ICMC’s Cookies and Tracking Policy

NOTE: For any issues of personal data protection, please refer to our Data Protection Policy. For any questions regarding the collection, processing or use of personal data relating to you (as explained below) please contact Us at: [email protected]

What's a cookie?

A cookie is a small file sent from a website or web-based interface, which is then stored by your web browser. When you return to the website or web-based interface, the information in the cookie can be used to recognize your last session. Cookies cannot install malicious software such as viruses on your device, and they do not store any of your personal data or account information.

Why do we use cookies?

We use cookies to save and maintain users' settings and selected preferences during browsing sessions, for saving repeating users' preferences for future use (e.g. geographical location, currency preferences accessibility and language selections and preferences), and for statistical analysis of the performance and trends on our website or interfaces and for monitoring and identifying errors.

Where do cookies come from?

Cookies originate from two types of sources: first party and third party. The classification whether a cookie is 'first' or 'third' party refers to the internet domain that is placing the cookie.

First-party cookies are those set by a website that is being visited by the user at the time.
Third-party cookies are cookies that are set by a domain other than that of the site being visited by the user. If a user visits a website and another entity sets a cookie through that site this would be a third party cookie.

Opt-out: When you first visit the Website, you will be given the option to accept or decline the use of cookies. You can also control the use of cookies at the individual browser level, and instructions for managing cookie usage can be found for the following browsers, at:

If you wish to opt-out of personalized or behavioral advertising, you can use an industry resource in your region that provides cookie choices, such as the tools provided by:

Be advised that if you elect to remove/block our cookies, you may still use the website or interface, but your ability to use some features or areas therein may be impaired, limited or unavailable and you hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive any claim or demand if such an action results in any of the website or our services becoming unavailable, impaired or non-functional.

Do Not Track/Privacy Mode

“Do not track” or “privacy mode” is a function that allows website users to opt out of being tracked by websites for any purpose including the use of analytics services, advertising networks and social platforms.
Do not track options are available in a few browsers including:

If you have enabled the “do not track” function in your browser, you will not be tracked, but this may impair your use of our website or interface. This is in addition to you opting-out of the aggregation and analysis of data for the website and booking interface's statistics.

You hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waive any claim or demand if employing any of the aforementioned modes on your browser results in any of the services becoming unavailable, impaired or non-functional.

Categories of cookies we use

There are two categories of cookies which are in use on our sites:

Session Cookies containing encrypted information to allow the system to uniquely identify you while you are visiting the Website. Session cookies exist only during a singular online session and disappear from your computer when you close your browser or turn off your computer.
Persistent Cookies used to identify the fact that you are a repeating visitor or a new visitor to Website, and to identify and maintain your preferences, such as the selected language, your selected country of origin as of your last visit, in order to present the contents of the Website in a personalized way according to your past selected preferences and browsing usage in order receive certain types of content. Persistent cookies remain on your computer after you have closed your browser or turned off your computer for varying periods of time, according to the duration of each cookie. They include such information as a unique identifier for your browser.

These Cookies can be classified for the following four purposes:

Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.
Statistic cookies help website owners to understand how visitors interact with websites by collecting and reporting information anonymously
Preference cookies enable a website to remember information that changes the way the website behaves or looks, like your preferred language or the region that you are
Marketing cookies are used to track visitors across websites. The intention is to display ads that are relevant and engaging for the individual user and thereby more valuable for publishers and third party advertisers.

What kind of third party cookies do we use?

Facebook Pixel

Our Website uses Facebook pixel, which is a tracking code which allows us to track and monitor the success of advertisements we use on Facebook and to improve the effectiveness of those advertisements by recording information such as the device you used to access our website and the actions you took on our website using cookies. We may also use Facebook Pixel to create retargeting advertisements and custom audiences for our advertisements on Facebook and on our website.

Facebook aggregates data gathered from our use of Facebook Pixel on our website with data it gathers from other sources, in order to improve and target advertisements displayed on its website or via its services, to improve its systems and to provide measurement services to third parties which use Facebook’s advertising services

If you wish to opt-out of our Facebook pixel see https://www.facebook.com/ads/preferences

Google Ads

We use the Google Ads online marketing service on our Website to display search advertisements and to track when a visitor has accessed our Site via a Google ad.
If you click on a Google ad, Google stores a conversion tracking cookie on your device. These Cookies expire after 30 days and contain no personal data.
If you wish to prevent Google Ads conversion tracking, you can set your browser to block Cookies from googleadservices.com.

Google Analytics

Our Website uses Google Analytics cookies. These cookies collect information about how you interact with our website, including how you came to our website, which pages you visited, for how long and what you clicked on, your location (based on your IP address).

This integration of Google Analytics anonymizes your IP address. It works by shortening Users’ IP addresses within member states of the European Union or in other contracting states to the Agreement on the European Economic Area. Only in exceptional cases will the complete IP address be sent to a Google server and shortened within the US. To see an overview of privacy at Google and how this applies to Google Analytics, please click here.

If you wish to Opt-out of our Google Analytics usage, you may download the browser plugin “Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on” here which is compatible with your web browser.

Google Tag Manager

Our Website uses Google Tag Manager is a marketing solution which allows us to insert marketed website tags into our website and to manage them, and the Tag Manager tool itself (which implements the tags) is a cookie-less domain and does not register personal data.

The tag manager makes it easier for us to integrate and manage our tags. Tags are small code elements that are used to measure traffic and visitor behavior, capture the impact of online advertising and social channels, set up remarketing and target audience targeting, and test and optimize web pages

For more information on Google Tag Manager's terms of service and privacy policy, please visit www.google.com/analytics/tag-manager/use-policy/.

You may deactivate Google Tag Manager with the help of a browser add-on if you do not want this website analysis. This add-on can be downloaded at: www.ghostery.com/

Hotjar

Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our users experience (e.g. how much time they spend on which pages, which links they choose to click, what users do and don’t like, etc.) and this enables us to build and maintain our service with user feedback.

Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users’ behavior and their devices (in particular device's IP address (captured and stored only in anonymized form), device screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographic location (country only), preferred language used to display our website).

Hotjar stores this information in a pseudonymized user profile. Neither Hotjar nor we will ever use this information to identify individual users or to match it with further data on an individual user.

For further details, please see Hotjar’s privacy policy by clicking on this link.

You can opt-out to the creation of a user profile, Hotjar’s storing of data about your usage of our site and Hotjar’s use of tracking cookies on other websites by following this opt-out link . here.

Mail Chimp

We use MailChimp to manage our newsletter and/or subscriber lists/clubs (for example our "Elite" membership) and to manage our email campaign services.

Records of emails received and links are accessed through the cookies by Mailchip to help us monitor the effectiveness of our email campaigns and manage relationships with subscribers.

Outbrain

We use Outbrain Cookies to track your activity on our website and to gauge the success of our adversting campaigns by tracking the websites you have been redirected to our website from.

For information on Opting-Out on collection by Outbrain please consult with their privacy policy at the appropriate section at: https://www.outbrain.com/legal/privacy#privacy-policy

Can I withdraw consent for the use of cookies or tracking tools?

If you wish to withdraw your consent, you can choose to opt-out of cookies at any time by managing and/or deleting your cookies using your internet browser settings.

Additional information on cookies in general:

A number of websites provide detailed information on cookies, including AboutCookies.org and AllAboutCookies.org.

Updates to our Policy

We update our Cookies Policy from time to time, if we introduce a new cookie or tracking tool which processes new information or wish to process the information collected by your cookies and tracing tools in a new manner, we shall notify you and ask you to consent to this updated processing or new cookie or tracking tool.

Questions?

Should you have any questions about the use of cookies by ICMC, please be in touch with us at: [email protected]

The Third Party Cookies and Tracking Tools Deployed on our Website:

Name of Cookie	Provider	Description of the Cookies Functions
_ga	Google	Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
_gid	Google	Registers a unique ID that is used to generate statistical data on how the visitor uses the website.
ads/ga-audiences	Google	Used to re-engage users that have previously visited the website
fr	Facebook	The cookie is set by Facebook to show relevant advertisements to the users and measure and improve the advertisements. The cookie also tracks the behavior of the user across the web on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin.
_fbp	Facebook	This cookie is set by Facebook to deliver advertisements when they are on Facebook or a digital platform powered by Facebook advertising after visiting this website.
outbrain_cid_fetch	Outbrain	Collects data on the user’s navigation and behavior on the website. This is used to compile statistical reports and heatmaps for the website owner.
obuid	Outbrain	This cookie is used to hold an anonymous user's ID. It is used for tracking user actions.
MailChimp	The Rocket Science Group LLC ("MailChimp")	We use Mailchimp to manage our email campaigns.
_hjid	Hotjar	Used to generate a random user ID, and persist to monitor said random user which is unique to that site on the browser. This ensures that behavior in subsequent visits to the same site will be attributed to the same user ID.
_hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress	Hotjar	Used to track the beginning of the user's session on our Website and is deleted at its end.
_hjFirstSeen	Hotjar	It stores a true or false value, indicating whether this was the first time Hotjar has seen this user. It is used by Recording filters to identify new user sessions.

ICMC’s Cookies and Tracking Policy

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