Cookie Policy

What Are Cookies?

Like most commercial websites, we use “cookie” technology and web server logs to collect information about how our website is used. Cookies are small data files that a Website writes to your computer hard drive for record-keeping purposes.

Cookies identify you as a unique customer and store your personal preferences, as well as technical information (including click through and click stream data). Cookies can either be permanent (i.e., they remain on your computer until you delete them) or temporary (i.e., they last only until you close your browser). The cookies allow our web servers to recognize the computers used to access our websites. Cookies facilitate delivery of certain content to users as they move from page to page on our websites, including by remembering the information about the session.

How We Use Cookies

We may write “cookies” to your computer, primarily to personalize Services and to make our sites easier to use during each session, for example by keeping track of your preferences, such as what language you use. We may also use cookies to record session information, record user-specific information on what pages users access or visit, record past activity at our Site in order to provide better service when visitors return to our site, or to customize a Site view based on visitors’ browser type or other information that the visitor sends. Information gathered through cookies and by our web server logs may include the date and time of visits, the pages viewed, time spent on the Site, and the URL of websites visited just before and just after our Site in aggregate. If you choose to furnish personally identifiable information while using the Services, this information can be stored in or linked to other data stored in the cookies. In addition, we also use cookies to collect information automatically, like your computer operating system (e.g. Microsoft Windows, MAC OS); your browser (e.g. Internet Explorer, Firefox); and pages viewed and activities at our site.

Certain of our partners and/or service providers may use cookies (to help us understand our users, to tailor what content is delivered, to help with shopping cart functionality, etc). The use of cookies by our partners, and service providers is covered by our privacy policy, but we do not necessarily have access to or control over these cookies.

Cookies may be categorized into two main types: necessary and non-necessary. Necessary cookies are those that are used to ensure optimal performance of our websites. Non-necessary cookies are those used for either advertising or marketing purposes.

How Can You Manage Your Cookie Preferences?

You may adjust your browser to reject non-necessary cookies from us or from any other Web site. If you just wish to browse our site without logging in or registering as a member, you can set your browser not to accept non-necessary cookies; however, please know that by browsing you are consenting to the use of necessary cookies. Please consult the “Help” section of your browser for more information. There are, however, certain features of the Services that can be accessed only in conjunction with cookies or similar devices and you should be aware that disabling cookies or similar devices might prevent you from accessing some of those features.

You may also manage your cookie preferences by clicking on the boxes next to the type of cookies (necessary, analytics, marketing) you wish to consent to in the Cookie Consent pop-up that appears at the bottom of the screen when you first visit the Invent It Challenge website. You can save your preferences by clicking the ‘Save Preferences’ button in that pop-up.