Cookies

As described in the ‘Information we get from your usage’ section of our privacy policy, we and our partners including third parties such as Cloudflare, Google, Facebook, Instagram, Mailchimp, Yahoo and others use various technologies such as cookies, pixels and local storage on thebodycenterpilates.com, including any mobile websites or applications owned or operated by The Body Center which may be accessible via mobile devices, televisions, home theatre systems or such other technology that may become available from time to time. We use these technologies to collect and store information about you, your browser and device when you interact with our website. These technologies enable us to provide features such as remembering your preferences.

Cookies are small files created by a web server, delivered through a web browser and stored on your computer, mobile phone or other device. When you visit the website again, the cookie allows that site to recognize your browser. Cookies may store user preferences and other information. Pixels are small blocks of code on webpages and in emails that do things like allow another server to measure viewing of a webpage and often are used in combination with cookies. Local storage is an industry-standard technology that allows a website or app to store and retrieve data on a person’s computer, mobile phone or other device.

Cookies can be classified as ‘first party’ or ‘third party’.

• First party cookies are set by Merrithew and can only be read by our website
• Third party cookies are set by an organization other than Merrithew. This might be for the purposes of website measurement, to allow a third party service on the website to operate or to target or deliver advertising

We use cookies and similar technologies for a number of purposes, including:

• Authentication
  The Body Center uses cookies, local storage and similar technologies to recognize you if you are logged in to our website, so that we can show you the right information and personalize your experience
• Preferences, features and services
  The Body Center uses cookies, local storage and similar technologies to know which language and currency you prefer, what your communications preferences are and in order to help you fill out forms on our website
• Performance, analytics and research
  The Body Center uses third party analytics providers such as Google Analytics to better understand who is using the website, how people are using it and to make it as appealing to as many users as possible. These service providers may collect and store anonymous information such as time of visit, pages visited, time spent on each page of the website, IP address, location and type of operating system used. Please read their privacy policies to ensure that you are comfortable with the manner in which they use cookies

You can delete all cookies that are already on your device and prevent them from being placed. If you do this, however, you may have to manually adjust some preferences every time you visit a website and some services and functionalities may not work.

All major browsers allow you to change your cookie settings. For example, you can set up your web browser to inform you when you receive a cookie, giving you the chance to decide whether or not to accept it. You can usually find these settings in the ‘options’ or ‘preferences’ menu of your browser. To understand these settings, the following links may be helpful, or you can use the ‘Help’ option in your browser for further assistance.

Instructions for managing cookies in popular browsers

• Internet Explorer and Edge
• Firefox
• Chrome
• Safari for web and iOS

You may opt out of a third party vendor’s use of cookies by visiting the Network Advertising Initiative or Your Online Choices (EU) opt-out pages.