Cookie Policy
This Cookie Policy explains how Markets and Stats may use cookies and similar technologies when you visit or interact with our website.
Cookies can support website functionality, improve user experience, help us understand how the website is used, and assist with website performance and security. The specific cookies used may change over time as our website, services, and technology develop.
This Cookie Policy should be read together with our Privacy Policy and other applicable website terms.
What Are Cookies?
Cookies are small data files that may be placed on your device when you visit a website.
They can help a website recognize certain information about a visitor's browser or device and may be used to support functions such as navigation, preferences, analytics, and website performance.
Cookies may be stored for different periods depending on their purpose and the technology involved.
How We May Use Cookies
Depending on the features and technologies used on our website, cookies or similar technologies may be used to:
- Support essential website functionality
- Maintain website security
- Remember user preferences
- Improve navigation and usability
- Understand how visitors interact with website pages
- Analyze website traffic and performance
- Identify technical issues
- Improve website content and services
- Support forms or other interactive features
- Measure the effectiveness of website activities
Not all of these purposes will necessarily apply to every visitor or every section of the website.
Types of Cookies That May Be Used
Essential Cookies
Essential cookies may be required for certain parts of the website to operate properly.
They may support functions such as:
- Website navigation
- Security features
- Form functionality
- Session management
- Technical website operations
Because these cookies support basic website functionality, disabling them may affect how certain parts of the website operate.
Preference Cookies
Preference cookies may help remember choices or settings made by visitors.
For example, they may be used to remember selected preferences or other website settings where such functionality is available.
Analytics and Performance Cookies
Analytics or performance cookies may help us understand how visitors use our website.
The information collected may assist us in evaluating matters such as:
- Frequently visited pages
- Website navigation patterns
- General traffic activity
- Page performance
- Technical errors
- User interaction with website content
This information may be used to improve website structure, performance, and usability.
Functional Cookies
Functional cookies may support additional website features and help provide a more convenient user experience.
The use of these cookies may depend on the functionality available on our website at a particular time.
Marketing or Advertising Cookies
Where applicable, cookies or similar technologies may be used in connection with marketing, promotional activities, or measurement of advertising performance.
The availability and use of such technologies may depend on the services and tools implemented on the website.
Where appropriate, users may be provided with choices regarding non-essential cookies.
Session and Persistent Cookies
Cookies may generally operate as either session-based or persistent cookies.
Session cookies are typically temporary and may be removed when a browser session ends.
Persistent cookies may remain on a device for a period determined by the cookie or relevant service.
The duration of cookies may vary depending on their purpose, configuration, and the technology involved.
First-Party and Third-Party Cookies
Some cookies may be placed directly through our website, while others may be associated with third-party services used to support website functionality.
Third-party services may include technologies related to:
- Analytics
- Website hosting
- Security
- Payment processing
- Embedded content
- Communication tools
- Website performance
- Other operational services
Third-party providers may process information according to their own privacy policies, cookie policies, and terms.
We recommend reviewing the relevant policies of third-party services where appropriate.
Similar Technologies
In addition to traditional cookies, websites may use other technologies that perform similar functions.
These may include technologies used for:
- Website analytics
- Performance measurement
- Security
- Device or browser recognition
- Preference management
- Embedded website functionality
For simplicity, this policy may refer collectively to these technologies as "cookies."
Managing Cookie Preferences
You can generally control or manage cookies through your browser settings.
Depending on your browser, available options may allow you to:
- View stored cookies
- Delete existing cookies
- Block certain cookies
- Block all cookies
- Receive notifications before cookies are stored
- Adjust website-specific cookie preferences
Please note that restricting or disabling certain cookies may affect website functionality, navigation, preferences, or other features.
The available controls and settings vary between browsers and devices.
Cookie Consent
Where appropriate or required, our website may provide options that allow visitors to manage certain cookie preferences.
The cookies available through those controls may depend on the technologies currently used on the website.
Some cookies that are necessary for basic website operation may function independently of optional cookie preferences where permitted.
Information Collected Through Cookies
Depending on the type of cookie or technology used, information may include general technical or usage information such as:
- Browser type
- Device information
- IP address
- Website pages visited
- Approximate location information
- Referral information
- Date and time of visits
- Navigation activity
- Website interaction information
- Technical performance data
The type and amount of information collected may vary according to the website functionality and services being used.
For additional information about how information may be handled, please review our Privacy Policy.
Cookies and Market Research Enquiries
Cookies may support the general operation of website features associated with report browsing, sample requests, enquiry forms, or other research-related interactions.
However, information that you actively submit through a form, such as your name, company details, research requirements, or enquiry information, is generally handled separately from basic cookie functionality.
Please review our Privacy Policy for additional information regarding information submitted directly through the website.
Cookies and Payment Services
Our available payment methods may include PayPal and Bank Transfer.
If you use a third-party payment service, that provider may use its own cookies or similar technologies when you interact with its website or payment environment.
Such technologies are governed by the relevant provider's own policies and are outside the direct operation of our website.
External Websites
Our website may contain links to third-party websites.
When you visit an external website, that website may use its own cookies and similar technologies.
We do not control the cookie practices of independent third-party websites. Users should review the applicable cookie and privacy information provided by those websites.
Changes to Cookie Usage
The technologies, tools, and services used on our website may change as the website develops.
As a result, the types and purposes of cookies described in this policy may also change.
We may update this Cookie Policy periodically to reflect changes in:
- Website functionality
- Technology
- Third-party services
- Business operations
- Cookie practices
- Applicable requirements
The latest version will be made available on this page.
Contact Us
If you have questions regarding this Cookie Policy or the use of cookies on our website, please Contact Us through the contact options available on our website.
When contacting us, please provide sufficient information about your question so that our team can understand and appropriately respond to your enquiry.