Splitit Cookies Policy – English

Recently Updated: November 2023

SPLITIT COOKIES POLICY

This Cookie Policy is an integral part of our Privacy Policy and explains what cookies are and how we and third parties use them with respect to the Site and/or Services available through the Website (together will be referred to as “Splitit Services”). For further information on how we use, store and process Personal Data, see our Privacy Policy. Any capitalized terms used and not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Privacy Policy.

Cookie Settings

1. What are Cookies (and Similar Technologies)?

• A cookie is a small text file that is placed on the browser of your computer or mobile device (or other end device), by websites you visit and applications you use. Other automated means often used on websites and applications are Pixel tags (also known as web beacons or clear GIFs). Pixel tags are typically transparent graphic images placed on a websites. These pixels are used in combination with cookies to measure the actions of visitors on the websites and applications. Most websites and applications use cookies and other automated means to collect certain data and facilitate services. Cookies are typically used in order to make websites function, or function more efficiently, make your experience when browsing the website or application more enjoyable and smooth, to remember your preferences, to autocomplete details so you don’t have to insert your full details every time you log in (such as user name and password), to tailor content and information that is displayed to you and otherwise work to personalize your experience of the website or application. Cookies are also commonly used a tools enabling websites and applications owners to better understand the use of their products and services, to conduct business analytics and to engage in advertising activities for their business purposes or on behalf of third parties.
• There are different types of cookies. Some cookies come directly from the website or application you are browsing and others come from third parties which place cookies. Such types of cookies are commonly categorized as “First Party Cookies” and “Third Party Cookies”, respectively.
• Cookies can be stored for varying lengths of time on your browser or device. “Session Cookies” are limited to the duration of you visit to the relevant website or application, and are terminated when you exit the website or application. “Persistent Cookies” will remain stored on your computer or device until deleted or until they reach their expiry date.

2. Cookies used by SPLITIT

• Splitit may use, with respect to its Website and Services, different cookies, including first party cookies and third party cookies, strictly necessary cookies, functionality cookies, and performance (analytic) cookie and advertising cookies (see below).
• Information collected through the Website and Services by the use of cookies includes:
  • Information about your operating system and device;
  • Webpages accessed within the Website and Services, the link that led you to there, dates and times you accessed the Website and Services, event information (e.g. system crashes) and general location information (i.e. city or region).
  • Information provided on the Website and Services by users in order to streamline the user’s experience and prevent user from having to re-enter information during the next visit to the Splitit’s Website and Services;
  • Number of visitors on the Website and Services and which webpages have been viewed;
  • To the extent we are using cookies for advertising purposes, we may collect advertising user ID and information associated with targeted advertising.

3. Categories of Cookies

• Strictly Necessary Cookies– These cookies are necessary to enable the communication between the user’s device and the website or application, or to provide the user with services requested by him/her, such cookies are used for the sole purpose of carrying out a transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network, or to allow the provider of an online service to provide its services as explicitly requested by users.
• Functionality Cookies– These cookies allow the website or application to remember choices the user made (such as username, password, language preferences, or region) and provide enhanced, more personal features, to improve the user’s experience on the website or application.
• Performance (Analytic) Cookies– These cookies collect information about how visitors use the website or application, such as which pages visitors go to most often and if they are likely to get error messages from certain pages. These cookies are used to improve how a website or application works, analyze use patterns of the website or application, and assist the provider to maintain and improve its services.
• Advertising (Targeting) Cookies– These cookies are used to deliver personalized advertisements to the user. Such cookies may be used to analyze a user’s preferences in accordance with the contextual information about the user’s activities on the website or application (for example, if a user is surfing a webpage displaying an article about a sporting event, cookies may be used to display to the user an advertisement associated with sports fans), or to correlate between a user and information about such user collected from other website or applications (for example, to display to the user an advertisement associated with sports fans based on the user’s profile in other website or applications). These cookies are used to promote advertising campaigns of website and application owners or those of third parties, as well as help measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign. Advertising cookies are usually placed by advertising networks, which connect between the relevant advertiser and the location of publication of the advertisement.

4. Cookies used on the Splitit Services The following cookies are used on the Splitit Services:

5. International Data Transfers

It is possible that some of the external entities mentioned above are located in countries outside the European Union, and therefore your data may be transferred to them. You can find out about the transfers to third countries, if any, made by the third parties identified in this Cookies Policy in their corresponding privacy policies (see the links provided in the section “Cookies used on the Splitit Services”).

6. How To Manage Cookies

If you do not want cookies to be placed on your device when browsing and using the Website and/or Services, you can do it through our configuration panel or by adjusting your browser settings to manage or reject such cookies, or to notify you when a cookie is being placed on your browser. These settings are usually found in the ‘Options’ or ‘Preferences’ menu of your Internet browser. For more information on how to change your browser settings, click on the Help section of your Internet browser. Most Internet browsers also allow you to see what cookies are currently stored on your device and selectively delete them as you wish. See below links to common browsers enabling the control of cookies:

Please note however, that if you choose to disable certain cookies, some features of the Website and/or Services may not operate properly and your online experience may be limited. Please note that your decision to decline cookies is specific to each browser and device you are using. Therefore, if you opt out of cookies on a particular device and you want the same opt-outs to apply similarly to a different device, you will need to opt out from that other device as well. Note that if you accept third-party cookies, you will need to delete them from your browser options or from the system provided by the third party itself. As a further step, with respect to third party cookies for the purpose of delivering interest-based advertising (if any), please note that certain third parties may be members of one of the following online behavioral advertising self-regulatory programs, with corresponding opt-out options:

– Network Advertising Initiative (NAI) – (http://www.networkadvertising.org/choices/)

– Google Analytics – (https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout?hl=es)

If at any time you do not want your personal data to be used to allow third parties to show you advertisements or to personalize the advertisements shown to you, you can adjust your settings using the tools provided by such third parties (e.g. Twitter) or through one of the above-mentioned online behavioral advertising self-regulatory programs, provided that such third party is a member of such programs. Finally, please note that most mobile devices allow you to exercise control over tracking for advertising purposes through the “Limit Ad Tracking” option (on iOS devices) or the “Disable Interest-Based Ads” option (on Android).

7. Changes and Updates We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time. We encourage you to periodically review this Cookie Policy to stay informed about our use of cookies, the information we collect via cookies, and any updates in relation thereto. We will post any changes to this Cookie Policy on the Website and/or Services.