Cookies 和 Similar Technologies

Effective Date: January 5, 2022

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Below is information about how ICF International Inc 和 its affiliates (“we”) use 饼干 和 other similar technology on this 网站.

By continuing to use this 网站 you agree that we can place 饼干 和 other similar technology on your device, including mobile devices, per your agreement with our cookie consent manager. By continuing to use your mobile device to access this 网站, you agree that the following information may be collected: your unique device identifier, mobile device IP address, information about your device’s operating system, mobile carrier, 和 your location information (to the extent permissible under applicable law).

What are 饼干?

Cookies are text files containing small amounts of information that are downloaded to your computer or mobile device when you visit a site 和 allow a site to recognize your device. You can find more information about 饼干 at:  All 关于 Cookies 和  Your Online Choices.

Why do we use 饼干 和 similar technologies?

Cookies do a lot of different jobs, such as letting you navigate between pages efficiently, remembering your preferences, 和 generally improving the user experience. They can also help to ensure that the advertisements you see online are more relevant to you 和 your interests.

Does ICF use 饼干 for marketing 和 analytics?

是的, we may use information collected from our 饼干 to identify user behavior 和 to serve content 和 offers based on your profile, 和 for the other purposes described below, to the extent legally permissible in certain jurisdictions.

Some of the 饼干 we use don't collect information that identifies a visitor. For example –

  • Performance 饼干 (see cookie listing below)
  • Targeting 饼干 (see cookie listing below) w在这里 you are not a registered user

In other cases, we can associate cookie information (including information from 饼干 placed via our advertisements on third-party sites) with an identifiable individual. For example –

  • If we send you a targeted email that includes web beacons, 饼干, or similar technologies we will know whether you open, 读, or delete the message.
  • When you click a link in a marketing e-mail you receive from ICF, we will also use a cookie to log what pages you view 和 what content you download from our 网站s, even if you are not registered at or signed into our site.
  • Combining 和 analyzing personal data – As described above, we may combine data from publicly available sources, 和 from our different e-mail, 网站, 和 personal interactions with you (this includes information collected across our different 网站s such as our careers 和 corporate sites 和 information collected when you sign-up or log on to our sites or connect to our sites using your social media credentials (such as LinkedIn). We combine this data to better assess your experience with ICF 和 to perform the other activities described throughout our privacy policy.

Do you use any 饼干 from third-party companies?

Some 饼干 we use are from third-party companies, such as Dem和base, Google Analytics, Marketo Munchkin Tracking, 微软, 脸谱网, 推特, 和 Linkedin Analytics to provide us with web analytics 和 intelligence about our sites. These companies use programming code to collect information about your interaction with our sites, such as the pages you visit, the links you click on, 和 how long you are on our sites. This code is only active while you are on an ICF 网站. For more information on how these companies collect 和 use information on our behalf, please refer to their privacy policies:

Does ICF use any non-cookie tracking technologies?

We may also use web beacons (including conversion pixels) or other technologies for similar purposes as above 和 we may include these on our sites, in marketing e-mail messages or our newsletter, 和 affiliated 网站s, to determine whether messages have been opened 和 links clicked on. Web beacons do not place information on your device, but they may work in conjunction with 饼干 to monitor 网站 activity. The information provided below about 饼干 also applies to web beacons 和 similar technologies. Conversion pixels are small codes located on a particular webpage that are triggered when someone visits a page resulting in an increase in the conversion count.

What if I don’t want 饼干?

By using our site, you agree that we can place 饼干 on your device as explained below. If you want to remove existing 饼干 from your device you can do this using your browser options. If you want to block future 饼干 from being placed on your device you can change your browser settings to do this. For more information on managing 饼干 see All 关于 Cookies - Manage Cookies. 

While "Do Not Track" initiatives are not currently recognized by Our Site, Our Site responds to Global Privacy Controls (GPC). For more information about GPCs, please click 在这里.

Please bear in mind that deleting 和 blocking 饼干 will have an impact on your user experience as parts of the site may no longer work. Unless you have adjusted your browser settings to block 饼干, our system will issue 饼干 as soon as you visit our site or click on a link in a targeted email that we have sent you, even if you have previously deleted our 饼干.

What types of 饼干 are t在这里 和 which ones does the site use?

We use the International Chamber of Commerce’s categorization of 饼干:

  • Category 1: Strictly necessary 饼干 – These are essential to enable webpages or services you have specifically asked for. Without these 饼干, the services you have asked for cannot be provided.
  • Category 2: Analytics 和 Performance 饼干 – These collect anonymous information on how you navigate our Website or 服务, such as pages visited. All information collected by these 饼干 is aggregated 和 anonymous (和 so is not personal data/PII).
  • Category 3: Functionality 饼干 – These remember choices you make to improve your experience of the Website or 服务 or to deliver a particular function, for example w在这里 you left off while watching a video.
  • Category 4: Targeting 和 advertising 饼干 – These collect information about how you use our Website so we can tailor the Website to you, including on future visits. If we ever allow advertising on our Website, which we currently don’t, this category of cookie would help to make advertising more relevant to you.

ICF uses both session 和 persistent 饼干:

  • “Session” 饼干 are temporary 和 once you close the browser window, they are deleted from your device.
  • “Persistent” 饼干 remain on your device for a longer period 和 are used by the 网站 to recognize your device when you return. Persistent 饼干 have an expiration date set by the developer 和 may be purged using your browser’s privacy settings.

For a full list of the 饼干 used by ICF on its 网站s, please click the "Manage my cookie settings" link below to access the preference center.  It is important to note that not all 饼干 may be used in all jurisdictions or 网站s.

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