Cookie Policy of Thrivous

Cookies and other Identifiers consist of portions of code placed on the User’s device that assist the Owner in providing the Service according to the purposes described.

Some of the purposes for which Identifiers 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 Whenever consent is given, it can be freely withdrawn at any time following the instructions provided in this document.

To find more information dedicated to Californian consumers and their privacy rights, Users may read the privacy policy.

Activities strictly necessary for the operation of Thrivous and delivery of the Service

Thrivous uses Cookies or other Identifiers to carry out activities that are strictly necessary for the operation or delivery of the Service and, therefore, do not require Users to consent. Users can disable such Identifiers by modifying their browser or device settings as described in more detail within this document, but this may affect core operational functions or result in the unavailability of the Service.

• SPAM protection

  This type of service analyzes the traffic of Thrivous, potentially containing Users' Personal Data, with the purpose of filtering it from parts of traffic, messages and content that are recognized as SPAM.

  Google reCAPTCHA

  Google reCAPTCHA is a SPAM protection service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location Thrivous is accessed from.
  The use of reCAPTCHA is subject to the Google privacy policy and terms of use.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy; Ireland – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

Other activities

Basic interactions & functionalities

Thrivous uses Cookies or other Identifiers to enable basic interactions and functionalities, allowing Users to access selected features of the Service and facilitating the User's communication with the Owner.

• Interaction with live chat platforms

  This type of service allows Users to interact with third-party live chat platforms directly from the pages of Thrivous, for contacting and being contacted by Thrivous support service.
  If one of these services is installed, it may collect browsing and Usage Data in the pages where it is installed, even if the Users do not actively use the service. Moreover, live chat conversations may be logged.

  Zopim Widget (Zopim Technologies Pte Ltd)

  The Zopim Widget is a service for interacting with the Zopim live chat platform provided by Zopim Technologies Pte Ltd.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies, Data communicated while using the service and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: Singapore – Privacy Policy.

• Interaction with support and feedback platforms

  This type of service allows Users to interact with third party support and feedback platforms directly from the pages of Thrivous.
  If one of these services is installed, it may collect browsing and Usage Data in the pages where it is installed, even if the Users do not actively use the service.

  Zendesk Widget (Zendesk)

  The Zendesk Widget is a service for interacting with the Zendesk support and feedback platform provided by Zendesk Inc.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

Experience enhancement

Thrivous uses Cookies or other Identifiers to provide a personalized user experience by improving the quality of preference management options, and by enabling interaction with external networks and platforms.

• Displaying content from external platforms

  This type of service allows you to view content hosted on external platforms directly from the pages of Thrivous and interact with them.
  This type of service might still collect web traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.

  YouTube video widget (Google Inc.)

  YouTube is a video content visualization service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location Thrivous is accessed from, that allows Thrivous to incorporate content of this kind on its pages.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

• Interaction with external social networks and platforms

  This type of service allows interaction with social networks or other external platforms directly from the pages of Thrivous.
  The interaction and information obtained through Thrivous are always subject to the User’s privacy settings for each social network.
  This type of service might still collect traffic data for the pages where the service is installed, even when Users do not use it.
  It is recommended to log out from the respective services in order to make sure that the processed data on Thrivous isn’t being connected back to the User’s profile.

  AddThis (Addthis Inc.)

  AddThis is a service provided by Oracle Corporation, which displays a widget that allows interaction with social networks and external platforms as well as sharing the contents of Thrivous.
  Depending on the configuration, this service can display widgets belonging to third parties such as the managers of social networks where interactions are shared. In this case, also the third parties that provide the widget will be informed of interactions and Usage Data on the pages where this service is installed.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy.

  PayPal button and widgets (PayPal Inc.)

  The PayPal button and widgets are services allowing interaction with the PayPal platform provided by PayPal Inc.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: See the PayPal privacy policy – Privacy Policy.

Measurement

Thrivous uses Cookies or other Identifiers to measure traffic and analyze User behavior with the goal of improving the Service.

• Analytics

  The services contained in this section enable the Owner to monitor and analyze web traffic and can be used to keep track of User behavior.

  Google Analytics Advertising Reporting Features

  Google Analytics on Thrivous has Advertising Reporting Features activated, which collects additional information from the DoubleClick cookie (web activity) and from device advertising IDs (app activity). It allows the Owner to analyze specific behavior and interests Data (traffic Data and Users' ads interaction Data) and, if enabled, demographic Data (information about the age and gender).

  Users can opt out of Google's use of cookies by visiting Google's Ads Settings.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies, unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example) and various types of Data as specified in the privacy policy of the service.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

  Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Facebook pixel)

  Facebook Ads conversion tracking (Facebook pixel) is an analytics service provided by Facebook, Inc. or by Facebook Ireland Ltd, depending on the location Thrivous is accessed from, that connects data from the Facebook advertising network with actions performed on Thrivous. The Facebook pixel tracks conversions that can be attributed to ads on Facebook, Instagram and Audience Network.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy; Ireland – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

  Google Ads conversion tracking

  Google Ads conversion tracking is an analytics service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location Thrivous is accessed from, that connects data from the Google Ads advertising network with actions performed on Thrivous.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy; Ireland – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

  Google Analytics

  Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location Thrivous is accessed from, (“Google”). Google utilizes the Data collected to track and examine the use of Thrivous, 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.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

  Twitter Ads conversion tracking (Twitter, Inc.)

  Twitter Ads conversion tracking is an analytics service provided by Twitter, Inc. that connects data from the Twitter advertising network with actions performed on Thrivous.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

  User ID extension for Google Analytics

  Google Analytics on Thrivous makes use of a feature called User ID. This setup allows for a more accurate tracking of Users by associating that User with the same ID over various sessions and devices. It is set up in a way that doesn’t allow Google to personally identify an individual or permanently identify a particular device.
  The User ID extension might make it possible to connect Data from Google Analytics with other Data about the User collected by Thrivous.
  The opt-out link below will only opt you out for the device you are on, but not from tracking performed independently by the Owner. Contact the Owner via the email address provided in this privacy policy to object to the aforementioned tracking as well.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

  Google Analytics Demographics and Interests reports

  Google Analytics Demographics and Interests reports is a Google Advertising Reporting feature that makes available demographic and interests Data inside Google Analytics for Thrivous (demographics means age and gender Data).

  Users can opt out of Google's use of cookies by visiting Google's Ads Settings.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example).

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

  Pinterest Conversion Tag (Pinterest, Inc.)

  Pinterest Conversion Tag is an analytics service provided by Pinterest, Inc. that connects data from the Pinterest advertising network with actions performed on Thrivous.

  Users may opt out of behavioral advertising features through their device settings, their Pinterest personalization settings or by visiting the AdChoices opt-out page.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies, device information and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt out. Privacy Shield participant.

  Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking (Microsoft Corporation)

  Microsoft Advertising Universal Event Tracking is an analytics service provided by Microsoft Corporation that connects data from the Microsoft Advertising network with actions performed on Thrivous.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies, unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example), Universally unique identifier (UUID) and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

• Analytics services managed directly by Thrivous

  The services contained in this section are first-party services that enable the Owner, through the use of Cookies and other Identifiers, to manage analytics employed directly by Thrivous. Depending on the applicable law these services may not require Users to consent. In such cases Users can disable the Identifiers by modifying their browser or device settings as described in more detail within this document.

  Analytics collected directly (Thrivous)

  Thrivous uses an internal analytics system that does not involve third parties.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

• Content performance and features testing (A/B testing)

  The services contained in this section allow the Owner to track and analyze the User response concerning web traffic or behavior regarding changes to the structure, text or any other component of Thrivous.

  Google Optimize

  Google Optimize is an A/B testing service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location Thrivous is accessed from, ("Google").

  Google may use Personal Data to contextualize and personalize the ads of its own advertising network.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy; Ireland – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

Targeting & Advertising

Thrivous uses Cookies or other Identifiers to deliver personalized marketing content based on User behavior and to operate, serve and track ads.

Some of the services used by the Owner adhere to the IAB Transparency and Consent Framework, an initiative that facilitates responsible privacy practices across the digital advertising industry, providing Users with enhanced transparency and control over how their data are used for advertising tracking purposes. Users can customize their advertising preferences at any time by accessing the advertising preferences panel from within the cookie notice or via the relevant link on Thrivous.

Thrivous participates in the IAB Europe Transparency & Consent Framework and complies with its Specifications and Policies. Thrivous uses iubenda (identification number 123) as a Consent Management Platform.

• Advertising

  This type of service allows User Data to be utilized for advertising communication purposes displayed in the form of banners and other advertisements on Thrivous, possibly based on User interests.
  This does not mean that all Personal Data are used for this purpose. Information and conditions of use are shown below.
  Some of the services listed below may use Cookies to identify Users or they may use the behavioral retargeting technique, i.e. displaying ads tailored to the User’s interests and behavior, including those detected outside Thrivous. For more information, please check the privacy policies of the relevant services.

  Microsoft Advertising (Microsoft Corporation)

  Microsoft Advertising is an advertising service provided by Microsoft Corporation.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

  Google Ad Manager (Google Inc.)

  Google Ad Manager is an advertising service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location Thrivous is accessed from, that allows the Owner to run advertising campaigns in conjunction with external advertising networks that the Owner, unless otherwise specified in this document, has no direct relationship with. In order to opt out from being tracked by various advertising networks, Users may make use of Youronlinechoices. In order to understand Google's use of data, consult Google's partner policy.
  This service uses the “DoubleClick” Cookie, which tracks use of Thrivous and User behavior concerning ads, products and services offered.  

  Users may decide to disable all the DoubleClick Cookies by going to: Google Ad Settings.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy. Privacy Shield participant.

  Google Ads Similar audiences (Google LLC)

  Similar audiences is an advertising and behavioral targeting service provided by Google LLC that uses Data from Google Ads Remarketing in order to display ads to Users with similar behavior to Users who are already on the remarketing list due to their past use of Thrivous.
  On the basis of this Data, personalized ads will be shown to Users suggested by Google Ads Similar audiences.

  Users who don't want to be included in Similar audiences can opt out and disable the use of advertising cookies by going to: Google Ad Settings.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

  Facebook Lookalike Audience

  Facebook Lookalike Audience is an advertising and behavioral targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. or by Facebook Ireland Ltd, depending on the location Thrivous is accessed from, that uses Data collected through Facebook Custom Audience in order to display ads to Users with similar behavior to Users who are already in a Custom Audience list on the base of their past use of Thrivous or engagement with relevant content across the Facebook apps and services.
  On the base of these Data, personalized ads will be shown to Users suggested by Facebook Lookalike Audience.

  Users can opt out of Facebook's use of cookies for ads personalization by visiting this opt-out page.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

  Facebook Audience Network

  Facebook Audience Network is an advertising service provided by Facebook, Inc. or by Facebook Ireland Ltd, depending on the location Thrivous is accessed from, In order to understand Facebook's use of Data, consult Facebook's data policy.

  Thrivous may use identifiers for mobile devices (including Android Advertising ID or Advertising Identifier for iOS, respectively) and technologies similar to cookies to run the Facebook Audience Network service. One of the ways Audience Network shows ads is by using the User's ad preferences. The User can control this in the Facebook ad settings.

  Users may opt-out of certain Audience Network targeting through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or by following the instructions in other Audience Network related sections of this privacy policy, if available.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies, unique device identifiers for advertising (Google Advertiser ID or IDFA, for example) and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

• Commercial affiliation

  This type of service allows Thrivous to display advertisements for third-party products or services. Ads can be displayed either as advertising links or as banners using various kinds of graphics.
  Clicks on the icon or banner posted on the Application are tracked by the third-party services listed below, and are shared with Thrivous.
  For details of which data are collected, please refer to the privacy policy of each service.

  ShareAsale (ShareAsale.com Inc.)

  ShareAsale is a banner commercial affiliation service provided by ShareAsale.com Inc.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

  Amazon Affiliation (Amazon)

  Amazon Affiliation is a commercial affiliation service provided by Amazon.com Inc.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy.

• Remarketing and behavioral targeting

  This type of service allows Thrivous and its partners to inform, optimize and serve advertising based on past use of Thrivous by the User.
  This activity is facilitated by tracking Usage Data and by using Cookies and other Identifiers to collect information which is then transferred to the partners that manage the remarketing and behavioral targeting activity.
  Some services offer a remarketing option based on email address lists.
  In addition to any opt-out feature provided by any of the services below, Users may opt out by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page.

  Users may also opt-out of certain advertising features through applicable device settings, such as the device advertising settings for mobile phones or ads settings in general.

  Google Ads Remarketing

  Google Ads Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location Thrivous is accessed from, that connects the activity of Thrivous with the Google Ads advertising network and the DoubleClick Cookie.

  Users can opt out of Google's use of cookies for ads personalization by visiting Google's Ads Settings.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

  Facebook Custom Audience

  Facebook Custom Audience is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. or by Facebook Ireland Ltd, depending on the location Thrivous is accessed from, that connects the activity of Thrivous with the Facebook advertising network.

  Users can opt out of Facebook's use of cookies for ads personalization by visiting this opt-out page.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and email address.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

  Facebook Remarketing

  Facebook Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Facebook, Inc. or by Facebook Ireland Ltd, depending on the location Thrivous is accessed from, that connects the activity of Thrivous with the Facebook advertising network.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

  Remarketing with Google Analytics

  Remarketing with Google Analytics is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location Thrivous is accessed from, that connects the tracking activity performed by Google Analytics and its Cookies with the Google Ads advertising network and the Doubleclick Cookie.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

  Twitter Remarketing (Twitter, Inc.)

  Twitter Remarketing is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Twitter, Inc. that connects the activity of Thrivous with the Twitter advertising network.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

  Twitter Tailored Audiences (Twitter, Inc.)

  Twitter Tailored Audiences is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Twitter, Inc. that connects the activity of Thrivous with the Twitter advertising network.

  Users can opt out from interest-based ads by going to: Personalization and Data.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and email address.

  Place of processing: US – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

  Google Ad Manager Audience Extension

  Google Ad Manager Audience Extension is a remarketing and behavioral targeting service provided by Google LLC or by Google Ireland Limited, depending on the location Thrivous is accessed from, that tracks the visitors of Thrivous and allows selected advertising partners to display targeted ads across the web to them.

  Personal Data processed: Cookies and Usage Data.

  Place of processing: United States – Privacy Policy – Opt Out; Ireland – Privacy Policy – Opt Out. Privacy Shield participant.

How to provide or withdraw consent

Users can provide or withdraw consent to the use of Cookies and other Identifiers by setting their preferences within the cookie notice or by updating such preferences via the relevant consent-preferences widget accordingly, if available.

Additionally, Users can manage preferences regarding Identifiers directly from within their own device settings and prevent – for example – the storing of third-party Identifiers. It is also possible, via relevant browser or device features, to delete previously stored Identifiers, including those used to remember the User’s initial consent. Users can, for example, find information about how to manage Identifiers in the most commonly used browsers at the following addresses: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Microsoft Internet Explorer.

With regard to any Identifiers stored by third parties, Users can manage their preferences and withdraw their consent by clicking 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.

Notwithstanding the above, Users are hereby informed that they may follow the instructions provided by YourOnlineChoices (EU), 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.

Owner and Data Controller

Thrivous
PO Box 4078 #73216
Salt Lake City UT 84110 USA

Owner contact email: support@thrivous.com

Since the storing of third-party Cookies and other Identifiers through the services used within Thrivous cannot be technically controlled by the Owner, any specific references to Identifiers stored by third parties are to be considered indicative. In order to obtain complete information, the User is kindly requested to consult the privacy policies of the respective third-party services listed in this document.

Given the objective complexity surrounding technologies related to Cookies and other Identifiers, Users are encouraged to contact the Owner should they wish to receive any further information on the use of such Identifiers by Thrivous.