Cookie Statement
Sequoia uses cookies and related tracking technologies, including web beacons, tracking pixels, and log files (collectively referred to as “cookies”) to gather information about your visits to the Service. A cookie is a small string of information that the website you visit transfers to your computer for identification purposes. Cookies can be used to help us understand your preferences and improve your experience with the Service. Cookies are also used for such activities as remembering your username and password, if necessary. Our third-party partners, such as analytics and advertising partners, may use these technologies to collect information about your online activities over time and across different services.
There are different kinds of cookies with different functions:
- Session cookies: these are only stored on your computer during your web session. They are automatically deleted when the browser is closed.
- Persistent cookies: these cookies are stored as a file on your computer and remain there when you close your web browser. They can be read by the website that created them when you visit the website again.
- First-party cookies: these cookies are managed by Sequoia. They are stored and sent between our servers and your computer’s hard drive. These cookies may be either Session or Persistent cookies.
- Third-party cookies: these cookies are managed by one of our third-party partners. They are stored and sent between the third-party’s server and your computer’s hard drive. These cookies are usually Persistent cookies.
Depending on the website, we may use cookies for the following purposes:
Where Strictly Necessary
These cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features, such as accessing secure areas of the website. Without these cookies the Services cannot be provided.
Functionality
These cookies allow our website to remember choices you make (such as your username, language or the region you are in) and provide enhanced features. For instance, a website may be able to remember your log in details, so that you do not have to repeatedly sign-in to your account when using a particular device to access our website. These cookies can also be used to remember changes you have made to text size, font and other parts of web pages that you can customize.
Analytics
These cookies collect information about how visitors use a website, for instance which pages visitors go to most often, and if they get error messages from web pages. They also allow us to record and count the number of visitors to the website, all of which enables us to see how visitors use the website in order to improve the way that our website works.
Advertising
These cookies are used for the purpose of displaying advertisements that will be relevant to you and for managing the performance of advertisements. Advertising cookies are generally third-party cookies and may be present even if there is no advertising in use on the website.
Please review your web browser’s “Help” file to learn the proper way to modify your cookie settings, including turning off certain cookies, being warned whenever certain cookies are being used, or deleting certain cookies. There are also software products available that can manage cookies for you. Please note that if you delete or choose not to accept cookies from the Service, you may not be able to utilize the features of the Service to their fullest potential.