cookies: they contain current browsing sessions on our website. These cookies are deleted once you close your browser.
- Persistent Cookies: these cookies remain installed even after you exit our website. For instance, thenerdify.com can remember your preferences.
Definition of Terms: Identification Technologies
- Pixel Tags/Pixels/Beacons: these are small files that are designed to work with cookies. These are used to recognize returning users. They can identify the User’s device type, IP address, and many more. They also collect anonymous data on their on-site behavior.
- Local Storage: where information from browsers, third parties, and websites is stored.
- Software Development Kits (SDKs): they operate in a mobile application and function like cookies and pixels. The partners of developers can acquire various information from their users through SDKs.
Consenting to Use of Cookies
As a User of thenerdify.com, you have the right to reject or accept cookies. However, our services cannot function properly without the use of cookies. In the event that you do not want to provide this consent, you may adjust your settings to block cookies and other technologies by clicking “Help” or “Preferences” on your browser. However, some third parties may allow you to reject cookies through a link.
Please note that rejecting or removing cookies from your browser may not affect third-party flash cookies that we may possibly employ for our services. Refer to the links below for more information:
Cookies: Types and Purposes
We would like to present you a table of the cookies and our reasons for their usage:
| Type of Cookie | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Essentials | Provide functionality that help us deliver products and Services. For example, cookies may store login information that helps users enter the website easily. We may also use cookies and similar technologies to help us provide you with social plugins, other customized content and experiences, such as making suggestions to you and others. |
| Marketing | Cookies and pixels are used to provide relevant ads, track ad campaign performance and the effectiveness of our marketing efforts. For example, we and our ad partners may rely on information collected via these cookies to show you ads that may interest you on other websites. Similarly, our partners may use cookies, attribution service or another similar technology to determine whether we’ve served an ad and how it performed. |
| Performance | Help research, understand and improve products and Services. For example, when you access the Nerdify website or other related websites and apps from a computer or a mobile device. We may use cookies to understand your user experience on our platform. The collected data are used to improve and understand how you use websites, apps, products, services and ads. |
| Functional | These cookies and similar technologies remember choices you make such as language or search parameters. We use these cookies to provide you with an experience more appropriate with your selections and to make your use of the Services more tailored. |
Feedback
The aforementioned paragraphs detail our use of these technologies. Specifically, we detail how and why we use them. It is our hope that this document will provide sufficient information. However, we invite anyone with further questions to contact us at done@thenerdify.com.