InvestWise Cookies Policy

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your computer or mobile device when you browse websites. They are widely used to make websites work, or work more efficiently, as well as to provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies enable the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login, language, font size and other display preferences) over a period of time, so you don’t have to keep re-entering them whenever you come back to the site or browse from one page to another.

How InvestWise Uses Cookies

At InvestWise, we use cookies to improve your experience on our website. Cookies help us to understand how you use our site, personalize content, remember your preferences, and improve the overall functionality of the site. We strive to be transparent about the data we collect and how we use it. Below are the specific types of cookies we use and their purposes:

• Essential Cookies: These cookies are essential for the operation of our website. They include cookies that enable you to log into secure areas of our website, use a shopping cart, or make use of e-billing services. Without these cookies, services you have asked for, like shopping baskets or e-billing, cannot be provided.
• Performance Cookies: These cookies allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors and to see how visitors move around our website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way our website works, for example, by ensuring that users are finding what they are looking for easily. We use Google Analytics to collect and analyze this information.
• Functionality Cookies: These cookies are used to recognize you when you return to our website. This enables us to personalize our content for you, greet you by name, and remember your preferences (for example, your choice of language or region).
• Targeting Cookies: These cookies record your visit to our website, the pages you have visited, and the links you have followed. We will use this information to make our website and the advertising displayed on it more relevant to your interests. We may also share this information with third parties for this purpose. These cookies are often used by advertising and social media networks.

Specific Cookies We Use

Here's a breakdown of some specific cookies you might encounter on InvestWise:

• _ga, _gid, _gat (Google Analytics): These cookies are used to collect information about how visitors use our site. We use the information to compile reports and to help us improve the site. The cookies collect information in an anonymous form, including the number of visitors to the site, where visitors have come to the site from, and the pages they visited.
• PHPSESSID: This is a native PHP cookie and is used to store and identify a user's unique session ID. It is essential for the website operation.
• Cookie Consent Cookie: This cookie records whether you have consented to our use of cookies, so we don't show you the consent message again.

Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use third-party cookies. These cookies are placed by a domain other than the one you are visiting. For example, we use YouTube to embed videos on our site, and YouTube may set cookies on your device to track your viewing behavior. We also utilize social media plugins from platforms like Facebook and Twitter, which may set cookies to track your usage if you are logged into their services. These cookies are subject to the respective privacy policies of these third parties. We recommend reviewing their policies to understand how they use your data.

Your Choices Regarding Cookies

You have the right to choose whether or not to accept cookies. You can control and/or delete cookies as you wish – for details, see aboutcookies.org. You can delete all cookies that are already on your computer and you can set most browsers to prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a site, and some services and functionalities may not work.

How to Manage Cookies in Your Browser

Most web browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings preferences. However, changing these settings might impact your experience on InvestWise and other websites. Here are some general instructions on how to manage cookies in popular browsers:

• Google Chrome: Go to Settings > Privacy and security > Cookies and other site data.
• Mozilla Firefox: Go to Options > Privacy & Security > Cookies and Site Data.
• Safari: Go to Preferences > Privacy > Cookies and Website Data.
• Microsoft Edge: Go to Settings > Privacy, search, and services > Clear browsing data > Choose what to clear (select "Cookies and other site data").

Please note that these steps may vary slightly depending on the browser version you are using. Refer to your browser's help documentation for the most accurate instructions.

Changes to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookies Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, legislation, or our data practices. Any changes we make to our Cookies Policy in the future will be posted on this page, and we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy. Your continued use of our website after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Cookies Policy. We encourage you to review this policy periodically to stay informed about our use of cookies.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our Cookies Policy, please do not hesitate to contact us through our Contact Page.