Cookie Policy of Messagenius
This document informs Users about the technologies that help Messagenius to achieve the purposes described below. Such technologies allow the Owner to access and store information (for example by using a Cookie) or use resources (for example by running a script) on a User’s device as they interact with Messagenius.
For simplicity, all such technologies are defined as "Trackers" within this document – unless there is a reason to differentiate.
For example, while Cookies can be used on both web and mobile browsers, it would be inaccurate to talk about Cookies in the context of mobile apps as they are a browser-based Tracker. For this reason, within this document, the term Cookies is only used where it is specifically meant to indicate that particular type of Tracker.
Some of the purposes for which Trackers are used may also require the User's consent. Whenever consent is given, it can be freely withdrawn at any time following the instructions provided in this document.
Messagenius uses Trackers managed directly by the Owner (so-called “first-party” Trackers) and Trackers that enable services provided by a third-party (so-called “third-party” Trackers). Unless otherwise specified within this document, third-party providers may access the Trackers managed by them.
The validity and expiration periods of Cookies and other similar Trackers may vary depending on the lifetime set by the Owner or the relevant provider. Some of them expire upon termination of the User’s browsing session.
In addition to what’s specified in the descriptions within each of the categories below, Users may find more precise and updated information regarding lifetime specification as well as any other relevant information — such as the presence of other Trackers — in the linked privacy policies of the respective third-party providers or by contacting the Owner.
How Messagenius uses Trackers
Necessary
Messagenius uses so-called “technical” Cookies and other similar Trackers to carry out activities that are strictly necessary for the operation or delivery of the Service.
Trackers managed by third parties
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Wordfence Security Plugin (Defiant, Inc.)
Wordfence Security Plugin is a security service for WordPress websites provided by Defiant, Inc.
Personal Data processed: coarse location, Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
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Cloudflare Bot Management (Cloudflare, Inc.)
Cloudflare Bot Management is a malicious bot protection and management service provided by Cloudflare, Inc.
Personal Data processed: app information, Application opens, browser information, browsing history, city, clicks, country, county, custom events, device information, device logs, geography/region, interaction events, IP address, keypress events, language, latitude (of city), launches, longitude (of city), metro area, motion sensor events, mouse movements, number of sessions, operating systems, page events, page views, province, scroll position, scroll-to-page interactions, search history, session duration, session statistics, state, touch events, Trackers, Usage Data, video views and ZIP/Postal code.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Trackers duration:
- __cf_bm: 3 seconds
- __cfruid: duration of the session
- _cfuvid: indefinite
- cf_clearance: 30 minutes
- cf_ob_info: 3 seconds
- cf_use_ob: 3 seconds
- cfmrk_cic: 3 months
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Cloudflare (Cloudflare, Inc.)
Cloudflare is a traffic optimization and distribution service provided by Cloudflare Inc.
The way Cloudflare is integrated means that it filters all the traffic through Messagenius, i.e., communication between Messagenius and the User's browser, while also allowing analytical data from Messagenius to be collected.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Trackers duration:
- _cfuvid: indefinite
- cf_clearance: 30 minutes
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Google Tag Manager (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Tag Manager is a tag management service provided by Google Ireland Limited.
In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult their partner policy and their Business Data page.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Functionality
Messagenius uses Trackers to enable basic interactions and functionalities, allowing Users to access selected features of the Service and facilitating the User's communication with the Owner.
Trackers managed directly by the Owner
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Contact form (Messagenius)
By filling in the contact form with their Data, the User authorizes Messagenius to use these details to reply to requests for information, quotes or any other kind of request as indicated by the form’s header.
Personal Data processed: city, email address, first name, last name, phone number, Tax ID, Trackers, Usage Data, various types of Data and ZIP/Postal code.
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Mailing list or newsletter (Messagenius)
By registering on the mailing list or for the newsletter, the User’s email address will be added to the contact list of those who may receive email messages containing information of commercial or promotional nature concerning Messagenius. Your email address might also be added to this list as a result of signing up to Messagenius or after making a purchase.
Personal Data processed: email address, Trackers and Usage Data.
Experience
Messagenius uses Trackers to improve the quality of the user experience and enable interactions with external content, networks and platforms.
Trackers managed by third parties
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Mailchimp widget (Intuit Inc.)
The Mailchimp widget is a service for interacting with the Mailchimp email address management and message sending service provided by Intuit Inc.
Personal Data processed: email address, Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
Trackers duration:
- cookies.js: duration of the session
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Google Fonts (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Fonts is a typeface visualization service provided by Google Ireland Limited that allows Messagenius to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
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Hotjar Poll & Survey widgets (Hotjar Ltd.)
The Hotjar Poll & Survey widgets are services that enable interaction with the Hotjar platform provided by Hotjar Ltd.
Hotjar honors generic „Do Not Track” headers. This means the browser can tell its script not to collect any of the User's data. This is a setting that is available in all major browsers. Find Hotjar’s opt-out information here.
Personal Data processed: Trackers, Usage Data and various types of Data.
Place of processing: Malta – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Trackers duration:
- _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress: 30 minutes
- _hjCachedUserAttributes: duration of the session
- _hjClosedSurveyInvites: 1 year
- _hjDonePolls: 1 year
- _hjFirstSeen: duration of the session
- _hjIncludedInSessionSample: 30 minutes
- _hjLocalStorageTest: duration of the session
- _hjMinimizedPolls: 1 year
- _hjSession*: 30 minutes
- _hjSessionRejected: duration of the session
- _hjSessionResumed: duration of the session
- _hjSessionStorageTest: indefinite
- _hjSessionTooLarge: 1 hour
- _hjSessionUser*: 1 year
- _hjSessionUser_*: 2 years
- _hjShownFeedbackMessage: 1 year
- _hjTLDTest: duration of the session
- _hjUserAttributesHash: duration of the session
- _hjViewportId: duration of the session
- _hjid: 1 year
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Hotjar surveys (Hotjar Ltd.)
Hotjar surveys is a survey builder and data collection platform provided by Hotjar Ltd.
Hotjar surveys may use cookies to track User behavior. Users can Opt-Out of Hotjar surveys cookie tracking by visiting this opt-out page.
Hotjar surveys respects the Do Not Track option available in most modern browsers that, if activated, sends a special signal to stop tracking User activity. Users can find more information on how to enable Do Not Track for each supported browser here.
Personal Data processed: Data communicated while using the service, Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: Malta – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Trackers duration:
- _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress: 30 minutes
- _hjCachedUserAttributes: duration of the session
- _hjClosedSurveyInvites: 1 year
- _hjDonePolls: 1 year
- _hjFirstSeen: duration of the session
- _hjIncludedInSessionSample: 30 minutes
- _hjLocalStorageTest: duration of the session
- _hjMinimizedPolls: 1 year
- _hjSession*: 30 minutes
- _hjSessionRejected: duration of the session
- _hjSessionResumed: duration of the session
- _hjSessionStorageTest: indefinite
- _hjSessionTooLarge: 1 hour
- _hjSessionUser*: 1 year
- _hjSessionUser_*: 2 years
- _hjShownFeedbackMessage: 1 year
- _hjTLDTest: duration of the session
- _hjUserAttributesHash: duration of the session
- _hjViewportId: duration of the session
- _hjid: 1 year
- hjActiveViewportIds: duration of the session
Measurement
Messagenius uses Trackers to measure traffic and analyze User behavior to improve the Service.
Trackers managed by third parties
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WordPress Stats (Aut O’Mattic A8C Ireland Ltd.)
WordPress Stats is an analytics service provided by Aut O’Mattic A8C Ireland Ltd.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy.
Trackers duration:
- tk_tc: duration of the session
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Google Analytics 4 (Google Ireland Limited)
Google Analytics 4 is a web analysis service provided by Google Ireland Limited (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of Messagenius, to prepare reports on its activities and share them with other Google services.
Google may use the Data collected to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.
In Google Analytics 4, IP addresses are used at collection time and then discarded before Data is logged in any data center or server. Users can learn more by consulting Google’s official documentation.
In order to understand Google's use of Data, consult their partner policy and their Business Data page.
Personal Data processed: number of Users, session statistics, Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt out.
Trackers duration:
- _ga: 2 years
- _ga_*: 2 years
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HubSpot Analytics (HubSpot, Inc.)
HubSpot Analytics is an analytics service provided by HubSpot, Inc.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: Germany – Privacy Policy.
Trackers duration:
- __hmpl: duration of the session
- __hs_gpc_banner_dismiss: 6 months
- __hssc: 30 minutes
- __hssrc: duration of the session
- __hstc: 2 years
- hublytics_events_53: duration of the session
- hubspotutk: 2 years
- messagesUtk: 2 years
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Hotjar Heat Maps and Recordings (Hotjar Ltd.)
Hotjar is a session recording and heat mapping service provided by Hotjar Ltd.
Hotjar honors generic „Do Not Track” headers. This means the browser can tell its script not to collect any of the User's data. This is a setting that is available in all major browsers. Find Hotjar’s opt-out information here.
Personal Data processed: Trackers, Usage Data and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.
Place of processing: Malta – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Trackers duration:
- _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress: 30 minutes
- _hjCachedUserAttributes: duration of the session
- _hjClosedSurveyInvites: 1 year
- _hjDonePolls: 1 year
- _hjFirstSeen: duration of the session
- _hjIncludedInSessionSample: 30 minutes
- _hjLocalStorageTest: duration of the session
- _hjLocalStorageTest: duration of the session
- _hjMinimizedPolls: 1 year
- _hjSession*: 30 minutes
- _hjSessionRejected: duration of the session
- _hjSessionResumed: duration of the session
- _hjSessionStorageTest: indefinite
- _hjSessionTooLarge: 1 hour
- _hjSessionUser*: 1 year
- _hjSessionUser_*: 2 years
- _hjShownFeedbackMessage: 1 year
- _hjTLDTest: duration of the session
- _hjUserAttributesHash: duration of the session
- _hjViewportId: duration of the session
- _hjid: 1 year
Marketing
Messagenius uses Trackers to deliver personalized ads or marketing content, and to measure their performance.
Trackers managed by third parties
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Mailchimp (Intuit Inc.)
Mailchimp is an email address management and message sending service provided by Intuit Inc.
Personal Data processed: email address, Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
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GoDaddy Professional Email (GoDaddy.com, LLC)
GoDaddy Professional Email is an email address management and message-sending service provided by GoDaddy.com, LLC.
Personal Data processed: email address and Trackers.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.
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Hotjar Form Analysis and Conversion Funnels (Hotjar Ltd.)
Hotjar is an analytics service provided by Hotjar Ltd.
Hotjar honors generic Do Not Track headers. This means your browser can tell its script not to collect any of your data. This is a setting that is available in all major browsers. Find Hotjar’s opt-out information here.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: Malta – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Trackers duration:
- _hjAbsoluteSessionInProgress: 30 minutes
- _hjCachedUserAttributes: duration of the session
- _hjClosedSurveyInvites: 1 year
- _hjDonePolls: 1 year
- _hjFirstSeen: duration of the session
- _hjIncludedInSessionSample: 30 minutes
- _hjLocalStorageTest: duration of the session
- _hjMinimizedPolls: 1 year
- _hjSession*: 30 minutes
- _hjSessionRejected: duration of the session
- _hjSessionResumed: duration of the session
- _hjSessionStorageTest: indefinite
- _hjSessionTooLarge: 1 hour
- _hjSessionUser*: 1 year
- _hjSessionUser_*: 2 years
- _hjShownFeedbackMessage: 1 year
- _hjTLDTest: duration of the session
- _hjUserAttributesHash: duration of the session
- _hjViewportId: duration of the session
- _hjid: 1 year
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LinkedIn conversion tracking (LinkedIn Insight Tag) (LinkedIn Corporation)
LinkedIn conversion tracking (LinkedIn Insight Tag) is an analytics and behavioral targeting service provided by LinkedIn Corporation that connects data from the LinkedIn advertising network with actions performed on Messagenius. The LinkedIn Insight Tag tracks conversions that can be attributed to LinkedIn ads and enables to target groups of Users on the base of their past use of Messagenius.
Users may opt out of behavioral targeting features through their device settings, their LinkedIn account settings or by visiting the AdChoices opt-out page.
Personal Data processed: device information, Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.
Trackers duration:
- AnalyticsSyncHistory: 1 month
- JSESSIONID: duration of the session
- UserMatchHistory: 1 month
- bcookie: 1 year
- bscookie: 1 year
- lang: duration of the session
- li_gc: 7 months
- lidc: 1 day
- lms_ads: 1 month
- lms_analytics: 1 month
- sdui_ver: 1 day
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LinkedIn Ads (LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company)
LinkedIn Ads is an advertising service provided by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt out.
Trackers duration:
- GAID: indefinite
- IDFA: indefinite
- UserMatchHistory: 1 month
- _gcl_*: 3 months
- _guid: 3 months
- aam_uuid: 1 month
- li_fat_id: 1 month
- li_giant: 7 days
- li_sugr: 3 months
- lms_ads: 1 month
- oribi_cookie_test: duration of the session
- oribi_session: 2 hours
- oribi_user_guid: 7 months
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LinkedIn Website Retargeting (LinkedIn Corporation)
LinkedIn Website Retargeting is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by LinkedIn Corporation that connects the activity of Messagenius with the LinkedIn advertising network.
Personal Data processed: Trackers and Usage Data.
Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out.
Trackers duration:
- AnalyticsSyncHistory: 1 month
- JSESSIONID: duration of the session
- UserMatchHistory: 1 month
- bcookie: 1 year
- bscookie: 1 year
- lang: duration of the session
- li_gc: 7 months
- lidc: 1 day
- lissc: 1 year
- lms_ads: 1 month
- lms_analytics: 1 month
- sdui_ver: 1 day
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LinkedIn lookalike audiences (LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company)
LinkedIn lookalike audiences is an advertising and behavioral targeting service provided by LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company that uses Data collected through LinkedIn's Matched Audiences in order to display ads to Users with similar behavior to Users who are already in a Matched Audiences list on the basis of their past use of Messagenius or engagement with relevant content across LinkedIn's apps and services.
On the basis of these Data, personalized ads will be shown to Users suggested by LinkedIn lookalike audiences.
Personal Data processed: academic background, company name, company revenue, company size, country, date of birth, education history, email address, first name, gender, geographic position, geography/region, industry, interests, IP address, job position, job skills, job title, last name, Trackers, unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example), Usage Data and work history.
Place of processing: Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out.
Trackers duration:
- SID: indefinite
- UserMatchHistory: 1 month
- VID: 2 years
- l_page: 7 months
- li_fat_id: 1 month
- li_gc: 7 months
- li_giant: 7 days
- lms_ads: 1 month
- lms_analytics: 1 month
- queryString: 15 days
- sdui_ver: 1 day
How to manage preferences and provide or withdraw consent on Messagenius
Whenever the use of Trackers is based on consent, users can provide or withdraw such consent by setting or updating their preferences via the relevant privacy choices panel available on Messagenius.
With regard to any third-party Trackers, Users can manage their preferences via the related opt-out link (where provided), by using the means indicated in the third party's privacy policy, or by contacting the third party.
How to control or delete Cookies and similar technologies via your device settings
Users may use their own browser settings to:
- See what Cookies or other similar technologies have been set on the device;
- Block Cookies or similar technologies;
- Clear Cookies or similar technologies from the browser.
The browser settings, however, do not allow granular control of consent by category.
Users can, for example, find information about how to manage Cookies in the most commonly used browsers at the following addresses:
Users may also manage certain categories of Trackers used on mobile apps by opting out through relevant device settings such as the device advertising settings for mobile devices, or tracking settings in general (Users may open the device settings and look for the relevant setting).
How to opt out of interest-based advertising
Notwithstanding the above, Users may follow the instructions provided by YourOnlineChoices (EU and UK), the Network Advertising Initiative (US) and the Digital Advertising Alliance (US), DAAC (Canada), DDAI (Japan) or other similar services. Such initiatives allow Users to select their tracking preferences for most of the advertising tools. The Owner thus recommends that Users make use of these resources in addition to the information provided in this document.
The Digital Advertising Alliance offers an application called AppChoices that helps Users to control interest-based advertising on mobile apps.
Consequences of denying the use of Trackers
Users are free to decide whether or not to allow the use of Trackers. However, please note that Trackers help Messagenius to provide a better experience and advanced functionalities to Users (in line with the purposes outlined in this document). Therefore, if the User chooses to block the use of Trackers, the Owner may be unable to provide related features.
Owner and Data Controller
VMS ME Srls
Via Doberdo 12
00054 Fiumicino
Owner contact email: legal@vms.me
Since the use of third-party Trackers through Messagenius cannot be fully controlled by the Owner, any specific references to third-party Trackers are to be considered indicative. In order to obtain complete information, Users are kindly requested to consult the privacy policies of the respective third-party services listed in this document.
Given the objective complexity surrounding tracking technologies, Users are encouraged to contact the Owner should they wish to receive any further information on the use of such technologies by Messagenius.