Cookies Policy

1.1. Cookies and similar technologies are small text files which are downloaded to your device (e.g. computer, smartphone, electronic device which accesses the internet) when you visit a website.

1.2. Cookies are useful as they allow a website to recognise your device and store certain information about your preferences to help to improve your online experience.

1.3. We use cookies in order to:

• Understand how you use our website
• Give you a better browsing experience, personalised to your preferences
• Analyse the effectiveness of our online content 

1.4. Our website uses different cookies for different things, including essential or strictly necessary cookies, functional cookies, analytics or performance cookies and targeting cookies. These cookies perform different functions and have different lifespans. For each cookie used on our website we describe their use and lifespan, below.

1.5. Our website may be embedded with cookies and related technologies by third party providers. This Policy does not apply to any such third party’s use of cookies and related technologies. Please consult such third party’s website for more information on their use of these technologies.

3.1.1. These cookies are required for the operation of our website. We would not be able to provide the services requested by you without them. These are always active on the website and, although you may be able to set your browser preferences to block these, they cannot be turned off in our systems. These cookies do not store personally identifiable information. If you block these cookies on your browser some parts of our website may not work.
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3.2.1. These cookies are used to recognise you when you return to our website and enables a more personalised user experience such as content relevant to your location, greet you by name and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language). The information collected by these cookies is anonymous. If you block these cookies some parts of our website may not work.
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3.3.1. These cookies allow us to recognise and count the number of visitors to our website and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the performance of our website. The information collected by these cookies is anonymous. If you block these cookies we will not be able to monitor the performance of our website.
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3.4.1. These cookies may be set through our website or by our advertising partners and record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. The information collected by these cookies is not directly identifiable personal information. If you block these cookies you will receive less targeted advertising.
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3.5. Cookies can be either session cookies or persistent cookies. Session cookies are deleted when you close your internet browser. Persistent cookies stay in place after you have closed your browser, for example, a cookie which tracks whether you are a new or returning visitor to the website, until you delete them or they expire and delete themselves. Details on how long the cookies we use last for are set out in the tables above.
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3.6. We use essential or strictly necessary cookies based on our legitimate interests. For non-essential or strictly necessary cookies, we use these based on your explicit consent.

4. COOKIE PREFERENCE SETTINGS

4.1. If you use your browser settings to block all cookies (including essential or strictly necessary cookies) you may not be able to access all or parts of our website. For more information about cookies please read the advice at allaboutcookies.org and youronlinechoices.com.
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5. MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS

5.1. In the event that our systems send you any marketing communications, a record of whether or not you receive or open the email (and, if you open the email, how frequently you open it) will be saved. Your engagement with the content of the communications (such as which links you click on) will also be recorded.

5.2. You can opt-out of marketing communications by clicking on the “unsubscribe” or “opt-out” link in the communications. Please note that if you opt-out of receiving marketing communications from us, we may still send you non-promotional communications in accordance with applicable legislation.

6. INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS

6.1. You have the right, under certain circumstances, to access and correct information GlobalVision holds about you. To make such a request, please send it in writing to the email provided in the "Contact Us" section below.

7. TRANSFERRING DATA

7.1. Your personal information is stored and processed on servers owned by GlobalVision and other companies in Canada, the United States, and Europe, and may sometimes be transferred to other countries. When your information is transferred outside of Canada, it may be accessible to government authorities under the laws of those countries. Regardless of where your information is processed or who processes it on our behalf, we will take steps to protect it in accordance with applicable data protection laws and our Privacy Policy.

8. UPDATES TO THIS POLICY

8.1. This Policy may be updated from time to time, at GlobalVision’s discretion. The date at the top of this Policy indicates the last time it was updated.