SANDLER SYSTEMS, LLC

Cookie Policy

Last Updated: September 22, 2023

This Cookie Policy describes how Sandler Systems, LLC and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“Sandler,”  or “we” or “us”) use cookies, web beacons and other tracking technologies on its website (“Site”).

This Cookie Policy is part of Sandler’s Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”) found here. Capitalized terms not defined in this Cookie Policy have the meanings set forth in the Privacy Policy.

We may change this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the cookies we use and how we use them. A banner on our website will remind you to review our Cookie Policy.

 

WHAT ARE COOKIES AND WEB BEACONS?

A cookie is a small text file that a website saves on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. Cookies enable a website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) and recognize you and/or your browser, along with some information you have provided in the past. Web beacons/pixel tags are small graphics on a webpage or email that monitor your activity when viewing a webpage or email. We use the term “cookies” generally in this Cookie Policy to refer to these various types of tracking mechanisms.

WHY DO WE COLLECT COOKIES?

We use cookies to:

  • make the Site function properly,
  • provide personalized experiences on and off the Site,
  • tailor our interactions with you,
  • provide us with valuable data for analysis and improvement of the Site and web experience,
  • help us with our marketing efforts,
  • provide us with statistics about usage and effectiveness, and
  • help us improve the Site, products, and services.

We also may collect data about how you use (i) your online account, and (ii) the Site, when you are logged into your account. We may combine data automatically collected from you with other personal data about you.

WHAT COOKIES DOES THE SITE USE?

Necessary Cookies

The following cookies are required for the Site to function properly. Even if you opt-out of cookies in your browser settings, the Site may still place and collect necessary cookies to enable website functionality. Your consent is not required for the use of necessary cookies.

Cookie Name First or Third Party Cookie? Brief Description
OptanonConsent First Party Track page visits, page visit durations, cookie preferences, and distinguish users
OptanonAlertBoxClosed First Party This cookie is set by websites using certain versions of the cookie law compliance solution from OneTrust.

Functional Cookies / Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us improve the Site and our Services, assess how you interact with the Site, and for other analytics purposes:

Cookie Name First or Third Party Cookie? Brief Description
lang Third Party Track page visits, page visit durations and distinguish users
_gd_session Third Party Diagnostic information for Impact Radius
_gd_visitor Third Party Diagnostic information for Impact Radius
__tld__ First Party From Segment Analytics.js library; this cookie helps to figure out a top-level domain for a user
ajs_anonymous_id First Party Counts unique visitors to site
_gd_svisitor Third Party Diagnostic information for Impact Radius
hubspotutk First Party Hubspot authentication
_ga_xxxxxxxxxx Third Party Google tracking cookie
ezTOC_hidetoc-0 Third Party WordPress plugin to show/hide Table of Contents

Performance Cookies

We use performance cookies to monitor website performance and collect information about how visitors use our Site.

Cookie Name First or Third Party Cookie? Brief Description
_ga First Party Track page visits, page visit durations and distinguish users
_gid First Party Track page visits, page visit durations and distinguish users
__hssc First Party Hubspot website analytics
_gclxxxx First Party Google conversion tracking cookie
__hstc First Party Track page visits, page visit durations and distinguish users
_hssrc Third Party This cookie name is associated with websites built on the HubSpot platform. It is used for website analytics.

Targeting / Advertising Cookies

We use cookies to help us advertise and to target advertising to you.

Cookie Name First or Third Party Description
_fbp First Party Used by Facebook to deliver a series of advertisement products such as real time bidding from third party advertisers
ln_or First Party This is a LinkedIn cookie used to determine if Oribi analytics can be carried out on a specific domain
_gat_UA-XXXXXX-X First Party Google Analytics Cookies
ajs_user_id First Party This cookie helps track visitor usage, events, target marketing, and can also measure application performance and stability. Cookies in this domain have lifespan of 1 year.
uuid2 Third Party This domain is owned by AppNexus Inc. The company provides a range of online advertising technology and services.
ab Third Party This domain is owned by Aggregate Knowledge, which has been acquired by Neustar Inc. Aggregate Knowledge provides a data management platform which enables real time targeting and consumer profiling functionality.
TapAd_3WAY_SYNCS Third Party This domain is owned by Tapad Inc. a US based company that provides technology to track users across devices to enhance targeting capabilities.
CMPS Third Party This domain is owned by Casale Media. The main business activity is: Advertising
VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE Third Party This cookie is used as a unique identifier to track viewing of videos
SEUNCY Third Party This domain is owned by Semasio, a German business specializing in profiling and behavioral targeting of consumers.
uu Third Party This domain is owned by Adscale, a German online advertising business.
_cc_dc Third Party This domain is owned by Lotame. The main business activity is: Data Management Platform – Targeting /Advertising
_cc_id Third Party This domain is owned by Lotame. The main business activity is: Data Management Platform – Targeting /Advertising
UID Third Party This domain is owned by StickyAdsTV, a French company providing online video advertising services.
mt_mop Third Party This domain is owned by MediaMath Inc. a US based digital advertising business.
ssi Third Party This domain is owned by Sitescout.
The main business activity is: Real time advertising platform
dspuuid Third Party Smartclip is a German company specializing in cross-device targeted video advertising.
VISITOR_PRIVACY_METADATA Third Party YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.
HAPLB8G Third Party This domain is owned by Sonobi, an automated audience buying and selling platform for online advertising.
TapAd_TS Third Party TS
psyn Third Party Smartclip is a German company specializing in cross-device targeted video advertising.
cct Third Party This domain is owned by Adscale, a German online advertising business.
_li_ss Third Party This domain is owned by liadm.com. The company provides a range of marketing and advertising services.
demdex Third Party This cookie helps Adobe Audience Manger perform basic functions such as visitor identification, ID synchronization, segmentation, modeling, reporting, etc.
_cc_cc Third Party This domain is owned by Lotame. The main business activity is: Data Management Platform – Targeting /Advertising
bkpa Third Party This domain is owned by Blue Kai. The main business activity is: Advertising/Audience Targeting
YSC Third Party YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.
CMPRO Third Party This domain is owned by Casale Media. The main business activity is: Advertising
CONSENT Third Party YouTube is a Google owned platform for hosting and sharing videos. YouTube collects user data through videos embedded in websites, which is aggregated with profile data from other Google services in order to display targeted advertising to web visitors across a broad range of their own and other websites.
dpm Third Party This domain is owned by Adobe Audience Manager. The main business activity is online profiling for targeted marketing.
bku Third Party This domain is owned by Blue Kai. The main business activity is: Advertising/Audience Targeting
_kuid_ Third Party This domain is owned by Krux Digital, a US company providing a data management platform which enables real time profiling of visitor interests.
uid-bp-xxx Third Party This domain is owned by StickyAdsTV, a French company providing online video advertising services.
uuid Third Party Smartclip is a German company specializing in cross-device targeted video advertising.
TapAd_DID Third Party This domain is owned by Tapad Inc., a US based company that provides technology to track users across devices to enhance targeting capabilities.
mt_misc Third Party This domain is owned by MediaMath Inc. a US based digital advertising business.
C Third Party This domain is owned by Adform. The main business activity is: Real time bidding for display advertising to targeted audiences.
CMID Third Party This domain is owned by Casale Media. The main business activity is: Advertising
u Third Party This domain is owned by Aggregate Knowledge, which has been acquired by Neustar Inc. Aggregate Knowledge provides a data management platform which enables real time targeting and consumer profiling functionality.
lidid Third Party This domain is owned by liadm.com. The company provides a range of marketing and advertising services.
6suuid Third Party Tracking Cookie by 6sc.co collecting user visits, number of visits, average time spent
Zc Third Party Tracking Cookie by zeotap, maps device ID and advertising ID
_session_id Third Party Tracking Cookie by g2crowd.com
_cf_bm Third Party Tracking Cookie by g2crowd.com hosted by cloudfoundry.com
TARGETED ADVERTISING

We use third parties and/or service providers to provide interest-based advertising services. These services may serve advertisements on our behalf that are customized based on predictions about your interests generated from your visits to websites (including the Site) over time and across different websites.  The data collected may be associated with your personal data. These advertisements may appear on the Site and on other websites, and may be sent to you via email.

To change your preferences with respect to certain online ads and to obtain more information about ad networks and online behavioral advertising, visit National Advertising Initiative Consumer opt-out page or the Digital Advertising Alliance Self-Regulatory Program. Changing your settings with individual browsers or ad networks will not necessarily carry over to other browsers or ad networks. As a result, depending on the opt-outs you request, you may still see our ads. Opting-out of targeted advertising does not opt you out of all ads, just those targeted to you.

We use Google Ads to serve ads across various websites. Google uses Cookies to collect data about your visits to the Site to generate targeted advertisements to you on other websites that you visit. To opt-out of this type of advertising by Google, to customize your ad preferences, or to limit Google’s collection or use of such data, visit Google’s Safety Center and Google’s Ad Settings and follow Google’s personalized ad opt-out instructions. Opting out will not affect your use of the Site.

VIDEO CONTENT

The Site may contain videos and embedded content provided by YouTube, including visible content and/or feeds scripts embedded in the Site’s code. YouTube may collect data about how you interact with such content. Specifically, our use of YouTube content requires us to implement certain application programming interfaces (APIs) from YouTube, which allow for data collection, disclosure and use by YouTube pursuant to the Google Privacy Policy available here. By watching the videos and interacting with such content, you agree to the collection and use of such data. You may revoke YouTube’s access to your data by visiting the Google security settings page available here.

MAPS

The Site may contain maps provided by third parties for your convenience. Sandler and such third parties may collect data about how you interact with the maps (e.g. Google may collect usage data on maps embedded on the Site as described in Google’s privacy policy). Even if you do not interact with the maps, Google may still collect certain information about your interactions with our Site if you are signed into your Google account when access our Site. Please see Google’s privacy policy for more information.

GOOGLE ANALYTICS

We use Google Analytics to collect and process information about your use of the Site. Google sets cookies on your browser or device, and then your web browser will automatically send information to Google. Google uses this information to provide us with reports that we use to better understand and measure how users interact with our Site.

We may also use the following Google Analytics add-ons modules:

  • Demographics and Interest Reporting, which gathers information such as the age and gender of users, along with certain interests those users express through their purchasing activities and other online activities, by tracking users across websites and across time.
  • Remarketing with Google Analytics, which uses user behaviors on our Site to help us identify users for our remarketing campaigns.
  • Google Display Network Impression Reporting, which provides us information about how often our ads are shown.

To learn more about how Google uses data, visit Google’s Privacy Policy and Google’s page on “How Google uses data when you use our partners’ sites or apps“. You may download the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on for each web browser you use, but this does not prevent the use of other analytics tools. To learn more about Google Analytics Cookies, visit Google Analytics Cookie Usage on Websites.

HOW LONG DO COOKIES LAST?

A cookie can either be a “session” cookie or a “persistent” cookie. Session cookies exist only for so long as you are visiting the applicable website and are typically deleted within thirty (30) minutes or removed when you exit your web browser, whichever is longer.

Persistent cookies exist for a set period of time, for example, up to two (2) years. Each time you visit a website that has implemented a persistent cookie, the persistent cookie is renewed and that cookie will remain active until its predetermined expiration date. You can manually delete persistent cookies through your browser settings.

WE MAY STORE INFORMATION IN THE UNITED STATES

We may store information collected from cookies and other tracking technologies on servers in the United States. Certain governmental authorities may not consider the level of protection of personal data in the United States to be equivalent to that required in other jurisdictions.

FIRST-PARTY VERSUS THIRD-PARTY COOKIES

Cookies can be either “first-party” or “third-party” cookies. A first-party cookie allows your web browser to talk to the actual website that you are visiting (i.e. the Site). A third-party cookie allows your web browser to talk to a third-party website, such as the source of an ad that appears on the website you are visiting or a third-party analytics provider.  Sandler does not have control over a third party’s use of information collected via third-party cookies.

HOW DO YOU MANAGE COOKIES OR OPT-OUT?

You may accept or refuse cookies by activating settings in your browser.

Please be aware that if cookies are disabled, not all features of the Site may operate as intended.  While select cookies can be disabled based on your browser settings, you may not be able to decline or refuse “Strictly Necessary Cookies” which are required to make the Site work properly.

You may wish to refer to https://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/index.html for information on commonly used browsers.  Find out how to manage cookies on popular browsers below:

Google Chrome: Google Chrome Support

Microsoft Edge: Microsoft Edge Support

Mozilla Firefox: Firefox Support

Microsoft Internet Explorer: Internet Explorer Support

To opt-out of being tracked by Google Analytics across all websites, visit: GA Opt Out

CALIFORNIA’S “DO NOT TRACK” REQUIREMENT

WE DO NOT REACT TO “DO NOT TRACK” OR “DNT” BROWSER SIGNALS AT THIS TIME.

CONTACT US

If you have any questions or concerns about this Cookie Policy, please contact the Vice President of Legal, using the following details: [email protected] or (410) 559-2020.

Data Controller: Sandler Systems, LLC, 300 Red Brook Boulevard, Suite 10, Owings Mills, Maryland, 21117, USA