What is a cookie?
Cookies and similar technologies are small text files which are downloaded to your device (e.g. computer, smartphone, electronic device which accesses the internet) when you visit a website. Cookies are useful as they allow a website to recognize your device and store certain information about your preferences to help to improve your online experience.
We may use cookies in order to:
- Understand how you use our website;
- Give you a better browsing experience, personalized to your preferences; and
- Analyze the effectiveness of our online content.
Our website uses different cookies for different things including essential or strictly necessary cookies, functional cookies, analytics or performance cookies and targeting cookies. These cookies perform different functions and have different lifespans. For each cookie used on our website we describe their use and lifespan, below.
Our website may also contain electronic images known as web beacons – sometimes called web-pixels or clear gifs – that allow us to understand your browsing activity.
Functional Cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalization, such as content relevant to your location and your preferences (such as your choice of language). They may be set by us or by third-party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then some or all of these services may not function properly.
Targeting Cookies
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work. These cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
Performance Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.
Privacy Preference Center
When you visit any website, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. This information might be about you, your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to. The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can give you a more personalized web experience. Because we respect your right to privacy, you can choose not to allow some types of cookies. Click on the different category headings to find out more and change our default settings. However, blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience of the site and the services we are able to offer.
Manage Consent Preferences
Alternatively, you can block cookies even if you have previously consented to the use of them but now wish to remove these from your computer. Please use the links below for instructions on how to manage your cookie preferences, including essential or strictly necessary cookies:
If you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential or strictly necessary cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website. For more information about cookies please read the advice at allaboutcookies.org and youronlinechoices.com.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this policy, please contact us at privacy@zaouk.cpa.
A cookie policy is not legally required for your purposes. However, to the extent you wish to keep it, I’ve tried to edit to include additional explanatory information that would normally be contained in a cookie policy.
I understand you are using a consent management platform. Depending on the platform, these may be described/categorized slightly differently, so conform them if necessary.
Let’s discuss. As I mentioned, this is not a requirement for you at present based upon your size, but it may be down the line. However, even though you’re not subject to certain laws now based upon your size, the New York AG has made clear that if you say something in your policy, you have to honor it. So you don’t want to give the impression that you’re going above and beyond with privacy rights where not required when you’re not.