At Text, we believe in being transparent about how and when we use cookies and other similar technologies for the purposes of giving you the best possible personalized browsing experience of our website and Services.
What that means for you?
Cookies, cookies and more. What’s this about? Here you can find out why we use cookies, other similar technologies and discover how you can manage them.
What are cookies and similar technologies?
Cookies are information that is sent by us and stored on your device in your browser’s file directory. This information might be about you, your preferences, or your device, and is mostly used to make our website and Services work as you expect it to. Along with cookies, we employ other technologies, including unique identifiers, URL and pixel trackers, local storage, and scripts to better understand and enhance your interactions. These tools help us improve our website, personalize your experience, and deliver Services tailored to your behavior and preferences.
Do we use cookies and other similar technologies?
Yes. Your browsing experience with our website should be fun and easy, and by accessing our website (as defined below) you agree to let us do our best to make your website experience more personal with ever-increasing levels of personalization and rich interactive functionality. When you, as a non-registered user to our Services (a “Visitor”) visits or browses any of our domains or subdomains operated by Text, Inc. and its affiliates (collectively, the “website”) you give us and our partners your consent to store and retrieve cookies and other technologies on your device to enhance your website experience, analyze its traffic and usage, and assist in our marketing efforts.
What are cookies and other similar technologies used for?
Cookies and similar technologies are tools unique to your device. They can store a wide range of information (including your name, home address, email address, or telephone number, but only if you provide it). They allow us to track, save, and store information about your interactions and use of our website, and your website preferences to present you with information customized to fit your needs. We all do it with the use of different cookies, like:
Essential cookies and similar technologies
These are necessary to enable the basic features of our website and Services to function. While typically not storing any personally identifiable information, they ensure the security, integrity, and accessibility of our site.
Performance cookies
These tools are essential for assessing and enhancing the functionality of our website and Services. They enable us to analyze traffic and monitor interactions, helping us understand which areas are frequented most and which are less popular. This information is aggregated and anonymized to respect user privacy.
Advertising and Marketing cookies and similar technologies
These cookies and similar technologies are used to show you targeted ads, content, and recommendations that we and our partners believe may be relevant to you. They help us to understand your interests better, how you got to us, or know when content has been shown to you. We may also use them to help us to deliver you marketing campaigns and monitor their performance (e.g., when you visited our Help Center and then made a subscription to our Services) or to allow you to share certain pages with social networks, or to post comments on our website). These cookies and similar technologies store personally identifiable information.
Preferences and Functional cookies and similar technologies
These cookies and technologies help us to improve our features and services; create logs and records when you access our website and Services from different devices. They help us improve features, ensure seamless access across devices, and adapt the website’s appearance and behavior to your preferences. These cookies and technologies store personally identifiable information.
Third-party cookies and other similar technologies
Our website may contain certain third-party cookies or other technologies, independent from us. You hereby acknowledge that we may allow some partners to use cookies to streamline your experience on our website. We do not have access to or control over these cookies.
How to control, disable, and delete cookies?
Some of the cookies used on our website may be deleted from your device automatically after you leave our website (session-based cookies) or may be stored on your device for a longer period until you or your browser deletes them or until they expire (stored or persistent cookies).
If you don’t want our website to store some of our cookies on your device, you can control them through your device browser settings to manage them on a site-by-site basis, giving you more control over your privacy and preferences. This means that you may disable cookies from all websites except those that you trust. Restricting our cookies may affect the functionalities of our website and may impact your website experience as it will no longer be personalized to you. However, we respect your privacy, and if you wish to refuse the use and storage of certain cookies from our website on your device, you should go to your web browser security settings to block them from our website and external service providers or to alert you when cookies are being sent to your device. It’s easy to manage. Just click on one of the links below (or open the browser website you’re using) to go directly to your browser manual. Remember that after deleting cookies from your device, you will have to set your preferences (or log in to some websites) again.
Specific instructions for other similar technologies
Facebook Pixel: To opt-out of tracking by the Facebook Pixel, you can set your preferences through the Facebook settings or install a browser extension that blocks tracking.
More information: Facebook Ads Preferences
Google Analytics: Google provides an opt-out browser add-on that prevents Google Analytics from using your data for analytics.
Download here: Google Analytics Opt-out Add-on