Cookie Policy

Last Updated: 4th August 2021

1. What is a cookie?

A cookie is a small file of letters and numbers downloaded onto your computer when you access certain websites. In general, cookies allow a website to recognise a user’s computer.

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The most important thing to know about cookies placed by Lifeboat is that they make our website a bit more user-friendly, for example, by remembering site preferences and keeping you logged in your account.

2. Why does Lifeboat use Cookies?

We use these cookies and other similar technologies for a number of purposes, including:

• ​Keeping you signed in
• Keeping your preferences
• To provide you with the service you chose to receive from us
• Understanding how you use our website
• To monitor and analyze the performance, operation, and effectiveness in order to improve the Lifeboat Platform
• To understand and improve the impact of our marketing campaigns
• For security needs and fraud-protection purposes and in order to identify and prevent cyber-attacks

Cookies that are used by lifeboat.app and its other domains should be divided into two types:

• “First-party Cookies” - Cookies that are placed by Lifeboat
• “Third-party Cookies” - Cookies that are placed and used by third-party companies which are Lifeboat's partners or service providers

It is important to note that lifeboat.app cannot access third-party cookies; nor can other third-party organizations access the data in the cookies we use on our website. Lifeboat doesn't allow third parties to use the cookies for any purpose other than those described in the next sections.

Duration:

Depending on their function, Cookies may have different durations. There are session cookies and persistent cookies:

1. Session cookies only last for your online session. It means that the browser deletes these cookies once you close your browser
2. Persistent cookies stay on your device after the browser has been closed and last for the period of time specified in the cookie

Categories:

The cookies used on our website fall into one of four categories:

• Essential Cookies let you move around the website and use essential features like secure and private areas.
• Analytic Cookies let us understand how you use our website (e.g. which pages you visit), provide statistics on how our website is used, improve the website by identifying any errors, and performance issues.
• Functional cookies are cookies used to remember choices users make to improve their experience (e.g. language).
• Marketing cookies are used to collect information about the impact of our marketing campaigns performed on other websites on users and non-users.

3. Lifeboat Cookies - Table:

Please click here to receive information about the type, categories, purpose and duration of cookies placed by Lifeboat and Third-Party Service Providers.

4. Your Choices

You can change your cookie settings by clicking the button below:

Update Cookie Settings

Cookie Settings

To find out more about cookies, including how to see what cookies have been set and understand how to manage, delete and block them, visit www.aboutcookies.org or www.allaboutcookies.org.

Alternately, it is also possible to stop your browser from accepting cookies altogether by changing your browser’s cookie settings. You can usually find these settings in the “options” or “preferences” menu of your browser.

Please note that deleting our cookies, disabling future cookies or tracking technologies may prevent you from accessing certain areas or features of our Services, or may otherwise adversely affect your user experience.

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The following links may be helpful, or you can use the “Help” option in your browser.

• ​Cookie settings in Firefox
• Cookie settings in Internet Explorer
• Cookie settings in Google Chrome
• Cookie settings in Safari (OS X)
• Cookie settings in Safari (iOS)
• Cookie settings in Android

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To opt-out from and prevent your data from being used by Google Analytics across all websites, check out the following instructions: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout.

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We may update this Cookie Policy. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information about cookies set by lifeboat.app.