Cookie and tracking policy

This Cookie Policy ("Cookie Policy” or “Policy”) applies to the website www.top10brands.com provided by or otherwise operated to you by Shortlist Media SIA (accordingly, the “Website”, and “us” or “we”).

Before you start using our website, you are kindly welcomed to give us your consent to use cookies. Therefore, our website has a popup that informs you about the use of cookies, and you are asked to accept the use of cookies by clicking "I Accept."If you don’t accept the use of cookies but continue to access and use the Website, this is considered your consent to use cookies as described in this Policy.

We respect your privacy and are committed to maintaining your right to the lawful processing and protection of your personal data. Our cookie and tracking policy clearly explains how cookies and other tracking technologies are used on our websites and in our products and services.

What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small file that is downloaded and stored on your device when you visit a website. It contains data specific to the particular visitor and website. Cookies are used by many websites and can be used for several purposes, for example, to remember your choices for online shopping and to compile website statistics.

How do we use cookies?

We and our partners use cookies or similar technologies to analyze trends, manage the website, track user activity on the website, and collect demographic information about our user base as a whole. Cookies are items of information that the website sends to a web browser. The browser saves this information in the file on your device.

Cookies allow visitors to more easily navigate the website and (if applicable) allow us to customize the website and its contents to the visitor's needs and improve the results of user activity. If cookies aren't activated, we cannot guarantee that the website will fully function or that it will operate as intended. The cookies we use on our website do not store data that could directly identify you. The data collected will not be transferred to third parties except as described in our Privacy Policy. No personal information that could identify you will be transferred.

We use cookies on our website as follows:

We use cookies to protect our customers and prevent fraudulent activities.

We use cookies in our online application form. If the cookie function isn’t activated, the user will not be able to connect to and/or use our services.

We also use cookies to find out how users come to our website and to study how they use it - this helps us improve the quality of the services we provide. For example, we use Google Analytics, a popular internet-based performance analysis service provided by Google. Google Analytics uses cookies to help us analyze how visitors use our website. More information about the use of cookies can be found in Google's Privacy Policy. 

We use cookies to monitor and manage website traffic data.

We also use cookies in our advertising campaigns and promotions, and to determine their success. This helps us improve the site’s design and structure, and our selection of offers and incentives.

We use two types of cookies on our website:

Session cookies. These are temporary cookies that are active only when the user is accessing the website (or, more precisely, until the user leaves the website and closes the browser). Session cookies help our website to remember the steps that a visitor has taken on a previous page, thereby eliminating the need to re-enter information.

Persistent cookies. Persistent cookies remain on the visitor's computer after visiting our website. These cookies help us identify you as a unique visitor (saving this information as a randomly generated number). The length of time this cookie remains on the user's computer depends on the type of cookie.

Controlling and deleting cookies

We do not use cookies to collect personal information about users. However, some of the information processed may be considered personal data. If you want to restrict or block cookies on our website or on any other website, you can do so by changing your internet browser’s settings. For example, you may be able to block all cookies, accept only first-party cookies, or delete all cookies when you close the browser. To learn more about this, use your browser’s "Help" feature. For information on how to delete cookies from your mobile device browser, please refer to the device’s user guide. Please note that some of our services will not work if you block or delete cookies.

Tracking

Like most websites, we collect certain information automatically. We collect this information to analyze trends and manage our websites, products, and services in general. By following the web pages our users visit on this particular website, we do not engage in collecting personal information about your online activities over time, on third-party websites, or when using on-line services. Accordingly, we do not currently process or execute any web browser’s "do not track" signal or other mechanisms that enable consumers to make choices about the collection of personally identifiable information regarding their online activities over time and on third-party internet sites. In addition, we have not knowingly empowered third parties to collect personally identifiable information about your online activities over time and on various websites at the time you use our website. If you want to opt-out of interest-based ads, click here. Please note that you will continue to receive general ads (i.e., ads that are not tailored to your interests and actions).

What changes have we recently made?

From time to time, we may change this cookie and tracking policy and will always indicate the date on which the policy was last updated. Please check this section for the latest version.