Privacy Policy

 

Use of Information

This website uses any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience in our network of sites, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the sites or to better prepare future content based on the interests of our users.

Where information is provided voluntarily for the specific purpose, we use the information to send out electronic newsletters and to enable users to participate in polls, surveys, message boards, and forums. We may send out newsletters to subscribers on a regular schedule (depending on the newsletter), and occasionally send out special editions when we think subscribers might be particularly interested in something we are doing.

FCD never shares newsletter mailing lists with any third parties, including advertisers, sponsors or partners.

The FCD website tracks information. We track how well each page performs overall.  We use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like and don’t like based on traffic to those areas. This helps us continue to build a better service for you. We track search terms entered in Search function as one of many measures of what interests our users. This website creates aggregate reports on user demographics and traffic patterns for advertisers, sponsors and partners. This allows our advertisers to advertise more effectively and allows our users to receive advertisements that are pertinent to their needs. Because we don’t track the usage patterns of individual users, an advertiser or sponsor will never know that a specific user clicked their ad. We will not disclose any information about any individual user except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.

This website uses the above-described information to tailor our content to suit your needs and help our advertisers better understand our audience’s demographics.

We will not share information about individual users with any third party, except to comply with applicable law or valid legal process or to protect the personal safety of our users or the public.

Security

This website operates secure data networks protected by industry-standard firewall and password protection systems. Our security and privacy policies are periodically reviewed and enhanced as necessary, and only authorized individuals have access to the information provided by our customers.

Cookies

The FCD website, like most websites, uses cookies. A cookie is a file that is stored on a web user’s device by a website server, which is only readable by that webserver. A cookie contains anonymous information, including identifier details and the site name.

Cookies are intended to help improve the user experience. Cookies store a user’s preferences, allowing a website to remember the user for the duration of the visit to the website or future visits.

There are different types of Cookies, and blocking some may negatively impact on the website user’s experience.

Please be aware that restricting cookies from this website may impact the functionality of a website.  Many of the interactive functions offered by a website are dependent on cookies and disabling or blocking cookies can prevent these services from working or result in an inferior web experience.

  • Session cookies are used to improve the user experience during the visit to the website. These cookies expire when the web browser is closed, and the web server retains no information.
  • Persistent cookies collect data about a user’s actions and preferences and use this information to inform future actions.
  • First-party cookies are applied directly by the website owner and are not accessible by any other website.
  • Third-party cookies are cookies from a different website that have been permitted for use on this website. These cookies allow the third-party website to record user actions on this website.

What types of cookies do we use?

The cookies used on our website are grouped into the following categories.

Necessary

Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.

Uncategorised

Undefined cookies are those that are being analysed and have not been classified into a category as yet.

Analytics

Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.

Advertising & Marketing

Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customised ads.

Functional

Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features.

Performance

Performance cookies are used to understand and analyse the key performance indexes of the website, which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.