Cookie Policy

Cookie Policy

 

This page sets out the cookie policy of Acoustic Research Systems, LLC (“we”, “us” and “our”) and explains how we use cookies on our website (www.acousticrs.com). We may amend our cookie policy at any time, and all changes will be made on this page. The changes will take effect once they have been posted on the website. Therefore, you should review these terms on a regular basis.

How We Use Cookies

We may collect information about your computer, including your IP address, operating system and browser type, for system administration purposes. This is statistical data about our users’ browsing actions and patterns and does not identify you as an individual. If you agree, we may obtain information about your general internet usage by using a cookie file. The website uses cookies to distinguish you from other users of the website. This helps us to deliver a better and more personalized service to you when you browse the website and also allows us to improve the website.

What Is a Cookie?

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers, which are transferred to your computer’s hard drive or mobile device when you visit the website. The cookies are then sent back to the originating website on each subsequent visit or to another website that recognizes that cookie.

Types of Cookies Used on This Website

Different types of cookies are used for different purposes on our website. These are known as strictly necessary cookies, performance cookies, functionality cookies, or targeting cookies.

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Strictly necessary cookies are cookies that are essential, as they ensure your security and privacy when you use our secure sites, as well as enabling you to move around a website and use its features. Without these cookies, services you’ve asked for (such as access to secure areas) can’t be provided. These cookies don’t gather information about you that could be used for marketing or remembering where you’ve been on the internet. This category cannot be disabled.

Performance Cookies

Performance cookies collect information about how you use the website. They allow us to recognize and count the number of visitors to the website and allow us to see how visitors move around the website when they are using it. This helps us to improve the way the website works, for example, by ensuring that you find what you are looking for more easily. The information these cookies collect is anonymous (and therefore do not collect information about your identity) and is only used to improve the performance of the website. By using the website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.

Functionality Cookies

Functionality cookies allow the website to remember the choices you make (such as your username, language, or the region you are in) and provide enhanced features. These cookies are also used to remember changes you have made to text size, font and other parts of the web pages that you can customize. They may also be used to provide services you have asked for, such as watching a video or commenting on a blog. The information these cookies collect is usually anonymized and they do not gather information about you that could be used for advertising or remembering where you have been on the internet. By using the website, you agree that we can place these types of cookies on your device.

Targeting Cookies

Targeting cookies gather information about your browsing habits. They remember that you’ve visited a website and share this information with other organizations, such as advertisers and platforms on which we advertise. They do this in order to provide you with ads that are more relevant to you and your interests. Although these cookies and similar technologies can track your visits to other websites, they don’t usually know who you are. Without these cookies, online advertisements you encounter will be less relevant to you and your interests.

For information on how we use any personal information which is collected by these cookies, please see our Privacy Policy.

Browser Settings

You may refuse to accept cookies by activating the setting on your browser that allows you to block the setting of all or some cookies. However, if you decide to block cookies on your browser, you may be unable to access all or parts of the website. Unless you have adjusted your browser setting so that it will refuse cookies, our system will issue cookies as soon as you visit the website.

Most of our cookies will expire at the end of the browser session. However, if your browser is not closed for any reason, all our cookies will expire after 2 years.

How to Opt Out of Cookies and Targeted Advertising

Opting Out of Cookies and Targeted Advertising

To opt out of retargeted ads on Google, please refer to Google’s help article:

To block Google Analytics tracking in your browser, you can install the Google Analytics opt-out browser add-on:

You can find out more information about how to opt out of interest-based advertising at:

Disabling Cookies in Your Browser

You may be able to disable cookies using your browser settings. Information on how to do this for commonly used browsers:

You may also be able to use Incognito browsing mode, if your browser offers the functionality, which may prevent some cookies from being saved to your device.

EU/UK Cookie Consent

If you are accessing the website from the European Union or United Kingdom, you will be presented with a cookie consent banner when you first visit the website. You may accept or decline non-essential cookies at that time. You can update your cookie preferences at any time by clicking the “Cookie Settings” link in the footer of our website.

Strictly necessary cookies do not require your consent as they are essential for the website to function. For all other categories of cookies, we will only place them on your device where you have provided your consent, in accordance with the EU ePrivacy Directive and UK PECR.

Australia


If you are accessing the website from Australia, the following applies to you. Our use of cookies that collect personal information (as defined under the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth)) is governed by the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs). Unlike the European Union, Australia does not impose a mandatory opt-in consent requirement for cookies. However, we are committed to transparency about the information we collect and how we use it. Where cookies collect information that could identify you as an individual, we handle that information in accordance with our Privacy Policy and in compliance with the APPs.

This includes:

  • collecting only the personal information that is reasonably necessary for our functions and activities;
  • notifying you of the purposes for which your personal information is collected;
  • taking reasonable steps to protect your personal information from misuse, interference, loss, and unauthorized access; and
  • providing you with access to, and the ability to correct, your personal information upon request.

You may opt out of non-essential cookies at any time using the browser settings described in this Cookie Policy. If you have concerns about how we handle your personal information collected through cookies, you may contact us at info@acousticrs.com. You also have the right to make a complaint to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) at www.oaic.gov.au.

Further Information

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Contact

If you want to contact us with any questions, comments or complaints about how we collect, use or retain cookies, please contact us at:

Acoustic Research Systems, LLC

Email: info@acousticrs.com

Website: www.acousticrs.com