Cookies Policy

About this cookies policy

This document is meant to explain the types of cookies and other tracking technologies that we may place on your device when you are visiting our website or using our services. This Cookies Policy explains what cookies are and how we use them. You should read this policy to understand what cookies are, how we use them, the types of cookies we use i.e, the information we collect using cookies and how that information is used and how to control the cookie preferences.

Your consent applies to the following domain: filipfinance.com. You can at any time change or withdraw your consent from the Cookie Declaration on our website.

For further information on how we use, store and keep your personal data secure, how you can contact us and how we process personal data please see our Privacy Policy.

What are cookies ?

Cookies are small text files that are used to store small pieces of information. The cookies are downloaded and stored on your device when the website is loaded on your browser. We use a number of different cookies on our website, including strictly necessary (“essential”), functional, performance, advertising, and social media or content cookies. Cookies make your browsing experience better by allowing the website to remember your actions and preferences (such as login and region selection). This means you don’t have to re-enter this information each time you return to the site or browse from one page to another. Cookies also provide information on how people use the website, for instance whether it’s their first time visiting or if they are a frequent visitor. These cookies help us make the website function properly, make the website more secure, provide better user experience, and understand how the website performs and to analyze what works and where it needs improvement.

What cookies do we use and why ?

Our website uses first-party and third-party cookies for a number of purposes. The first-party cookies are mostly necessary for the website to function the right way, and they do not collect any of your personally identifiable data. The third-party cookies used on our websites aim to provide you with an improved user experience and improve your future interactions with our website, these are used mainly for understanding the performance of our website, your interaction with our website, maintaining the security of our services and providing advertisements relevant to you.

Some cookies are essential for you to be able to experience the full functionality of our site. These essential cookies are necessary to allow you to browse our website, use its features, and access secure areas. The use of these cookies is essential for the website to work. For example, we use user-input cookies for the duration of a session to keep track of a user’s input when filling in forms that span several pages. They allow us to maintain user sessions and prevent any security threats (e.g. cookies used for your log in or secure checkout). They do not collect or store any personal information.

We also use functional cookies to remember choices you’ve made or information you’ve provided, such as your username or the region you are in. These are the cookies that help certain non-essential functionalities on our website. These functionalities include embedding content like videos or sharing contents on the website on social media platforms. This allows us to tailor your website experience specifically to your preferences. For example, authentication cookies are functional cookies that are used for the duration of a session (or persistent, if you agree to the “remember me” function) to allow users to authenticate themselves on subsequent visits or to gain access to authorized content across pages. The functional cookies we use include:

• User-centric security cookies to detect authentication abuses for a limited persistent duration, like repeated failed login attempts. These cookies are set for the specific task of increasing the security of the service.
• Multimedia content player session cookies (flash cookies) are used for the duration of a session to store technical data needed to play back video or audio content (e.g. image quality, network link speed, and buffering parameters).
• User interface customization persistent cookies are used to store a user’s preference regarding a service across web pages so that the user has a better and efficient experience on future visits to the website.

Reporting and analytics cookies store information like the number of visitors to the website, the number of unique visitors, which pages of the website have been visited, the source of the visit etc. These data help us understand and analyze how well the website performs and where it needs improvement.

• First party analytics cookies – We use these cookies to estimate the number of unique visitors, to improve our websites and to detect the most searched for words in search engines that lead to a webpage. These cookies are not used to target you with online marketing. We use these cookies to learn how our websites are performing and make relevant improvements to improve your browsing experience.
• Third party analytics cookies – We also use Google Analytics and other third-party analytics providers to help measure how users interact with our website content. These cookies “remember” what our users have done on previous pages and how they’ve interacted with the website. For more information on Google Analytics,visit Google’s information page. For instructions on how opt out of Google Analytics, see below.

Advertising cookies are used on our website to tailor marketing to you and your interests and provide you with a more personalized service in the future. These cookies remember that you visited our website and we may share this information with third-parties, such as advertisers. Although these cookies can track your device’s visits to our website and other sites, they typically cannot personally identify you. Without these cookies, the advertisements that you see may be less relevant and interesting to you. The information stored in these cookies may also be used by the third-party ad providers to show you ads on other websites on the browser as well. Read more about how companies use cookies to conduct targeted or retargeted advertising here.

Social and Content cookies are placed by many social media plugins (for example the Facebook ’like’ button), and other tools meant to provide or improve the content on a website (for example services that allow the playing of video files, or that create comments sections). We integrate these modules into our platform to improve the experience of browsing and interacting with our websites. Please note that some of these third party services place cookies that are also used for things like behavioural advertising, analytics, and/or market research.

How long will cookies remain on my computer or mobile device?

The length of time that a cookie remains on your computer or mobile device depends on whether it is a “persistent” or “session” cookie. Session cookies last until you stop browsing and persistent cookies last until they expire or are deleted. Most of the cookies we use are persistent and will expire between 30 minutes and two years from the date they are downloaded to your device. See the section below on how to control cookies for more information on removing them before they expire.

How to control cookies?

You can control and manage cookies in various ways. Please keep in mind that removing or blocking cookies can negatively impact your user experience and parts of our website may no longer be fully accessible.

Most browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can choose whether or not to accept cookies through your browser controls, often found in your browser’s “Tools” or “Preferences” menu. For more information on how to modify your browser settings or how to block, manage or filter cookies can be found in your browser’s help file or through such sites as: www.allaboutcookies.org and wikipedia.org.

Also, if you would like to remove the Google Analytics and DoubleClick cookies go to http://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout and http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/plugin/, respectively. This will affect your Google cookies on all sites, and not just ours.

Many of the third party advertising and other tracking services offer you the opportunity to opt out of their tracking systems. You can read more about the information they collect and how to opt out in their respective privacy policies.