Blue Whale Compensation Services Cookie Policy

 

  1. This Cookie Policy describes how and why Blue Whale Compensation Services, LLC (“we,” “us” or “the Company”) use cookies, web beacons, pixels, tags, scripts and other similar technologies in the course of our business, including through websites and apps that link to this Cookie Policy. It also explains your rights to control our use of these tracking technologies. For additional information about our privacy practices, please review our Privacy Policy.

 

  1. What are cookies?

Cookies are small data files sent from a website and stored in your browser or device. They contain a string of text that contains information about your browser. Some cookies can contain personally identifiable information such as name, address, IP address, etc.

 

  1. What are scripts?

A script is a small piece of program code used to make our site function properly and interactively. This code is executed on our server or on your device.

 

  1. What is a web beacon?

A web beacon (or a pixel tag) is a small, invisible piece of text or image on a website that is used to monitor traffic on a website. To achieve this, various data about you is stored using web beacons.

 

Consent for Advertising Cookies on Our Sites

On your first visit to Bluewhalecomp.com, a pop-up with an explanation about cookies will appear. You do have the right to opt-out and to object against the further use of non-functional cookies.

 

  1. Consent for Advertising Cookies on Our Sites

On your first visit to Bluewhalecomp.com, you may see a “cookie banner” on our websites and dashboards. If you are visiting one of our sites from the EU, then we do not set, or allow our ad partners to set, cookies that are used to show you targeted ads before you click to accept. When you consent in this manner, we and our advertising partners may set advertising cookies on the site you are visiting and on our other websites, dashboards, and services, which we use to show you advertisements about our various Automattic products. We’ll display the banner to you periodically, just in case you change your mind. In any event, you do have the right to opt-out and to object against the further use of non-functional cookies.

 

  1. What kind of cookies are in use?

Session Cookies are cookies that are erased when the user closes the Web browser. The session cookie is stored in temporary memory and is not retained after the browser is closed. Session cookies do not collect information from the user’s computer.

  • Persistent Cookies are stored on your device between site visits. They allow us to remember your preferences.
  • First-Party Cookies are cookies created by our site for use while on our site.
  • Third-Party Cookies are cookies created by third-parties outside of our site.

 

  1. How and why we use cookies

Cookies are integral to the functionality of our site including for targeted advertising. We also use cookies to help us improve the performance of or provide you extra functionality for our site.

 

  1. The kinds of cookies we utilize include:
  • Analytical or Customization Cookies. These cookies collect information about how users access and move through the Site. We use this information in either aggregate form to help us to improve the way our Site works, or to personalize our Site to your interests.
  • Performance Cookies recognize return visitors and any preferences they have made in previous visits.
  • Advertising Cookies help us deliver personalized ad content relevant to your interests. As we utilize third parties services, our authorized service providers may also place cookies on your device
  • Social Media Cookies allow us to integrate social media functions into our Site and may also be used for advertising purposes.
  • Marketing/Tracking cookies: Marketing/Tracking cookies are cookies or any other form of local storage, used to create user profiles to display advertising or to track the user on this website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.

 

  1. Enabling/disabling and deleting cookies: Here are some in-depth guides on how to control and delete cookies:
  • Internet Explorer
    • https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17442/windows-internet-explorer-delete-manage-cookies
  • Firefox
    • https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/enable-and-disable-cookies-website-preferences
  • Chrome
    • https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/95647?co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop&hl=en
  • Safari
    • https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/manage-cookies-and-website-data-sfri11471/mac
  • To learn how to manage privacy and storage settings for Flash cookies, visit http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html.
  • Further information about deleting and blocking cookies can be found at http://www.allaboutcookies.org.
  • Further information about our advertisers’ use of cookies can be found at:
  • http://www.macromedia.com/support/documentation/en/flashplayer/help/settings_manager07.html.
  • European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance: http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/
  • Internet Advertising Bureau (US): https://www.iab.com/
  • Internet Advertising Bureau (EU): https://www.iabeurope.eu/

 

  1. Placed cookies: These are small text files stored in a web user’s browser directory or data folder.  Blue Whale uses these cookies:
  • Automattic
    • Usage
    • We use Automattic for website development.
    • For more information, please read the Automattic Privacy Statement.
    • https://automattic.com/about/
  • Name
    • _wpfuuid
    • Retention
    • 11 years
    • Function
    • Store a unique user ID
    • Purpose pending investigation.
  • Name
    • wpforms_field_group_payment
    • Retention
    • Function
    • Name
  • wpforms_field_group_fancy
    • Retention
    • Function

 

  1. Selling data to third parties
  • We do not sell data to third parties

 

  1. Your rights with respect to personal data. You have the following rights with respect to your personal data:
  • you may submit a request for access to the data we process about you;
  • you may object to the processing;
  • you may request an overview, in a commonly used format, of the data we process about you;
  • you may request correction or deletion of the data if it is incorrect or not or no longer relevant, or to ask to restrict the processing of the data.

 

If you have any questions or concerns regarding our use of cookies or other tracking methods, please email us at info@bluewhalecomp.com.

To exercise these rights, please contact us. Please refer to the contact details at the bottom of this Cookie Policy. If you have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you.

 

For questions and/or comments about our Cookie Policy and this statement, please contact:

Juan P. Garcia

900 Cancho Drive

La Habra Heights, CA 90631

United States of America

Website: bluewhalecomp.com

Email: info@bluewhalecomp.com

Revised 08/11/2021