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TRUST SURGEONS COOKIE POLICY

Effective date: April 1, 2021

DEFINITIONS

Trust Surgeons (hereinafter – “Trust Surgeons”, “we”, “our”, “us”) is a service which helps its users to find information about medical services and their providers. We understand that your privacy is important to you and are committed to being transparent about the technologies we use. By using our website located at www.trustsurgeons.com (for simplicity we refer to it as our “services” in this Cookie Policy) with your browser set to accept cookies, you consent to our use of cookies and other technologies to provide you with the services as set forth in this Cookie Policy and our Privacy Notice .

WHAT ARE COOKIES

Cookies is a small piece of data that is sent from our website (or from another domain) and is saved by a web browser on your computer, mobile phone, or another portable device. Cookies can be placed, read, and/or written to by our services, or other websites or services that recognize a particular cookie, which allows the website to «remember» or «recognize» a particular browser or device and, in some cases, store information about that browser or device.

PURPOSES OF COOKIES

Cookies help you to make better use of our services, and also help us to better understand you, in particular learn about your preferences and offer you personalized services and goods. Most of web browsers automatically accept cookies, however you can change these settings. A more detailed description of how to do this can be found on the Internet by going to the website of the developer of your browser. Unfortunately, if you disable cookies, the functionality of many websites will not be accessible.

HOW LONG COOKIES ARE STORED ON MY SYSTEM

We use cookies for a number of different purposes. We use both «transient» and «persistent» cookies. We use a transient cookie to identify you during a particular visit to Trust Surgeons. Transient cookies expire after a short time, or when you close your web browser after your visit. We use a persistent cookies to help your device remember information, settings, preferences, or sign-on credentials that you have previously saved. Basically, this type of cookies is saved on your device, so when you close it and start it up again, the cookie is still there.

We don’t use web storage, web beacons, flash cookies or other technologies that track your browsing history across multiple apps or websites.

WHAT COOKIES DO WE USE?

Like many other websites, we use the following types of cookies:

  • Preferences

    We use cookies to remember your settings and preferences. For example, it may be the language you prefer. They can help you fill out forms on Trust Surgeons more easily.

  • Authentication

    We use cookies to remind us who you are and to find your account info in our database when you access our services, so that you do not need to log in at every visit. It helps us to provide you with services tailored to your specific needs and interests.

  • Analytics and performance

    We use cookies to optimize performance by collecting information on how users interact with our Services. We use these details to improve how our website function and understand how you interact with him.

  • Advertising

    We may use cookies to optimize our advertising. We use these cookies to show you relevant advertising both on and off our website.

THIRD-PARTY COOKIES

We provide an opportunity for other organizations through our website to post cookies on your device, so that third parties can receive information about your preferences. This is called “third-party cookies”. In simple terms third-party cookies are those created and placed by parties (third parties) other than the owner of the website you’re visiting. Such personal data is processed in accordance with the processing rules for such third parties.

We use Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. (“Google”), on our services. This service uses cookies to make it easier for us to analyze how you interact with and use our website and services. Google Analytics may collect data such as your IP address, time of visit, whether you are a return visitor, and any referring website or app. The generated information is usually transmitted and stored by Google Inc. on servers that are located in the United States of America and are subject to Google’s privacy policies. Google Inc. processes such information in an automated mode and in our interests, we, in turn, based on the results of the analysis of reports, better understand your interests and needs both in our services/products and in the usability of our website.

To learn more about Google Analytics and to learn how to opt out of tracking of analytics by Google click here.

We use Hotjar, a user behavior analytic service provided by Hotjar Ltd. (“Hotjar”), on our services. This service uses cookies to help us to know which web elements got the most applying. Hotjar also may collect information about your IP address, device display size, device type, preferred language to use. This information usually transferred and stored by Hotjar in a pseudonymized user profile on servers that are located in the Ireland.

For further details what is Hotjar and how you can prevent Hotjar from collecting the data, please click here.

We use Custom Audience pixel, a cross-platform targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. (“Facebook”). This service uses cookies to classify and build audiences for ad campaigns via Facebook. In particular it enables Trust Surgeons opportunity to evaluate productivity of Facebook ads for market research purposes and to optimize future advertising campaigns. For these purposes Facebook may collect information about users such as your IP address, which browser you`re using and how often you visit the site. These data usually transferred and stored by Facebook on servers that are located in the United States of America.

To review more detailed information about Custom Audience pixel and how you can opt out of cross-platform targeting by Facebook click here.

We use Criteo, a retargeting service provided by Criteo Company. This service uses cookies to track and personalize our ads. Criteo may collect information about users such as your IP address, advertising ID of user smartphone, user-agent of user browser. Cookies and usage data usually transferred and stored by Criteo on servers that are located in France.

For more information about Criteo services and how you can disable them, please click here .

MANAGING COOKIES

You can manage the cookies stored on your device, or turn them off completely, through your browser settings. Please note, that such actions may affect your browsing experience or even prevent you from using our services. All contemporary browsers will let you change your cookie settings to give you full control over whether cookies can be set or not. To learn more, please visit the help chapter of the browser you use.

HOW OFTEN WE UPDATE THIS COOKIE POLICY

We may renew this Cookie Policy from time to time in order to reflect, for example, changes to the cookies we use or for other functional, legal or regulatory reasons. The date at the top of this Cookie Privacy specifies when it was last updated.

WHERE YOU CAN GET FURTHER INFORMATION

If you have any question about use of cookies, please visit https://www.aboutcookies.org/