Last updated 08/11/2022
Midstay makes use of cookies and other tracking technologies on our company website (ie: midstay.com ; app.midstay.com), within our Software as a Service (SaaS) product offerings our mobile or desktop apps, and all our integrations with third-party apps and services. This is a brief explanation of the cookies and other tracking technologies used.
Cookies
Cookies are small, usually randomly encoded, text files that help you navigate through a website. They are generated on the sites that you visit, as well as by third parties that websites work with, to manage key elements of their business-user functionality. In most cases, they do not involve or use personal information in any way.
Cookies are used extensively online and have become part of the fabric and make-up of what has made the internet work effectively for consumers and businesses. Without cookies, many areas of functionality (for example, user logins, shopping baskets, and other customization features) would not work as expected.
Further information on cookies can be found at the EU Internet Handbook or AllAboutCookies.org.
Cookie types
Necessary cookies
These are cookies that are strictly necessary for the operation of a website. Without these cookies, this website won’t work properly. Accordingly, we are not asking you for your specific consent for those cookies. For all other cookies your informed consent is required.
Session cookies
Session cookies are temporary cookies that are not stored on your computer or mobile device. They are used as part of the login, authentication, and session management flows of the SaaS platform websites. Certain session cookies are also used to understand, for example, if a user interacting with our company website is a new visitor or a visitor returning as part of the same browsing session. These session cookies are erased when you close your browser, or after extended inactivity.
Functional cookies
Functionality cookies are used to enhance the performance of websites as without them certain functions of the website may not be available. However, they are not vital for a website to run, but they allow to remember important information and user’s preferences. Information can include login data, region, language, and enhanced content.
Analytical / Performance Cookies
These cookies allow us to collect statistical data for analysis to ensure our Site is functioning properly (such as enabling us to identify errors or poor performance of the Site), in terms of navigation and usability, as well as evaluating the effectiveness of our marketing efforts.
First Party CookiesÂ
These are the cookies that we set on a Midstay Site and they can only be read by that site.
Third-Party cookiesÂ
We also place cookies on brand ads which are placed on other websites owned by third parties (e.g. Facebook). We obtain information via those cookies when you click on or interact with the advertisement. The brand may use the information obtained by these cookies to serve you with advertising that is relevant and of interest to you based on your past online behavior.
DoubleClick Cookie
Our websites use Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting to improve advertising. Some common applications are to target advertising based on what’s relevant to a user, to improve reporting on campaign performance, and to avoid showing ads the user has already seen. If you don’t want your information collected in this way, you can:
- use Google’s Ad Settings to opt-out of Display Advertising; or
- use Google’s Browser add-on to opt-out of Google Analytics
DoubleClick cookies contain no personally identifiable information. Sometimes the DoubleClick cookie will contain an additional identifier that is similar in appearance to the cookie ID and is used to identify an ad campaign to which a user was exposed previously.
We will not use any information reported by Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting to identify any individual user of our site.
Find out more about Google Analytics Demographics and Interest Reporting.
Other tracking technology
Other tracking technology that used on Midstay company website and platform sites. These are primarily used to understand customers’ or users’ interactions and behavior while using our website. As follow:
- Hotjar Tracking Code is used to trigger data collection. To process of collecting qualitative data that gives behavior analytics and feedback data to help empathize and understand the web visitors.
How can I change my cookie settings?
You have the ability to accept or decline the use of cookies.
To delete the cookies and all information gathered, and otherwise change your cookie settings please click the following link. Change Cookie Settings
The Site allows you to choose NOT to allow the services which create and use these cookies to run, although you may not have access to all the features of the Site if you do so. To do this, just scroll down the page and click on the “Cookie Settings” link.
For useful information on cookies, see AboutCookies.org
How and why does Midstay use them?
Midstay uses cookies to gain a better understanding of how visitors use this website. Cookies help us tailor Midstay websites to your personal needs, to improve their user-friendliness, gain customer satisfaction feedback on our websites (through designated partners), and to communicate to you elsewhere on the web.
How to contact us
In the vent that you have any questions regarding this policy or our use of cookies you should contact us at privacy@midstay.info
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