COOKIES AND IMAGE TAGS

“Cookies” are files that can identify your device as unique. Cookies are also capable of storing your  preferences related to a website visit or your Internet browsing activities, as well as technical information (including “clickthrough” and “clickstream” data). 

Cookies are currently used on most websites, including this Site. Cookies can either be permanent (i.e., they remain on your computer until you delete them) or temporary (i.e., they last only until you close your Internet browser). RINGZU.com uses cookies, some of which are essential, to operate the Site.

Note, though, that cookies do not personally identify a website visitor but do recognize the visitor’s web browser. Thus, unless you identify yourself by filling out a form or submitting your personal information to us via chat message, email, or some other means.

Some examples of the cookies RINGZU.com uses include:

• Necessary Cookies – These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms.

• Analytics Cookies – These cookies help us to understand how visitors engage with the website. These cookies collect information such as demographics, device type, and operating system and report website usage statistics. In addition to reporting website usage statistics, the information collected by analytics cookies may also be used, together with some of the advertising cookies described below, to help show more relevant ads across the web and to measure interactions with the ads we show.

• Functional Cookies – Functional cookies remember your preferences and settings, ensuring that our website functions the way you want it to. They keep track of things like your language choice, login details, or items in your cart, so you don’t have to reset them every time  you visit the site. They are only set in response to you have provided to the website. They personalize and optimize your website experience, as well as remember your chat history.

• Advertisement Cookies –RINGZU.com use advertisement cookies to make its ads more engaging and valuable to website visitors. We use advertisement cookies to select advertising based on what’s relevant to a user; to improve reporting on ad campaign performance; and to avoid showing ads the user has already seen.

Image tags work in conjunction with cookies and are small image files that may be located on select pages of our Site, or within web-based email newsletters, or marketing emails that we may send. (Image tags are also called web beacons, web bugs, clear GIFs or single-pixel GIFs.) Tracking is important because we can better understand what parts of our website are used the most, when to launch new services and how to enhance current offerings. We may share the information we receive from cookies and image tags with third parties and our Advertisers in aggregate form, which means that such information generally does not contain specific personal information or Sensitive Personal Information about any one visitor.

In short, cookies and image tags collect a user’s Internet protocols and server information. Such data files allow our Site to remember your web browser when you visit our Site and are necessary tools for quick and efficient access to areas of our Site. A cookie will not allow the Site to learn any personal information (such as your real name and email address) or Sensitive Personal Information that you have not otherwise disclosed.

On their own, cookies or image tags do not contain or reveal any personally identifiable information. However, if you choose to furnish the website with personally identifiable information, this information can be linked to the data stored using cookies/Web beacons.

By accepting this Privacy Statement, you specifically agree to our use of cookies and image tags as described herein. You may adjust your browser to reject cookies from us or from any other website. If you have a Flash player installed on your computer, your Flash player may be able to be set to reject or delete Flash cookies. Please consult the “Help” section of your browser or Flash player for more information. Additionally, by setting your Web browser to display HTML e-mails as text only, you may be able to prevent the use of some image tags. However, certain areas of our websites may only be accessed in conjunction with cookies or similar devices, and you should be aware that disabling cookies or similar devices might prevent you from accessing some of our content.

The use of cookies and other technology by third parties (other than RINGZU.com) is within their control, not ours. Even if we have a relationship with a third party, we do not control their website nor their practices regarding collection and use of personal information. If you are not sure how they handle your personal information, we encourage you to investigate, read their privacy notices, policies or statements, and ask them questions about privacy.

 ADVERTISING, OTHER THIRD-PARTY CONTENT AND HYPERLINKS

As explained above, Privacy Statement does not cover third-party advertising or third-party content that might be present on this Site. Website visitors may, from time-to-time, purchase goods or services offered by these advertisers or communicate with them. Such transactions are solely between the website visitor and advertiser/third-party content provider and do not involve RINGZU.com.

 Advertisers and third-party content providers are not bound by this Privacy Statement. We strongly encourage you to read their privacy policies, notices and/or statements.

 Likewise, the presence of a link to a third-party website does not constitute or imply our endorsement, recommendation, or sponsorship of the third-party content, goods, or services available through, or contained on, the Site. You agree that you will use the hyperlinks to third-party sites at your own risk.

Note that we might engage with third parties to track and analyze anonymous (not personally identifiable) usage and statistical information about Site visitors. We also use other third-party cookies to track performance of our advertisements on other websites and we might use anonymized, aggregated data from any source for targeted advertising, including in conjunction with third parties.