Thank you for your interest in Contact Collection and this Cookie Policy! At Contact Collection, we take the protection of your Personal Data very seriously.
This cookie policy applies to www.contactcollection.com operated by Contact Collection LLC of
99 Washington Avenue, Suite 1008, Albany, New York, USA (“Contact Collection”, “we”, “our” or “us”) acting as data controller in accordance with the New York Privacy Act (“NYPA”), the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) and the Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive (“PECD”).
In this Cookie Policy, we inform you about the use of cookies on our website, which cookies we are using and how you can manage your consent to store cookies. For more information about how we protect your Personal data, please contact us using the details provided below or refer to our Privacy Policy.
Unfortunately, it is in the nature of things that these explanations sound very technical, but we have tried to describe the most important things as simply and clearly as possible.
Whenever you browse the Internet, you use a browser. Most websites store small text files in your browser. These files are called cookies.
These cookie files are automatically placed in the cookie folder, which is effectively the "brain" of your browser. A cookie consists of a name and a value. When defining a cookie, one or more attributes must also be specified.
Cookies store certain user data about you, such as language or personal page settings. When you return to our site, your browser transmits the "user-related" information back to our site. Thanks to cookies, our site knows who you are and offers you your usual default setting.
There are two classes of cookies, namely first-party cookies and third-party cookies.
First-party cookies are created directly by our site, third-party cookies are created by partner websites. Each cookie must be evaluated individually, as each cookie stores different data. Also, the Lifespan of a cookie varies from a few minutes to a few years. Cookies are not software programs and do not contain viruses, Trojans or other "pests". Cookies also cannot access information on your device.
We can distinguish between 4 types of cookies:
i) Essential or Necessary cookies
These cookies are essential or necessary to ensure that our website works properly and is secure so that you can navigate our website and use its features. Without these cookies, certain features of our website would not be available, and you would not be able to use certain services.
ii) Functional cookies
Functional cookies allow a website to remember the options you have selected (including user ID, consents you have given and/or your preferred language), your username if applicable, and any custom settings you have made (e.g., font sizes) or personalization options you have selected when browsing.
iii) Analysis and performance cookies
Analysis and performance cookies are used to monitor and improve the function and service of a website. They can also help us track down problems you may encounter when using an online service.Analysis and performance cookies may be used to facilitate online surveys, record visitor numbers, and provide other website analytics metrics.
iv) Advertising cookies
These cookies are also called targeting cookies. They are used to deliver customized advertising to the user. This can be very convenient, but also very annoying.
Usually, when you visit a website for the first time, you are asked if you want to allow cookies. And of course, this decision is also stored in a cookie.
Cookie | Type | Description | Lifespan |
|---|---|---|---|
| YSC | Advertisement | YSC cookie is set by YouTube and is used to track the views of embedded videos on YouTube pages. | session |
| VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE | Advertisement | A cookie set by YouTube to measure bandwidth that determines whether the user gets the new or old player interface. | 5 months 27 days |
| yt-remote-device-id | Advertisement | YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. | never |
| yt-remote-connected-devices | Advertisement | YouTube sets this cookie to store the video preferences of the user using embedded YouTube video. | never |
| _ga | Analytics | The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. The cookie stores information anonymously and assigns a randomly generated number to recognize unique visitors. | session |
| _gid | Analytics | Installed by Google Analytics, _gid cookie stores information on how visitors use a website, while also creating an analytics report of the website's performance. Some of the data that are collected include the number of visitors, their source, and the pages they visit anonymously. | 1 day |
| _gat_gtag_UA_113400554_1 | Analytics | Set by Google to distinguish users. | 1 minute |
| CONSENT | Analytics | YouTube sets this cookie via embedded YouTube-videos and registers anonymous statistical data. | 2 years |
How and whether you want to use cookies is up to you. Regardless of which service or website the cookies come from, you always have the option to delete, only partially allow or disable cookies. To do so follow the link to your browser Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Flash cookies, Microsoft Internet Explorer/ Edge, Opera, Safari
We may update our Cookie Policy from time to time. This might be for a number of reasons, such as to reflect a change in the law or to accommodate a change in our business practices and the way we use cookies. We recommend that you check here periodically for any changes to our Cookie Policy.
If you have any questions or comments about our Cookie Policy or wish to exercise your rights under applicable laws, please contact us using the following contact details:
Contact Collection LLC
99 Washington Avenue, Suite 1008
Albany, New York, 12210, USA
Web: www.contactcollection.com
E-Mail: support@contactcollection.com
This Cookie Policy was last updated on Wednesday, September 21, 2022