BCV Social LLC Cookie Policy
Effective: May 29, 2019
BCV Social LLC (“BCV”, “we,” “us,” “our”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information we hold about you. By using our website with the home page located at www.BCVSocial.com (the “Website”) with your browser set to accept cookies, you consent to our use of cookies and other technologies to provide our services (and related advertising) to you as described in this notice and in our Privacy Policy. For more information about what cookies and pixel tags are, what they do, and how you can opt out of, manage, or delete them, please review this Cookie Policy.
What Are Cookies and Pixel Tags?
“Cookies” are small strings of text or computer code stored locally on your device that allow us, ad networks, and our third-party service providers to identify your browser and/or device as you browse the Internet. Cookies can be placed, read, and/or written to your device by our Website, or other websites or services that recognize a particular cookie, which allows the website to “remember” or “recognize” a particular browser or device and, in some cases, store information about that browser or device.
Certain types of cookies or cookie-like functionality may be placed or activated through browser add-ons, including, but not limited to, Adobe Flash. While these cookies are stored differently, their functionality and purpose is generally similar to other cookies.
Cookies are often used in conjunction with “pixel tags” (also known as “web beacons” or “clear gifs”). Pixel tags are small images that we, our analytics providers, advertisers, and other third parties can use to interact with cookies and other tracking technologies. For example, we use pixel tags to evaluate the effectiveness of our advertising and marketing campaigns by determining whether you open and interact with the content in our promotional emails.
For more information about cookies, please see www.allaboutcookies.org.
How Long Are Cookies Stored On My System?
Session Cookies. “Session cookies” are stored for the duration of a browser session; when you close the browser, the cookie is deleted.
Persistent Cookies. “Persistent cookies” are stored for a preset amount of time (often between 90 days and two years, depending on the application) and are typically not deleted when a browser session is closed.
Your choices may affect whether we use session or persistent cookies for a particular application.
What Cookies Do We Use, and Why?
Necessary Cookies. Some cookies are necessary to allow you to browse our Services and access certain pages. Necessary cookies are required for our Services (or certain functionality on the Services) to work properly, and we do not use these cookies to collect personal information about you. Disabling or removing these cookies may prevent the Services, or certain functionality on the Services, from working correctly or at all.
Performance Cookies. We use performance cookies to collect information about how our users use and interact with our Services, such as what pages are visited most often, how the Services are used and function, or how users navigate the Services. We use this information to improve the Services and their content. Examples include:
Google Analytics | Google Analytics is Google’s analytics tool that helps website and app owners to understand how their visitors engage with their properties. It may use a set of cookies to collect information and report website usage statistics without personally identifying individual visitors to Google. The main cookie used by Google Analytics is the ‘__ga’ cookie.
To learn more about Google Analytics, or to opt out of Google Analytics tracking for certain browsers, consult: |
Other examples of performance cookies include Segment.io, which provide analytics services similar to Google Analytics. Disabling or removing these cookies generally does not interfere with the functionality or performance of the Services.
Functionality Cookies. We use functionality cookies to remember information that you have provided or choices you have made on the Services, such as saving your logged-in status, site preferences, or the contents of your shopping cart. This allows us to provide a more personalized and convenient browsing experience.
Disabling or removing these cookies may make browsing our Services less convenient or may prevent certain functionality from working correctly.
Targeting or Advertising Cookies. From time to time, we may allow third-party advertisers, including advertising providers and ad networks, to place and/or activate cookies, pixel tags, and/or other tracking technologies designed to enable advertising on your device and deliver it to you across the Internet.
These services may collect information and data about your activities online, both on the Services and across third-party pages or platforms that participate in the ad network. This process helps us track the effectiveness of our marketing efforts and deliver advertising to you. These ad networks, in connection with cookies, pixel tags, and other tracking technologies: (i) help deliver online behavioral advertisements, either by us, our affiliates, or third parties; (ii) may prevent you from seeing the same advertisements too many times; and (iii) help us, our service providers, and/or our other partners (as further described below) understand the effectiveness of the advertisements that have been delivered to you.
Cookie Name | More Information |
DoubleClick | DoubleClick is an integrated ad-technology platform that functions as a digital marketing campaign management solution. It assists advertisers by creating and managing their online ads.
For more information or to opt out of online behavioral advertising for DoubleClick, visit: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads |
Google AdWords | Google Ads is an online advertising service developed by Google, where advertisers pay to display brief advertisements, service offerings, product listings, and video content within the Google ad network to web users. Google AdWords’ system is based partly on cookies and partly on keywords determined by advertisers.
For more information or to opt out of online behavioral advertising for Google AdWords, visit: |
Disabling or removing these cookies, resetting your advertising identifier, or opting out of online behavioral advertising altogether (as applicable) may result in advertising that is repetitive or less relevant to you.
Third-Party Functionality. We do not have access to or control over cookies or other features that advertisers and third party sites may use, and the information practices of those advertisers and third party websites are not covered by our Privacy Policy or this Cookie Notice.
For example, we provide social media buttons on our Services that allow users to visit, share, or bookmark web pages through third-party social media platforms. We do not control how those platforms collect information about you, nor whether or how they may track you or may activate their own cookies on your computer.
For more information about how third parties collect and use information about your activities, please review their applicable Terms of Use and Privacy Policies.
How Do I Control or Make Choices About Cookies and Tracking Technologies?
Managing Cookies. Most browsers automatically accept cookies by default, but you can adjust your device and/or browser settings to delete and/or block some or all cookies, or provide notifications when you receive a new cookie. Consult the “Help,” “Tools,” or “Preferences” menus on your browser, or the documentation for your device, for more information about how to do this. Please note, however, that blocking or deleting certain cookies may negatively affect your user experience.
Additionally, you can generally disable or delete cookies placed and used by browser add-ons, such as Adobe Flash cookies, by changing the add-on settings or visiting the website of its provider. Information and controls that allow you to manage Adobe Flash cookies may be found on this page:
https://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager.html
Note that if you disable Adobe Flash cookies or similar technologies, you may not have access to certain features and services (such as consistent volume settings for videos) that make your online experience more efficient and/or enjoyable.
Analytics. If you wish to opt out of Google Analytics, you can download and install an opt-out browser add-on for certain browsers at the link listed above.
Advertising. Certain devices and browsers allow you to reset your advertising identifier at any time by accessing the privacy settings on your device in order to restrict the delivery of tailored in-application advertisements. Consult your device’s documentation for more information about how to do this.
In addition, the DoubleClick ad network allows you to opt out of its online behavioral advertising by following the instructions at the link posted above.