At CG Shortly, we are committed to respecting and protecting your privacy. This Cookie Policy explains how we use cookies and similar tracking technologies to improve our services, personalise your experience, and understand user interactions on our website. By continuing to use our services, you agree to the use of cookies as described in this policy.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device (computer, smartphone, or tablet) when you visit a website. They help enhance user experience, remember preferences, and enable certain essential features. Cookies may be temporary (session cookies) that expire when you close your browser, or persistent cookies that remain on your device until deleted.

We use cookies for various purposes, grouped into the following categories:

• Necessary Cookies: Essential for the operation of CG Shortly, enabling basic functions like page navigation, security, and access to restricted areas of the site.
• Performance Cookies: Help us understand how visitors interact with our website by collecting information anonymously. This data enables us to improve the site’s performance and user experience.
• Functionality Cookies: Remember your preferences (e.g., language and region settings) to provide a more personalised experience.
• Advertising and Targeting Cookies: Track browsing habits to show relevant ads and measure the effectiveness of our marketing campaigns. These cookies may collect information about your activities across different websites.

2. How We Use Cookies

CG Shortly uses cookies to support and enhance your experience, including the following purposes:

• Providing Core Services: Necessary cookies allow us to deliver essential services, such as logging in, managing account settings, and navigating our platform securely.
• Improving Performance and Analytics: Performance cookies help us analyse user behaviour, understand user preferences, and make improvements to our services.
• Enhancing Functionality: Functionality cookies allow us to remember choices you have made (such as language preferences) to tailor our services for you.
• Delivering Targeted Advertising: Advertising cookies enable us and our partners to show you adverts based on your interests. This may include personalised content across CG Shortly and on third-party websites.

3. Types of Cookies and Similar Technologies We Use

In addition to cookies, we use similar tracking technologies, including:

• Web Beacons: Small graphic images, also known as pixel tags or clear GIFs, that allow us to monitor user engagement with our content and emails.
• Local Storage and HTML5 Cookies: Used to store user preferences and enhance site performance by remembering your device and settings.
• Third-Party Cookies: Some cookies are set by third parties on our behalf, providing analytics, advertising, and social media integration.
• Examples of Third-Party Cookies We Use
• Analytics Services: We work with providers such as Google Analytics to understand user engagement and optimise our services. These services collect data, including your IP address and on-site behaviour, to provide us with reports and insights.
• Advertising Partners: Our partners may place cookies on our site to deliver targeted ads and measure ad performance, which helps us personalise your experience on CG Shortly and other sites.

4. Cookie Categories Explained

Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the operation of CG Shortly. They include:

• Authentication Cookies: Allow you to log in and access restricted areas.
• Security Cookies: Help us detect and prevent security risks.

Performance Cookies

Performance cookies help us analyse how visitors use our website. This information allows us to:

• Identify usage patterns and trends.
• Troubleshoot errors and improve functionality.

Functionality Cookies

Functionality cookies allow us to remember your preferences and settings, enabling us to provide personalised content and site features based on your choices.

Advertising and Targeting Cookies

We use targeting cookies to:

• Deliver ads relevant to your interests.
• Measure the effectiveness of our advertising campaigns.
• Limit the number of times you see the same advert.

5. Your Cookie Preferences

You have several options to control and manage cookies:

Browser Settings

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through settings. You can choose to:

• Block all cookies, though this may impact the functionality of CG Shortly.
• Delete cookies after visiting a site or when you close your browser.

Please refer to the “Help” or “Settings” section of your browser for further information on managing cookies.

Disabling Third-Party Cookies

Some third-party providers offer opt-outs for cookies used in targeted advertising. For example, Google Analytics. You can install the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on to prevent data collection via Google Analytics.

Do Not Track (DNT) Signals

Some browsers support Do Not Track (DNT) settings. CG Shortly currently does not respond to DNT signals, but we continue to review privacy standards and adjust practices accordingly.

6. Cookie Retention Periods

Cookies have different retention periods:

• Session Cookies: These expire when you close your browser.
• Persistent Cookies: These remain on your device for a set period or until manually deleted.

We regularly review our retention periods to ensure cookies are not stored longer than necessary.

7. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy to reflect changes in our practices, the types of cookies we use, or for compliance with legal requirements. If changes are made, we will notify you by updating the “Effective Date” at the top of this policy. We recommend reviewing this policy periodically to stay informed.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Cookie Policy or how we use cookies, please contact us at connect@corporality.global.