Cookies are important to the proper functioning of a site. To improve your experience, we use cookies and other technologies (such as web beacons, web storage, and unique advertising identifiers) for different purposes (e.g., to remember log-in details and provide secure log-in, collect statistics to optimize site functionality).
Through cookies, we are collecting information about your device and your activity, for example:
- your browser type and browser information,
- your computer’s operating system,
- your IP address,
- the pages you viewed or the features you used.
This policy explains how and why we use cookies and the choices you have.
What are Cookies?
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (e.g. your computer, phone or tablet) when visiting and navigating on certain websites and applications. Cookies track certain of your activities. Internet cookies are common and will not cause any harm to your device.
Some of our business partners may themselves use cookies. We have no access to or control over these cookies.
Cookies can either be “first party”, meaning that they are associated with the host domain e.g. Oranum.com, or “third party cookies” in case we allow others to place cookies on our site and app, such as analytics cookies.
How are Cookies Used?
- Ensure the security and the integrity of our site
We use cookies to help us ensure a safe and trustworthy environment. Cookies help us to fight against security breaches on our site, and any activity violating the rules of our site.
- Improve your user’s experience
We use functional cookies to help you to use our services efficiently. For example, we may use cookies to remember your payout preferences or login information, so that you do not have to retype your login details each time you visit or use our site.
- Analytics and research
Our site uses analytics cookies (e.g. Google Analytics cookies). We use these cookies to gain insight into how you use our site. This helps us understanding how you interact with our site, what is interesting for you, and how we can improve our services, and enhance your user’s experience.
- Partner ad networks
Partner ad networks help us to promote our site. When users interact with our ads and are redirected to this site, the cookies help us to identify the referrer website they are coming from, so that we can reward our partners for their efficient activity and promotion.
Third Parties Cookies
We may also allow certain third party service providers to use cookies or similar technologies on our site for the above-mentioned purposes.
To understand how you interact with our site, what is interesting for you, and how we can improve our services, we use analytics service providers like Google Analytics and Hotjar.
- Google Analytics
You may install the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser by clicking here if you do not want your data to be used for analytics.
- Hotjar
Hotjar is a third party that develops intuitive and disruptive research and optimization tools for web businesses. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users’ behaviour and their devices (e.g., IP address, device screen size, device type, browser information, geographic location (country only), preferred language, etc.). They store this information in a pseudonymized user profile.
Neither Hotjar nor we will use this information to identify individual users or to match it with further data on an individual user.
For further details, please see Hotjar’s privacy policy here.
You can opt-out of a user profile on Hotjar and Hotjar’s use of tracking cookies by following this opt-out link.
What are Your Choices?
We collect your consent for the use of cookies and similar technologies when you click “Agree” and proceed to accept cookies. If you do not agree with our cookie policy, only necessary cookies, which are technically needed to provide you with the site, will be used.
You can also modify your browser settings. Please however note that, if you use your browser or device settings to block all cookies, you may experience reduced functionality of our services.