Cookie Policy

Effective Date: August 18, 2026
Last Updated: August 18, 2026

SAPER uses cookies and similar technologies to help operate, secure, understand, and improve our websites and digital services.

This Cookie Policy explains what cookies are, how SAPER may use them, and the choices available to you.

This policy should be read together with the SAPER Privacy Policy and, where applicable, the terms and notices provided by individual SAPER websites, platforms, or services.

1. What Are Cookies?

Cookies are small files or pieces of information that a website may store on your device when you visit it.

Cookies can allow a website to recognize your browser or device, remember preferences, maintain functionality, and collect information about how the website is used.

SAPER may also use technologies that perform functions similar to cookies, including pixels, tags, scripts, local storage, and other tracking or measurement technologies.

For simplicity, this policy refers to these technologies collectively as "cookies and similar technologies."

2. Why SAPER Uses Cookies

Depending on the SAPER website or service you are using, cookies and similar technologies may be used to:

  • Operate essential website and service functions
  • Maintain security
  • Remember preferences
  • Maintain sessions and account functionality
  • Understand website usage
  • Analyze performance
  • Improve website functionality and user experience
  • Measure the effectiveness of communications and campaigns
  • Support advertising or marketing activities
  • Prevent fraud, abuse, and unauthorized activity
  • Provide features requested by users
  • Remember cookie and privacy preferences

The specific cookies and technologies used may vary between SAPER properties.

3. Types of Cookies

SAPER may use the following categories of cookies.

Essential Cookies

Essential cookies are necessary for a website or service to function properly.

They may support functions such as:

  • Authentication
  • Security
  • Session management
  • Form functionality
  • Shopping or checkout functionality
  • Privacy preferences
  • Load balancing
  • Other core website functions

These cookies generally cannot be disabled through a website's cookie preference controls without affecting functionality.

Functional Cookies

Functional cookies allow a website to remember information and preferences that improve the user experience.

Examples may include:

  • Language preferences
  • Interface preferences
  • Previously selected settings
  • Other requested personalization features

Analytics Cookies

Analytics cookies help SAPER understand how visitors use our websites and services.

They may provide information such as:

  • Pages visited
  • Navigation patterns
  • Approximate usage activity
  • Device or browser information
  • Website performance information
  • Referring sources
  • Error information

SAPER may use this information to understand website performance and improve our digital properties.

Where required by applicable law, SAPER will obtain consent before using non-essential analytics cookies.

Advertising and Marketing Cookies

SAPER may use advertising or marketing technologies to measure campaigns, understand audience interactions, deliver relevant advertising, or support marketing activities.

These technologies may be operated by SAPER or by third-party service providers acting on SAPER's behalf.

Where required by applicable law, SAPER will obtain consent before using these technologies.

Preference Cookies

Preference cookies may remember choices you make while using a SAPER website, including cookie or privacy preferences.

These cookies can help prevent you from having to make the same selection repeatedly.

4. First-Party and Third-Party Cookies

Some cookies are placed directly by SAPER and are referred to as first-party cookies.

Other cookies may be placed by third-party services used by SAPER and are referred to as third-party cookies.

Third-party services may use cookies or similar technologies to provide functions such as analytics, payment processing, embedded content, security, advertising, or other services.

The privacy practices of third parties are governed by their own policies and terms.

5. Cookie Consent

Depending on the SAPER website, jurisdiction, and type of cookie involved, SAPER may request your consent before placing or using non-essential cookies.

Where a cookie consent mechanism is provided, you may be able to:

  • Accept available cookies
  • Decline non-essential cookies
  • Manage cookie preferences
  • Change previously selected preferences

Essential cookies may continue to operate where they are necessary to provide a requested service or maintain website security and functionality.

6. Managing Cookie Preferences

Where SAPER provides a cookie preference tool, you can use that tool to manage available cookie categories.

You may also be able to control cookies through your browser settings.

Most browsers allow you to:

  • View stored cookies
  • Delete cookies
  • Block cookies
  • Block third-party cookies
  • Allow cookies from selected websites
  • Receive notifications when cookies are being used

Disabling or deleting cookies may affect the availability or functionality of some SAPER websites or services.

Browser-based cookie controls generally apply only to that particular browser and device.

7. Do Not Track and Similar Browser Signals

Some browsers and devices provide privacy-related signals or settings.

SAPER will consider applicable legal requirements when determining how such signals are handled.

Because browser and technology standards can vary, SAPER does not guarantee that every browser privacy signal will be interpreted or supported in the same manner across every SAPER property.

8. Cookies and Personal Information

Some cookies and similar technologies may collect information that can be associated with an identifiable individual.

Where this occurs, SAPER will handle that information in accordance with applicable privacy laws and the SAPER Privacy Policy.

SAPER seeks to limit the collection of information through cookies and similar technologies to what is reasonably necessary for the purposes for which the technology is used.

9. Cookies Used by Third Parties

SAPER may use third-party services that place cookies or similar technologies on SAPER websites.

These services may change over time as SAPER adds, removes, or replaces technologies.

Examples of third-party functions may include:

  • Website analytics
  • Advertising and campaign measurement
  • Payment processing
  • Embedded media
  • Security
  • Customer support
  • Scheduling
  • Social media functionality
  • Other website features

Where applicable, the third party's own privacy policy and terms will govern its processing of information.

10. Cookies on SAPER Platforms

SAPER platforms and authenticated services may use cookies and similar technologies differently from public websites.

For example, cookies may be required to:

  • Maintain authenticated sessions
  • Protect accounts
  • Remember application preferences
  • Maintain security
  • Support application functionality
  • Maintain transaction state

Because these technologies may be necessary for the operation of a platform, disabling them may prevent some platform functionality from working properly.

11. Changes to Cookies and Technologies

SAPER may change the cookies and similar technologies used on a website or service as our technology, business operations, and services evolve.

When appropriate, SAPER may update this Cookie Policy to reflect material changes.

The Last Updated date at the top of this policy indicates when this policy was most recently revised.

12. Retention and Expiration

Cookies may be either:

  • Session cookies, which generally expire when you close your browser; or
  • Persistent cookies, which remain on your device for a defined period or until they are deleted.

The duration of a particular cookie depends on its purpose and configuration.

SAPER may also use its cookie preference system to remember a user's cookie choices for a period of time.

13. Privacy and Cookie Questions

If you have questions about SAPER's use of cookies or similar technologies, please contact SAPER through the SAPER Contact page.

For broader information about how SAPER handles personal information, please review the SAPER Privacy Policy.

14. Changes to This Policy

SAPER may update this Cookie Policy from time to time.

When changes are made, SAPER will update the Last Updated date at the top of this document.

Where required by applicable law, SAPER will provide additional notice or obtain consent for material changes.

15. Contact

Questions about this Cookie Policy may be submitted through the SAPER Contact page.

Last Updated: August 18, 2026