This Cookies notice is part of our Privacy Statement.
Cookies, pixels, and similar technologies
We use cookies, pixels, and other similar technologies. A cookie is a small data file of information offered to your computer or device by web servers to keep track of your browser as you navigate our websites. Using this information, we learn how you interact with our websites, how we can improve the design and content of our websites and improve your experiences. We do not use cookies to access personal files on your computer or device.
Some of our websites, advertisements, and email communications use pixel files. Pixel files keep track of your browser or your interaction with our advertisements and marketing material. We also use pixel files to determine when you have opened a promotional communication from us.
Our ad management providers may use cookies and pixel files to populate an advertisement for us when you visit certain other websites.
Analytics
Our websites may use analytics services, including Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. These analytics providers use cookies to help the website analyze how users use the site. In some cases, the information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by analytics providers on servers outside of Canada. This information is used for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage.
Your choices
If you would prefer not to accept cookies, most browsers will allow you to: (i) change your browser settings to notify you when you receive a cookie, which lets you choose whether or not to accept it; (ii) disable existing cookies or delete cookies when you close your browser; or (iii) set your browser to automatically reject any cookies. You may also set your email options to prevent the automatic downloading of images that may contain technologies that would allow us to know whether you have accessed our email and performed certain functions with it.
You can opt-out of network advertising programs that track your activities across multiple websites to deliver personalized advertising content to you. Please visit Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada Opt-Out Page, NAI Opt-Out Page and the Ad Choices Opt-Out Page. These websites provide tools that identify member companies that have placed cookies on your browser and provides mechanisms to opt-out of those cookies. You will still receive other types of advertising from participating companies; however, it will not be based on your interests. Deleting browser cookies can remove your opt-out preferences, so you should use these tools periodically to ensure that your preferences are up-to-date.