Last Updated: February 28, 2023
Types of
cookies and similar technologies
Cookies
Cookies are small pieces of
text sent as files to your computer or mobile device when you visit most
websites. Cookies may be delivered by us (first party cookies) or delivered by
a third-party partner (third-party cookies). Cookies
are either session cookies or persistent cookies. Session cookies enable sites
to recognize and link the actions of a user during a browsing session and
expire at the end of each session. Persistent cookies help us recognize you as
an existing user and these cookies are stored on your system or device until
they expire, although you can delete them before the expiration date.
Other similar technologies
·
Web
beacons, gifs, and clear gifs are tiny graphics, each with a unique identifier
that are embedded invisibly on sites and in emails. Web beacons allow us to
know if a certain page was visited or if ad banners on our sites and other
sites are effective. We also use web beacons in our HTML-based emails to let us
know whether our emails have been opened by recipients, which helps us to gauge
the effectiveness of certain communications, promotions, and marketing
campaigns.
·
Pixels are small objects
embedded into a web page that are not visible to the user. We use pixels to
deliver cookies to your computer, facilitate the log-in process, monitor the
activity on our sites, and deliver online advertising.
·
Tags are small pieces of
HTML code that tell your browser to request certain content generated by an ad
server. We use tags to show you relevant advertising and promotions.
·
Scripts are pieces of
JavaScript code that launch automatically when certain webpages load, to
determine whether users view associated advertisements.
·
Local Storage
Objects,
such as HTML 5, are used to store content and preferences. Third-parties
with whom we partner to provide certain features on our site to display
advertising based upon your web browsing activity use Local Storage Objects to
collect and store information.
All of the technologies described above will be
collectively referred to in this Cookie Statement as “cookies”.
CruiseDesk®’s use
of cookies
On
this site, we may use cookies for a number of reasons,
including to:
·
Help us improve your experience when visiting
our sites
·
Fulfill transactions and ensure our sites
perform as intended
·
Remember your preferences, such as language,
region, or currency
·
Provide you with relevant advertising and
analyze performance of the ads
·
Enable you to return to previous searches or
other information
·
Identify errors on our sites
·
Help with data protection and potentially
detect and investigate malicious or fraudulent activity
·
Help us understand traffic to our site,
including time and date of the visit, time and date of the last visit, and
other information
·
Analyze how well our sites are performing
Types of information collected
by cookies
The types of information that
we collect through cookies may include:
·
IP
address
·
Device
ID
·
Viewed
pages
·
Browser
type
·
Browsing
information
·
Operating
system
·
Internet
Service Provider
·
Whether
you have responded to, or interacted with, an advertisement
·
Referring
or referred links or URLs
·
Features
used and activities engaged in on our sites. See the Categories of Personal
Information We Collect section in our Privacy Statement for more
information on what types of information are collected automatically.
Types
and functions of cookies
Essential
Cookies
Certain cookies are required or
“essential” for our site to function as intended. Essential cookies are
necessary for you to navigate our site and use certain features like logging in
to your account and managing our services. These cookies are also used to
remember security settings that allow access to particular
content. Lastly, we use essential cookies to
collect information on which web pages visitors go to most, so we can improve
our online services. You are not able to opt out of essential cookies.
Other
Types of Cookies
We may also use other types of
cookies to make our site engaging and useful to you:
·
Functional
Cookies. We want
to make sure when you visit our site, your preferences (such as your preferred
language), settings, and previous searches are remembered. Functional cookies
enhance your experience on this site.
·
Performance
Cookies. We use performance
cookies to:
§ Understand this site’s
performance and how it is used, including the number of visitors, how long you
stay on the site, and which parts of the site you visit. We can see details
about how visitors interacted with the site, like the number of clicks visitors
made on a given page, their mouse movements and scrolling activity, the search
words visitors used, and the text visitors enter into various fields
§ Test different designs and
features for this site
§ Monitor how our visitors reach this
site
§ Determine effectiveness of our
advertising
§ Improve our services, including
your experience on this site
For analytics, our third-party service providers may use cookies to perform
their services and may combine the information that they collect about you on our
site with other information that they have collected. For example, we use
Google analytics cookies to monitor the performance of our site. Our ability to
use and share information collected by Google Analytics about your visit to our
site is restricted by the Google Analytics Terms of Use and the Google Privacy
Policy. This Cookie Statement does not cover such third-parties’
use of your information.
Some
analytics cookies can perform tasks essential and/or functional to online
services like enabling site improvements and testing changes on a site.
·
Targeting Cookies. CruiseDesk® and our third-party advertising partners may use
advertising cookies to show you advertisements both on and off our site that
are based on your interests. We may allow third-parties
to collect information about your online activities through cookies to perform
their services and may combine the information that they collect about you on
our site with other information that they have collected. These third-parties include business partners who collect
information when you view or interact with one of (1) their advertisements on
our site or (2) our advertising or booking information on their sites and
advertising networks, which collect information about your interests when you
view or interact with one of the advertisements or tracking mechanisms they
place on many different sites on the Internet. Our partners may make
assumptions about your interests, characteristics, or preferences and add you
to groups based on those assumptions in order to show
you tailored advertisements. CruiseDesk® does not have access to the cookies
these third-parties may use to collect information about your interests, and
the information practices of these third-parties are not covered by this Cookie
Statement or our Privacy
Statement. Some of these companies are members of the
Network Advertising Initiative, which offers a single location to opt out of ad
targeting from member companies. To learn more, please click here and here.
Your information choices
You can choose not to receive tailored online
advertising on this site and other sites and learn more about opting out of
having your information used for tailored advertising purposes by accessing one
of the following resources:
• For EEA, Switzerland, and
UK: http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/
• For Canada: http://youradchoices.ca/choices/
• For
U.S. and rest of world:
o
http://www.aboutads.info/choices/
o
http://optout.networkadvertising.org/
Note that if you choose not to receive
tailored ads, you will still see online advertisements, but they will be
general and less relevant to you.
How can you manage your
cookies?
You
can set or amend your web browser controls to accept or refuse cookies whenever
you like, but please remember if you do choose to reject cookies, your access
to some of the functionality and areas of our site may be restricted.
You
can change your setting at any time by managing your cookie
preferences.
Do-Not-Track
Signals and Similar
Mechanisms.
Some web browsers may transmit
"do-not-track" signals to sites with which the browser communicates.
Because of differences in how web browsers incorporate and activate this
feature, it is not always clear whether users intend for these signals to be
transmitted, or whether users are even aware of them. Participants in the
leading Internet standards-setting organization that is addressing this issue
are in the process of determining what, if anything, sites should do when they
receive such signals. We currently do not take action
in response to these signals. If and when a final
standard is established and accepted, we will reassess our sites’ responses to
these signals and make appropriate updates to this Cookie Statement.
If you
have any questions or concerns about our use of your personal information,
please contact us via the Contact Us section of our Privacy Statement here.
We may update this Cookie Statement in
response to changing
laws or technical or business developments. You can see when this Cookie Statement was last updated by checking the “last updated” date displayed at the top of this
Statement.