When you visit our Website, www.altusgroup.com (“Website”), or use our advisory services, research content, software and data solutions, products, webinars, and Website (“Products), we collect certain information by automated means, such as through server log files, cookies (text files sent to and stored on your device when you access the Website or use the Products), web beacons (also known as clear GIFs and pixel tags, which may be used to transmit information back to the Website), and embedded scripts (programming code that is designed to collect information about your interactions with the Website or the Products, such as the links you click on. Embedded scripts are active only when you are accessing the Website or Products).

The information we collect in this manner will include details about the computer, mobile phone, or other device used to access the Website or Products (such as browser type, operating system, and IP address), referring URLs and information on actions taken or interaction with our digital assets.

We use third-party web analytics services to help us analyze how visitors use the Website. We may permit these third parties to operate directly on the Website, use their own technology (such as cookies or web beacons), and collect information about you

At present the following cookies and technologies are used on our Websites or in our Products:

Cookie Type

Strictly Necessary Cookies

Some cookies are essential for the operation of the Website or a Product. For example, some cookies allow us to identify registered users and ensure they can access the Website or a Product. If a registered user opts to disable these cookies, the user may not be able to access all of the content of the Website or use a Product.

Performance Cookies

Other cookies may be used to analyse how users use the Website or Product features and to monitor Website performance or Product performance. This allows us to provide a high quality experience by customising the offering and quickly identifying and fixing any issues that arise. For example, performance cookies may be used to keep track of which pages are most popular and to determine why some pages are receiving error messages.

Functionality Cookies

Functionality cookies are used to allow us to remember users’ preferences and tailor the Website or Products to provide enhanced features.

Targeting Cookies

Targeting cookies are used to serve users with adverts, and to collect information about users’ browsing habits and usage of the Website or Products in order to make adverts more relevant to users and their interests. We may use remarketing technologies to enable third parties to display relevant and personalised ads to users through their networks. They are also used to limit the number of times users see an advert as well as help measure the effectiveness of an advertising campaign.

Social Media Cookies

These cookies allow users to share what they’ve been doing on the Website on social media such as Facebook and Instagram. These cookies are not within our control. Please refer to the respective privacy policies for how their cookies work.

Technologies

Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analysis service provided by Google, Inc. We use Google Analytics to monitor how visitors use our Website and Products, to compile reports and to help us improve the Website and our Products. Please see Google’s privacy policy for further information on the data Google collects and how it is processed. If you prefer to not have data reported by Google Analytics, you can install the Google Analytics Opt-Out Browser Add-On by following the instructions here.

You may opt out of Google’s use of tracking technologies by visiting the Google advertising opt-out page here.  For more information on opting out of third party vendors’ use of cookies please visit Your Online Choices here.

Facebook Ads

We may use Facebook services to deliver our ads to you during your browsing experience/ whilst you are online. You can control how Facebook uses data to show you ads by turning off ads which may be based on interests and / or your relationship with specific advertisers, in your ad preference settings. For further information, please visit the various Facebook pages which allow you to learn more about Facebook ads and tracking technologies and to update your settings:

Further, by visiting the Your Online Choices link above, you can opt out from seeing Facebook’s interest-based ads and you can also use your mobile device settings to configure your advertising preferences.

On your Facebook ad preferences, you will see that ads may be delivered to you according to ‘interests’ or specific advertisers and you can manage your ad preference settings for both of these.

Please note that where you have opted out of receiving our email marketing communications via the methods described above, you may still see our non-targeted adverts whilst you are online, if your interests settings on Facebook are aligned to an audience segment (pre-defined by Facebook) which our business is also associated with. We do not control whether these ads are displayed to you. Please see the relevant links above for details on how to learn more and manage Facebook ad settings.

More detail on how businesses use cookies is available at http://www.allaboutcookies.org/. Users are always free to decline cookies if their browser permits, although doing so may interfere with their use of the website. Please find detailed information on how to disable cookies here (http://www.allaboutcookies.org/manage-cookies/).

Your browser settings may allow you to automatically transmit a “Do Not Track” signal to websites and online services you visit. However, there is no consensus among industry participants as to what “Do Not Track” means in this context. Like many websites and online services, we currently do not alter our practices when we receive a “Do Not Track” signal from a visitor’s browser. To find out more about “Do Not Track,” visit http://www.allaboutdnt.com.