Novellus Limited, a company registered in UK (together with its parent company, affiliates, and/or related companies – “Novellus”, “we”, “our” or “us”) uses certain web monitoring and tracking technologies, such as cookies, beacons, pixels, tags, and scripts (collectively, “Cookies”). These technologies are used in order to provide, maintain, and improve our websites and platform (the “Services”), to optimize our offerings and marketing activities, and to provide our visitors and users (“you”, “your”) with a better experience (for example, in order to track your preferences, to better secure our Services, to identify technical issues, and to monitor and improve the overall performance of our Services). This Cookie Policy contains information on what Cookies are, the Cookies used on our Services, how to reject Cookies, and some useful links for further reading on the subject. If you are unable to find the information you were looking for, or you have any further questions about the use of Cookies on our Services, please email [email protected] For more information about our general privacy practices, please visit our Privacy Policy.
1. What are cookies?
We collect and use information defined under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) as Personal Data. This includes data which may indirectly identify an individual, such as Cookies. Cookies are small text files that are stored through the browser on your computer or mobile device (for example, Google Chrome or Safari) when you visit a website. They allow the site to store information like login information or language preference. You can think of Cookies as providing a so-called memory for the website, so that it can recognize you when you come back and respond appropriately. You are not obligated to accept all Cookies in order to visit our website, however, enabling Cookies may allow for a more personalized browsing experience and is required for most of our Services to work.
2. How do we use cookies?
Novellus uses Cookies to enable and constantly improve the service being delivered to you. Cookies are also used to track the performance of ads that may have been presented to you. Specifically, there are several different types of Cookies on our website and platform:
- Essential Cookies: These Cookies are necessary for the Services to function properly and cannot be disabled. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you, enabling functions like navigation, login or setting preferences. These cookies do not store information about you that will be used for other purposes.
- Preferences & Functional Cookies: these cookies enable the services to provide enhanced functionality and personalization. They may be set by us (first-party Cookies) or by third-party providers who work with us (third-party Cookies).
- Performance & Analytics Cookies: This type of Cookie helps us to secure and maintain our services, and to remember your preferences for tools found on the services. They are also used for gathering analytics data on how you interact with our Services and the improvement performance of the site accordingly. If you do not allow these Cookies, we will not know when you have visited our site.
- Targeting & Advertising Cookies: These cookies make advertisements more relevant to the user. Our advertising partners may use it to show you relevant ads on different websites by uniquely identifying your browser and internet device.
3. How long to cookies last?
The length of time a Cookie stays on your device varies according to its purpose.
A Cookie that remains on your device after your session is concluded (until it expires or deleted) is called a “Persistent Cookie”. Persistent Cookies are used for different purposes, such as tracking your preferences, login information, your interaction with our Services and the effectiveness of our targeting Cookies.
A Cookie that is automatically deleted once your session is concluded is called a “Session Cookie”. Session Cookies are used for the duration of your stay on our site and are automatically deleted when you exit the browser.
4. How can you reject or remove Cookies?
You have a choice regarding the use of Cookies as described in this policy. Please note that rejecting or removing certain Cookies may result in inadequate Services.
You can opt-out of each cookie category (except strictly necessary Cookies) by clicking HERE and changing your settings accordingly.
You can adjust your web browser settings, usually located in the ‘Options’ or ‘Preferences’ menu of your browser. In order to delete stored Cookies or to change these settings, the following links may be helpful:
- Internet Explorer
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
- Safari (Desktop)
- Safari (Mobile)
- Android browser
- Opera
If you are primarily concerned about third-party Cookies generated by advertisers, and you live in the USA, Canada or Europe, you can also opt out from the collection of your data by our advertising partners who participate in the Digital Advertising Alliance. Opt-out by visiting:
- US: www.aboutads.info/choices (for US users)
- Canada: www.youradchoices.ca/choices (for Canadian users)
- EU: www.yourchoicesonline.com (for European users)
- UK: https://www.youronlinechoices.com/uk/ (for UK users)
In addition, on your mobile device (e.g., iPhone, iPad or Android phone), you can change your device settings to control whether you see online interest-based ads.
Please note that when you get a new computer, install a new browser, erase or otherwise alter your browser’s Cookie file (including upgrading certain browsers), you may also clear the opt-out Cookies installed once you opt-out, so an additional opt-out will be necessary to prevent additional tracking.
5. Useful Links
For more information regarding Cookies, you may find the following websites useful:
6. “Do Not Track" Signals
Your browser settings may also allow you to transmit a “Do Not Track” signal when you visit various websites. Like many other reputable websites and online platforms, our service is not designed to respond to “Do Not Track” signals received from browsers. To learn more about “Do Not Track” signals, you can
visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com/.
