What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small text files that are placed on your device (computer, tablet, or smartphone) when you visit a website. They contain information that helps recognize your device on subsequent visits, enhancing your experience and allowing us to deliver more tailored content. Cookies enable functions such as remembering your preferences, understanding your browsing habits, and helping our website operate more efficiently.

Why Do We Use Cookies?

Cookies serve various purposes, from ensuring the website functions correctly to delivering personalized content and advertisements. Some of the key reasons why we use cookies include:

• Enhancing User Experience: Tailoring your experience based on your previous interactions.
• Analyzing Performance: Gathering insights into how visitors use the site to improve its performance.
• Personalization: Customizing content and features according to your preferences.
• Advertising: Displaying relevant ads based on your browsing patterns.

Types of Cookies We Use

We categorize cookies based on their origin, duration, and purpose. Below is an overview of the main types of cookies used on Xave World’s Online Services:

By Origin

• First-Party Cookies: Set directly by our website to support its primary functions, such as remembering your settings or managing login sessions.
• Third-Party Cookies: Set by third-party partners or services (e.g., advertising networks) to analyze site traffic, integrate with social media, or deliver targeted advertising.

By Duration

• Session Cookies: Temporary cookies that are deleted when you close your browser. These help improve navigation and session management.
• Persistent Cookies: Stored on your device for a specific period, allowing us to remember your preferences and previous interactions even after you leave the site.

By Purpose

1. Essential Cookies: Required for the core operation of our Online Services, such as maintaining user sessions and managing navigation.
2. Performance Cookies: Help us understand how users interact with our site, enabling us to optimize content and user experience.
3. Functional Cookies: Store information like language preference and region to customize the user experience.
4. Targeting/Advertising Cookies: Collect information about your browsing habits to display personalized ads and measure their effectiveness.
5. Analytics Cookies: Allow us to track user behavior across the site and gather data for analytical purposes.

Managing Cookies

You have the right to decide whether to allow or block cookies on your device. However, please note that blocking some cookies may impact the functionality and availability of our Online Services. Here’s how you can manage your cookie preferences:

1. Via Our Website Settings: You can control your cookie preferences directly through our site’s privacy or cookie settings, allowing you to accept or refuse different categories of cookies.
2. Browser Settings: Most browsers allow you to control cookies through their settings menu. You can block or delete cookies already stored on your device, and adjust preferences to prevent new cookies from being saved. Below are links to manage cookies on popular browsers:
   • Google Chrome: Manage Cookies
   • Mozilla Firefox: Manage Cookies
   • Microsoft Edge: Manage Cookies
   • Safari: Manage Cookies
3. Mobile Devices: Control cookie settings in the privacy options of your smartphone or tablet. For more information:
   • iOS Devices: Adjust cookie settings under “Settings” > “Safari” > “Privacy & Security”.
   • Android Devices: Manage cookie settings under “Settings” > “Privacy” > “Cookies”.

Opting Out of Advertising Cookies

To limit the use of advertising cookies by third parties, you can use the following self-regulatory programs:

• Network Advertising Initiative (NAI): Opt-Out Page
• Digital Advertising Alliance (DAA): Opt-Out Page
• Google Analytics: Disable Google Analytics

For mobile advertising, most devices offer a setting to opt out of personalized ads:

• Android Devices: “Opt out of Interest-Based Ads”
• iOS Devices: “Limit Ad Tracking”

How We Use Tracking Technologies

In addition to cookies, we may use other technologies such as web beacons, tracking pixels, and tags to collect information about your browsing behavior and improve the functionality of our Online Services. These technologies work similarly to cookies and are often used in conjunction with them to track user activities.

Updates to This Policy

We may update this Cookie Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices or for legal and regulatory reasons. The date of the most recent update will be indicated at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this policy regularly to stay informed about how we use cookies and other tracking technologies.

For any further inquiries or assistance, feel free to reach out via xave.world or contact us at Mobile: 845-200-6771.