Cookie Policy
Last Updated: May 2, 2024
This Cookie Policy describes the types of cookies and related technologies Flack Steel LLC (doing business as Flack Global Metals) and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, “Flack Global Metals“, “we“, “us” or “our“) use on our website at www.flackglobalmetals.com and any other digital property where this Cookie Policy is posted (“Websites“) and in certain of our e-mail communications.
1. What are cookies?
Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information which are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit our Websites. Cookies allow our Websites to recognize your device. Cookies managed by Flack Global Metals are called “first party cookies.” Cookies managed by third parties (i.e., Google, etc.) are called “third party cookies”.
2. Why do we use cookies?
Cookies serve a variety of purposes, such as letting you navigate between pages efficiently on our Websites, remembering your preferences, and generally improving your user experience. Cookies can also help ensure that advertisements you see online are more relevant to you and your interests. Cookies can also help us to analyze the use of our Websites and facilitate / track the interaction our Websites have with other sites and digital platforms. We may also use pixels in our e-mail communications to track when individuals engage in our communications.
3. Do we use cookies for marketing and analytics?
Yes. From time to time, we may use information collected from our cookies to identify user behavior and serve content and offers based on that information. In other cases, we can associate information gathered from cookies with a particular individual. For example, if we send you a targeted email which includes web beacons, cookies, or similar technologies, we will know whether you open, read, or delete the message. Likewise, when you click a link in a marketing communication from Flack Global Metals, we may also use a cookie to log which pages you view on our Websites. We may also combine data from publicly available sources and from different interactions with you to better assess your experience with Flack Global Metals and perform other activities described in our Privacy Policy.
4. Do we use any cookies from third party companies?
Some cookies, web beacons and other tracking and storage technologies that we use are from third party companies, such as Hubspot. You can learn more about these cookies here.
5. What if I don’t want non-necessary cookies to be used?
You can adjust your cookie settings through your browser, or through our cookie consent manager. Please bear in mind that deleting and blocking cookies may have an impact on your user experience.
6. What types of cookies do our Websites use?
The cookies used on our Websites are generally categorized below:
- Strictly Necessary Cookies – These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the Websites and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the Websites.
- First Party Analytics Cookies – These cookies allow us to employ data analytics so we can measure and improve the performance of our Websites and provide more relevant content to you.
- Performance Cookies – Performance cookies are generally third-party cookies from vendors we work with or who work on our behalf that collect information about your visit and use of the Websites, for instance which pages you visit the most often, and if you get error messages from web pages.
- Functionality Cookies – These cookies allow our Websites to remember choices you make and provide more enhanced, personal features.
- Advertising Cookies – Advertising cookies (including web beacons and other tracking and storage technologies) are used to (1) deliver advertisements more relevant to you and your interests; (2) limit the number of times you see an advertisement; (3) help measure the effectiveness of the advertising campaign; (4) retarget; and (5) understand people’s behavior after they view an advertisement. They are usually placed on behalf of advertising networks with the site operator’s permission.
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