WHAT ARE COOKIES AND WHAT DOES THIS POLICY COVER?

Cookies are small text files placed on your device (e.g., computer, tablet, smartphone) when you visit a website. These files are created either by the website you visit or by third-party service providers and are used for various purposes, including:

• Enhancing your browsing experience by remembering your preferences.
• Ensuring website functionality and maintaining operational efficiency.
• Collecting data for analytics to improve website performance and user experience.
• Supporting advertising and marketing efforts by providing personalized content and recommendations.

This Cookie Policy explains how Brolyz uses cookies, why they are essential for the platform’s operation, and your choices regarding their use.

 

WHY DO WE USE COOKIES?
We use cookies for various purposes to enhance the user experience and improve the functionality of the website and application. Cookies play a key role in safeguarding your account, protecting your data, and ensuring secure access to Brolyz services.

Here are the main reasons we use cookies:

1. Authentication
We use cookies to verify your Brolyz account and confirm that you are logged in. By storing login information, we ensure that our users can securely access their Brolyz accounts. This facilitates your access to Brolyz and provides the most suitable experience and features.

• For example: Cookies help us remember your browser and keep your session active while you navigate through your Brolyz account. This way, you don’t have to log in repeatedly. Additionally, cookies make it easier to log in to Brolyz through third-party applications and websites.

 

2. Security and Site Protection

• We use cookies to verify user identities, prevent fraud attempts, and ensure the security of our website.
  • For example: If someone repeatedly tries to access your Brolyz account by entering different passwords without authorization, cookies help us detect this and take additional security measures.
• Cookies also help us store information needed for account recovery or additional identity verification.
  • For instance: Our cookies allow us to securely identify your browser and recognize trusted browsers you've previously used. This helps protect you from fraud and unauthorized access attempts.
• We use cookies to combat activities that violate our policies or negatively impact our ability to provide Brolyz services and products. Cookies help us detect computers that create multiple fake Brolyz accounts, fight spam and phishing attacks, and identify malicious browsers or computers with harmful software. This helps us block cybersecurity threats and take preventative measures.
• We also use cookies to protect you from spam and harassment.

 

3. Performance, Analysis, and Development

• We use cookies to provide you with the best possible experience, analyze how users interact with and utilize the Brolyz platform, and improve our products and services effectively.
  • For example: Cookies help us understand how users navigate Brolyz and which parts of the platform they find most useful and engaging. This enables us to better analyze areas of the site and applications that can be improved.
• Cookies help us understand how Brolyz is used and optimize its performance.
  • For example: Collecting information such as visited pages, click rates, and error reports helps us analyze user traffic and identify popular content.
• We may use cookies to deliver error messages, facilitate account transitions, coordinate our services across browser tabs, and enable specific features on partner websites.
• Additionally, cookies help us manage traffic between servers and understand how quickly Brolyz loads for different users.
• We also use cookies to offer subscription features and distribute specific content.

 

4. Statistics

• We use cookies to analyze data such as visitor numbers, page views, and user behavior on the site to improve our services.
• Cookies help us understand how users interact with our services, including buttons and components, to enhance the user experience.
• We utilize cookies to gain insights into how, when, how often, and from where you engage with our services, as well as which links you visit, to improve your overall experience.
• Cookies are also used to determine the number of people who view specific posts, buttons, or timelines.

 

5. Personalizing the User Experience

We use cookies to provide a better user experience and tailor our services specifically to you.

• For example: Cookies help us save your preferences, understand when you view or interact with Brolyz content, and offer you personalized content and experiences. They also allow us to make recommendations and customize content on third-party sites that integrate our social plugins.
• We use cookies to provide content in your preferred language.
  • For example: Information stored in a cookie placed on your browser or device enables the site to be displayed in your chosen language.
• Cookies help us deliver a smoother experience by remembering your preferences without requiring you to specify them again.
  • For example: By recalling your language, region, or theme preferences, we can customize Brolyz for you.
• Cookies enable us to analyze how users interact with Brolyz, identifying the most useful and engaging features to improve our services.
• Cookies also help us understand which devices you use, allowing us to personalize your experience across all devices.
  • For example: When you visit a Brolyz advertiser’s website or mobile app, we gather information about your devices. Typically, this includes linking your devices to you using IP addresses and related data.

 

6. Advertising and Marketing

At Brolyz, we use advertising cookies to personalize your experience and provide the most relevant content. These cookies are used to measure the performance of advertisements on our digital platforms and offer a customized advertising experience based on your interests.

Advertising cookies are small data files placed on your browser or device when you visit our website or applications. These cookies analyze your preferences and online behavior to identify products and services that may be relevant to you.

We may collaborate with third-party advertising partners, including Google, to market our services.

Purposes of Advertising Cookies:

• Personalized Ads: Delivering content and advertisements tailored to your interests.
• Monitoring Ad Performance: Measuring ad effectiveness to create more efficient campaigns.
• Behavioral Targeting: Analyzing visitor habits to display more relevant ads.
• Retargeting: Offering personalized campaigns based on your previous visits.

Information collected via advertising cookies may include:

• Pages visited and content viewed,
• Clicked ads and completed actions,
• Browser and device details,
• Approximate geographic location (based on IP address).

These details are processed anonymously and do not directly identify you.

Through third-party advertising cookies, Brolyz may receive support from partners and external providers for advertising activities. These third-party cookies:

• Deliver targeted ads on social media platforms,
• Analyze online shopping behavior to improve ad campaigns,
• Enhance the effectiveness of ads seen on other websites.
• Cookies enable us to display ads to users who have previously visited a business's website, purchased its products, or used its applications, and recommend products or services based on these actions. They also limit the number of times you see an ad and reduce repetitive ads.
• We use cookies to determine how many times an ad has been shown and calculate its costs. They also help us measure how frequently users take actions, such as making a purchase, after viewing an ad.
• Cookies provide statistics about people who use Brolyz and interact with the ads, websites, and applications of our advertisers and partner businesses.
• For example: We use cookies to help businesses understand who liked their Brolyz content or used their applications, enabling them to offer more relevant content and develop features that interest their customers.

You can review the cookie policies of these providers by visiting their respective privacy policies.

7. Social Media Integration

At Brolyz, we use cookies for social media integrations on our website and applications. This cookie policy explains which cookies are used, how they work, and the benefits they offer when using our services integrated with social media platforms.

• Cookies used for social media integration serve the following purposes:
  • Service Integration: Ensuring integration with other social media platforms and enhancing functionality. Cookies enable users to connect their social media accounts to the website or application, integrating features like sharing and liking.
  • User Experience: Simplifying login through social media accounts.
  • Advertising and Analytics: Analyzing traffic and behavior from social media platforms.
  • Content Sharing: Allowing users to easily share content on their social media accounts.
• Analytical Cookies: Data obtained through social media integration cookies is analyzed to improve our services.
• Brolyz may share data collected through social media integration cookies with the respective social media platforms. Such data sharing is subject to the privacy policies of those platforms.

 

8. Third-Party Websites

The Brolyz platform provides information on cookies collected, used, and stored through third-party websites and applications.

Third-party cookies are placed and operated by external providers, such as partners, advertisers, or analytics tools, rather than by Brolyz. These cookies serve various purposes, such as improving services, monitoring user behavior, and delivering personalized advertising content.

 

9. TECHNICAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONALITY OF COOKIES

1. Structure: Cookies generally contain a name, value, expiration date, and, in some cases, a domain. They are stored as key-value pairs, typically in text format.
2. Functionality: When a user visits a website, the site sends cookies to the browser. The browser stores these cookies and sends them back to the website during subsequent visits, enabling the site to recognize the user and perform various functions.

 

10.  FUNCTIONAL COOKIES

Functional cookies are anonymous cookies that enable www.brolyz.com to remember visitor characteristics and preferences. Based on this information, www.brolyz.com can display content tailored to each visitor.

If the use of such cookies is not permitted:

• Certain sections of the www.brolyz.com website or application may not be accessible,
• The level of support provided by the website or application may decrease,
• The website or application may not remember your preferences, and some personalized features may not be available.

 

11. MANAGING COOKIES VIA BROWSER TOOLS AND SETTINGS

Browser Settings:

Browsers typically offer various settings for managing cookies. Users can accept, reject, or delete cookies and control how cookies are stored.

• Google Chrome:
  • Settings > Privacy and Security > Cookies and other site data. From here, you can manage how cookies are handled.
• Mozilla Firefox:
  • Menu > Options > Privacy and Security > Cookies and Site Data. Manage and block cookies from this section.
• Safari:
  • Safari > Preferences > Privacy. Adjust how cookies and website data are managed here.
• Cookie Management Tools:
• Various browser extensions and software can help users manage cookies. These tools offer functionalities such as tracking, deleting, or blocking cookies.

 

ABOUT THIS POLICY

The Cookie Policy Disclosure will be updated on our website to reflect any changes or new updates. This ensures transparency for our users and informs them about how and why their data is collected and used.