Cookies

We use cookies to provide a more user-friendly website for you. Some cookies may also be used (i.e. Google Analytics or other tools) for analytical purposes and website performance improvements. For more information, please see our Cookies Policy section of this policy.

 

We adhere to the law that says cookies that are strictly necessary for the operations of this website can be stored on your device and for other types of cookies, permission is required.

 

Cookies are used by us on our website majorly to personalize our content and also to work with social media. Since cookies are texts sent to your browser by a website you engage with, our data science experts can analyze data and monitor traffic on our website using cookies.

 

COOKIES POLICY

This cookies policy informs you about how we use personal data collected by us online (using cookies).

 

LIST OF COOKIES

The cookies used at gritscales.com include functionality and performance cookies.

 

Functionality cookies

The functionality cookies used on gritscales.com are associated with the AddThis social sharing widget (cookies _atuvc, _atuvs, di2, loc, ouid, uid, uvc, vc) that is embedded to enable you to share content from gritscales.com with a range of networking and sharing platforms. You can choose to block or alert you about these cookies in your browser.

Some pages of our website use such services as Google Maps, YouTube embedded player, and Facebook sharing plugin.

 

Performance cookies

We use the Google Analytics platform for analytical and performance purposes. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies, we will not know when you have visited our site, and will not be able to monitor its performance.

The service uses a set of cookies (_ga, _gat, _gid) that are used to:

•         – Distinguish unique users by assigning a randomly generated number as a client identifier. It is included in each page request on a site and used to calculate visitor, session, and campaign data for the site’s analytics reports. It is set to expire after 38 months.

•         – Throttle the request rate-limiting the collection of data on high traffic sites. It expires after 10 minutes.

•         – Store and update a unique value for each page visited.

 

We use Hotjar in order to better understand our users’ needs and to optimize this service and experience. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our users’ experience (e.g. how much time they spend on which pages, which links they choose to click, what users do and don’t like, etc.) and this enables us to build and maintain our service with user feedback. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users’ behavior and their devices. This includes a device’s IP address (processed during your session and stored in a de-identified form), device screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographic location (country only), and the preferred language used to display our website. Hotjar stores this information on our behalf in a pseudonymized user profile. Hotjar is contractually forbidden to sell any of the data collected on our behalf.

 

Marketing Cookies

We use third-party cookies to manage the online advertising you see from us. They allow us to display personalized advertisements that are relevant for you and make your online experience better. This is called “retargeting,” and it’s based on your browsing activities.

 

You can opt-out of customized advertisements, however, please, be aware that opting out of an online advertising network doesn’t mean that you will no longer receive or be subject to our online advertising. It means the network you opted out of won’t deliver ads customized to your web preferences and browsing patterns anymore.

 

Withdrawing your consent

You can withdraw your consent at anytime. Kindly send us an email: info@gritscales.com

 

Questions

If you have any concerns or queries about anything on this site, please contact us at: info@gritscales.com.