This Cookie Policy explains how VA Global Tech ("we," "our," or "us") uses cookies and similar tracking technologies when you visit our website at https://vaglobaltech.com (the "Site"). This policy describes what cookies are, the types of cookies we use, how we and our third-party partners use cookies, and how you can manage your cookie preferences.
1. What Are Cookies
Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer, smartphone, or other device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently, to provide a better browsing experience, and to supply information to the owners of the site.
Cookies serve a variety of functions. They can help a website remember your preferences, track items in a shopping cart, facilitate the login process, and provide the website operator with analytics about how visitors interact with the site. Cookies can also be used to deliver targeted advertisements based on your browsing behavior.
Cookies can be "persistent" (remaining on your device until they expire or you delete them) or "session" (being deleted when you close your browser). They can also be set by the website you are visiting ("first-party cookies") or by third-party services that operate on that website ("third-party cookies").
2. How We Use Cookies
We use cookies on the Site for the following purposes:
- To ensure the Site functions properly: Essential cookies are required for basic Site operations, such as maintaining your session, remembering your cookie consent preferences, and ensuring security.
- To analyze Site traffic and usage: Analytics cookies help us understand how visitors interact with the Site, which pages are most popular, how long visitors spend on each page, and where visitors are coming from. This information helps us improve the Site and our content.
- To deliver relevant advertisements: Advertising cookies are used by our advertising partners, including Google AdSense, to display advertisements that are relevant to your interests based on your browsing activity across the web.
- To personalize your experience: We may use cookies to remember your preferences and settings, making your return visits to the Site more convenient and personalized.
3. Types of Cookies We Use
Essential Cookies
These cookies are strictly necessary for the operation of the Site. They enable core functionality such as security, network management, and accessibility. You cannot opt out of these cookies, as the Site cannot function properly without them. Essential cookies do not store any personally identifiable information.
Examples of essential cookies we use:
- Cookie Consent Cookie: Stores your cookie consent preferences so that we do not ask you to accept cookies on every page visit.
- Session Cookies: Maintain your session while you navigate the Site, ensuring that your interactions (such as form submissions) are properly processed.
- Security Cookies: Help detect and prevent security threats, such as cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks and cross-site request forgery (CSRF).
Analytics Cookies
These cookies collect information about how visitors use the Site, such as which pages are visited most often, how visitors navigate between pages, and whether error messages are encountered. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and anonymized. We use this data to improve the performance, content, and user experience of the Site.
The primary analytics service we use is Google Analytics. For more information about how Google Analytics uses cookies, please refer to Google's privacy documentation at https://policies.google.com/privacy.
Examples of analytics cookies used on the Site:
- _ga: Used by Google Analytics to distinguish unique visitors. Duration: 2 years.
- _ga_[ID]: Used by Google Analytics to maintain session state. Duration: 2 years.
- _gid: Used by Google Analytics to distinguish unique visitors. Duration: 24 hours.
- _gat: Used by Google Analytics to throttle the request rate. Duration: 1 minute.
Advertising Cookies
These cookies are used by advertising networks, including Google AdSense, to deliver advertisements that are relevant to you based on your browsing activity. Advertising cookies may be set by us or by our advertising partners through our Site. They may also be used by these companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant advertisements on other websites.
Examples of advertising cookies used on the Site:
- Google AdSense Cookies: Google AdSense uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our Site and other websites on the internet. These cookies enable Google and its partners to serve ads based on your browsing history.
- DoubleClick (DART) Cookies: Google uses the DoubleClick DART cookie to serve ads based on your interests and previous interactions with ads and our Site. The DoubleClick cookie enables Google and its partners to display ads to you when you visit our Site or other sites on the internet.
- NID Cookie: Set by Google to remember your preferences and other information, such as your preferred language, the number of search results you wish to have shown per page, and whether you want to have Google's SafeSearch filter turned on.
4. Google AdSense Cookies
Google AdSense is an advertising service provided by Google LLC that allows us to display advertisements on our Site. When you visit our Site, Google AdSense may set or read cookies on your browser to serve personalized or non-personalized ads.
Google uses cookies to serve ads based on your prior visits to our Site and other websites. Google's use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to you based on your visit to our Site and/or other sites on the Internet.
You may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting Google Ads Settings. Alternatively, you can opt out of a third-party vendor's use of cookies for interest-based advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info/choices.
For more information about how Google uses data for advertising purposes, please visit Google's Advertising Privacy page.
5. Third-Party Cookies
In addition to our own cookies, we may use cookies from third-party services that operate on our Site. These third-party cookies are subject to the respective privacy and cookie policies of those third parties. We do not control the setting of these cookies, and we recommend that you review the privacy policies of these third-party websites for more information about their cookie practices.
Third-party services that may set cookies on our Site include:
- Google Analytics: For website usage analytics. Google Privacy Policy
- Google AdSense: For displaying relevant advertisements. Google Advertising Privacy
- Google Fonts: For loading web fonts used in our Site design. Google Privacy Policy
6. Managing Your Cookie Preferences
You have the right to decide whether to accept or reject cookies. You can exercise your cookie preferences in the following ways:
Cookie Consent Banner
When you first visit our Site, a cookie consent banner will appear, allowing you to accept or customize your cookie preferences. You can accept all cookies, reject non-essential cookies, or customize which categories of cookies you consent to. You can change your preferences at any time by clearing your cookies and revisiting the Site.
Browser Settings
Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings. You can typically set your browser to refuse all cookies, accept only first-party cookies, or delete cookies when you close your browser. The steps to manage cookies vary by browser. Below are links to cookie management pages for common browsers:
Opt-Out Tools
In addition to browser settings, you can use the following opt-out tools:
- Google Analytics Opt-out: Install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on to opt out of Google Analytics tracking.
- Google Ads Personalization: Visit Google Ads Settings to opt out of personalized ads from Google.
- Network Advertising Initiative: Visit NAI Consumer Opt-Out to opt out of targeted advertising from NAI member companies.
- Digital Advertising Alliance: Visit Your Ad Choices to opt out of interest-based advertising from participating companies.
- European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance: Visit Your Online Choices for users in the European Union.
Effect of Disabling Cookies
Please be aware that if you disable or reject cookies, some parts of the Site may not function properly or may be unavailable to you. While you can still browse the Site without accepting non-essential cookies, certain features such as personalized content, analytics tracking, and targeted advertising will not be available. Essential cookies cannot be disabled, as they are necessary for the basic operation of the Site.
7. Similar Technologies
In addition to cookies, we and our third-party partners may use similar technologies to collect information about your browsing activities. These technologies include:
- Web Beacons (Pixel Tags): Small transparent images embedded in web pages and emails that allow us to monitor user activity and track the effectiveness of our communications.
- Local Storage: A technology that allows websites to store data locally on your device, similar to cookies but with greater storage capacity. We may use local storage to remember your preferences and settings.
- Fingerprinting: Technologies that collect information about your device configuration (such as browser type, operating system, screen resolution, and installed fonts) to create a unique identifier for your device. We do not use fingerprinting for tracking purposes.
8. Changes to This Cookie Policy
We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, technologies, legal requirements, or other factors. We will notify you of any material changes by posting the updated Cookie Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date at the top. We encourage you to review this Cookie Policy periodically to stay informed about how we use cookies.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Cookie Policy or our use of cookies, please contact us:
- Email: [email protected]
- Mailing Address: VA Global Tech, 1247 Maple Creek Drive, Suite 200, Portland, OR 97205, United States
- Website: https://vaglobaltech.com
For more information about how we collect, use, and protect your personal data, please review our Privacy Policy.