Cookie Policy

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are stored on your computer or mobile device when you visit a website. They are widely used to make websites work more efficiently and provide information to the owners of the site. Cookies allow a website to recognize your device and remember if you've been to the website before.

2. How We Use Cookies

We use cookies for various purposes, including:

• To provide essential website functionality
• To remember your preferences and settings
• To understand how visitors interact with our website
• To improve user experience
• To display relevant advertising tailored to your interests (where applicable)

3. Types of Cookies We Use

We use the following categories of cookies on our website:

3.1 Necessary Cookies

These cookies are essential for the website to function properly. They enable basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

3.2 Analytics Cookies

These cookies help us understand how visitors interact with our website. They collect information about how visitors use the website, which pages they visit most often, and if they encounter error messages. All information collected by these cookies is aggregated and anonymous.

3.3 Marketing Cookies

These cookies are used to track visitors across websites. They are set to display targeted advertisements based on your interests and online behavior. They also help measure the effectiveness of advertising campaigns.

4. Third-Party Cookies

In addition to our own cookies, we may also use various third-party cookies to report usage statistics, deliver advertisements, and so on. These cookies may be placed by:

• Analytics services (e.g., Google Analytics)
• Advertising networks (e.g., Google AdSense, Facebook)
• Social media platforms (e.g., Facebook, Twitter)
• Content delivery networks

Please note that these third parties may have their own privacy policies and that we do not accept any responsibility or liability for these policies. We encourage you to read these policies before allowing these parties to collect any personal information about you.

5. Managing Your Cookie Preferences

You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking cookies may impact your user experience and parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.

5.1 Browser Controls

Most browsers allow you to view, manage, delete and block cookies for a website. Be aware that if you delete all cookies then any preferences they have stored will be lost, including the option to opt-out from cookies as this itself requires an opt-out cookie to be set.

Here are links to cookie management information for common browsers:

• Google Chrome
• Mozilla Firefox
• Apple Safari
• Microsoft Edge

5.2 Our Cookie Management Tool

You can manage your cookie preferences on our website by using our cookie consent banner, which appears when you first visit our site. You can also adjust your preferences later by clicking on Cookie Settings in the footer of our website.

5.3 Do Not Track

Some browsers have a "Do Not Track" feature that signals to websites that you visit that you do not want your online activity tracked. These features are not yet uniform across browsers, so our website is not currently configured to respond to these signals.

6. Other Tracking Technologies

In addition to cookies, we may use other similar technologies to collect information:

6.1 Web Beacons

Web beacons (also known as "pixel tags" or "clear GIFs") are tiny graphics with a unique identifier, similar in function to cookies. While cookies are stored on your hard drive, web beacons are embedded invisibly on web pages. We may use web beacons to track the activities of users on our website, measure the performance of our website, and for analytics purposes.

6.2 Local Storage

Local storage, such as HTML5 Local Storage and Local Shared Objects, is used to store content information and preferences. Various browsers may offer their own management tools for removing HTML5 local storage.

7. Updates to This Cookie Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in technology, regulation, or our business practices. Any changes will be posted on this page, and if the changes are significant, we will provide a more prominent notice.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions about our use of cookies or this Cookie Policy, please contact us:

• By email: [email protected]
• By mail: Kislaya-Papaiya, 123 Architecture Avenue, Toronto, ON M5V 2K4, Canada