for BusinessClass.com V02.04 Dated 10.07.2024
Cookies and similar tracking technologies, such as beacons, scripts, web beacons and tags (which together we refer to as “cookies”), are small bits of text, usually stored on a user's computer hard drive or within a browser. They enable a website to remember information about the user's visit to the website. On mobile websites and mobile applications, we use device IDs and / or Advertising IDs in a similar manner to which we use cookies.
We and certain third-party partners (as described below) use cookies on our websites, our mobile applications and within emails or other communications we send to you (we refer to these together as our Sites).
Please keep in mind that, without cookies, you may not have access to certain features on our Sites, including access to your profile
We use first-party cookies, i.e., those that are used solely by us or by third parties who act only on our instructions or on our behalf. These types of cookies are used for our own analysis of our own Sites, or to provide functionality such as remembering your language preference.
Other cookies on our Sites are used both by us for the purposes described in this policy and by third parties for purposes where those third parties may wish to combine information from our Sites with information from other sites to improve their services. For example, these types of cookies may be used for interest-based advertising purposes.
The cookies used on our Sites, by either us or by third parties, can be “session” cookies, or “persistent” cookies. “Session” cookies are deleted automatically when you close your browser and are used for things like ensuring you are kept logged in as you navigate around our Sites. “Persistent” cookies remain stored on your device or browser even after you close it. These cookies are used, for example, to recognize you when you come back to our Sites.
We divide the cookies we use into three categories:
Type of cookie | Description of how we use this type of cookie | What choices do you have? |
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Required | Essential for site functionality and security, such as maintaining your login status. - To provide a secure log-in to our Sites. | Required cookies are necessary for our Sites to operate. |
Functional | Enhance user experience by remembering preferences and providing insights into site usage. - To recognize you if you have visited previously, and remember your preferences from past visits, such as your country preference. Our Partners are: Kayak, Kayak. ETraveli Group AB, https://www.etraveligroup.com. Amadeus Connect, Amadeus . HotelsCombined, HotelsCombined. - To improve our Sites and our offerings by helping us to understand how users use the Sites and to analyze trends which appear in that data. | Where required by law, functional cookies will only be used on the Sites where you have given your consent to their use. You can opt out of our use of Google Analytics by downloading the browser add-on here. |
Advertising | Used for personalized ads and analytics. - To recognize you if you have used our services on another device. We combine information received from multiple devices to determine if you are using a new device, so that we can continue to provide you with a personalized experience on our Sites. - To enable you to post to social media sites and other platforms, for example, to allow you to access a particular social media page to post a comment or a “like.” - To collect information for use in advertising on our own Sites and on third party sites which you may visit. Such information is based on your preferences and your usage of our Sites. | Where required by law, advertising cookies will be used only on the Sites where you have given your consent to their use. See the section entitled “Your Cookie Choices” below to learn more about how to withdraw your consent to advertising cookies. |
We work with third parties that place cookies on our Sites to provide their services, including:
Mobile Devices, Anonymous Device Identifiers and Hashed IDs. We and/or third parties that we have engaged may collect and store a unique identifier matched to your mobile device, in order to deliver customized ads or content while you use applications or surf the internet, or to identify you in a unique manner across other devices or browsers. In order to customize these ads or content, we or a third party may collect de-identified usage data or other data about you which you have either voluntarily submitted to us, for example, your email address, or has been passively collected from you, such as your device identifier or IP address, where permitted. However, if we share your email address, we share it solely in hashed, non-human-readable form.
We provide you with choices over the use of cookies as described in this policy.
When you first visit our Sites, where required by law, you will have the option to give your explicit consent to the advertising and functional cookies we use, or to refuse your consent to our use of those cookies by clicking on the [X] within that disclosure.
Browsers. Most browsers accept cookies by default. You may be able to change the settings to have your browser refuse certain cookies or notify you before accepting cookies. To do so, please follow the instructions provided by your browser which are usually located within the "Help", "Tools" or "Edit" facility. Some third parties also provide the ability to refuse their cookies directly by clicking on an opt-out link, and we have tried to indicate where this is possible in the table above.
You can also find more information about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set on your device and how to manage and delete them, at www.allaboutcookies.org and www.youronlinechoices.eu.
Mobile Devices. IIf you no longer wish to receive interest-based advertising on your mobile applications, please refer to your device’s operating system settings and follow instructions below.
If you no longer wish to receive interest-based advertising on your mobile device browser, you can follow the steps in relation to Browsers outlined above.
Do-Not-Track Signals. We currently do not employ technology that recognizes “do-not-track” signals from your browser.
Please keep in mind that, without cookies, you may not have access to certain features on our Sites, including access to your profile
Please also refer to our Privacy Policy on https://www.businessclass.com/view/privacy_policy and Term & Conditions for use on https://www.businessclass.com/view/terms_conditions