1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies allow websites to recognize your device and store some information about your preferences or past actions.
At Washradiant, we use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track activity on our service and hold certain information. This Cookies Policy explains what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use, and how you can control or delete cookies.
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies for several reasons detailed below. Unfortunately, in most cases, there are no industry standard options for disabling cookies without completely disabling the functionality and features they add to our site. It is recommended that you leave on all cookies if you are not sure whether you need them or not, in case they are used to provide a service that you use.
Cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting and reporting information anonymously. They also help us provide you with a better experience by remembering your preferences and settings. Some cookies are essential for the operation of our website, while others are used to enhance your experience or provide analytics.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
3.1 Essential Cookies
Essential cookies are necessary for the website to function properly. These cookies enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the website functions. Essential cookies do not collect information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you have been on the internet.
These cookies are used to maintain your session, remember your login details, and ensure that you can navigate through the website securely. Without these cookies, services you have asked for cannot be provided.
3.2 Performance and Analytics Cookies
Performance cookies collect information about how visitors use our website, such as which pages are visited most often and if users receive error messages from web pages. These cookies do not collect information that identifies a visitor. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and therefore anonymous. It is only used to improve how our website works.
We use analytics cookies to understand how users interact with our website, which pages are most popular, how long users spend on each page, and what links they click on. This information helps us improve the structure and content of our website to better serve our users.
3.3 Functionality Cookies
Functionality cookies allow our website to remember choices you make when you use our website, such as remembering your login details or language preference. The purpose of these cookies is to provide you with a more personal experience and to avoid you having to re-enter your preferences every time you visit our website.
These cookies may also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, fonts, and other parts of web pages that you can customize. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for, such as watching a video or commenting on a blog.
3.4 Targeting and Advertising Cookies
Targeting cookies are used to deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests. They are also used to limit the number of times you see an advertisement as well as help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. These cookies remember that you have visited a website and this information is shared with other organizations such as advertisers.
We may use third-party advertising companies to serve ads when you visit our website. These companies may use information about your visits to this and other websites in order to provide advertisements about goods and services of interest to you.
4. Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics of our service, deliver advertisements on and through our service, and so on. These third-party services have their own privacy policies addressing how they use such information.
Third-party cookies are set by a domain other than the one you are visiting. For example, when you visit our website, we may use services from third parties such as analytics providers, advertising networks, or social media platforms. These third parties may set their own cookies on your device to collect information about your online activities across different websites.
We do not have control over these third-party cookies and their use is governed by the privacy policies of the third parties using such cookies. We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these third-party services to understand how they collect and use your information.
5. How Long Do Cookies Last
The length of time a cookie will stay on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a persistent or session cookie. Session cookies will only stay on your device until you close your browser. Persistent cookies stay on your computer or mobile device until they expire or are deleted.
5.1 Session Cookies
Session cookies are temporary cookies that are erased when you close your web browser. When you restart your browser and go back to the site that created the cookie, the website will treat you as a new visitor. Session cookies are useful for remembering what you have put in your shopping basket as you move between pages on a website.
5.2 Persistent Cookies
Persistent cookies remain on your device for a set period of time specified in the cookie. They are activated each time you visit the website that created that particular cookie. Persistent cookies are used for a variety of purposes, such as remembering your preferences and choices when using a site or to target advertising to you.
6. Managing Cookies
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences by clicking on the appropriate opt-out links provided in the cookie banner that appears when you first visit our website.
6.1 Browser Controls
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, if you limit the ability of websites to set cookies, you may worsen your overall user experience, since it will no longer be personalized to you. It may also stop you from saving customized settings like login information.
You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when websites set or access cookies. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of our website may become inaccessible or not function properly.
6.2 Browser-Specific Instructions
For more information about how to manage cookies in specific browsers, please refer to the following links:
Google Chrome: You can manage cookies through the Chrome settings menu under Privacy and Security.
Mozilla Firefox: You can manage cookies through the Firefox options menu under Privacy and Security.
Safari: You can manage cookies through the Safari preferences menu under Privacy.
Microsoft Edge: You can manage cookies through the Edge settings menu under Privacy, Search, and Services.
Opera: You can manage cookies through the Opera settings menu under Privacy and Security.
7. Do Not Track Signals
Some browsers incorporate a Do Not Track feature that signals to websites you visit that you do not want to have your online activity tracked. Tracking is not the same as using or collecting information in connection with a website. For these purposes, tracking refers to collecting personally identifiable information from consumers who use or visit a website or online service as they move across different websites over time.
Our website does not currently respond to Do Not Track signals. However, you can disable certain tracking as discussed in the Managing Cookies section above.
8. Changes to This Cookies Policy
We may update our Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for other operational, legal, or regulatory reasons. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Cookies Policy on this page and updating the Last Updated date at the top of this policy.
We encourage you to review this Cookies Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies and related technologies. Your continued use of our website after any changes to this Cookies Policy will constitute your acceptance of such changes.
9. More Information
If you would like more information about cookies and how they are used, you can visit the following third-party websites that provide useful information:
All About Cookies: A comprehensive guide to cookies and how to manage them.
Your Online Choices: Information about behavioral advertising and online privacy.
Network Advertising Initiative: Information about interest-based advertising and how to opt out.
10. Contact Us
If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookies Policy, please contact us:
Washradiant
696 Bourke St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia
Phone: +61 3 8060 0318
Email: reply@washradiant.world
We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal information is handled in a safe and responsible manner. If you have concerns about how we use cookies, we encourage you to reach out to us so we can address your questions and concerns.